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(...) through LUGs (...) maybe even (...) Sounds like a very reasonable suggestion to me. Right now, the pricing of the so-called Bulk Direct Packs is such that I really can't justify the purchase. I have a certain amount of disposable income that (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ...That idea just makes me want to cry tears of joy just thinking about it... I have no fonder memory of childhood than my classic space stuff... Id have to buy one a month for a year :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can do some digging into this, but keep in mind that the Shell promo would be millions of units. I am not sure what the quantity would be for a LUGNET set, but I am not sure that the revenue/volume would be there to meet the minimums. Jake (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I've been wondering that too. I'm not sure what LD's schedule is for the project. Brad Justus said that he'd like to do it and I offered to post about it for him after we met with him in November. It's LD's project and not something Suzanne or (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Are you kidding?? The swirled parts look SO cool! People would want to buy them! Everyone that saw these parts at the NMRA show drooled over them and wanted them. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree, it's not a result of an error or malfunction, but still something that's not generally desirable to show to the public. Frank (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Frank & All, (...) I don't think this is a problem per say, I would call it more of a plastic injection molding issue. When I worked in a plastic plant, and we did color changes, we always had to empty out the hopper, blow it out for the possible (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) While it would be cool to get these, I don't foresee TLC ever intentionally making them available. Generally manufacturers like to hide this kind of problem as much as possible. What we can hope for is that some designer down the road gets a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:G8rMyy.F5M@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) space (...) consumer (...) competing (...) 'the (...) al) (...) My main point was simply that the cost to sell "true bulk" (i.e. basic pieces in the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Oooh, oooh me wants a giant Classic Space fig!!!! Ooooooooh. Hmmm, maybe I should stock up on white bricks to make one! But how to do the logo... Hmmmm <Ponders doin it him self.> <should prolly get a lego giant minifig> Ooooh, giant Classic Space (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey thanks Mark. I am always happy when I see some really inspiring buildings that follow historical styles. Your Laural Hall has a very nice 18th century colonial look and feel to it. I love your use of the 1x1 cones, and of course the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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LEGO - I've heard from an LIC employee that though the Statue of Liberty sets fly off the shelves, the Minifig is left behind. Want to sell? Package a minifig that's unique - like a Classic Space fig, or a Pirate, a knight from Castle, etc. - with (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Just a bit short of 3 months since this announcement. Anything going on here at Lugnet or Lego Direct regarding it? sheree (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I was wondering that, too, if they'd actually be cool for building in and of themselves but I've never actually seen any. The only "error" piece I recall having is a white 1x6 brick from the mid-70's that didn't get quite enough plastic at one (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:G8rnDz.GLA@lugnet.com... (...) standing (...) One promo set per month is waaay too much. I would say, a one or two-time LUGNET promo over the course of a few months for each set, offered at (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) AFAIK, they scrap those bricks. I know someone that has about 30 or so "mixed" bricks, and they look REALLY COOL (green/yellow, black/red, blue/pink). As far as we know, the only way he could have gotten them in that bulk lot is if someone AT (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) May I suggest one per month. Possibly related to something seasonal (although the seasons are swapped across the equator). Lugnet members could keep standing open orders (as in: ship me 2 each time a new one is released). Ray (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) With the operative word being 'could'. The real question revolves around 'should they ?'. Some of our 'bulk bricks could be had for $x.xx/piece' discussions revolve around the prices seen in blue tubs. Does TLC make sufficient margins on blue (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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A tangentially related question: What happens to the bricks rejected from the system while changing the mold injectors from one color of plastic to another? I already use discolored, heavily scratched or simply "wrong" color bricks as filler in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) YES. Please let me look by color, by size, by type, etc... so I can say "what are all the black parts available right now, what are all the plates available right now..." etc. It's OK to have pages of randomly organised stuff but give multiple (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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