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(...) Does this mean that you know the details of "The July Surprise"? Or is whether or not you possess that secret also a secret? You can tell us - we won't spread it around. Promise! Greg (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:GCz419.7AF@lugnet.com... (...) Yes. And producing duff products is another. regards lawrence (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:GCyzMv.InD@lugnet.com... (...) What? You mean like I wouldnt have dreamt of e-commerce? Or they they would sell bulk bricks, which I could have done 40 years ago? Or that they might sell trains, (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Bad management, poor processes, resistance to change, non-understanding of market forces, sheer bad luck... there's lots and lots of reasons for a company to be losing money even while keeping customers happy. Heck, I was pretty darn happy (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GCz3rD.6L8@lugnet.com... (...) TLC (...) more (...) the way things are going with lego products, soon the rarity will be a brick with studs on it. :-) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GCz2Du.2xw@lugnet.com... (...) How can a company that is losing money be satisfying its customers? regards lawrence (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I thought you said you read the Cluetrain Manifesto? I had a chance to hear one of the authors and one point he made in his talk is that companies can, and should, choose which customers to satisfy and which to write off as not being a good (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I doubt LD is responsible for the current rumors. They probably haven't told anyone outside of LEGO what they are planning. They most certainly told everyone else inside LEGO because that is required for production (of anything) to occur. It (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Noted! I didn't mean to address that part specifically to you, but I was on a roll. Dave! (one may infer from the tone of my invective that I have likewise signed no NDA nor had private communication with TLC or any of its tentacles.) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think that's a bit of an absolutist portrayal, don't you? The point is that people have been trying to explain *why* it is the way it is, not trying to defend it or say it's necessarily the right way of doing something, given infinite time (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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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(...) If it helps any, I spoke with customer service and the annoymous rep told me that the Castle System has been a top producer (and VERY popular) for them for some time, and that it is highly likely that the US/general market will see some nice (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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....Beautiful! Nice looking site. Cant wait to dive in deeper :-) (...) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- the wildlinks < INSERT HUMOROUS TAGLINE HERE > (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) To my mind, TLC should not be stressing the uniqueness of items at all -- but rather their modularity and ability to be used interchangably in an overall systematic scheme of a construction toy. My problem is that they claim to be doing one (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Marc, I'm getting bored now. On Mon, 7 May 2001, Marc Nelson Jr. (<GCyJ93.Cuy@lugnet.com>) wrote at 08:51:03 (...) TLC doesn't have to tell you anything. Your question is like me asking you how you clean your teeth. It's just a thing you do. As a (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) So... Efficient: UK S@H pays someone to pull a bunch of service packs and box them up for shipment to the U.S. LEGO pays for these things to be shipped over to Connecticut. U.S. S@H pays someone to receive the shipment, enter it into the (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I asked what that reason was (for not shipping outside territories) and got the answer at the top from Tomas Clark, basically, "that's not the way we do things", which is no answer at all as far as I'm concerned. I got a more detailed answer (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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WOW! This is Fantastic! It's exactly what I've wished the lego.com site would be! Excellent work! I love the interview with part designer; please continue this series, and try to go into more detail on why parts fit together in different ways and (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well said. I get grouchy too. I wonder how many people who wanted to pay shipping costs would be willing to pay the extra costs of the out of band processing too. Here's a slightly relevant factoid.. the average US company pays well north of (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Simple answer: It breaks the process, and it's unnecessary duplication. (more complex) 99% of the time, S@H Europe is dealing with Europeans who want things delivered to Europe. Ditto the other distribution centers. Because they spend 99% of (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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SNIP! You might as well through raw meat to dogs, it'd be (...) SNIP! I meant "throw". Really. Aaron (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes: <snip> Just do what I've done and give up. Lose faith in Lego being a company about toys, values, or children being creative. They are merely a corporation producing a product for consumption. They've (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Understandable, to be sure. But, remember that we are a bunch of junkies for LEGO product. Posts revealing "Holy Grail" material of sorts drives us stark-raving-CRAZY!!!!! You might as well through raw meat to dogs, it'd be the same (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Indeed... Our Intellectual Property policy precludes us from signing NDA's with TLC. This is by design, for although we document as much as we can think of, there are still always things we've talked