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(...) Hear Hear! Kelly Great Point!! Kudos for wraping up the feelings probably of a lot of AFOLs so well! (...) Probably true - being in the agency world for years and designing materials for print and direct mail - I'll tell you the print vendors (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I do on a regular basis. (...) Because I love it myself, so I buy for my own children. I also think that even at current price levels it still is the best toy my money can buy. (...) Put the focus more on building than on playing. (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) - snip - (...) Well. If nothing else, perhaps this will help get across to TLG the level of passion that LEGO enthusiasts hold for their hobby. I think it's tough for some in the company to truly understand that this is far more than just a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yes, if the sets contained useful parts or I needed a gift for a 0-11 year old. (...) Not sure I understand the question... features added to what? The marketing campaign? I'd probably do alot of commercials like that were in the old days, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Thanks for letting us know what happened so soon, Jake. :-) (...) WHOA! This is great! :-D Thanks again, -- Nathan Wells (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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All, I know that some of you have attempted to fill out the survey announced yesterday on LEGOfan.org, only to be turned away with a message about the survey being complete. After some late night phone calls and early morning emails, I've been to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego) !!
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(...) Yes, I'm sure there is a language difference, but here in Sweden it's just like in Denmark: You are not allowed to say "on sale" unless you are selling a product that has been sold before at a higher price (The 'normal' price). The "on sale" (...) (21 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) So to makes sure I understand, you concern is ONLY the use of the words "on sale" rather than "special bundle price"? (...) To be clear, there is NOT a new product involved here. All 7 sets are the exact same things you can buy separately. (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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The same is true in the UK See (URL) the text "It is also against the law for a shop to pretend that goods have been reduced from a higher price to a lower one." It also used to be the case (and I still think it is) that goods had to be on display (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hi Jake, It seems that I am not able to express myself clear enough in english, sorry about that. I will try once again: The problem is that the price on the set K10022 was always 1784 DKK, and therefore it in my opinion not an sale, but as (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I just chatted with Jarid and the EU Commerce team. Looks like the pricing is acutally correct. In this bundle, there are 7 sets. (Two locomotives and 5 car boxes) Each wagon and the loco are priced at 299,75 DKK each, so 7 x 299,75 is 2098,25 (...) (21 years ago, 15-Apr-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well, can't say it's exactly good news for those of us who bought Ambassador passes a few weeks before the divestiture announcement! (We certainly don't go to the parks for the rides.) -Ted (21 years ago, 12-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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As some of you know, I've been running a LEGO blog over at bricksonthebrain.com for some time now. But late last year, I got overwhelmed with work and underwhelmed with the traffic, so I let it slide. But recently, I've been prompted by a number of (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.announce) !
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(...) - much good stuff snipped - That's a good analysis, thanks for taking the time to write it up. (...) This would be an interesting one for them to address publicly. You're right, it's all been anecdotal, although I know that I've seen it as (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Very tricky. I have gone through the annual report - but its not clear whether what's happened is the start of a long contraction down to a niche player or more of a once-off adjustment that's a foundation for modest growth. A couple of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Very tricky. I have gone through the annual report - but its not clear whether what's happened is the start of a long contraction down to a niche player or more of a once-off adjustment that's a foundation for modest growth. A couple of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Boiled down, I think it comes to: "Last year wasn't quite as bad a stinkburger as we thought. Kinda." It's the type of document that can be taken both ways. Improvements are definitely happening, which is good news; but they still lost more. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) The BBC is not exactly positive either. (URL) I guess it depends on what the percieved improvement is rather than the current status. I guess one thing LEGO really suffer for is that they can't shift their manufacture around much like other (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) It was interesting to note that other Google alerts that I got yesterday gave links to stories that were more like what you describe above. I guess it might be all in how you interpret the numbers. Although things may still not be fantastic, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) It was in all the Danish news yesterday - but not as a positive story, but as a very negative story with the headlights: LEGO struggling for survival, LEGO will close down factories in Denmark, Switzerland and USA and move production to China, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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