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(...) Tomas, Could you clarify what you mean by "That's the official word"? The reason I ask is, usually, when someone says something is "the official word," what they mean is that everyone on the inside has been told exactly what to say and what (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Tomas, How about also throwing in a link to the lugnet.technic.bionicle newsgroup, for all the collectors out there that don't yet know about LUGNET? (URL) think this would be another nice way for LEGO to demonstrate its support without (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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can someone at lego direct or lego shop at home or whoever knows this stuff please provide some details: 1.what is the estimated launch date 2.what currency will lego sah austrailia use ($A or $US)? and 3.what range will it carry, will it carry the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Okay, good to hear you officially admit your "mistakes" now, although I still think two different batches are a marketing strategy, rather than a true misprint (which sounds rather impossible having in mind how much hope and efforts TLC has (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Christian (and Michael and everyone else), Sorry, I should have been more clear on one issue -- Christian is right that not all of the masks were included in the first release of the mask packs. So it's inaccurate to say that "all 73 masks had an (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi Tomas (Team LEGO Direct)! (...) Yes, it certainly is time!!! And I am more than happy to see that you are working on an "official" list for serious collectors. I do understand that it's not possible to give out information about upcoming (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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About time, an update (...) has (...) for (...) Ok, how will you advert the new FAQ to non-Lug's? (...) Right so only 1 infected mask which is Hau. Now i can update the list again (...) see (...) mmmm, i wonder - collect tokens on ceral pack's or (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Lou's original post, on the current state of Lego, made me pretty sad. I'm now 28, so I grew up as a kid playing with sets from ~1978-1990, a truly wonderful time for Lego. Thankfully, I saved everything I had and they are now part of my collection. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Have a chat with Quentin Wilson. He got things moving for the UK car-prices rip-off. Organise LEGO shopping trips to the continent (or Ireland, slightly cheaper than Holland, which is similar to Germany. Don't know about other countries). ;-) Duq (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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You can order them from us and probably cheaper :) (...) Lightfoot lightfoot@earthling.net (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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There have been many times in life (College, Grad School, PhD, Jobs, Kids, etc) where I've been acutely aware that the _only_ reason I was able to persevere through and solve problems was due to the patience and methodical search approach I learned (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm, I don't agree that bulk prices are an accurate reflection of pure material costs. For one thing, there's the manufacturing costs-- Lego bricks have superior (and more consistent) binding performance. There are other, less tangible costs: (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Why can I not order Blue 1x6 and 1x8 Bulk bricks from S@H? It isn't like they are that difficult to make, after all the molds are still in use and the colour is still available. Don't forget, Lego made me into a Classic Space and an Ice Planet 2002 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ok you missed my original point. Bulk tub prices are an acurate reflection of material costs. Actual sets from both Mega Blocks and Lego have added printing and R&D costs. So why the huge price difference. Consider that TRU had Mos Espa (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) [lots of great commentary snipped] I agree wholeheartedly - you have an excellent way of describing "what's wrong with LEGO." I doubt very much that "maxifigs" will ever return, but I think the Technic figures might fill that bill nicely. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi all Bionicle fans, I know that you all have already seen the masks of the second batch that have been found. Well, here's my own experience of the second batch as I was able to get my hands on these today. Just use this URL and click on the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi everybody, Over the last few months, I have begun to come out of my second LEGO Dark Ages. Whereas my first Dark Ages was brought on by “growing up” and having “better things to do” than play with LEGO, the second one was brought on because of a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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(...) Since the tubs are a bulk dump of basic bricks, they're not necessarily the best indicator of piece:price ratio. One might compare, for instance, the Mos Espa Podrace, with 894 pieces for $99 MSRP vs the MB Aircraft Carrier, with about 1700 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? I haven't looked at Mega-Bloks tubs, so I didn't realize the price was that close. Looking at the per-brick price, we get: $0.0167 for LEGO $0.0143 for Mega-Bloks Or about a 14% markdown for MB (looking at it the other way, LEGO is (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Construction Toys are toys that you build things with. This category starts with building blocks and goes on through Lego, K'nex, Meccano/Erector, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, Construx, Robotix, Ring-a-Majigs, Mega-Bloks, American Bricks, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Mike Horvath wrote in message ... (...) your (...) complicating. Lego has stated that they believe kids don't want to spend as much time building and this was a reason for Jr. sets. The separate bags also speed up the buillding process, but the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think that will happen. LEGO's usual design for polybags is 1 minifig and a small cart/backdrop/vehicle to go with him. I'm more concerned with getting more polybags out there than changing the way they make them. Especially since they (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GA2u41.7Jp@lugnet.com... (...) Absolutely But I dont have to like it. And we shouldnt just accept it. If no-one complains then guess what happens - the prices will go up even more. Consequence (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I didn't mean to suggest that there be no cheap minifigures. Selling them separately (which is what just about every other toy company does) would have advantages- I bet a lot less people would by King Leo's Castle just to get the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The market sets the price. Retailers will charge just as much as we are willing to pay. Scott A (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Duq" <Duq@nlgateway.net> wrote in message news:GA27FI.7AB@lugnet.com... (...) get (...) check (...) The question is WHO is doing the ripping off. In the magazine case there is probably some importer who is marking up the prices, over which the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) A big "me too"!!! I have argued almost the exact opposite of Bradley's post in the past. The only way I could agree with Bradley's sentiment is if TLC packaged stuff separately -- that is different packages for the structures, vehicles, minis. