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(...) <snip> (...) would wear ties while building! ;-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, at one time they certainly thought adults were worth marketing to: (URL) that in the top two pictures, adult-type people are building adult-type things with the bricks- and no children are in sight. Then again, the contents of these (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And thanks to TLC and specifically Lego Direct for taking this step. I've been a part of such endeavors to overcome inertia in an organisation before, and it is not easy to do. In fact, the easiest thing to do is get lost in the here and now (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) lol Make no mistake: model railroading is by *no* means a child's hobby! Can you even *have* a "child's hobby"? Children play with toys. When adults play with toys, it's a hobby;-) We as AFOLS have commandeered LEGO as a hobby for ourselves. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Exactly. *Somebody* has to do it. (...) But remember, for most parts suppliers to make it worth their while, they are buying sets in bulk at deep discounts-- 50%-70% off, which has got to be approaching TLC's profit margin. Think of what (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmm, not necessarily -- the secondary market changes the whole equation. True, someone has to go and buy X amount of sets and sort through and organize the elements, but I've seen people get very close to true bulk from many sources, for much (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That depends on your definition of "really get into", I guess. Few kids "really get into" *any* hobby on the same scale as adults - that's part of a function of being an adult and actually having disposable income and the like, not a function (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes and no. Have you ever been to a store specializing in train models? I have been to several. There happens to be a hardware store on University Ave. in Berkeley, CA that has a model and train hobby section in the basement. Point being: from (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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richard marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) Let's *really* define bulk here. True bulk bricks would be bricks by the thousands, and it is in those numbers where I would expect discounts. Calling their services "bulk" is just TLC using a convenient term. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Good Morning! (...) Well, I've been searching a lot around the shops (mostly small, but also TRU and big supermarket chains within 100km radius of my home during the last months (especially since I realized there is no more 4229 Basic XXL box), and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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