 | | Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | Jake, ...or whatever other LEGO representative that might be reading this... Why has Canada been left out of this big list of LEGO store openings?!?! Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a couple years ago, and (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Jude Beaudin
| | | | | | (...) I agree Jake. Ottawa would be an excellent choice as it is between Canada's two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, it is Canada's Capital, it has a population of over 1 million people in the region, it lies on the border of the two largest (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | (...) As a side note, our benevolent member-at-large has been willing to help us by shipping 50, yes, 50 large PAB containers worth to us so far from Boston. And we have orders for many more still. That number would be a lot higher if we were able (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Kyle D. Jackson
| | | | | | (...) G'day Tim, To which "big list" are you referring? Can you post a link? Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | (...) Well, it's not really a "list" per se, but I was referring to this page of new store openings on the LEGO site, which lists cities by country: (URL) Strutt (21 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Benjamin Medinets
| | | | | | | | I think there was a published list a ways back, I just couldn't find it. I know that Chicago-area got 2 stores, Boston got another one, Southern California (LA-area) got another store, NY City Metropolitan got 2 (1 in NJ - Paramus Park) and 1 Nyark) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Kyle D. Jackson
| | | | | | | (...) Imagination Centres", "LEGO Brand Stores", and "LEGO Outlets", from the point-of-view of buying selection. They sound the same as the 3 franchise stores we already have in Ontario (Windsor, Waterloo area, and north of Toronto). And compared to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Allan Bedford
| | | | | | | | (...) I can't speak to any of the others, but from what I know of talking to the folks at Bricks & Blocks in St. Jacob's, they are an independent retailer. They aren't a franchise or official company store in any way so far as I know. Having said (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Kyle D. Jackson
| | | | | | | | | (...) Because those 3 Ontario stores carry special S@H packs and sets, discontinued items, have displays, and have only a huge honkin' LEGO logo out front, I had always assumed they were at least an officially recognized exclusive brand store. I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, Brickshelf seems to be down this minute, so I can't pull out any direct links, but when it's back up, just do a search in the gallery for "pick-a-brick" or "pab", and you'll see pictures of the bins of bricks in these stores that you (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Brickshelf is back up now. Drool over this selection of fences and foliage: (URL) some more links to drool over: (URL) Strutt (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Allan Bedford
| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) (URL) If this is the first you've heard of it, then I'm sure that once you've (...) I couldn't agree more. :) Allan B. (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Kyle D. Jackson
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Two words: WICKED!! Sweet aye-carubma, they've got colours I never knew existed! When did pink show up?? Light pukey green? Man, having a PAB around would be cool, the ultimate in bulk purchasing. The best thing I see is the freedom of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Allan Bedford
| | | | | | | | | (...) Again, speaking only about St. Jacob's... I've always thought of them _sort of_ like a car dealership. Most car dealers only sell one brand of cars, but they're not really stores owned by the company that makes the product. I'm not sure that's (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | | | (...) I agree that PAB would be perfectly suited for any of the Bricks & Blocks outlets in Southern and Central Ontario. Unfortunately, from what I have understood, PAB has not gone into any of the existing stores. It has only appeared in new (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Larry Pieniazek
| | | | | | | | | (...) The Mall of America LEGO store got PaB. It existed long before the new push for more stores. I may be misunderstanding you though. As for whether the St. Jacobs store (N of Kitchener/Waterloo ON) would be well suited, I am with Allan, I think (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | | | (...) That's the first one I've heard of then. Excellent, that gives hope. (...) Yes, Bricks and Blocks has 3 locations, and the 2 I've been to are very well done. They are done very professionally, and the large models and play areas add a lot to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Jason Spears
| | | | | | | | | (...) The store in downtown Chicago got pick-a-brick as well. It was a while after the other two stores in IL opened with Pick-a-brick first. My guess would be that the new stores get it right away and then the other stores will get it eventually. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Jeff Reuland
| | | | | | | | | (...) How lucky are we here in the Chicago suburbs????? 3 P-A-B within an hours drive! Pretty darn lucky I guess......... (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Thomas Garrison
| | | | | | | | | (...) Meanwhile, there are no Lego stores (as far as I know) in the region west of Minnesota and north of California. That's what, a quarter of the US and half of Canada, roughly? So I agree with the Canadians that Canada should get a Lego store. . (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Kevin Wilson
| | | | | | | | | | TWS Garrison wrote in message ... (...) I'll vote for that! Kevin (now 6 hours north of Vancouver in a town where the ONLY LEGO source is Wal-Mart) ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Tosino
| | | | | | | | | (...) I totally agree. The only other store west of Minnesota not in California is in Colorado. BC has just under a half million people less than Colorado. Plus we don't have any small chain toy stores. I would think this is one of the lest (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Brian P. Gefrich
| | | | | | | (...) LEGO Imagination Centers, besides looking somewhat cooler on a whole, tend to end up with a whole lot of non-line merchandise and things like keychains and magnets and stuff. The Brand Stores are just that, and the Outlets carry a broader (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Calum Tsang
| | | | | | (...) Well, if you're going to put it anywhere, you'd put it in the nation's REAL capital, Toronto. You know, the one that leads in economy, population, culture etc. :) It only makes sense that you'd go for Toronto: If you had to pick a place with (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Rob Antonishen
| | | | | | | | (...) Niagara Falls of course. It is already a huge tourism hotspot, with large numbers of outlet style/specialty stores and attractions. 14 million people visit Niagara Falls annually. (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | | | | (...) I know GTA would be a great spot in Canada economically for a new store, but you know I had to put in a plug for Ottawa. :-) (...) If they had outlet pricing for a small selection, we'd be there as least weekly to check for new items. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Jude Beaudin
| | | | | | | (...) Calum, According to your stats, we beat your tourism on a per capita basis. :-) Do not forget that with Ottawa you have Gatineau and a reasonable proximity to Montreal. Actually, I do not want to argue that LEGO do something here instead of (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Calum Tsang
| | | | | | | (...) Presumably Gatineau is part of the Ottawa Region, casino and all. :) (...) Well, it doesn't seem the way it used to be, I agree. While we don't miss anything our American friends get from S@H in the US. What we lost was: a) At exchange pricing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Anthony Sava
| | | | | | (...) Don't forget the southern US, too(1)! Here in South Texas, I'm more than a 15 hour drive from any LEGO Outlet, probably a lot more than that. I mean, talk about pent up demand...(2) Texas(3)! It's a good place to have one, too! C'mon LEGO... (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Dear LEGO... —Tim Strutt
| | | | | (cross-posting to Dear-LEGO) Jake, ...or whichever other LEGO representative that might be reading this... Why has Canada been left out of all these LEGO store openings?!?! Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Dear LEGO... —Bob Clough
| | | | | Have to agree with getting more Pick a brick stores, you have one in Windsor, down in the south of england, there should be one up north, say Manchester, so i can get the bits i need without resorting to bricklink :D (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.dear-lego)
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