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Subject:	Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego
Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:39:07 GMT
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Leonard Hoffman wrote: > Is Jake achieving? Are you joking? Not joking. Only raising a point. > Maybe you're just not going to BrickFest, ever reading Jake's posts or > interacting with TLG at all - but I'd say Jake isn't just doing something.. No, never went to BrickFest. Too far. Yes, communicated and discussed a lot of things with him, and talked to him personally, of course, when he was over here. TLG interacting? Now you're joking... > Jake is doing A LOT! > And by that, I mean >achieving< results, not just spinning wheels. Yes, he achieved some things. I never denied that. But he has to fight an extremely dumb, fat and slow corporate juggernaut. So his chances to move something from "want" to "have" are quite low in this company. I appreciate him for trying this, though. And I'll try to help him wherever I can. Even (and especially) by voicing concers in the open. > But the one thing I see that he is not achieving, is winning the complete trust > of AFOLs - but then, I have to wonder if that is really possible. It seems more > and more to me that there is a contingent of AFOLs and Lugnet that refuses to be > satisfied unless everyone else stops and cow-tows to their every demand. Well, > aint gonna happen. It is indeed hard to trust Jake. He is an employee of TLC, and he is bound by agreements which prevent him from open communication with us. It is not his fault that trusting a person such bound is next to impossible. This is nothing personal against Jake, it is just an nearly mathematical assessment of a trust level based on the surrounding factors. > I am a proud friend and supporter of Jake. I am thoroughly impressed by his > continual love and devotion to the LEGO Fan community, even despite continual > attacks against his person. As I said, I don't attack him. Indeed, I feel deeply sorry for Jake to have to cope with us and that company and wish him all the best not to get ground between the two. yours, Christian

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		Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
(...) And what point is that? The point is only worthwhile if Jake hasn't done anything - and the reality is that he has done something. He's done a lot. (...) No I am not. By TLG interacting, I refer to talking with a few marketing represetatives, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)

		Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
(...) I have not seen one scrap of evidence that Jake or anyone else at TLC has been dishonest at any point in time. And what's more... FACT: The toy industry is cut-throat, competitive, season-driven. FACT: TLC is a privately held company. FACT: (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)

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		Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
(...) Is Jake achieving? Are you joking? Maybe you're just not going to BrickFest, ever reading Jake's posts or interacting with TLG at all - but I'd say Jake isn't just doing something.. Jake is doing A LOT! And by that, I mean >achieving< results, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)

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