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Gack no please don't listen to this suggestion... The cheap polybag sets are useful for those who want to build up decent numbers of minifigs. Frank (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Pter & All, (...) Yes, we are. But I think it is because of the love of the brick, as opposed to senseless bashing. I am trying to look at the better side, there are things changing, I hope it will be continuing to. (...) I have not bought any yet, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) We are a critical bunch sometimes. I brought up the 'air' content, since MB boxes are reasonably 'air free', and the comparison between the two was happening. My partner bought our niece a Belville set and seriously questioned the value. TLC (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Pete, (...) Well, sarcasm aside, there is a marketing ploy there, and a lot of companies do it (Mattel, etc.) I don't like the packaging any better, but I think there are more important issues to take care of first. There are a lot of issues that I (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Plus the transportation costs of moving large boxes of air, only partly filled with ABS. Any need to make the boxes as large as they do ? Unless they want consumers to think there is more inside than there is. Parents buy Lego, children open (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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OK, so you guys are being ripped off when it comes to Lego and Cars. You get the best computer and music magazines at decent prices. Ever cared to check what overseas rates are? Q magazine: 2.80 in the UK, which is 8.63 DM. Q in a german shop will (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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And the random Darth Vader, or something. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Wait, what do you mean by construction sets? Speaking of myself, personally, I can't stand dump trucks 'n stuff. I'm confused. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I don't remember caring much what kind of bags they were in. As long as they ended up looking like what was on the outside of the box when the building was done! I think I actually preferred the items sorted by type, as opposed to sub-assembly (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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To All, (...) Well, I think ABS is a costlier plastic than whatever MegaBloks is made out of. That is the major difference between Lego and Megabloks / Best Lock, is it not? There are so many factors to consider also, like labor, plant costs, taxes, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think that is a godd idea, too! (...) I kind of doubt that they are overpricing us. (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's brilliant! Except, I wouldn't mind them branching into software and other material if they were as good as the Big Mac. You have to remember quality over quantity... . Or, something like that! I actually wouldn't mind buying Lego (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Don't forget Fisher Price. Lego isn't the only company that these companies are gunning for. You'd be surprised how little Lego has to worry about competition. Bad management, maybe... I think it would be a bad idea for Lego to specificly target (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Nintendo and Sony didn't try and get into the pizza business. (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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A "better" idea, but I don't think it would work. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Kyle D. Jackson <flightdeck@sympatic...mblock.ca> wrote in message news:G9uz3L.MH@lugnet.com... (...) Hi Kyle - The goal of a survey of this type is to show that Juniorization is not what parents and kids want. In some email I had exchanged with (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Example 1 pack of 4515 (Straight Rails) on the UK shop @ home is £12.99 Today on Expedia 12.99 British pounds sterling = 40.06 German Deutsche marks So how come 1 pack of 4515 on the German shop @ home only cost 29 Deutsche marks Also 12.99 British (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I like this idea, put minifigs in bubblegum machines. Every store has a set with at least 4 or 6 machines. And if you've got cats, you can use the little plastic cases they come in for cat toys, that's a win win situation for me :) If course, I'd (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) sets (...) super (...) point (...) $1!) How about making more cheap sets _without_ minifigs? <set:2886 2886> and <set:2883 2883> and <set:2880 2880> are good examples that already exist, although I can't find 2883 or 2880 anywhere. I bought (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Just putting this back in lego.direct: (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) *Flying* Ninja sets? (quick, TLC! License with "Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger"!;-) (...) You miss the whole point of "impulse items". You don't go searching for them. You buy them without having planned to in the first place. (...) I'm (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That (LEGO's current HTO concept) is not what I'm talking about. As Mike said, $5 is not an impulse buy. Also, the current displays lack variety. One set is not an adequate selection for a really interesting display. I have also seen the Ninja (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmm, used that angle already: (URL) Try and keep up. (...) Why the patronization? Of course they're listening; this is where they listen. Are you paying attention? -John (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I totally agree that this would be a killer set - I know that those of us who do lego sculpture would gobble those unusual-color tubs up like mad. Another marketing angle they could use: make it a "Star Wars Tub" with a bunch of grey, dark (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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This little article is causing a little Stir, alot of people have emailed me about the Ride, even i haven't been on it Anyway here is the post from a few days ago in legoland newsgroup I saw this from Brickshelf, pictures of the new Technic Car ride (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Why are you buying beer at lunch?? Either you're drinking on the job (in which case, are you guys hiring?) or you're buying beer that doesn't have to be kept cold (in which case you need to improve your taste in beer). FUT .fun ++Lar (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) [snip] (...) So the lessons are: (1) TLC, don't put the HTO sets by the beer (or advise the stores not to put them by the beer), it doesn't even work on AFOLs, and (2) Mike, you need to get your priorities straight. What are you doing passing (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G9y1Cn.n4M@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) too (...) or (...) availability. (...) of (...) a (...) mile (...) were (...) A follow up to my own post ... Today on I my way (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3AA8FCCE.A96D4C...est.net... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) marketing (...) Justus said (...) castle sets (...) super (...) price point (...) $1!) (...) you guys (...) I wouldn't call it being (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) LEGO is doing some experimenting/work in this direction -- they've released several items identified as HTO (high traffic outlet). Basically, they're small sets, under $5, packaged to be sold as impulse items in grocery stores or at checkout (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) (Although I am not a TLC spokesman) TLC has *already* instituted a marketing strategy like what you and others in this thread are discussing-- Brad Justus said TLC calls them "HTOs" (High Traffic Outlets). They have some chrome castle sets (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This reminds me of one of my favorite childhood memories. Every time I would go grocery shopping with my grandfather, on the way back we would stop at a little drugstore. They had this tall rotating rack full of Matchbox cars, and I would (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This I like :) If this was to happen, I would gladly consider buying some (if they were available to aussies for a decent price...) I would gladly buy old style castle, pirate, space, town etc sets, even with todays minifigs in it. I can say (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can speak to this a *little* bit as I have been discussing this issue for several months with somebody at LEGO. My understanding is that the Shell promo was about a "4 million pack-out" (as the term was relayed to me). So, I too asked the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:G9wF4D.Hv3@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) bunch (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I have mentioned this before but I think it is worth repeating. LEGO should have a bunch (like 50) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Just out of curiosity, was it the grey spaceship? That MB set really is pretty cool! When I bought mine, it was missing the little miniguy -- but just like TLC, they sent me one from their own consumer affairs dept. The little fellow is (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Another shopping story: I was (coincidently) in a Walmart last night. This was in Nashville. I too eavesdropped. A lady (maybe a grandmother) and a boy around 10 were in the same aisle. I was browsing for clearance Lego and had found a few sets. The (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tim Courtney writes: That was very well written by David. And his analogy of the Lego Bandsaw was fantastic. I tmay have studs on it, it may have Lego printed on it. But what does it have to do with bricks? Brilliant! I hope (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"David Zorn" <david_zorn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G9w25x.5vH@lugnet.com... (...) Snip. WOW! I couldn't have said it better myself. LEGO _NEEDS_ to listen to this. What John said - send this to Billund guys. -Tim (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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David Zorn wrote: <snipped wonderfully insightful analysis by David> Right on, David! You are absolutely dead on. I wish someone from LEGO Direct would forward your post directly to Billund, because *this* is the kind of market analysis TLC needs, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Dear Lego, Some evesdropping from the Lego aisle at a Walmart in Northern Virginia last night. A father in his 40s was with his son about 10 or 11. The son wanted to buy a Roborider set. The father was discouraging him. Father: You don't collect (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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(...) Dear LEGO Direct, Thank you for the fast response and personal email. I posted my message at 2:51pm. A private response was sent to me at 3:26pm, acknowledging the problem, letting me know they were (already?) working on it, and giving me a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) G'day Tim, I saw you mention this survey in passing once before, but I think I missed the original proposal. So my question about this survey is, "To what end?" I.e., what's the goal? It sounds like you would be doing work that TLC should be (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Mark & Milissa Millère" <MMillere@Knology.Net> wrote in message news:LOBBIHLABFJFCGA...ogy.Net... (...) that (...) first (...) of (...) Works fine for me also, running Win2K and Netscape 4.7. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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But then I realized the download page, (URL) is broken. There are 7 images that are supposed to be links to the full image pages. Of these, only the first is actually a link. The other six are only images. And when I click the one existing link, I (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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A couple of days ago, my son and I were at the store, and we noticed the "Soccer Bus with a Soccer Ball" (Team Transport, #3411) were all gone[1], and the shelves were now stocked with the Americas Bus set #3406. This afternoon, I was talking about (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I actually emailed LEGO with this exact same thought! ... snip of my email... What I would like to see, are new 'Blue Tub' type values: a 1200 piece plates tub would sell very well, as would another basic brick tub with some basic slopes. