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(...) lol, add "boogie" plates -John (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Just a quick note: On page 5 of the US Bulk element offering, item #5226 Cross Axles is misspelled as "Cross Axels". --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) If those parts became available, I'd have to start riding my son's bike.....[1] -John [1] having sold off the car for $$$ for parts;-) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) When you say "old Lego," roughly what year or year range are you referring to? I haven't really noticed any quality differences recently, but huge quality differences since the 70's (better since then). Is the quality lesser now than, say, 5 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(URL) it bookmarked ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Search for Jason Catena, he did a very sweet summation. It hasn't been as active lately, I think people stopped sending in their suggestions. ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Since i came out of my dark ages almost 2 years ago, I haven't paid MSRP for any non-SW set. As you said, the value for the dollar just isn't there. I echo the sentiment that I'd rather spend on the secondary market than pay full price for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) how the quality of the Lego brick is way down. Anyone that has old Lego can put it sid by side with the new ones and can see that there are huge differences in the quality. Here are a few: 1. The old Lego were much brighter and had a better (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I was finally able to get into the bulk pages! it's been very hard to get to the Lego site lately, I know you are working on it though! One thing I noticed, all the new items don't show a price? is this an error? or just that we all got excited, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Here is another useful URL, for the MRJ plugin: (URL) it's included in the current 4.76 distribution too. So, I have tried to run the Brickolizer under the Netscape MRJ plugin with no success. (It is also necessary to spoof the UserAgent string to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) No, actually it's about the elements for me too. I never even wanted any space stuff until I conceived of Castle Blacktron some months back. So, it's absolutely about the bricks, but price remains important too. The only reason I care about (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I'll tell you what. What we are talking about here are apple and orange AFOLs. You are the type of AFOL who likes to build and collect *sets*. You pine for the old days when sets "were still good". Me? I am the exact opposite. I look (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Gary Istok writes: <portions snipped> (...) My personal top 10 wish list of bulk parts (aka - wallet drainers) 1) 2x2 or 1x2 gray tiles. (Sidewalks, parking lots, streets that can go anywhere, aircraft carrier decks, etc.) 2) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd gladly pay a premium price for an unopened older castle set (6071, 6067, 6074, 6086 come to mind) before I pay full or even 70-80% of full retail for the junk they have on the shelves now. I bought my last new sets at 67% off and I barely (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Ok, what is up with the S@H site? I can't get past the gateway.asp page at all anymore on any of my browsers sans Netscape 6 and many of us know what a burden on our system that beast is. Navigator 4.08 (latest version of the standalone browser) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Just to say it, that is the approximate price I have paid during the last year for both MISB copies of that set. If it used to go for $200, well I guess the price has dropped. Frankly, I wouldn't pay a lot more than I have on these sets. You (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just updated the BrickShelf poll (finally). The new question is: Do you think LEGO Direct is helping LEGO fans? (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ... (...) and (...) and William Ward wrote: (...) That was actually the first thing I tried, a long time ago. Also, my netscape cache was in a nonstandard location, but I found it. After removing all my cache files and cookies file and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) On Solaris, it is in the file .netscape/cookies under your home directory. It is possible that the original poster had cookies disabled, however; if so, he may need to turn them on. --Bill. (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Really?? Sure sounds like one;-) FUT off-topic.pun John (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Is there a bottleneck in Billund? No I don't mean problems in bulks sales, what I mean is "rare colors". I recently talked to someone (unnamed) who was visiting LEGOLAND in Billund, and got to meet with some folks at the company. I was informed that (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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(...) <snip> Just an FYI, Tomas; I've noticed this error both from home & work (one is Netscape, one is IE; both on Windows 98). The standard 'bad cookie' fixes didn't seem to help (although I didn't kill my cookies at work - too much of a pain to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) rm -rf ~/.netscape/cache/* (...) UNIX versions of Netscape keep their cookies in the file ~/.netscape/cookies better than deleting the file, just edit it in your favorite editor (please, no vi/emacs holy wars here!) and delete any lines (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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To all, (...) 90?!?! I know you are crazy now, Gary! ;) Seriously, I am very excited about the bulk sales, I think it is a great service, especially after having experienced similar, but not in that great of quantity. I bought a few 4561's for the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) than 24¢ a brick. I understand that parts packs do not move in the volume that LEGO sets move. So, parts packs will be more expensive than sets, but sets go on sale, parts packs don't. Being a train fan I am used to not being able to shop at (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I know where you're coming from. Back in 1987 I bought NINETY of the 517 small basic sets just to get enough windows (180 1x4x3 yellow and 180 1x2x2 yellow) to finish my 25 story ONE SHELL PLAZA Art Deco office building back then (building is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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This sounds like a cookie problem -- possibly on your end, which is easier to fix, so it's the best place to start. Have you tried: - clearing out your cache (aka temporary internet files, but I believe in Netscape it's usually called cache). Always (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks for the update, and for getting it fixed. However, I still can't shop! I no longer get any javascript errors. However, after I click on the USA flag and it contacts shop.lego.com, I get put right back at (URL) clears and refreshes the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
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(...) My mistake. It didn't show up on my newsreader, but it shows on the web interface. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ... (...) Mark S., I thought it was OK as long as the X-Real-Life-Name identifies you. If I look at the full headers for his post, I see: X-Real-Life-Name: Mark Papenfuss /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The reason is that you and I have done it the hard way, so we can appreciate what a great thing the bulk service really is. We've spent $1000s to get certain parts, slowly collected onesies and twosies through auctions and parts sales (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: The effects of Bulk Sales are evident....
