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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GD8F7B.CIu@lugnet.com... (...) inability (...) any (...) I am not sure how I got into this thread, but I was a little miffed that I have 1) repeatedly voiced my desire for garage door (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, as a fan who would enjoy having an easier time of obtaining certain elements I hope that the last part is true. Of course, we have this discussion all the time -- and if we are not having it at some point, we cycle back to it eventually. (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Much better! Now I'll have to spend a while exploring... :-) Thanks Tomas! (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well put. (...) Maybe. But what if most of us come to our senses and stop doing things like buying 20 garage door packs at a time? :-) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GD6Kwp.9JI@lugnet.com... (...) guiding (...) do (...) lose (...) more (...) Perhaps the original point would be better stated as "the market is always right" i.e. if majority of your (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message news:GD6Gpw.n5B@lugnet.com... (...) Define 'right' The customer has the ultimate decision to accept or decline But they are often 'wrong' They buy the wrong products for the wrong (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The only conclusion I've been able to reach is that AFOLs probably aren't part of the target market at www.lego.com. AFOLs are useful for spreading contagious enthusiasm and giving feedback on the website, but we really don't need to be wowed (...) (23 years ago, 12-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There are a couple good sources of stats like this. Statmarket.com used to be one of them, but now you have to pay to get access to their stats. After they changed to pay-only, a couple handy pages like these popped up: (URL) links to lots of (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, www.lego.com has been "too cool" for me since virtually day one anyway, so if its webdesigners can't figure out these issues, it'd be no big loss if I can never access content on it. LUGNET is *much* more friendly (and more human IMO) (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Does anyone have any reliable stats on how many people are left out (as a percentage) due to platform issues, due to using obsolete browsers (perhaps for perfectly legitimate reasons) and due to running with restrictions turned on? Where I am (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) was (...) small (...) bread- (...) hasn't (...) Funny? The KB I work for not only has the Chrome Castle sets but also just got the Women's Soccer Team in. Just FYI. -Mike Petrucelli (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I believe this problem exists for Netscape 4.x on all platforms. Netscape 4.x does a horrible job with CSS positioning anyway, so I don't know if it's a big loss. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's dead. Web sites that just use plain HTML without JS or animations or other glitz are just not "cool" enough. I agree with you, don't get me wrong. But the reality is that the vast majority of Web users these days are using M$ Internet (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'd vote for a no-javascript fix. Until Lego's website is viewable without it, you're alienating people who don't have Javascript due to platform or security issues. Whatever happened to plain old regular HTML, anyway? Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GD6KF3.828@lugnet.com... (...) I agree with Larry. The customer is not always right. I have seen this dozens of times with our customers. What customers do have the right to do is (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I disagree. It's not an unequivocal truth, although it has to be a guiding principle. There ARE exceptions. ++Lar (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) LEGO® must remember that the customer is always right, period. -Harvey (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Gary, Can you give a little background on the limited bulk sales that Lego had in 1987? I have never heard of this and I'm sure others would be interested as well. Bryan "Gary Istok" <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Protective undergarments notwithstanding, I have just checked on Netscape 4.75 for Linux (pretty darn close to what Chris was using), and the same bug is present. If you turn off Javascript you also turn off stylesheets, even if it looks like (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Garage Doors Cancelled! (was Re: Trains, Garage Doors and more, oh my!)
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(...) [snip] (...) Thanks for the update, Lindsay. It is too bad this all happened. /Eric McC/ (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I don't think the 1989 date (President of Lego Systems) is correct. I was interviewed on the "25 Years of Lego in Canada" segment of CBC 'The Journal' TV news show back in 1986 (even though I'm just over the border in metro Detroit), and (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jacob Arnold wrote in message ... (...) LOL! Sounds like a kind of chastity belt... Kevin (FUT ot-fun) ---...--- - Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths: (URL) Lego Web page: (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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There's a known bug, at least in the Mac version of Netscape 4.x where turning off Javascript also turns off stylesheets. You must browse a lot of shady sites if you're that concerned about JavaScript security breeches ;-) (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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<Long-no snips for flavor> (...) If my log-in data is saved on a cookie, and that log-in data is what the server references for the auto-save, then it seems to me that it IS a cookie problem, ESPECIALLY when it is known to be true that problems are (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) But ther *are* special kids! My parents told me I was special when I was a kid. Of course every parent should do that from time to time because all kids are special and amazing in their own way. Wether it's a parent, LEGO or their friends, (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:3af8669a.240866...net.com... (...) Someone else brought this up before (I forget who), but I don't think the site is saying 'these are the only cool kids,' or 'if you're not up here, you're (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) While I do think some underdog voting would be lost by keeping the percentages under wraps I think it on balance would be beneficial to do that. As I said in an off-topic.debate post in response to one of Todd's, I think the model of how Todd (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Garage Doors Cancelled! (was Re: Trains, Garage Doors and more, oh my!)
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Hi everyone (especially Eric and others concerned about their garage doors)- Sorry to follow myself up, but I have Information and Updates relevant to your beefs with S@H Europe. (...) And this was in fact true. The boxes I got today had a total of (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks for the reply, Jake. I am sure lot's of people are glad to have this information. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I don't believe it's a cookie problem as AFAIK the Mata Nui site doesn't use cookies. However, we have noticed that certain browsers are extremely slow while "saving the game," and some also seem to get hung up on loading some of the game (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Why, oh Lego, why is the gold mask mask contest limited to residents of the U.S. and Canada? In Europe you can buy the Bionicle Power set 6546 (for a lot of money), where you get a "secret" link ((URL) to learn more of the gold mask competition. On (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) [...] (...) (URL) here: (URL) being the producer for Cool Kids, probably did a much better job of succinctly describing her project than I did in my four-word blurb, quoted above. I mentioned it as another example of a "cross-product-line" (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> Yes, that's a very germane comment, and not really off-topic at all! You'll be glad to know that we consider the current Builders Gallery contest to be just a modest start, much like the rest of the Build section. We have plans and (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) I think it's the special-kid/not-special-kid aspect that rubs me the wrong way rather than the precise meaning of the word "cool." (...) When LEGO Direct announced the area[1], it was described as being "profiles of amazing kids." Now, I don't (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I share your viewpoint, to a large extent. Question: Are you suggesting that it is wrong to post a follow-up asking whether a particular portion of a post was an official statement or a personal statement?? I would love to see TLC officially (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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No offense but, for cripes sake man... In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes: [...] (...) [...] (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Kevin Loch writes: <SNIP> (...) I think this is what needs to be done, us adults can say what we think all we want, and be 100% wrong. I would be interested as to the feedback outside of Lugnet to this "cool kids" section. I (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jake McKee? Hello, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for the post, it was appreciated. I'll be looking forward to "More soon." Play well!! -Aaron- (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, James Simpson writes: ... (...) At first, my own reaction to your comment was "Well, then, maybe they could split it into adults, teenagers and children, or beginner and expert categories". Until I read the rest of what you (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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James Simpson wrote in message ... (...) competition (...) that what (...) the Lego (...) rather than (...) is (...) actions. I totally agree. I put on a couple of "Lego shows" at my daughter's school - kids brought their own creations in and we put (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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