about but haven't documented yet publicly (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I don't have any problems running netscape on the site, everything seemed to come up fine for me. Slower than molasses in sub-zero winter... though it looked ok.. Tamy (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Marc, I apologize in advance. My posting yesterday obviously left some unanswered questions. Your message actually touches on two different points that might seem related, but I want to address them separately. Point 1: Why does Shop At Home (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) AFAIK, background-repeat is part of the W3C CSS1 specifications, but I could be wrong. Anyway, it seems to work in NS4.7[1] as long as stylesheets are turned on. The problem lies in the BODY tag. If CSS is turned off, the browser reads: <body (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Could be - I know enough about HTML to do simple stuff, but I've never gone beyond that. I wonder if the "background-repeat" setting is a new extension, and perhaps even an IE-specific one? Some old "intro-to-HTML" stuff I've got lists many (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wow i didn't see that! i was thinking about the 18 trans. colors, i have close to 18 colors. Josh (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Your snapshot (...) don't see anything like your snapshot. I only see the blue background once on the title bar. The rest of the page has a white background. In your snapshot you can even see where the image ends and a repeat of it starts... I (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmm. I've always had Stylesheets turned on, since, as far as I know, they are not a security problem. I tried visiting the same page with them turned off and it is indeed different. The main problem that I see is the darkness of the background (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Heh, hilarious post. :) -- Paul Davidson Lawrence Wilkes <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GCvG3K.7Bn@lugnet.com... (...) LEGO? (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) see a (...) That is totally bogus. What if MegaBloks had found out from one of the summiteers about the upcoming bulk trains? What could they have done about it? Rush a whole series of trains and track out to their worldwide online store? (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can think of some examples. E.g. number of sale of the Y-Wing+Tie set would be reduced if we know ahead that a cheaper mini-fig set will include Darth Vader. The same applies for the C3PO in Millenium Falcon and Droid Escape. LEGO sets are (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Then you're extremely naive. MegaBloks IS competition (as AFOLs have seen other parents buy MB time and time again simply BECAUSE it is cheaper), and if they see a mockup and then get a model to market faster (which they probably could, since (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ===...=== WARNING: highly synical material to follow ===...=== Although LD should be the ones to supply the real answer, here's my theory: Because it all sounds so cool and important that way. it's exciting. If the info were truly sensitive, I (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I guess I still don't get it. I'm trying to think of an example of how LEGO letting us know about something would hurt you. I mean, LEGO really doesn't have any competition (MegaBloks can only compete on price), so it's not like somebody would (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I liked what happens to Redini when you click on him, its like a Lego punching bag that you can use while you are trying to figure out what the 84(!) different colors are for Lego, and how to get your hands on all 84(!), hehehe. So Tomas, what are (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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That's actually a stylesheet problem, not a javascript one. It looks like you're using some version of Netsacape 4 for X. Which I happen to be using at the moment too, so I can tell you exactly what to do: select Preferences under the Edit menu, go (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Looked like it would be quite interesting. So, I enabled cookies and went for a look. I gave up after 30 seconds, however - tiny black letters on a fairly dark background made it extremely difficult to read. Perhaps your page designers haven't (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, there are probably three questions that need answering: 1. Why all the "secrecy?" Because the subjects in question -- whether they're products, services, websites, or whatever -- are not ready to be announced to the public yet. There are (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Very true, no sales = no profit. LEGO is going to offer what they want , where they want. The best that most of us can hope is the better stuff gets to where we are. I'd love for everything to be available everywhere, I don't know if that will (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Note, very importantly, that the online order numbering system and the telephone order numbering system differ; online is "X00018nnn0000" and online has been "P002nnnn". I did my ordering, and proxy ordering, by telephone; in part this was to (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Marc Nelson Jr." <manjr@bricksonthebrain.com> wrote in message news:GCvF8n.60F@lugnet.com... (...) It's (...) Of course, the worse thing you can do if you suspect someone of secret dealings is to expose them. Don't be surprised if the next time (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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And another thing... Why is there so much secrecy surrounding any information coming from LEGO? It's like dealing with the NSA. Examples: #1: The recent "Train Summit". All of the particiapants were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Why? (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Tomas Clark" <tomas.clark@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:GCvDvB.3Do@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) I thought this section was very well done. More the same please. regards lawrence (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The recent offering of old service packs on shop.lego.com has got me upset over what I see as a bad policy of LEGO's: no shipping outside shop-at-home territories. There are people over here in the US begging to buy these old and rare service packs, (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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As some of you have already noticed, we recently launched a new section of LEGO.com: (URL) the Build section has some content that might be of interest to Lugnetters and AFOLs in general -- and will hopefully have more in the future -- I thought I'd (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.lego.announce) !!
