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(...) I had severl orders, from 8 years old until I was 18. If you count over 18, well, it is a lot of counting! : ) Scott S. -- (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I disagree. Consider the example of mold tooling that was built to the same form factor for the same machine. To change from one to the other requires merely a substitution of the tooling and a change in settings for amount of plastic to (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow! Where did you hear that number? I wonder how much of that is me? ++Lar (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) factor for (...) to (...) That may be, but when I worked in the plastic part plant, and I changed material and colors numerous times when I was a Utility, a color change merely required a dumping of the material from the hopper, blowing it out (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe. I dunno. I guess I would ask not how much *labor* was involved, but rather, how much time transpired while the machine was out of production. In your description, for example, the bull time to bring the new mold from storage has no (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I remember when I was 9-12 years old (1962-65) back in the days when there were 138 different parts packs available, all of them sold in Toy Stores. I used to walk the 10 blocks to "Earl's Bike Shop" in Detroit. They had all the Samsonite (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I remember orering rom Lego several times as a kid...trees and flowers, red/green/yellow 10x20x1 megabrick/plates, the small yellow Legoland forklift, etc 2 experiences I remember best: I recall getting a catalog in 1975 or 1976 advertising a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You are just right. Actually there is a term SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) extensively used in Total Quality terminology, which covers many methods to decrease the time consumed during die changes down to below 10 minute barrier (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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An official announcement was made today that the LEGO Company will be associated with Harry Potter. I am sure more details will become available but here is the latest... (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego) !
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(...) The press release on which this article is undoubtedly based can be found at (URL). I think the Yahoo article has a factual error -- it says that the deal allows Lego to issue nine sets, but according to the press release, it's actually a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego)
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