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In lugnet.lego, René Hoffmeister wrote: Dear René, thanks for bringing these postings into the debate. Facts are: LEGO gave a promise and broke it (because they think they can generate profit out of this decision). Fact number 2 is: lots of people (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) To be honest, I could care less about what the company does. This is a hobby for me. What this means is that I refuse to let anything LEGO stress me out. In other words, I'll praise the company when they do something I like and ignore (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Fact # 1: I have yet to see anyone produce the "PROMISE" that TLC gave. Fact # 2: I am one of those who IS very upset with the change to the colors. I have not spent one penny on new sets, nor will I any time soon. Old sets and parts will be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Rene presented them in his post, just one level above Bens posting: (URL) Quotes: “The edition of this set is likewise limited, there is a total of 14,000 copies” “This is your last chance to buy Maersk blue bricks” Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Wrong. TLC stated that they had old Maersk Blue pellets and 'wouldn't it be nice to give the AFOL a really cool set and use up the pellets at the same time'. Why should that negate future contracts? It was a business decision made at the time (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) At the time, it was. Does that negate new contracts with Maersk? Dave K (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) surely 0.8 cm is as metric as 1cm? Tim (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sorry to correct you, Dave, but they did. Go read Renes posting. They called the set limited. And they announced it to be the very last chance to buy Mearsk blue. There are not 2 last chances in life. (...) If I call a product limited and give (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Steven D. Weiser wrote: snipped some text to reduce it to something I'am confused about (...) Hi, in this discussion on lugnet.com almost everybody who wrote about collectors wrote in a very negative way. It seems as if in the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Not what I intended to bring across. I am saying that any type of investment, wether it be the stock market, or the toy market, is risky business. You take your chances on making or losing money. I have purchased shares in companys that were (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Because they are the only one that would be negatively affected by this so called "collectibility" of this set, now that it is not so rare. (...) I know tons of those, generally from the anime toy fandom. Some of them buy two of each action (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hey Ben, I think you know my feelings about crap bley and all of those silly excuses surrounding it. As you might have read elsewhere I didn't buy any new sets this year (except for bulk bricks at S@H), so you may have a clue of how I feel. In (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) [SNIP] (...) Dear Paulo! Thanks for your posting now! -And I remember you once answered in a very friendly way, when I explained, that I feel nearly expelled out of my hobby due to the bleys. It was possible your posting which kept me here at (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Nothing new. Already debunked by others. (...) Ha ha! Remember all those gambling toys a.k.a. bionical masks? Can they just honestly label their product instead of enouraging kids to play lottery? (...) Why do I keep hearing this ignorant (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Your thought process, as enumerated below, is flabergasting in the scope of its naivete. You realize that Lego is fighting for its very survival, no? Maybe you're right. Better to have those kindly Danes keep making the brick until the company is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi Ka-On, <snipped> (...) Got me curious about this. It is really true what you are saying? Or are you talking about the average middle/high class? Isn't it true that overthere you have a lot of children labour? I saw a documentary in Discovery (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip a bit of my stuff> (...) Dear Ben, I'm very glad that you noticed it and I'm really touched to see that you even recall it! I really think that you are (besides a {greatest} MOCcer, mind you!) one of the few persons that keep me hanging (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Since LEGO is a private company, they can do anything they want. If LEGO decided to now make automotive parts or kitchen utensils or print newspapers there is nothing we can say as fans of the brick to make them change their mind. The LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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