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(...) My suspicion is that if these parts were available in the US that there potentially would have been fewer total buyers. Why? The deep pockets eBay resellers would have snapped them up pretty quick. The quantities are pretty low (one of the (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm sure I'm not the only castle fan who was really brought out of their Dark Ages (in my case, since 1984) due to the introduction of the Star Wars line, just as Castle was slipping into it's "mini-ice age." The only Castle I saw on the (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think it's quite plain and simple: back then, nobody needed the service packs. All you had to do is buy a set - at that time you would get a good set with a lot of good parts. Now, however, since the parts are ridiculous, there is a high (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They whole reaseon that I never ordered before when they were available waay back when they were "new" was that I did not have the available cash or a general trust in mail ordering from Shop @ Home. When the 1999 assortment hit, I became a (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Agreed. Guild of Bricksmiths probably accounted for at least 15-20 of those orders (I put in three, expect to see a new design from MTW using garage doors if I get filled). No doubt a lot of US fans did not have the infrastructure (i.e. a (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Richard Marchetti (<GCuy5F.n25@lugnet.com>) wrote at 10:22:27 (...) Between approx. 22:30 BST on Wednesday and 17:00 on Friday, 192 online orders were placed at S@H Europe. This is based on my order numbers. Given that many (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Agreed. You can't turn a profit if no one is buying your goods. However, I feel that what is offered to Lego customers in Europe should be available to Lego customers elsewhere in the world. If it costs a little extra to ship to the US, then (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Huh? I fail to see any reason for them not to keep listing the accessory packs in the catalogue until they are sold out (what's it take up , an inch or two per item?). You are asserting that they pulled these packs from sale so they could do (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Funny, but with all the fuss on lugnet these last couple of days about shop.lego.com in Europe selling old service packs and stuff, and demands that lego do same in USA, or start making them again, I have to observe that the reason they stopped (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Is there a chance that they will offer the garage doors again? They are very popular and I am sure they would sell very well. Rose "Bob" <cg47@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GCu096.Fp6@lugnet.com... (...) now. (...) as >many in stock as first (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes: <snip> (...) Yesss...sss! (...) Nooo...ooo! (...) Some are better than none :-) - Bob (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oops...forgot to paste my footer: --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Wow, now this was a crazy week! This is a week that will forever live in garage door infamy! Some interesting info I found out this week: 1. New Mass Customized trains! They were live in Europe, but are now live in the US as well! Check them out at (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Chances are good, since they show on a search of the US site. I guess it depends on if they already set some aside for the US or not (and are hopefully on the ship). If not, they may all disappear in Europe, though a bunch will still make it to the (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Ok, my first message didn't get a reply, so I will try the direct method. Will the US get these parts packs that have shown up in Europe? A reply would be greatly appreciated. Rose (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Listen, you bassoon, stop with the puns. Or at least (as has been drummed into your head before) set XFUT correctly. .direct has been trimmed from the FUT. ++Lar (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Yeah, that would be tuba(d) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) ones, I know the sealed ones keep the tires soft longer, but... Also latly I'v found that some parts in the bulk brick tubs and other sets have had a blck film on them, then you get it on your hads and it travels around your parts. Josh (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Luckily, they ARE available overseas, so I ordered, um, "a few" (actually, I bumped the annual export of Lego from NL to the US by a percentage point between those 2 orders ;-) (...) Interesting. I wonder how many they "found", that they are (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) disclose. (...) I (...) two, (...) inside (...) It sounds like you asked, but the expiration on an NDA may not be the point at which you can reveal the information, but the point at which you need to sign a new NDA before sharing any further (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Steve Chapple wrote in message ... (...) months (...) I noticed when I got some of the black train-packs which included the wagon plate, that the way they are packaged encourages warpage. You have one large flat plate plus a selection of lumpy (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) No, more like a sousaphone-- as in get Susan on the phone and order some before they go away;-D -John (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GCs23G.9uJ@lugnet.com... (...) On the agreement I signed (and I talked this over with someone at LD, recently even), the agreement terminates one year from the date signed. This (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I am not a lawyer. And I would love to hear the definitive info but I think the answer is no. That is, disclosing what you knew or when you knew it or whether it was correctly predictive is itself a violation of a typical NDA. But I could be (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I understand that certain fortunate individuals among us are privy to information that they've agreed not to divulge, and that's cool. However, once the info becomes public knowledge, will you folks be able to discuss what you had been told in the (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I hadn't encountered this myself as I don't use them for my container cars, (though I'm planning to lengthen a red one to get the overhang for my engine) but I checked a few 3737 plates that I got a few months ago and they indeed are quite (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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Eric & All, Wow, 5187, from 1987. Gosh, does this seem like a flute or something? It seems awfully strange to me, but I welcome it if it is available! I think garage doors is right up there for wish lists, is it not? It beats paying 1.00 a part! (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They are there but don't show as available yet. (...) I found them in the U.S. by doing a search on "Garage". Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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To All, I have been watching this off and on? Do they actually have garage door packs available to someone?! Does anyone have a link? Which country can you see it in? Scott S. -- (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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BOY, I hope they actually had what I ordered ;-) The website said they did, but I ordered "a few" garage doors, so I hope they actually had the quantity I ordered. Woohoo, I can sell off some of my used garage doors if this goes through! (...) -- (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes, please, offer them in the US. Breastplates, wizard hats, rocket pieces, garage doors, jet parts, I could get very dangerous with my credit cards. Failing that, some UKAFOL's could make a minor fortune (hint hint) supplying orders to (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GCrIp2.A50@lugnet.com... (...) What's more, there are a lot--in (...) No, I think your'e wrong I have service catalogues showing all this stuff. You have to go back a bit though e.g. (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hmmm you forget Technic.. But the only technic sets currently out that arent huge are crap :) And doing it for huge sets isnt a good idea, thats the point, you use mid range to small sets, to get good sales :) (...) whatever (...) Not needed, since (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) For once, being away in Europe will have its significant LEGO advantages! :) I'm ordering, bigtime; most of the new packs are AVAILABLE (including the garage door bits), I called and got verification of inventory. But Lawrence is wrong about (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmmm you forget Technic.. (...) Ok but maybe you could re-releas older classic sets in grouped packs? (...) With a copy to brickshelf? After all us Internet active lego(R) scan there frewquently. And this might solve the limitation on older (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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OK Lego Direct. Are you going to be offering these new packs in the US? Please don't be so cruel. Rose "Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GCr13z.2Aq@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) very (...) it (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Good and bad on shop.lego.com this week Well for Europeans - these changes dont seem to have hit USA (yet) Forward - Lego added lots of new stuff to bulk bricks this week. Back - However, they are just the rest of the old accessory packs. When are (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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much like they did with blacktron II and M:TRON. Heres how it would work: 1.the lego design team would come up with a model built using only parts from 3 specific sets. Examples that would work the alpha team helicopter, the alpha team cruiser and (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I set XFUT to .fun because, well, <sputter> when you accuse me of promoting 8 wide, why, them's fighting words!!! And not at all suited for lego.direct. I'll see you at dawn, bring your nerfgun. :-) PS I'll have you know, J2 uses wagon plates (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think we wagon plate users should be offended at that statement, but seeing how warped (twisted in reality) mine truly were- to each his own. Not all of us has the money, resources, or experience to build in 8 wide or whatever, which is what (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) What part of "wimps" were you having trouble with? :-) All kidding aside, the wagon plate has its place. It does give you a nice overhang in certain situations. Just not on any model I've ever wanted to build... but I see that others do like (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey Larry, how do you really feel! :) Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL - LUGNET member #211 (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The wagon plate is supposedly warped. I didn't buy any of these, wagon plates are for wimps who can't build proper subframes for themselves, so I can't say, but I digress. That is, if you set it down on a flat, true surface, one corner sits (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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