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Sorry Kevin, but I missed the announcement. I'll have to enter the next contest you have. I just looked at the entrants, and I am impressed. I see Kevin Loch is building himself a downtown. Great job! My current project is CENTRAL STATION, a large (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. Looks to me like 6987 only has 3 1x8 bricks, so you'd be dropping about $1200 bucks to get your hands on 25 1x8 bricks going that way. And of course, you're SOL if you don't want black ones. Me, I'd spend the $5.99. Or were you not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
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(...) For us AFOLs, it was an incredibly nice thing to do. And for LD, it's a nice way to gather a data point on our buying power. It's a win-win. But... (...) Actually, it doesn't really belong in the main .announce group -- it was an unsolicited (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
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(...) There are specific guidelines set up on the newsgroups to keep things orderly. If people posted anywhere they liked, things would get rather messy and confusing. When I was a newbie, I posted an auction announcement to .space, and people (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NDAs
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Clearly if you're going to carry on a business relationship with someone, there is a correct and an incorrect way to behave. That does include finding the right tone to use to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
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(...) I think this is one of the most amazing old photos. Waycool! It almost seems, though, as if they were marketing more to companies (like, serious architectural firms and stuff) than to adults per se. Does that make any sense? Are the adults (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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richard marchetti wrote in message ... (...) bag (...) I'd tell you that drawing a comparison between retail prices and one-off bargains is silly! $130 USD for a 6987+shipping is a complete bargain. People were happily forking out $200 USD (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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All in all, what does it really matter???? I mean, they made a SPECIAL effort to offer these sets to US FIRST - they could have easily ignored us alltogether, but no - They gave us first shot. I would definitely say this belongs in all of the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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Update: this bug should be fixed now. Tomas Clark LEGO Direct (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: The effects of Bulk Sales are evident....
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Gary Istok wrote in message <3A8849CA.D0115B43@u...ch.edu>... (...) Yes, he just entered it in the Town Building Contest. Are we going to see anything from you Gary, or did you miss the announcements? (URL) Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Telephone calls cost money, and unless a large amount of you have Conferencing ability, you can't get that many people involved. Just set up an AIM or IRC chat room and have at it. If you're worried about people wandering into an IRC room, make it (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NDAs
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(...) Well put. (...) Yes to both. That last point is critical. We need crispness. The increased response is great but is it temporary? Setting some clear expectations, and maybe further sorting stuff into different channels by what it is (a bug (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hey Y'all: Check out eBay auction #526012994. LEGO 6987 MESSAGE-INTERCEPT BASE (UNOPENED) -- that is MISB. Perfect shape. I just recieved it today, it's my second MISB copy of this set. With shipping it came to approx $130 USD. That's 562 elements (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | O Lar, you brute... (Was Re: NDAs)
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(...) That is the biggest piece of hogwash I have seen come from you yet. I don't believe there has really ever been a "we want it because we want it" crowd -- that's just a straw man of your own creation so that you can make yourself seem important (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NDAs
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) be (...) it's (...) I agree. But for a while the only posts they responded to were rather rudely phrased. The posts that politely asked a question were ignored. LD needs to demonstrate that they will (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: The effects of Bulk Sales are evident....
