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(...) 'The thing is', that in countries like Germany and the Netherlands, every corner's toy store does already have the full (european) line. So Shop-at-home will only have any business here if: - they offer non-european sets - they offer accesory (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: 20" minifigure from S@H
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(...) Look on the bright side, this time it appeared not to work. Auction closed or ended with no bids. ++Lar (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mr. Justus!
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(...) Well, if that really is the case, you folks in some ways have it better than we do in the US. Very few stores even carry the full line of what is typically sold in the stores, and there are bunches of things like train track (which apparently (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Important additions to my last posting!
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(...) Yes this is very encouraging news.... very encouraging. And I expect more little bugs in the future, but by the sound of it, TLC is on top of it. And it is very gratifying to see that we are listened to after all. (God Bless you KKK and the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | BRAD - Lego castle "chrome" sets?
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Brad, Can we get an answer on whether these are coming to the US or not? (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (26 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Just where is Scotland?
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(URL) my moan above about Scotland Wales and NI being transformed into English Counties I scribbled a note of to LEGO. I got this reply: (...) I am left wondering is LEGO does not understand that the UK, GB, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Where is Scotland? 22nd according to FIFA rankings. Lets face it, the average .com considers the UK to be the 51st State of the USA. How many corporates dont have a UK web site and just point you their US one on the basis that we speak the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Nope, only that the UK should be described as the UK (it is now) not "England" as it was a few days ago. Even though the error was corrected, I was bemused by the response of LEGO - so I shared it. As for Scotalnd's FIFA ranking (England is (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) I would bet that many folks in England, and even more elsewhere could not tell you what England, Great Britain, or the UK actually represent. Geographically or politically speaking. They are all the same place to many people. E.g. You (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) I know what you mean. These are all the geographical terms I know of for where I live, and some of their definitions: England: Obvioulsly, just England British Isles: Basicly, all the land we own (not including our commonwealth, but the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Mr. Justus!
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(...) Even in Germany they don't undercut the retail prices. I went to the Goebel Porzellanfabrik near Coburg (Factory where they make the world famous M.I. Hummel figurines), and their factory store prices are at the German retail level. When USA (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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(...) Nearly. You need to separate physical geography from political boundaries Geog: Great Britain is the single large island northwest of France. It is often mistaken as the polical boundary - for example in sports events where a UK team is (...) (26 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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(...) No worse than the Governments (of all persuasions) who consider that whatever policies are good for the South-East of England will be appropriate for the whole country. Some examples; <Ben Elton mode> The folk of Shetland pay the same rate of (...) (26 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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(...) Yes, but you forget you could buy Scotland for the price of a studio flat down here. And that prices in many shops and for many services are much higher (I only have to compare what I pay in the same shop as my family in the west country or (...) (26 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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Ok folks, time to move this out of lugnet.lego.direct. :) (26 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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Well, whether you like it or not, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are all subordinate to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, sharing her laws, defense, and currency. But I'd be the first one to support (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
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This is all pretty bad when one sees it in black and white - I think I was happier when I only had a sneaking suspicion that I was being ripped off! That said, I'm sure LEGO would say that marketing in Europe is much more expensive as the markets (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego UK - A Rip Off Britain Vendor? Some good, some bad prices.
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(...) I copied this to lugnet.market.theory Shouldnt forget that the UK prices include VAT, whereas their is no sales tax in the US prices. This probably accounts for a sizeable chunk of the difference I also copied in the German prices. These are (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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First, I apologize for jumping into this off-topic discussion with another off-topic response but I'll do it anyhow. What Paul says below is MOSTLY true, with some reservations. My experience is now about a decade old, so you UK people can help me (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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Please take this OUT of .direct. It really doesn't have anything to do with .direct anymore. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Re: Just where is Scotland?
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(...) That's "Tynwald". Kevin (1/4 Manx) ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | Lego blew it AGAIN...
