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(...) My understanding is that TRU refuses to carry Clikits anymore, and with TLG's major US distribution channel gone there will be no more Clikits in the US. The UK, on the other hand, has been getting exclusive sets for years, so Clikits may be (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.clikits, lugnet.lego)
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I noticed that Clikits sets have completely disappeared from the shop.lego.com website* (U.S. view) and from my local LEGO Retail store. Then I checked a paper catalog and saw they're not there either. Is this the end? -Suz * with the exception of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.clikits, lugnet.lego)
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(URL) From Forbes>: Lego Group H1 pretax swings into profit as sales rise 19 pct; ups FY guidance 08.16.2006, 08:18 AM COPENHAGEN (AFX) - Lego Group posted a pretax profit of 238 mln dkr for the first six months of the year, up from a loss of 202 (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Josh Breese wrote: .... (...) Getting pissed is our business, and we can do it how we want. I suggest not getting mad at us for protecting our assets and profits. Cheers, Selçuk (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) By an amazing coincidence, I just got an email from LEGO.com this morning that says that they have free shipping on orders of $75 or more, and when I go to (URL) they have the free shipping promotion right on the main page. That would take (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I knew the price of the parts and that there would be shipping however I didn’t know about the new shipping price structure or the sales tax thing until the second page of checkout. (...) If I did, I would, but that is not the case. I am after (...) (20 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What do you have to complain about? If I place the same order on S@H I get a final price of 1182.25 SEK ($165.379 according to (URL) the fact that the average US person has 30-70% more money to spend than a Swede doesn't make the equation (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wait, you are pissed because of their prices? Did you buy this without knowing, or did you see everything up front? If you already bought this and then realized what happened, then be pissed at yourself for not reading the quoted price properly. If (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Also, news from the Burlington store indicates that you can order from Shop At Home *from* the store, which can be used towards the loyalty cards (yum!). Hence, they likely changed the system around to accomodate this. Actually, since loyalty (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ondrew: Lego switched to a fixed percentage for shipping a few months ago. As for sales tax, they only seem to charge it for states with actual Lego stores. Ken (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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This sucks. So today I was going to finally order the windows I needed for a building I’ve been building for a while now and I ran into a couple snags. 1.) The lego.com and it’s shop.lego.com sites are not loading properly. I had to refresh and (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
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I tried this solution out for myself, and it didn't produce the best results for rolling friction. Not to say it isn't a good solution, because I do see major improvements, but just that there is a better one. Adding the metal sleeve around the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) (URL) Brick Blast Vermont>. This was are first experiance doing a mid summer train show and it was extremely hot and humid durring the event. My trains which have been running at shows for 7+ years would not run at all because of the friction (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Paul S. D'Urbano wrote: <snip> Hubba. This is the TLG I'm talking about! Bravo! Still keep making the juniorized, smaller sets (for profits), but don't forsake creating the sets that require old school building. :-) JOHN (20 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well said! My 13 year old "little" brother's eyes just about popped out when I showed him a picture of this set. My mom was about to buy him the (URL) Playmobil plane>, but I advised her to wait for this one. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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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)
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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)
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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) !
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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)
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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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