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(...) It kinda doesn't sound like you do. In the above quote they said: 1) they used up their existing supply of Maersk blue pellets. They did. It's true. Other than Jan's comment on the German site (which translated roughly to "this is your last (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Spin. Stop it. 'They' did no such thing as 'break a promise'. Fact--TLC had a limited quantity of Maersk Blue pellets and, with no contract with Maersk at the time, as stated, they were not going to get anymore Maersk Blue pellets to make more (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I fully understand what Lego said. I fully understand they broke that promiss. When I say I will do something you can trust me to do it. How about you? -Ken (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I don't care what happened as far as set numbers. What I do care about is that this was presented as a "Limited Edition of 10,000". They then proceded to break that promiss. What is your word worth?-Ken (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) In fact, the run of this new set uses all the Maersk blue ABS pellets we have left. That means that there is literally no Maersk blue ABS left. Even the parks can no longer get Maersk blue. This is a small run too – only 14,000 total, with (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Good catch, Gary. The sign seems like a simple slab of acrylic laser-etched with the LEGO lettering/font style. It's probably side-lit by a small flourescent bulb, and they're not shy about overcharging for shipping. It does look kinda cool (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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On 14:16 12/22/2004, Gary Istok wrote (...) Now the conundrum... to bid or not... --- wubwub aka stephen f roberts wildbrick.com - Jain's Guide : Promoting more than just the MOC (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Jake (and others), I just came across this neon Lego sign (newly produced in Asia) that sports the official Lego logo. Does this violate any company copyrights? (URL) Istok (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Can we please stop with the spin on the situation? There were no lies At the time, no contract with Maersk to make future sets and LEGO had these pellets to get rid of. Come out with nifty set and use up pellets--limited 'cause, as stated by (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) No confussion here. They said through Jake M., SHO, and press releases that it was LIMITED TO 10,000. I don't care about collectability. I bought two the first time one for myself and another for a nephew. I may get (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hey Ben, I think you know my feelings about crap bley and all of those silly excuses surrounding it. As you might have read elsewhere I didn't buy any new sets this year (except for bulk bricks at S@H), so you may have a clue of how I feel. In (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Because they are the only one that would be negatively affected by this so called "collectibility" of this set, now that it is not so rare. (...) I know tons of those, generally from the anime toy fandom. Some of them buy two of each action (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Not what I intended to bring across. I am saying that any type of investment, wether it be the stock market, or the toy market, is risky business. You take your chances on making or losing money. I have purchased shares in companys that were (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Steven D. Weiser wrote: snipped some text to reduce it to something I'am confused about (...) Hi, in this discussion on lugnet.com almost everybody who wrote about collectors wrote in a very negative way. It seems as if in the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Why can't LEGO do both, and keep almost everyone happy? That is, LEGO gets to re-release any set, as long as the box is physically different from the original. That way, sets remain collectible, but bricks don't. "Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:I91w7E.1yL8@lugnet.com... (...) Now you (...) You (...) Why is it incredible? If LEGO was an airline, AFOLs would be the first class and business class frequent flyers, who bring in the most money (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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I am writing this because I wish to know why TLG are downsizing colors instead of thinking why can't they utilize mass-production of colors in more colors? It seems irrational that they would produce colors in certain rare element and production run (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sorry to correct you, Dave, but they did. Go read Renes posting. They called the set limited. And they announced it to be the very last chance to buy Mearsk blue. There are not 2 last chances in life. (...) If I call a product limited and give (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) That's a theory I buy into..., and until a "solution" is demonstrated, it's a safely self-satisfied theory. Conflict is human nature, and until the day we're all lobotomized, or extinct, it won't change. Keeps things interesting I s'pose. :] (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) yeah, what sort of sicko would want one of those? ;-P Seriously this happens a lot in the model railway world, you scratch build a model of something not avaialable as a kit or RTR from the trade and just when you finish someone releases it. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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