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I got the 8458 Silver Champion a couple of days ago. In the instruction booklet, it shows a web browser (looks like Netscape on a Mac) open to www.legotechnic.com. OK, fine, go to (URL) .... Unable to locate server. <sigh> Here's a penny, buy a (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego New is Up (and ALREADY a mistake)
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(...) I don't know when this was corrected, but it is a two by six today, and I don't think anyone mentioned it previously. BEN (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
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(...) <snip> Please open the pages of your Ultimate Lego Book: pp26, 27 - Lego Chess and Rock Raiders appear in Mac windows (these are Photoshop documents, however, check out the zoom size and the file size in the corner) pp28 - Another Photoshop (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Lego blew it YET AGAIN...
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Go to (URL) Web Extra Choose "Build the Street Sensation" Choose "Download building instructions tool to your computer" Download the offline building tool (takes forever even on a T1). Install it. Run it. Problem 1 - it requires Shockwave 7.03r1 - (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Macs Rule, PCs drool! (was Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...)
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Thanks for those astute observations, Mark! We Mac users know that Macs are superior, but it's nice to rub it in once in a while:-) FUT.fun -John (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Another Bug: If you're a User of a german windows version, the browser jumps to (URL) the OK Button, and..... (URL) a Loop forever ??? Cookies are turned on and Flash is installed (I can see the spinning Brick) Werner P.S. Every new Flashpage (...) (26 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Are the new Duplo trains a sign?
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(...) That would be great and that is my hope as well. My fear is that the mediocrity of recent 9 volt set designs reflects just the opposite. I see no vision, no master plan, no desire other than to put out junk. But even the *junkiest* set would (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) All your analysis shows is the small minority of publishers who lay out books like this still use macs, where as the average member of the public (i.e. Lego customers) use PCs. It should not surprise you that the boxes, manuals, adverts and (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I didn't say it was suprising. (...) At the time, that -was- superior technology. (...) I'm aware of that too. I'm a graphic designer and I use a Mac at work as well as at home. (...) I'm not talking about "outside of the USA." Since the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
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(...) Having had my attention called to this page, notice that the first version of the Rock Raiders dump truck bin appears to possibly be DUPLO! FUT: lugnet.underground Frank (26 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.underground)
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(...) Yeah, the funny part is that I bought the legotechnic.com, legotechnic.org, and legotechnic.net domain names about two months ago (check out the WHOIS database and you'll see it's pointed at my DNS servers, just like my macgenius.com domain (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Are the new Duplo trains a sign?
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John Neal wrote in message <39D6E68E.DFB8BEE8@u...st.net>... (...) hope--that (...) line (...) enthusiasts (...) exceed (...) something (...) How do we know that they are abandoning the 9V line? What do you think is the possibility that they will (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It is speculation at this point based upon info from this post: (URL) , and from the observation that minimal effort is being put into the 9 volt line. It appears to me at least that the 9 volt line has been riding the coattails of sets (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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If they don't offer, ask them to reimburse you for your expenses plus a little extra for your time. Take it in LEGO sets if they'd prefer it to cash. (...) and (...) database (...) domains, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego blew it AGAIN...
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(...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Website has problems, too TIME consuming for mom's, Catalog beef!!!
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Catalog Beef After several tries we are STILL waiting for a Fall Lego catalog! I would think with the amount of money our household spends at S@H we would at least get a catalog sent to us. The last time I called S@H, the gal stated that I would (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Website has problems, too TIME consuming for mom's, Catalog beef!!!
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(...) <snipped> because I don't even have time to bother with the website after all the problems I've been hearing about (...) I'm glad you wrote this message. I would find it hard to believe that LEGO doesn't realize that MOMS are the primary (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Studios does NOT run on Win2000 (was: movie maker in stock)
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(...) Well, I just got off the phone with tech support. The LEGO Studios SW/Camera does not work under Windows 2000. Only on Win98 (second edition) and the new Windows Millennium. The S@H catalog is lying when it says it will run on Win2000 (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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