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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom Stangl writes:>> I guess I still don't get it. I'm trying to think of an example of how LEGO (...) I defy you to point to a single MegaBloks product (other than basic brick design itself, of course) that so closely mirrors (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I largely agree with you and Suz about the intent of the summit. But I don't have a problem with LEGO manufacturing interest in their product. I see advertising (including posts on LUGNET, leaks, summits, etc.) as a very good thing. It gives (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) For the record, I have never signed an NDA with LEGO and I have not had any private communication with LD in a long time. KL (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Kevin Loch wrote: <snip> (...) Well said! I would even go so far as to say that LD is the best thing going on in TLC right now. Even as TLC strays woefully away from the concepts which made the toy company the greatest in the world, LD is (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You're bored? I have to listen to the endless drumbeat of "like it or lump it", "you should feel lucky LEGO sells us anything" talk. (...) A company not satisfying its customers is doing something wrong. (...) This is a great case in point. (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) But they don't want it kept secret; if they did, they wouldn't have spilled anything to anyone. Suz hit it right on the head when she called it fan management. TLC wants to manufacture interest in something for which we have no solid (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I thought there were more like 120 colors. Maybe it's 84 currently used. Obviously most of them are for the model shop. Just as well. I don't think my sorting system could handle 84 colors. KL (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Nice job! I especially like the Auto Chassis history. That is my favorite progression because each model is an improvement from the previous (and the original was a masterpiece in it's time). I bet we won't be seeing a police station evolution (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) cut (...) Some things are worth waithing for. This is one of them. Obviously there are reasons for keeping certain plans secret. They might want to time the release of the information to maximize it's effect on the market. There also might be (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Exactly! On one hand there is the official promotion of Lego as a great tool for the expression of and the development of a person's imagination. TLC is happy to hold up talented, creative, successful individuals as role models who talk about (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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