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| I think MegaBloks have wonderful designs, limited by their brick quality. I hope they buy out TLG and use the high-quality molds for better purposes! I am completely convinced that the only reason the Star Wars sets are any good is that there is a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Alvin Toffler fantasized about the total customization of mass production in the 70s ("Future Shock" and so on.) Fifteen years later, Dell was held up as proof of the concept. Ten years after that, Dell hasn't changed, and nobody is ordering (...) (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 still prefer Trans-Antifreeze. Oh well ;-) -Tim (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Wow, for some reason I always thought Chartreuse was a red or pink color. Oh well...now I know! (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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)
| | | | | 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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