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(...) I'm glad to see that gross margin is improving and that "Make and Create" has been successful. I think these two factors are linked. Its good to see Lego get back to basics and make more money out of it too. I just wish I could see (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Forbes has a (URL) positive spin> than the TLC press release: Struggling Danish toy maker Lego Systems A/S Wednesday said its full-year net loss more than doubled as sales fell. The net loss for 2004 was 1.93 billion kroner, or about $333 (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well even though TLG is downsizing, it looks like they are headed in the right direction. This is good news for all AFOLs (except of course for those few who publicly stated that they wish ill will on TLG). Looks like a sizeable part of the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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Community outreach by LEGO, the adult fan base ("AFOLs") and legofactory.com are specifically mentioned in the annual report. Check it out. -- Bryan "Allan Bedford" <AllanBedford-DELETE...otome.com> wrote in message news:IEJ1CG.1AEJ@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) That's some heroic spin from our man Jorgen. See this: The result after tax for the year was DKK -1,931m compared with DKK -935m in 2003. Obviously, all the cost-cutting is good news, and once they unload the parks they'll be in much better (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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LEGO has released their annual report for 2004 and it looks like there is some good news! (URL) came into my Inbox via Google alerts, with this link: (URL) up the great work! Best regards, Allan B. (21 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego) !!
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(...) I kinda doubt it. There isn't much recourse Lego has when it comes to *forcing* you to change your domain name, but it can waste your time (and its time) with legal proceedings, I'm sure. Sorta like the old BrickBay vs. Ebay. Ebay could easily (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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From an article on (URL) CNN>, an appeals court ruled that: "But the appeals court disagreed, saying the Web site was not created to make a profit or to confuse ... customers and potential clients. There were no links on the site to competitors, the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hi, I just read in a danish newspaper that LEGO is about to loose its right to be the sole seller of bricks and so that look like LEGO. It seems that the company called Best-Lock won some kind of trial. Anyone know more about this?? link to danisk (...) (21 years ago, 29-Mar-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I hope they end up here eventually. In particular I'm interested in the garbage truck (4659). (cross posted to lugnet.lego) Julie (21 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.lego)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote: > If the company itself can't pick a single name for a color and stick > with it, what else can we trust them with? The problem is that this is a multilingula company where a large portion of the people in charge do not (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) This is good news! Actually, this would have been an excellent reply to the requests for clarification in the discussion about the list. (...) Oh, come on. I'm not as stubborn as you think ;-) (...) Well, of course it's "colour" - It't not the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm working with Dan from Peeron, colleagues and others to finalize the color chart namings. We should have that soon. The reasons for the delay are long, involved, and uninteresting. Rest assured, that internal communication on the subject (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Source? (...) According to the List of Lego colours at Peeron, No. 5 is "Brick Yellow". This is the only internal name I know. Is there an official source where they call the colour Nr. 5 "Beige"? (...) I think this whole tread started with (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) That would indeed be very useful. I was among several people in the (URL) original> Universal Color thread asking for clarification of the list, which to my knowledge, has not yet been forthcoming. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Boy, talking about communication issues... If the company itself can't pick a single name for a color and stick with it, what else can we trust them with? How someone can call "tan" "brick yellow" with a straight face, I just don't know. -- (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I don't get it. How has the situation changed since Jake stated that the company wouldn't be switching back? We knew (unless Jake was flat-out-lying, which I seriously doubt was happening) that the people responsible for the color change, and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm keeping out of the color discussions, but I can answer this one. The 'Beige' on the list IS what we know as Tan. At LEGO, this color is known both as 'Brick Yellow' and also 'Beige' - color number 05 on the LEGO color chip pallette. Quite (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.color, Christian Treczoks wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) For me, you've just lost your credibility. You're saying one thing in one post--'it's all about the communication--if they just said they're sorry but they can't change it now due (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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Dear Leonard, Just a small correction and addition here: The "American Mindset" annotation relates to the example of Davids experience with Lego fixing a problem, and how exited he was that they actually did this, not to the starting paragraph. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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