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(...) SNIP (...) Laughable that their web sit periodicaly changes? You'll note that the link you provided does not cover every press realease ever released. That does not mean that it did not exist. -Ken (22 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) [ ... snipped ... ] My son received the 10134 UCS Y Wing for Christmas and it too is missing parts. It is missing all of the 68mm redish-brown flex tubes and all of the dark grey flex tubes. It did have the shorter redish-brown flex tubes. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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I bought several 4094 Motor Movers sets, since I have a use for the motors. Two of the sets were each missing a piece. One was missing a red 1x2 thin technic liftarm: (URL) and the other a tan modified tile 1x2 Grill with bottom groove / lip: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) This is laughable. It would be near impossible for a company to make a press release disappear. When comapnies issue press releases they go out over the wire and news sources pick them up. So if LEGO did remove a copy of a press release form (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Why did reps form TLC state that it was 'the last chance'? Did they do it because they were marketing a limited set as a collector item (a la numbered Santa Fe), or was the 'last chance' only due to a limitation of coloured Maersk (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) SNIP (...) SNIP (...) 230 proves that it's not as cut and dry as you'd like it to be. This is another bad decision that will alienate more customers and financialy they can not afford to be doing so. With a little thought a new supply of (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Obviously at this point the press release has been pulled. I was virtuly identical as the post Jake put up acting as a representitive of TLC. It was also marketed so by SHO and the "limited" aspect was played up there more than anywhere. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'd say "LAST CHANCE" pretty much locks that up. SNIP "If" there were a way to stop Bin Laden from causing (...) I really don't get all of these u-turns in the name of whatever but since you bring it up "IF" Bill Clinton had taken Bin Laden (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Are there any Lugnet or ILTCO discounts at S@H. If so what is the discount code? Lester (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) I forgot all about this ine--TLC can't win one way or the other. Nice catch Larry and Dave. (...) As Dave just stated--there was no 'word' given--just the statement of facts that at the time were (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:I9GuDD.nKo@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) we've (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Neither of these posts by LEGO employees is a Press Release. If these posts are what Ken is referring to as (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm not sure it qualifies as an actual "press release", but what I think we've been referring to is Jake's post on Lugnet: (URL) the post on 1000steine, which supposedly had very similar content: (URL) almost vaugely remember this set being on (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yeah, but what they said was true. "This is a small run too – only 14,000 total, with 10,000 coming to Shop At Home." It *WAS* a small run, and it *WAS* limited to 14K, and 10K *DID* go to S@H. Please point out the exact error in the phrase, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I9GHGE.1z3u@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) be (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Where is this press release you refer to? I looked for a copy of the press release on LEGO.com was unable to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) SNIP (...) Because that is what they said and words mean things. (...) "If" doesn't much matter as "if" wasn't true so they chose to market it as a limited set. The new color (that they took back) doesn't matter as that was to be a diffrent (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yep. Turner Suspension Bicycles ( (URL) ) does just that in this forum: (URL) good luck finding anyone whining about the constant colour changes there ;) Some might think it's sad some colours go away or change but none is raving about it. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Well said Tim. Many people in TLC ARE trying hard, but despite whatever some people do, it will never be good enough. This will always be a problem for every company all the time, it is not alone to just LEGO. Anyways, I always am having differences (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Thanks for the very generous offer, Scott--it was appreciated. I was lucky this year--I received the Technic Mars Rover, a Harry Potter set, and the little World City fireboat--that's a really cute little set. So I'm pretty happy--it's my (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I don't see why you keep going back to this. What they said was true. There WERE 10,000 available publically. Or, 10,000 via S@H. It's possible Maersk made some available to the public, I guess. But again, *IF* they had had more Maersk blue, I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Fair weather? We are not talking about a sports team who lost one game and may win tomorrow. The company is in crissis. Ignoring this is foolish. They have yet to see or admit to the problem(s) at hand. TLC's stated goal for fisal year '05 was (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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