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Basically TLC has 2 goals that several of you are paraphrasing. 1. Gaining market share through superior product. One way to gain market share is by introducing potential long term customers to your product. Does that mean get the kids at an earlier (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Yes. According to M-W online, the color chartreuse is "a variable color averaging a brilliant yellow green." It describes the LEGO color perfectly! (...) My favorite name for it (I think Jeff Thompson coined it?) is "Alien Vomit." :-) --Todd (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) ^^^^^^^ (...) ^^^^^^ (...) Are you agreeing or disagreeing? I was making predictions about gross profits, not gross revenues. (...) Hasn't this already begun to happen? 5-10 years down the road is anyone's guess, and I'm not holding my breath (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Nope, that would be Trans-Neon Green, aka Trans-Antifreeze or Trans-Yellow green. -dead (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I am guessing that Trans-Chartreuse is the color used on blacktron II? (...) sounds good but you forgot my all time favorite color, trans orange. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I'm not sure that bulk or by-the-brick type purchasing will ever be that large a segment of the market. I strongly suspect that unless something happens to change our culture, that the in-store purchase of sets will be the the bulk of the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Whoa, yah! You said it!!!! 400-pc. Classic Colors Builders Pack: Red, Blue, Yellow, White, Black (been there, done that, but still cool) 400-pc. Drab Colors Builders Pack: Dark Green, Dark Brown, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Tan 400-pc. Exotic (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Only if they lower their prices to the point where people feel they are getting a good deal. There are very few bulk packs I feel are a truly good deal (train windows/doors ARE a good deal). The plain brick prices, frankly, SUCK. And if TLC (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G3BFL3.2u5@lugnet.com... [mega snippage] (...) else (...) name, (...) head-to-head (...) helps (...) the (...) Good thoughts. Though I wouldn't break down into an examination of the MegaBloks (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I believe that LEGO can maintain its lead by continuing to design high-quality building sets which appeal to progressively larger market segments, but that the ultimate winner will not be the one who designs and sells the best sets. The leader (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands) !
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(...) A world without TLC frightens me. And it frightens me that the company may be in trouble. Not grave trouble. Not yet. But maybe in a few years. IMO, the new catalog indicates a slight shift in the right direction, but not by much. Megabloks is (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G3B6BE.MDq@lugnet.com... (...) product (...) I'm worried that MegaBloks appears to be gaining ground on LEGO. As you point out later on - juniorization is going to be one of those causes. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Why does that worry you? If a competitor is able to manufacture a product that receives praise, and that product is still less popular than the leading brand, I'd think the leading brand would be elated. Alternatively, if MegaBloks keeps (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Please comment on speed of shop.lego.com
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(24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It may depend on your internet connection. If you have AOL MSN or any other dial up networks yeah it will take a long time. To make it faster go to the low-band site which is definetly faster without the flashy stuff. Or if you have any (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It may depend on your internet connection. If you have AOL MSN or any other dial up networks yeah it will take a long time. To make it slower go to the low-band site which is definetly faster without the flashy stuff. Or if you have any (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Will we be seeing Castle Accessories soon?
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Will we be seeing Castle Accessories soon? And if so will they be available at Shop At Home? Another few questions still linger on...will new castle sets be introduced sometime in 2001? If so, then when? Will TLC ever decide to pre-release (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle)
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(...) You forget here that the 3033 bucket is not avalable worldwide, (selfish, very selfish :-) I feel extremely frustrated that we are deprived of this great brick source. I want compensation ! So, your statement only go's if the 3033 bucket will (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) to (...) me (...) sit (...) LEGO may have one of the slowest commerical page around. The page has extreme CPU usage without doing anything. (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Heather Patey" <hpatey@nfld.com> wrote in message news:G31s9t.u7@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) anyone (...) This is great, thanks. Can you add the train items - 3733, 3734, 3735, 3736, and 3737? Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I've updated the spreadsheet I made to facilitate ordering bulk parts from Lego S@H, to include the new items from the holiday catalog. (URL) ought to work for both Excel 95 and 97 now; please let me know if anyone have trouble with it. Cheers, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Nope, I didn't. Personally, I can't think of anything worthwhile to build out of that color (And I'm a HUGE Vikings fan;), but then again I'm a train and town guy interested in "real life" colors rather than "fantasy" colors such as the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You forgot Teal and Imperial Violet (The purple from the Grimace McDonald's Happy Meal set.) I suspect some people will want that horrid cyber slam purple too. Imperial Violet on the other hand is my holy grail of lego colors. I bought over 40 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I know everyone at LEGO is very busy, so I do not want any details, but I would like some response. Is LEGO looking into improving speed of the shop.lego.com pages? The bulk page is essentially unusable. It takes 3 to 4 minutes for the page to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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| | Please publish AFTER setting everything up!
