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(URL) it bookmarked ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) When you say "old Lego," roughly what year or year range are you referring to? I haven't really noticed any quality differences recently, but huge quality differences since the 70's (better since then). Is the quality lesser now than, say, 5 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) If those parts became available, I'd have to start riding my son's bike.....[1] -John [1] having sold off the car for $$$ for parts;-) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Just a quick note: On page 5 of the US Bulk element offering, item #5226 Cross Axles is misspelled as "Cross Axels". --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Misspelling on bulk pages
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(...) lol, add "boogie" plates -John (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Time for me to hop on the soapbox too. :) When I first heard they were going to make "bulk" packs available, my hope was that they'd do something like "1000 assorted white" for $30, and so on. The term "bulk" usually implies "large quantities (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I don't think it's "obvious" they can do better. I think the buckets and tubs (pretty much only available in the US and Canada I think) are almost a loss leader. I don't think they actually are a loss leader, but I strongly suspect they are (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I'm curious as to how the promotional sets work. Is it at all possible that Lugnet could work with TLC to make promotional sets available? I'd love to see an assortment like the Shell sets (and I'm sure Lugnet would be happy for TLC to sell them (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3A8ADA23.398@mi...ing.com... (...) Wonderful idea, Frank! This would be really cool....LEGO? -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well as far as the overhead I think the two might be closer than you think. There is a lot of air in the Tubs so the tubs take up more space/part plus the lack of packaging on the bulk packs lower their overhead right away. My guess is that (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well I found that there appear to be TWO different versions of the bulk list depending upon how you attempt to get there. Perhaps they are/were in the process of doing/activating the changes for the US S@H website, I cannot tell, but the bulk (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Mike Timm writes: <snip> (...) Oh please don't remove the second link. It is so much better organized than the shop.lego.com pages that I would much prefer to shop this way. I just wish you could add to your shopping cart from (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3A8AD96B.7A79@m...ing.com... [snip] (...) I would guess that outside of the AFOL market (individually and through LUGs and LTCs), there is likely little demand for bricks by the 1000s. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree with Eric 100%. This earlier iteration of the bulk site is much beter. The column on the left and each size piece only pictured once with color options below it make finding the piece you need much easier. The problem is that this site (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think this is a good idea for them to put up listing of parts without pricing for a short time while they finish keying up the data, maybe even establishing pricing. Especially for new items we have never seen before in bulk packs. It get us (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) YES. Please let me look by color, by size, by type, etc... so I can say "what are all the black parts available right now, what are all the plates available right now..." etc. It's OK to have pages of randomly organised stuff but give multiple (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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A tangentially related question: What happens to the bricks rejected from the system while changing the mold injectors from one color of plastic to another? I already use discolored, heavily scratched or simply "wrong" color bricks as filler in (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) With the operative word being 'could'. The real question revolves around 'should they ?'. Some of our 'bulk bricks could be had for $x.xx/piece' discussions revolve around the prices seen in blue tubs. Does TLC make sufficient margins on blue (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) May I suggest one per month. Possibly related to something seasonal (although the seasons are swapped across the equator). Lugnet members could keep standing open orders (as in: ship me 2 each time a new one is released). Ray (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) AFAIK, they scrap those bricks. I know someone that has about 30 or so "mixed" bricks, and they look REALLY COOL (green/yellow, black/red, blue/pink). As far as we know, the only way he could have gotten them in that bulk lot is if someone AT (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:G8rnDz.GLA@lugnet.com... (...) standing (...) One promo set per month is waaay too much. I would say, a one or two-time LUGNET promo over the course of a few months for each set, offered at (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I was wondering that, too, if they'd actually be cool for building in and of themselves but I've never actually seen any. The only "error" piece I recall having is a white 1x6 brick from the mid-70's that didn't get quite enough plastic at one (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Just a bit short of 3 months since this announcement. Anything going on here at Lugnet or Lego Direct regarding it? sheree (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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LEGO - I've heard from an LIC employee that though the Statue of Liberty sets fly off the shelves, the Minifig is left behind. Want to sell? Package a minifig that's unique - like a Classic Space fig, or a Pirate, a knight from Castle, etc. - with (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey thanks Mark. I am always happy when I see some really inspiring buildings that follow historical styles. Your Laural Hall has a very nice 18th century colonial look and feel to it. I love your use of the 1x1 cones, and of course the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Oooh, oooh me wants a giant Classic Space fig!!!! Ooooooooh. Hmmm, maybe I should stock up on white bricks to make one! But how to do the logo... Hmmmm <Ponders doin it him self.> <should prolly get a lego giant minifig> Ooooh, giant Classic Space (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:G8rMyy.F5M@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) space (...) consumer (...) competing (...) 'the (...) al) (...) My main point was simply that the cost to sell "true bulk" (i.e. basic pieces in the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) While it would be cool to get these, I don't foresee TLC ever intentionally making them available. Generally manufacturers like to hide this kind of problem as much as possible. What we can hope for is that some designer down the road gets a (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Frank & All, (...) I don't think this is a problem per say, I would call it more of a plastic injection molding issue. When I worked in a plastic plant, and we did color changes, we always had to empty out the hopper, blow it out for the possible (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree, it's not a result of an error or malfunction, but still something that's not generally desirable to show to the public. Frank (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Are you kidding?? The swirled parts look SO cool! People would want to buy them! Everyone that saw these parts at the NMRA show drooled over them and wanted them. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I've been wondering that too. I'm not sure what LD's schedule is for the project. Brad Justus said that he'd like to do it and I offered to post about it for him after we met with him in November. It's LD's project and not something Suzanne or (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can do some digging into this, but keep in mind that the Shell promo would be millions of units. I am not sure what the quantity would be for a LUGNET set, but I am not sure that the revenue/volume would be there to meet the minimums. Jake (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ...That idea just makes me want to cry tears of joy just thinking about it... I have no fonder memory of childhood than my classic space stuff... Id have to buy one a month for a year :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) through LUGs (...) maybe even (...) Sounds like a very reasonable suggestion to me. Right now, the pricing of the so-called Bulk Direct Packs is such that I really can't justify the purchase. I have a certain amount of disposable income that (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) it... I (...) to buy (...) Or maybe one in each color... White, red, yellow... Maybe a blue one and a black one too, but you gotta have the other three, since they were the most abundant space fig colors. :) -- -Bones- "Being Optimized for (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Gary, I asked around about this, and as far as I was able to find out, TLC is not planning any "40th Anniversary" celebrations in 2001. The official date that we are counting from appears to be 1973 for the US, as you noted below. So that (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yet another update: I've been told that along with the changes to the shop that were published yesterday, there were some additional code changes that will hopefully keep this "bad cookie" problem from happening again in the future. Of course, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) (although (...) Perhaps one per quarter or so would be reasonable. And it could rotate on themes... :) -- -Bones- "Being Optimized for Nocturnal Exploration and Sabotage" = (URL) = NecroBones Enterprises (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That's what I was curious about, what are the volumes? I could believe millions for the Shell sets, but I seriously doubt the Velux promo runs to the millions. I kind of doubt the airline promos do either (now if they were sold on domestic (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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