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| (...) I certainly don't want MegaBloks to take over the whole market, but I just as certainly don't mind their presence in it, if only as a warning against complacency. In addition, my brand loyalty (or anyone else's) shouldn't be taken for granted, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) But it's "Bard" backwards! ;-) "Earth Tones" sounds a lot better! :-) --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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| (...) Then they shouldn't have sent out their holiday catalogs yet... Dave! (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Not at all. I thought 100 new parts would be plenty. Maybe 50 new each year. Child's play. -John (...) Alllllrighty now, Stevo's in for a mil-- any others? -John (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) No one has been able to order the new bulk items and not have them backordered. I think it's because we aren't supposed to know about them yet. James James Brown's Parts Sale: (URL) parts, averaging $0.10 per piece. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-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:G3Csxo.IFK@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) the (...) the (...) Yes, this is a very real threat to their market sovereignty. But do we *want* it to happen? Answer that for yourself. I'm loyal to the (...) (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. I have not ordered anything yet from the latest releases. Yet. ++Lar (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Great topic. And many of us train heads have thought of this is several very similar ways. Some even doing it (train guild, MOC sales...) But to even partially realize a spin off there would need to be at least a million upfront. Run the numbers on (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I would say that it only *appears* to be at glacial speed, because we don't see everything that's going into it. The sudden appearance of rarer colors in bulk pack ordering reflects what was probably an immediate move to follow on-line (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) That's the perennial complaint against MegaBloks. I used to dig in my heels and deny it, but looking back at products of years past, I have to admit grudgingly that their earlier products didn't stick together consistently or well. Some bricks (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) <snip> (...) <snip yet more> I thought I'd throw some anecdotal data in: I called to place a large Lego order on Monday. About 18 different set #s. Almost all of the new Bulk packs, the train packs, and the castle expander pack were (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Can we all start referring to "Dark Gray" as "Dishwater"? eric (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Perhaps you were thinking of cerise? Maggie C. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) -- (...) than (...) Ah, one advantage of living in an apartment complex is that the carrier shows up in his truck, which generally seems to hold plenty of packages. What is also usually a benefit is that if I'm not there to sign for a package, (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Exactly! (...) As I stated these are 2 "goals". I didn't mean to imply they had reached either of these, and these might not even be in their current buisness model. Daniel (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Todd Lehman wrote: If TLC were my toy company.... First, I would do the obvious and offer as many kinds of bricks in bulk online as I could. That's a no-brainer. After all, you can't build imagination without the hardware;-) Second, I would (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| Hi, I think that TLC faces problems in several fronts with respect to their sales and marketing in the future. 1)AFOLs vs Target Audience-By targetting the 12 and under group and designing sets based on what these groups may want Lego in turn is (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Doesn't seem to be their current method: it's more like "grasping for market share by making simple, disposable sets with the promise of instant play value thereby completely missing the core competency of the product". (...) Well, that at (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Maybe "Earth Tones"? "Drab" doesn't exactly have a great marketing ring... (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) If they were able to make a product up to the quality standards of Lego, I'd love to see them succeed. Unfortunately, their bricks simply don't stick together right. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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