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And who knows..... when an expanded window assortment is available, there will be a lot of towns that will emulate the real world towns and cities, namely when the land area becomes too cramped, there is nowhere else to go but up..... skyscrapers (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Snipped for comedic effect. This is the last post, I gotta get back to work. (...) (1) (...) Except they get to build with their bricks at work without having to explain. 1 - Surely J2 meant "as JUST a company" as I never really thought of TLC as (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Here are some relevant URL's I forgot to include in my original message: Specific MacOS Java information for Mac OS 8 and 9 can be found here: (URL) Macintosh-specific Java information can be found here: (URL) Apple's General Java page can be found (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks. (...) Indeed. OK, thanks for the clarification. I agree, mostly (of course). But, and this may be straining at gnats and swallowing camels, and it may well be second order effects rather than direct, while LEGO Direct, not being a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New LEGO Toys Based on Jurassic Park III
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Hi Todd, (...) Hm, right now, not even one week later, the first images of the JP3 sets have popped up at another website and people started a discussion about them on Lugnet: (URL) do you say now? Would you now say we are allowed to talk about (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) But the meetings were just the beginning. They are history. The dialog continues here with all AFOLs. We should all continue to provide input to help make TLC a better company. (...) Okay, your point is well taken. The term "gift" probably (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: The effects of Bulk Sales are evident....
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Wow Eric, great job! Looks like small town Main Street USA. I really love folks building in historical styles. With attention to historical detail, the results can be great. I noticed Eric that you used one of my favorite pieces, namely the very (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NDAs
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(...) Sure. Lately people have become infected with the idea that LEGO Direct will or won't like us based on posts in lugnet.lego.direct. They've somehow gotten the idea that LEGO Direct, as a part of The LEGO Company, will or won't form an (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Mac Java Clarification
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Drastically snipped... (...) Is there anyone that finds this as ironic as I do? To run the great anti MS language on the great anti MS computer from within a browser, the browser that works best is the MS browser. FUT .geek ++Lar (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I didn't say it wasn't. (...) I didn't say anything about the individuals in question. I have no opinion of any of the individuals in question, never having met any of them. Even if I were to meet them, though, it would be important to (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Right. There are so many OTHER things to mock him for! All other themes provide scenery for Trains. ++Lar (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Mostly agree, so mostly snipped. (...) Can you elaborate on this? I agree that knowing that LEGO is a company and does things for company-ish reasons is important... I mean, I've been saying since *forever* that LEGO is a company and that things (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Michael, Thanks for the great info! I will pass that on down the line! Jake (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Jake, I know other people have commented on this item, but I wanted to clarify a few things. I work at Apple and used to work very closely with the MRJ (Macintosh runtime for Java) team in their developer support organization. It sounds like (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Although I wouldn't call myself a genius I would have to agree with you 100%. I have been working on my Main Street scene for the NELUG Train Layout and the Town building contest and Much of it would not have been possible without bulk sales. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NDAs
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G8nxyB.FC4@lugnet.com... (...) And that's OK. (...) True for the company - but my experience with the individuals in the company is that they are good people and they do do things out of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Let's be realistc
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(...) And let's face it: profit has to be a primary motive in any company. It doesn't matter how altruistic you are, how much good you do, or how right you are-- if you don't turn a profit, you only get to do it once. Even though LEGO has no (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) We will never mock you for having a building that is to wide ;-) Martin (...) <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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To All, Gary makes an excellent point. Although my building has not been too much as of late, the building I have built for the train show would not have been possible without some strategic orders, mainly the 1x4x3 windows and the arious white (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NDAs
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(...) A priviledge, yes. A gift? No. LEGO got just as much, if not more, out of the meeting than you did. It's important to remember that LEGO is a company. LEGO is not your friend, it's not your enemy, it's not Santa's workshop. They don't do (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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You are so right, Gary! From my own experience, I have built/am building 5 large buildings which all employ bricks from bulk which simply were not obtainable in any economical sense otherwise. I am turning into a "Townie";-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Target market
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How do they know who's buying what percentage? I mean, when I buy a set at Walmart or Meijers or K-mart (hooray for BOGO) nobody is tracking who I'm buying it for (almost always me, but I do get them frequently for Birthday kids). How do I express (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That is beautiful. (...) So many designs are compromised by parts restrictions, in colour and number. Lack of good window options keeps me focused on castle-type structures. (...) The Lego train clubs are out there reaching the widest possible (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) No really. We all considered it a privilege to be invited. (...) Sure, LD has something to gain-- otherwise, as you say, they wouldn't have invited us. But a lot of the conversation was about how TLC can help out LTCs and what they are doing. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | The effects of Bulk Sales are evident....
