The LEGO Company : 1083


LEGO Company / 1083

I need your help... and info! — Jake McKee
(Note: please trim newsgroups on reply) All, As you know, I work both with you and with colleagues inside the LEGO Company. My efforts internally include a large bit of "training and introduction" about AFOLs. Projects like the "AFOLs" comic are (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.announce, FTX) !!

	RE: I need your help... and info! —Marco Correia
	Jake, (...) done. You could specify the currency (US Dollar?) when asking the amount spent. (...) Will you ever release the resulting stats to the AFOL community ? ...it'd be nice to see our (stat) "image" :) mc. (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Felix Greco
		(...) I'd like to second this. I think we all speculate quite a bit about the over-all demographics of our community. It would be nice to see what you come up with. Felix (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Jason Spears
	(...) Jake, One question I thought was a little tricky to answer was "How many people attend these events?" Because I filled in that my favorite LEGO community events were both LUG Meetings & Train Shows. The answer as to how many people attend is (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Christian Treczoks
	(...) Just a little imperfectness with the survey: At one point you ask, if any of the events have been visible in the media, i.e. TV/Radio/Newpaper/None of the Above. If one of the media types has been activated, the survey goes on asking how often (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Johannes Koehler
	Hello! (...) hehe, I was tempted.... But no, I acted nicely and tried to be as truthful as I could :) Bye Jojo (URL) And yes, I hate the colour change..... (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —James Stacey
	"Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:HuMFDI.1to5@lugnet.com... (...) Company. (...) about (...) colleagues (...) get (...) much (...) been (...) bit of (...) basics (...) survey (...) Please (...) as (...) your (...) it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Tim David
		I (naturally) assumed it was £ oh well tim (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Joseph Woolley
	Jake McKee wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] For this question: " How many people attend these events? (Add up all of the people who attend the over the course of a year.) " I assume you mean "How many AFOLs attend these events?" Am I correct? Thanks! // (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

		Re: I need your help... and info! — Jake McKee
		(...) No, how many people:AFOLs, kids, parents, everyone. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Eric Sophie
	I'll do it if you cross-post to .build.mecha Jake. ;) e (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

		Re: I need your help... and info! — Jake McKee
		(...) Done! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Ley Ward
	Thanks for the opportunity, Jake and keep up the good work. I truly believe that we AFOLs have been underestimated by TLC, so this is a great opportunity to let them know who we are. The majority of my purchases have been through retail and I've (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Gail Meagher
	(...) Other than the already mentioned 'I assume this amount is in US dollars', I had a couple of comments on the survey. You might want to have unemployed as an option for the occupation. I noticed that one place I talk to people about LEGO a great (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Stephane Simard
	Done. I think your people will be surprised at how few of my Lego purchases are made at Shop @ Home or retail. (75% are made at eBay and BrickLink). I suspect there are many AFOLs with a similar percentage. (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Anders Isaksson
	(...) Maybe it should have been wise to indicate the currency you expect us to use when answering (the SEK is not the same as the $), or was this survey USA only, without mentioning it? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Tim David
	Another problem that no-one seems to have mentioned. My group (The Brickish.org) has appeared on television but if I choose to say that it has then next question is how many times I have appeared and doesn't give me option to say none. Tim (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Simon Bennett
		(...) I answered based on the number of times there was a Brickish appearance. I hope this doesn't mess it up Jake. By the way - do we get to see the results? Psi (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

			Re: I need your help... and info! —Kevin Wilson
			Simon Bennett wrote in message ... (...) to (...) and (...) hope (...) I did the same thing based on club appearances rather than personal appearances. Other questionable questions: The "community LEGO sites you visit" only wanted you to list your (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Jason Spears
		(...) MichLUG has been on TV before as well, I answer that the group had been on TV and then I answered how many times in particular it was me that was doing the interview. Same with # of times in the newspaper. Jason Spears \| (URL) BrickCentral> \| (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Dan Walker
	I found some of the Questions difficult to answer. Is posting to lugnet considered "belonging to a lego user group", or is this just refering to membership? I am currently a university student, and my answeres to some of the questions would be (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Holger Matthes
	Hi Jake, I x-posted your message and a brief translation of the questionaire at the 1000steine.de/forum (URL) And I filled in the questionaire of course. One thing is missing: The curreny for the input of how much you spend on LEGO per year. Hope it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Jason Spears
		(...) I also x-posted your message to BrickLink and Classic-Castle. (2 URLs) Jason Spears \| (URL) BrickCentral> \| (URL) MichLUG> (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Larry Pieniazek
		(...) while mentioning crossposts. I posted it to brickish.org ... (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Thomas Stangl
	(...) I filled it out, but it's not a truthful representation of my spending habits anymore. I put down my avg $10,000/yr spending up to 2004, but my 2004 spending will be MUCH, MUCH lower once all the 2003-previous sets are gone from retail. Maybe (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Bruce Hietbrink
	Hey Jake, Some vague points in the survey: Q2 asks if I'm in a local or virtual user group. If I say "both", meaning that in addition to taking part in LUGOLA (local group) I'm also a member of Lugnet, Classic-Castle.com, and FBTB.net forums, the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Ray Sanders
	Jake, I filled it out. Something you really (and I do mean REALLY) need to take into account is the multiplier between how much I spent and the relative MSRP of the same product. Stuff I buy is usually on clearance, so while I spent $XXXX, the true (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Sonnich Jensen
	I have now answered as I think it is my duty. Though a few things are not clear/uncorrect: 1. Member of a LUG? I said yes, as I am using lugnet. Or do you mean a local club? There are not enough around here for a club. 2. Radio/TV/Prints (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Tobbe Arnesson
	Apart from what's already been mentioned; I had trouble with the hours per day question. There were alternatives like 1-2 and 3-4 but I estimate it to 2-3 hours per day. I took the lower number here. Hope to see the results later on! (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —Sonnich Jensen
		(...) The interesting thing is also, that "per day" is not correct for me - more like per week. It depends on a number of things, some days I might spend most of my day on lego, but mostly I do not spend time on lego, that is some days I spend (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

			Re: I need your help... and info! —Henrik Johansson
			(...) Well, just divide your number per week by seven... It's not rocket sience ;) /Henrik (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

				Re: I need your help... and info! —Sonnich Jensen
				(...) Well, it is not even every week I spend time with my lego - during summer I have other things to do, but during the winder (sep-mar here) I build, the colder and darker the more I build. But it also depends on inspiration, waiting for (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Dirk Meier
	Jake, I have filled out your questions. But some important remarks: In the last years I spend aprox. 1200 Euro each year for LEGO. This year I will spend 0 Euro! I will definitely do not buy an discoloured bricks! Most time I spend this year with my (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Mark Neumann
	I filled this out, thanks for giving us the chance to give you some input. One question though, why on the "What events do you attend" page in NWBrickCon not there? Mark (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Matthew J. Chiles
	(...) OK, I filled out the survey honestly, thanks for the chance to input again. But where _can_ we make a statement about color change that might help the AFOL position. I have already called Customer Service and mailed a long letter to Susan (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

	Re: I need your help... and info! —Larry Lesser
	(...) Jake, always a pleasure to help some one who works for TLC out. I took my survey. I think that futuron would be a great space series to bring back. That had some good peices that have made it through the years. I would like to make a request (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

		Re: I need your help... and info! —David Laswell
		(...) Huh? 15x15 baseplate? Did you mean to type 16x16, or were you referring to the 15-inch by 15-inch X-Large baseplate? (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)