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, obviously I confused you (and Doug, and Mike). No, I don't hate the bags at all; I've heard comments to the effect of some people really don't like them (I can't remember who said this, but I've seen many posts that say something to the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I fully agree with this. If the design quality is up to par I don't care how it is packaged. -Mike Petrucelli (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I think this is a wonderful idea. I think it would be a much better item for kids to collect than Bonicle. I also think that a tub like 3033 with grey, dark grey, brown, and tan as the four primary colors would be a "bestseller." I for one highly (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) And darn it -- Murphy's Law -- embarrassing case in point -- I forgot to set the followups on the above post to lugnet.admin.nntp. Please, if you reply to the above post, manually direct your reply to lugnet.admin.nntp and not to both that and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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The lugnet.lego.direct group is special in that it is a direct communication channel with LEGO (or, more specifically, the business subunit of LEGO known as LEGO Direct, located in New York City). It's intended for two-way discussions with LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Very bad wording on my part... whoops. And I'm out of my room too away from the newsreader where I can cancel posts. Rose - my comment about having a filter on Richard's messages was not aimed as a slight against you. It was expressing my (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Tim Courtney wrote in message ... (...) company (...) will (...) Fine, I'll just stop posting on LUGNET. (...) areas (...) I think you just did this by the above statement. Thanks for your input. Rose (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would like to make a suggestion to TLC: modularity. I'll explain and ramble a bit. I occasionally buy a Mega Bloks set for special colors, unique pieces, and fun. Mostly for fun. For $20US, you get a lot of fun assembling a large and (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Basically, parents and kids are seeing the piece count go down and the price remain the same (or get worse). The less of an adaptable construction toy it becomes, the less justifiable the high price. I'm less willing to buy it for my son, and (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Tim Courtney wrote in message ... (...) and (...) I guess that this comment is directed to my statement about Lego disappointing me. I didn't really mean to be so cynical, I was just trying to be realistic. The town role theme really appeals to 4-7 (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I'm a little confused here. You don't want to waste time looking for the pieces but you want them all to be the same color and if they're pre-sorted into "minisets" you'd rather dump them all out into the box? When I built the UCS sets, it was the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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A. Mark Wilburn wrote in message ... (...) box. I have to disagree with you on this point. I have a four(almost five) year old boy and the mini set bags make it easier for him to build the sets. He gets frustrated when he can't find the parts. This (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) ... (...) That pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? No, MB bricks aren't as good as LEGO. Nobody said they were... but can they be a satisfactory (and cheap) substitute? To some people, in some cases... definitely. This is especially true in (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"J.D. Forinash" <foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:980vrg$1nq$1@y2...net.foo... (...) Actually, I think you may have missed my point. LEGO is in the position of Atari, Mattel, etc., not the other way around. LEGO is the company every (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think you're missing something here. Nintendo and Sony are in the positions they're in because when someone said, back in 1982, "The lesson here is that there are already companies out there (Atari, Mattel, etc.) who will always be heads and (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:G9qJwF.Gqu@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) that like construction toys. [snip] Mike, you have gotten to the core of what bothers me about LEGO's marketing strategy and direction over the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:G9qJwF.Gqu@lugnet.com... (...) an (...) kids (...) know (...) How sad, but true. (...) YES!! We *are* the ones making sense here, those who have observed the decline of LEGO products and (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yet this "marketing reasearch" directly contradicts that which I observed as an Assistant Manager at KB Toys. As my original post stated many parents and kids thought Mega Blocks sets were the good Lego sets. Most of the people that know the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Mike Petrucelli wrote in message ... (...) I think that it was interesting, but this topic has been discussed numerous times. One Lego employee wrote about it (URL) you might imagine, the lack of time is one of the significant factors that hinders (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:G9LsFJ.Cu3@lugnet.com... (...) I'm not so sure I'd be that optimistic, really. From what I've learned about the company, its hard to effect policy which is decided in Billund. The (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think a third party survey would be very good for TLC to conduct. Of course they would have to conduct a very serious survey and accept the results for it to mean anything. Maybe that Enigmatic "we lost money and will revert to our core (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:G9Lq9C.8L0@lugnet.com... (...) As did a lot of us. I really really really would like to seriously look into doing a survey (as scientific as possible) of people who purchase LEGO in toy (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I find it very hard to belive no one had anything to comment on about this. Then I relized it was only posted to lugnet.general. (URL) certainly found my results intereting. -Mike Petrucelli (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) With 'Green' I meant Transparant Green , not 'Untransparent Green' (like Lewa's mask). It's a slightly lighter shade than 'Onua's Eyes Green', but it is still a very 'dense' transparent green (not like the transparent brown Kaukau mask). But I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) James, could you give some examples of non-marketplace bulk ordering topics? Do you mean things like selection, quantities, colors, wish lists, etc., or things like speculation, excitement, etc.? (...) Once upon a time there was a thread about (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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