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Lego, Please, before you publish a new URL, set up the web site and make sure that everyone can access it. I was browsing the new Technic catalog and noticed the (URL) address. Unfortunately, when I tried to load the site, an error appeared. It (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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| | could lego please explain why
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retailers are not able to stock the lego train track & accessories? (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Ideas for Lego (2002-3) Onwards?
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(...) Actually, JPIII won't be Spielberg. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) No, I was thinking of the plastic that they used to make ghosts. But since real octopi do have colour-changing abilities, your idea is better. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I take it you also read my comments reagarding Optrix. Light Emitting Polymers could be used to create your 'glowing' octopus. Then agin other lements could be made to glow or change color. Imagine just being able to plug in a rick to make it (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I was thinking along the lines of Joureny to the Centere of the Earth or '20,000 leaques under the Sea' so I suppourt your viewpoint. I feel that UIt would fit within the current themeing in Adventurers... Of course in MOCLAND you could always (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ Now there Is an Idea for an ENTIRE RANGE!!!. <FAKED Catlouge blurb> ******** belives that children should develop and express theire dramatic and creative skills. Now with the LEGO(R) theatre they can. Join the Players as they embark (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This Orange brick packs news was just a bit late for me. I didn't see it till today and it seems you all snapped up the in-stock sets! I have been put on a back order list:( maybe I'll see them in November? See Ya... Robin W GFLTC PS I'm with (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This is an excellent idea. I would very much like to see some of the Verne-esque Steam Age machinery rendered in LEGO. Very good idea. (...) This would seem to be elementary, but only time will tell. ~Mark (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) now this I like. I would like to see: return to wild west 7+ blacksmiths shop barber shop doctor saloon gold mine gold miner with tent and tools (including a gold pan) wild west train (with a new upside down cone piece for the funnel). if lego (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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My Suggestions- Town/Model Team Architect 14+ Town is back in a big way... there's even a mini-fig scale shopping mall! 1 Hotel 2 Shopping Mall 3 Restaurant 4 LEGO Museum (lots of discontinued elements on display) 5 Theatre Castle/Northern Knights (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Attn : Lego UK Ltd Lego Futura Lego Direct Mr Brad Justus. LUGNET readership.. Dear Sirs ( with apologies), As a long term fan of your construction toys and products I would like to suggeste the following ideas for 2003 onwards. (I have used this (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Wish list Re: Can we have 1x3 bricks in bulk please?
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How about TLC establishing a wish list for bulk buyers? Take Jason Catena's list and expand it. What better customer survey could there be than finding out what you customers want? I suspect there may be a market for every piece that TLC (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: [Fwd: Re: Train Windows and Doors]
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) because (...) I live in Idaho and I received my catalog last Friday, I seem to be one of the first to get the new one. I ordered the windows last Saturday, however they are backordered until November 24. If (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) According to S@H (not the answering service) as of 11:20 EDT, these are expected to be available near the end of November. Dave! (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They aren't available anywhere on the website yet. I suspect that's because we aren't supposed to know about them yet. ;) As per usual, whoever distributes LEGO catalogues on the eastern US seaboard has let them out a couple weeks before LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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