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| (...) I do. I'm about 2-3 hours away from Portland, waaaay up in Ellsworth. (Thats about 15 minutes away from Bar Harbor) So yeah, I'd be great if there was a Lego shop in Bar Harbor or Bangor/Brewer. (21 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Plus, there's now a store in Natick, MA which is sort of inbetween and slightly south of Solomon Pond and Burlington. A bit of a trek from Maine (probably 2+ hours unless you live far south like in Kittery), but potentially worth a visit. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Not the same Portland, but Oregon's getting its first LEGO store at Washington Square in Beaverton, just west of Portland (PDX). Construction sign's up and everything. Should open in September. Bye bye, what little expendable cash I ever (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Solomon Pond and Burlington aren't too terribly far. Unless, of course, you live excessively north of Portland. -Orion (21 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) I think this is a /great/ idea! If I'm understanding this right, it allows fans to give back to the community and the company thats given them so much. This IMHO buys Lego a lot of PR currency. Good work! (21 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Now only if Lego would open a store in Maine somewhere. (21 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| Hey Jake - any chance of getting an update on the new stores? There has been a post or two here on Lugnet hinting at new stores and I just found (URL) this news page>: "A new 8,000-sf tenant to be announced soon for Ontario Mills, the 1.7-million-sf (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (snip) (...) And not one LEGO store..... :) :) :) :) (...) Well, I can't help you out much with store placement (I'm not involved with that), and as for Europe--that's LEGO Europe, not Americas... you'd be suprised how many people came to me at (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Ha, yeah, forgot about Dubai. That's pretty new. I've been trying to figure out how to get down there... you know, for research. Yeah, that's it... yeah yeah. And to the point about size of city - the stores are placed based on the largest (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) 15 Million people in all of New England and we only have 2 stores (soon to be 3) all in Eastern and Central Massachusetts and 1 US headquarters. I mean really, why can't we get some love in New England.(1) -Eric (1) Anyone who didn't catch the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) More figures: 2 Million (yes, TWO MILLION) people in Slovenia (Yes, we are small). And not one LEGO store..... :) :) :) :) Saso Tomat, Slovenia (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Figures, 30 Million people in Michigan, Ohio and Ontario, and not one store...... Gary Istok (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) The LEGO stores are owned and operated via LEGO Brand Retail (LBR), a subgroub in TLG. The US stores are headquartered in Enfield. There is only one franchise, and that's in Dubai. There are 23 (soon to be 26--stores in MA, CA and OR coming) (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Yes, the LEGO Stores are fully and totally owned by the LEGO Group. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Team (21 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) As I understand it, LEGO Stores are a subpart of TLG. But TLG isn't a single giant company, but more like a collection of companies with joint leadership. For instance, LEGO Stores have to buy their product from the TLG distributor (and, oddly (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| Does anyone know if the LEGO stores are "company" stores or franchises? I assume they are "company" stores (owned and operated by TLG) but was curious. Ted (21 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Want to be famous?
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| (...) Right on Jake, Thank you very much. Also thank you for all that you do to help foster a relation between Fans/Artists and the LEGO Group. e (21 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) Bit of IT trouble. For now, just send it to me and reference that the mail should be forwarded to Melinda. (Melinda is an American who just relocated to Australia, and has apparently had a kink in her email switchover - but the fact that she's (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) I emailed "melinda.carter@amer....lego.com" yesterday and it went through fine. She replied back to me from "aumecart@asia.lego.com" - perhaps this is a better place to email her? -Lenny (21 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| (...) Ya know I was wondering why someone from Australia had "america" in their email address? Maybe it's Melinda.Carter@austr...a.lego.com ? Just wondering.... Gary Istok (21 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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