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I was browsing some of the LUGNET sites I usually don't have time for, such as lugnet.town, (I usually hang out in lugnet.general) when I stumbled across this classic beauty.... (URL) Chan built this nice classical building called Laural Hall. He (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO.com website errors
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(...) And thank you for letting us know you're working on it! Wow, that's fast response time! :D eric (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | LEGO.com website errors
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All, Some of you have noticed that LEGO.com is giving an error on occasion when you try to load a new page. Due to high traffic volumes, we are experiencing some issues with the server. We are currently working as fast as possible to remedy the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NDAs
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G8nstH.Ip@lugnet.com... (...) Actually...Steve and I thought about that before but never really talked more about it. Good idea. Phone is another good thing, perhaps even Voice over IP - (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greetings from the CAD Summit!
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(...) Oh dear, the names are lowercase and run together. It's: Fleming*, Lars, Michael, Tomas*. Leo, Olga*, Erik, Steve. Tim, Rene*, Fleming*. * = LEGO employees. That's Tomas Clark from LEGO Direct, New York. I don't remember all their last names, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NDAs
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Tim said something about "how those not present must feel..." I think it would be super if LDRAW people organized *own* summit. Just to talk amongst ourselves. Also show programs and eat. Maybe a sub-conference of Brickfest. I had an idea yesterday. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NDAs
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G8nq6u.H0x@lugnet.com... (...) Wednesday") (...) No problem. Believe me - we're going to actively be working with LEGO Direct ASAP on what to announce, etc. We all would like to be set at ease (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Fair enough. I figured it was something like that, but I thought I might have missed a more specific answer (like, "don't say anything until Wednesday") Dave! (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They've already answered this question, albiet indirectly, by saying that what does get released will be released by LEGO Direct in LD's time frame. So, IOW, no. James (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Or pirate? I'd be a little surprised to see other summits, though I'd sure love to be invited to one (but I realize that at a minimum, Larry is a good representative for me, and probably others also). The train and cad summits have clearly (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Are they planning on having a TOWN Summit? Or Castle or Space? Gary Istok (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not sure if this is the specifically right place to post this question, but here goes. Even if you (collectively) can't disclose what was discussed, can you disclose when you can disclose what was discussed? Dave! (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) A gift? Please. LEGO got just as much, if not more, out of having you lot up there. Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered. I haven't been nosey enough to ask about travel and boarding expenses. It would be a bit shocking to me to find out (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G8nLoJ.5Iw@lugnet.com... (...) First off, good thoughts Larry, and good question, Eric. I'll attempt to add to the comments as they apply to the CAD summit. (...) I don't think anyone (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think this is a great question.... it gets to the heart of why companies share preannounced info with the general public (or rabid fans, or some spectrum of in between). My comments are more about the train summit but I suspect Steve or Tim (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Jake, Tomas and folks at LD. I have asked this questions a few times before, but I was still wondering...... 2001 is the 40th Anniversary of LEGO in the USA. But due to the Samsonite years of 1961-72, I don't think that LEGO recognizes it as such (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) things. (...) Hear the alarm bells TLC! Christian has been the biggest Lego Fan on earth when I first got in touch with him. While most AFOL people are just fans of Lego products (basically the good ones from the past, hehe), Christian has (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) But the difference is, they were old enough that their parent's shouldn't have let them out of the house. Steve (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Those at LEGO Direct, I downloaded the LEGO Comic Builder from the Adventures area on lego.com: (URL) was a Mac version! :-D I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and extent of this free goodie! I quickly created my own colorful cartoon story (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, better now (5PM EST), I get through about 50 percent of the time. -Suz (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I hope not. I for one have found your posts to be very interesting. Thanks! /Eric McCarthy/ (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, we can't say much now, but we will be addressing what to announce to the public in the future. I believe all announcements about what we discussed will be put out by LEGO Direct on their timing. But I will take that up with them as soon (...) (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Me too ! What's the Catch? Rui Martins (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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On Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:59:56 -0700, Tim Courtney wrote (in message <G8KzFw.ALI@lugnet.com>): <snip> (...) Okay, I am now officially chomping at the bit. Arghh! What's cookin'? Ben (24 years ago, 11-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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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