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| I think this is a good looking model. Its nice to see Lego is till doing UCS type models that are other things then Star Wars. I showed it to my Dad who works at a boeing plant when he got home, and he said that he hadn't heard anything from anyone (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego, FTX)
| | | | | Re: 10177: UCS Boeing 787 Dreamliner!
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| (...) I had some concerns earlier this year about the Lego City passenger plane being a little too simplified with the one-piece nose section and one-piece wings, so I'm really glad to see TLC release a plane made from real bricks. I do wonder, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego)
| | | | | 10177: UCS Boeing 787 Dreamliner!
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| Okay, so I think this is really neat: (URL) Witt announced this on (URL) pieces, 66 cm long with a wingspan of 69 cm due out this summer It doesn't look like they're officially calling it "UCS" although one look at the display stand and you'll agree (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego) !
| | | | | Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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| (...) Jonathan, I dont know what kind of experience you have working abroad. I worked for them for 3 years in Mexico, and it was not until an American Manager was sent down to get things fixed, after firing 75% of the "work" force (in my (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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| (...) Ultimately, no matter where TLC decides to manufacture its product, its up to TLC as to who they hire and what code of conduct they enforce on their plants and workers. They can enforce their quality standards on even the cheapest workers. (20 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Mexico is a country where people working an assembly line, such as many "maquiladoras" found in the Northern States that border the US, make about the hourly wage of a person in the States (in a similar position), but in a day. So instead of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) Yeah, but then I have inventory lying around and other nastyness. Also, paypal is a very untrustworthy company, and it would be safer, for both me and my customers, for me to get a merchant account instead. (...) This is basically what I'm (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) You could just buy your own LEGO Factory designs, mark them up, and stick a Paypal button on your website. And S@H shipping is so fast, you could have "just-in-time" inventory. Admittedly the CafePress model is much nicer, but I don't see TLC (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) Thats with anything, though. (...) This was the method I actually had in mind. I'd be very nice to allow the builders themselves to market the product instead of Lego needing to... well, Lego wouldn't even have to care. They'd just have to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) An interesting concept, although I'm not sure I quite follow it. Currently, you can purchase other people's designs for the normal price. Even if you couldn't directly through the website, you could sell downloads of your LDD files, and have (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) I'd just like to say this might be a major nightmare. I have painful visions of thousands of low-quality models that you'd have to page through to find the occasional gem. If you had a direct link that you could put on a website, that would be (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) That was briefly mentioned at BrickFest last year (and I mean briefly, as in a passing reference). There was mention of keeping track of sales of LDD models, and if one was popular enough, the builder would be contacted. I don't know what has (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) Sounds like a decent idea. (...) Ok that sounds completely ridiculous. LEGO has said time and time again that their primary audience is kids, not AFOLs. Even if the average AFOL spent $500+ per year (and I'm making this number up), we'd still (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) Lego has numerous ways out of getting out of their mess, so to speak. #1) One feature I would like to see is allowing people to "sell" their works through Lego Designer, for, say, 5% or 10% of the selling price. This would allow a community to (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | LDD to LDRAW Conversion Fixes
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| I've been tinkering with the "ldraw.xml" file in LEGO Digital Designer (LDD), and have come up with the following list of fixes for good LDD/LDRAW conversion. In case you hadn't already discovered, if you append ".ldr" to the end of the file name (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.build) !!
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| Todd, Very well stated! My sentiments exactly. For those of us who have friends or acquaintances at TLG, it is especially distressing. Unfortunately this has not been the first turbulence at the Lego company. - The 1972 transfer of the Samsonite USA (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO Company,
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| (...) <Snipped for length> (...) You aren't alone, Todd, I agree with 100%. Long live LEGO. Anthony Sava AFOL for life League City, TX (20 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Dear LEGO Company,
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| Dear LEGO Company, I am very sad to hear of your latest news closing the packaging and distribution in Enfield, Connecticut and scaling back nearly 75% of the work force in Billund, Denmark. I appreciate the tough times that the toy industry as a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Illegal EBAY Auction?
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| The seller has 15 of them! And the seller appears to have a track record of selling multiple copies of CDs and DVDs. Doesn't sound like someone selling off a few odds and ends from home. I think they are perfectly well aware of what they are doing! (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Addressing concerns about Outsourcing LEGO Production
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| (...) I will check into what the answer is to this question. I don't know all of the details on this so I will find the answers for you. Thanks guys. Steve (20 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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