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And it's not working over on this side of the pond either. Not being a computer expert, I'm not sure if my error is the same as Suzanne's but I get "HTTP 500 - Internal server error" in Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1. Nicholas Allan "Suzanne D. Rich" (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's not, no... But fortunately, there's a simple solution for future things of this type -- LD can (please) post to the .announce.lsahs group instead of the main .announce group. The .announce.lsahs group is specifically set up for LEGO Shop (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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LD- last night and today, whenever I visit (URL) I get this error: "The requested resource is in use" I've gotten that message before at the site, but usually if I reload the page it lets me in. But this time it won't. I've tried again and again, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) LOL... They were some kids having a surprise party who happened to get a table right behind us. Very loud...and we ran into them at the bar after as well. (then again who am I to talk, I'm just a kid too...or so they say) Here at the office in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G8LCx2.4Ip@lugnet.com... (...) I was hopeing someone would ask, I didn't want to be nosey:) Gary (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G8Kzq0.BAu@lugnet.com... (...) What was going on behind your table? (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Users Group (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Richard ... In most countries opening the package and removing contents of it would amount to tampering with the box, if you do it while in the store with the sole intention of swapping colored items in that package for colored items you do want out (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Here are 3 photos. You can identify the LCAD personalities from left to right by the picture filenames on Brickshelf. (URL) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hey everybody - This is just a quick hello note from NYC after the first day of the CAD summit at LEGO Direct. Our group just got done with a very full day of meetings, discussions, brainstorming, and food. :-) Its been a lot of fun so far and very (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) Ah-ha, I suspected Tim Courtney's visit might have something to do with LDraw... Frank (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) In what way is opening multiple packages and rearranging the assortments not theft? If you don't like the assortment don't buy it, but what is the shop to do with the opened packages you've left behind after you fished your favorite colors of (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I was absolutely not advocating theft -- my statement has been misconstrued first by one person, and now by an apparent lemming. Here's gob in your eye, dimwit. XOXOXO -- Richard (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yep, I would say so. I guess we should all be glad you did not specify boxers or jockey shorts! ;-) Maggie C. (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) We've already established that he doesn't listen to much and doesn't get much. Now we have him advocating theft: (URL) add to his already exemplary record. You're wasting your time arguing with the clueless when you could be building instead. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You're right. I'm very embarrassed. :-[ I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I wasn't. I should stay away from this group all together. Add it to my Skip-Filters. "attack" was also the wrong word, I really meant something like being (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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And wait for the Gaud to tap on your shoulder :-) Looks like a few trips to the Local Cop's -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Lugnet Member# 151 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lego (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Heck! Just open those bags up and select the colors you want. That's what I do when I buy underwear -- have you seen the colors and weird designs that certain manufacturers expect one to wear under one's jeans/dungarees? Uh uh. Give me black, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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[responding to something I posted a few days ago...] (...) by the above link. I didn't mean it at all as a personal insult but to illustrate Eric Joslin's point, quoted above, and another of his which I snipped earlier but will repeat here: (...) In (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The AFOL market is for sets and for bulk parts. Sets are currently available in multiple venues. I don't see that changing soon. LD is taking small steps into the bulk parts market. I'm still curious to see how far they will take that. "Every (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Don't I know it-- I have 2 kids as well. (...) It *is* pathetic. Together, my kids built the 8880 when they were 5 and 7. Of course, I only let them watch the TV 1 hour a week (Star Trek: Voyager), too....;-) That is not to say that I don't (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes, the $64 question. (...) I agree completely. And I think LD's offerings will reflect that. I would love to see the stats on who is primary purchaser of the bulk offerings. I would bet that an impressive share is AFOLs. (...) Without a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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This is true I still can't find 2 missing Slizer disks, the dam things. I will not swear :-) Why can't lego sell the Bio Masks on their owe in bags that we can see though? Simple eh? -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Lugnet (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) John, I snipped a lot of stuff, including where you talked about an AFOL:KABOB ratio, so I get what you're saying, but I want to focus on the above. Richard was making a point about the secondary market and bulk offerings. That's basically (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, no, actually, it was a Non-PR-department employee acting on their own behalf. A good guess, though. BTW, it's interesting that you should mention the PR department; one other thing I said two posts up was (I'm reinserting this here)... (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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John Neal wrote in message <3A84A90A.F9E7E566@u...st.net>... (...) Well when I rag on the juniorization it is coming from a mother's perspective. I find it pathetic that the target age for the City Center sets are 5-8(?) and my four year old son (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Very eloquently stated, Tomas! Thanks you:-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Bionicle Fans out there, hopefully someone at LEGO Direct will read this too and can clarify the things. In Europe the randomly assorted mask bags (#8530) came out in february. I picked up many of these bags already. To be excactly I do have more (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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(...) I didn't see Tomas's post as an attack, I think you may be reading too much into it or letting your emotions get the best of you. (and if an honest attempt to explain something said here can make you that upset, you probably *are* letting this (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Honestly, I think that many of us who are still "inside" TLC can relate to this worry. It's a very good point and I'm glad you brought it up. With any company -- from a restaurant to a multinational corporation -- it's a little difficult to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Just thought I'd comment on one small thing: (...) If I'm not mistaken, the dutiful employee from Enfield is probably part of our PR department -- and like any good PR department, it's part of their function to follow up on news stories in the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) lol Richard, Richard, are *YOU* listening? AFOLs are not their market! Why can't you *understand* that? How arrogant and ignorant of you to imply that you would know their business better than they do! For every AFOL, there are 1,000s of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I remember noticing the composition of the list on Sunday, right after my first post about the train summit made the spotlight. As of that moment, all but one of the Spotlighted posts were about something *other* than MOCs. 9 out of 10 being (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oy vey! "all but one"? I think we should take a closer look at that. Below is a list of all the spotlight items going back 2 weeks. The homepage shows at most 1 week back, so this covers a lot of ground. The vast majority of Spotlight items (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I have 2 questions for lego direct (or anyone else at lego that can answer them) 1.What currency will shop at home australia be using? Will the prices be in australian dollars? 2.What will the range of shop at home australia be like? In particular (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Before this goes into off-topic debates, I would like to say thanks for taking the time to give us information. Thanks! (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Definitely true. For my purposes, and at my purchasing power/volume, the current bulk system is almost ideal (though more variety will be nice when it arrives!) In addition, before the news broke about bulk sales, I recall discussions about (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The question is not merely rhetorical. *Listening* in this context is nuanced. I mean it also to convey a sense of *understanding*. I am not convinced that TLC fully understands it's own market. By all accounts, they were long mystified as to (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Suzanne, I am happy to receive those kind of issues. I will pass them on the appropriate people as well as follow up. Thanks jake --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Certainly you can post them here. Or you can also direct them straight to me in order to avoid extra postings that really don't apply to the group as a whole. jake --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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