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Well said! My LEGO Retailer friends tell me these same things all the time. Their customers are very frustrated. -Suz (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I feel very strongly that: Effectiveness is not the same as Quality. Popularity does not equal Elegance. Appreciating a fine wine for example, takes much experience and taste development. I thought The LEGO Company believed that "Only the Best (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Agreed. (...) Evidently, they changed their minds... -Shiri (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"John Kelly" <jkelly69@skypoint.com> wrote in message news:G86t1J.26y@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) and (...) Except they used to do bulk bricks via the retail channel (i.e. brick packs, etc) If they didnt do they direct, where would I now buy (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G891Jy.AqG@lugnet.com... (...) Think they finally realised that having a the best product does not mean you automatically get the best sales. Marketing strength will be product quality every (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"lawrence wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:G891v5.BHJ@lugnet.com... (...) you (...) sorry. Marketing strength will BEAT product quality every time. regards lawrence (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Apple Computer, Inc. understands this! (...) TLC should hire Steve Jobs! --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) But do they have to be mutually exclusive? --Todd [followups to .general] (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) My sons are ages 5 and 7. The younger one loves to build and can easily build sets labeled ages 8-12, for instance. The worst trouble he has is finding the pieces, so I agree with Rose that the newer inside packaging into separate poly bags (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I certainly do. Did any of you happen to go into the store and find out what this Revolvolution stuff is? (URL) first I thought it read "Re-volvo-lotion", and I was thinking it might be something useful for the interior of my car... however, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Maggie Cambron wrote in message ... (...) she (...) BTW). (...) remember (...) really (...) MacFrugal's. (...) But then this brings up the pink bricks issue, not all girls are fans of pink. I would be happy with some non-violent sets that have a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's true. I would like to see sets reminiscent of Pizza to Go and the Ristorante set that I believe we in the U.S. could only get through S@H. Maggie C. (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:G895BE.KBC@lugnet.com... (...) Pizza To Go was available on the shelves. IIRC it was only available for a year or two, but was a VERY popular set. I have 1 copy, and I wouldn't mind a few (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, then I'm really impressed :-) (either that or they really wanted to sample the NYC food and just figured while they were in town, why not drop in on the summit...) Frank (who wishes he was there, but figures he'd have been a duplicate (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, from what I've heard of Billund and how happy employees are to take trips to cities, it wouldn't surprise me ;) That doesn't stop me from wanting to go to Billund someday though... :-D Nevertheless, I'm impressed too! (...) I'd love to (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) lol BION, I'm pretty sure I never uttered the sacred phrase "8 wide" to Brad at all. In the pic where he and I are laughing, I think we were talking about one of your MOCs, Lar >;-D (...) We *almost* needed it for SteveB, though;-) (inside (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And the Studebaker company isn't selling a lot of cars these days even though the Gullwing was an elegant, high quality machine. So was the Avanti. (...) In the area of web sites they have... and *thank goodness* for that. (1) The technology (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have to mind the NDA we all signed, but I'd like to offer a few more comments after attending the First LEGO Train Summit this weekend. In case you don't know, "NDA" stands for "Non Disclosure Agreement". Basically, we cannot talk specifics about (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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Taken from: (URL) LEGO Toys Based on Jurassic Park III The LEGO Company and Universal Studios Consumer Products Group Announce New Toys Based on Jurassic Park III --Kids Bring Jurassic Park III Action to Life with LEGO® & Steven Spielberg MovieMaker (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.animation) !
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(...) Yes, while the number at Lugnet may be small, each of us has a wider reach than might be first thought. I buy for myself, and my daughter. She goes to 10-12 birthday parties a year. These children get Lego from her as presents, for some it has (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hm, if LEGO can release these facts now already, then I don't understand why they can't give us the images of these two sets right away. They *do* have images already. I know that because I have seen them. I'm pretty sure the set numbers are (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Perhaps they'd prefer all their competitors and cloners not see them yet. Or maybe their agreement with Universal prohibits it. Or maybe they'd rather save it to be news at Toy Fair. Or maybe there's still something about the models that they (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) You can respect it without understanding it. (...) If/when you do, remember that you mustn't share the information here on LUGNET unless it has been obtained legitimately. That's part of the T&C, and please respect it. (...) I don't know if (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.database)
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Dear Lego, I always try to shop at locally owned businesses when there is the option to do so, rather than go to the big chain stores. The city where I live (Santa Cruz, California) has a neat little toys and games shop downtown called Game-A-Lot (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Maybe we could look at it as proof that people want to pay less overhead on larger quantities of bricks, or in other words -- they are willing to pay closer to a wholesale price on multiples of the same sets. If AFOL were to be stuck paying full (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Good Morning! (...) Well, I've been searching a lot around the shops (mostly small, but also TRU and big supermarket chains within 100km radius of my home during the last months (especially since I realized there is no more 4229 Basic XXL box), and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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richard marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) Let's *really* define bulk here. True bulk bricks would be bricks by the thousands, and it is in those numbers where I would expect discounts. Calling their services "bulk" is just TLC using a convenient term. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes and no. Have you ever been to a store specializing in train models? I have been to several. There happens to be a hardware store on University Ave. in Berkeley, CA that has a model and train hobby section in the basement. Point being: from (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That depends on your definition of "really get into", I guess. Few kids "really get into" *any* hobby on the same scale as adults - that's part of a function of being an adult and actually having disposable income and the like, not a function (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmm, not necessarily -- the secondary market changes the whole equation. True, someone has to go and buy X amount of sets and sort through and organize the elements, but I've seen people get very close to true bulk from many sources, for much (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Exactly. *Somebody* has to do it. (...) But remember, for most parts suppliers to make it worth their while, they are buying sets in bulk at deep discounts-- 50%-70% off, which has got to be approaching TLC's profit margin. Think of what (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) lol Make no mistake: model railroading is by *no* means a child's hobby! Can you even *have* a "child's hobby"? Children play with toys. When adults play with toys, it's a hobby;-) We as AFOLS have commandeered LEGO as a hobby for ourselves. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And thanks to TLC and specifically Lego Direct for taking this step. I've been a part of such endeavors to overcome inertia in an organisation before, and it is not easy to do. In fact, the easiest thing to do is get lost in the here and now (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, at one time they certainly thought adults were worth marketing to: (URL) that in the top two pictures, adult-type people are building adult-type things with the bricks- and no children are in sight. Then again, the contents of these (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> (...) would wear ties while building! ;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Relax, this picture is from 1963. They are from the Architectural Series parts packs from 1963-65 (#518, 519, 520, 521), a short lived, but not very successful series. In fact I took this very picture, and it got passed around. :-) Gary Istok (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think a tie is a very stylish statement. :D (...) Uh, yeah, apologies- I didn't think to credit Gary, who sent me that picture some time ago. Sorry! I just wanted to make a point. eric (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey, was there not a company around that USED to be called eToys? oh ya they went out of business...(Ok on the way out of business) Great role model there Mr. Sunshine :^( (...) I don't see myself buying the common bricks in common colors from (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes, but over a few years, a child can accumulate a substantial amount of bricks to use. And by the time they have a large supply of lego, they most likely will have a job or other source of income to use towards the purchase of Lego. I (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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