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might i ask why your tubs aer not listed? when i found lugnet the first thing i did was list all my sets. i use it as an accurate count of my collection "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in news:3B58F59E.422CA9...@vfaq.com: (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Another Legend dies....
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(...) I don't know about all of you, but there are at least 6 non-AFOL families who regularly ask me for Lego advice (including help on buying out-of-production sets). I have told them exactly what I think about Lego Racers, Juniorization, Bionicle, (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I don't think a computer programmer would have phrased it, "randomly and logically", but if the system tries to (logically) give each idea the same amount of face time, and does so by selecting (randomly) from the pool of ideas that have not (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What I really want as the next "classic"
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(...) <snip> (...) Lar, Are you aware that the new 'Ice Ramp Racers' <set:4579> has 'light blue' pcs in it ? Slopes and plates I believe. Frank Filz has a review (with a quick inventory) here ... (URL) Ray (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) questions. (...) Hi Jake and Katharina, thank you very very much! I had noticed that 10000 was available again and I already ordered the desired sets online. I really appreciate your immediate reaction and response!! Good job!!! brickhead (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi there! I recieved a response from our European office on Friday. Sorry for the delay in posting it! Please let me know if you still have questions. Thanks!! Jake ----- Hi, Apologies for this inconvenience to you. The Guarded Inn, Item 10000 (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: GREAT serive (was: Another Legend dies)
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(...) Now *THAT'S* what I call customer service!! {:^D (I wonder if they would give me a ride to the airport next week?) -John (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I have to add that the Consumer Service is not only *usually* okay - it certainly rocks and is the best Consumer Service I have ever heard of! Of course I am sad about missing elements and defected parts - but the two pieces I claimed (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sopwith Camel overtakes Guarded Inn! (and it's a NEW set!)
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That 3033 listing isn't even close to the real # sold to Lugnetters, of course (as is any other listing). I certainly haven't listed the 70+ tubs I've bought, and I doubt others I know that have bought more of them than me are listed. 1500 tubs is (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I had to open my set to see what you were talking about :) Ok, the LUGNET Guide picture has been corrected, up to LEGO to fix the one on their site. :) Thanks for pointing this out. (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Multiply that by the list price of $20 and you get $31,460. For a corporation the size of TLC, that is awfully small potates. That's why AFOLs don't have as much sway as we imagine. At best, we can hope to be considered good advisors to TLC (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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actually at tiem of viewing guarded inn was higher i wonder if lego knows they have sold us 1573 3033 {Unnamed 1200-piece brick tub} that's alot of brick "Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in news:GG7qs2.2u9@lugnet.com: (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) go to www.lego.com ===> go to shop ===> pick out the country of origin (which country you live in) ===> voila, the shop @ home site!!! Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm brand new to posting. What's a S@h site? (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I may simply be hallucinatory, since I cannot find any posts that talk about what I'm thinking of, but I seem to recall reading on LUGNET that 1) Back about when Bulk Paks were coming out (or earlier) someone (not TLC) set up a Webpage to track what (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi, I tried to order 10000 Guarded Inn online at S@H (in Germany), but it is marked as sold out for a couple of days now. I couldn't believe this and phoned S@H. I was told that there are still more than 2500 copies available (in Denmark). So what's (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The new sets tend to come out in black/white boxes with new set numbers. I think that is beyond minor differences. (...) We will probably see differences in minifig elements (when was the new torso and head introduced?) as well as differences (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ha Ha. Very funny. :-) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There might be some minor packaging differences, but the set itself should be exactly the same compared to the 1992 Metroliner. Same thing goes for the club car as well. I am now scambling to get off my unemployed ass and start scraping up (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) actually, just called s@h, cause the price on the Front end loader didn't seem right. Apparently, LD got the pictures/names switched between 8463 and 8464. So the front end loader is 8464, and the forklift is 8463. I was assured by s@h that LD (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Lego is reproducing these GREAT SETS?(4558 and 4547)? will there be any packaging or differences to the trains that are visible?where can i get more info on these new sets? Joe Franco (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks, Jake & all for this opportunity for your customers to be heard. In the past, quite often phone representatives have told me that The Lego Company does not take outside ideas. I think you are all moving in the right direction here. One (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well Joe, thats a good start for the GNYLTC. I expect your membership to steadily grow and thrive.-Harvey (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Maybe I've been taking too many CS courses lately, but I don't think "both randomly and logically selected" makes much sense. Anyway, I don't trust the random number generator that the back end is using for this "randomness": in the first part (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Umm, yes. They are re-releaseing these sets. And you probably are missing SOMETHING if you own any LEGO or have ever bought large quantities of said brick. What I want to know, is when are the Collector Pirate sets coming out!? Any info I may (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wait a minute. I thought lego IS reproducing the metroliner. Isn't it and the club car the August Lego Legends? Or did I miss something??? (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I think Ben is right. first of all, lego should stop juniorizing their new sets, let alone their vastly popular train sets. i think the 9v train sets were great, up until the 4560-or the US version the 4561. the 4559 looked ok, but with alittle (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Gas n Wash Express now has a pic. It's had its ship date go from Sep. 28 to Aug 31. I also found Imperial Flagship. It has the same date and price as the Gas n Wash Express. Interestingly, it is under a "pirate" theme, which isn't yet listed on the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) As a survey, it's a bit flawed (see the cogent earlier comments) but I filled it out anyway. The best part is that the 'no children' option was added. As a result of feedback? The Slashdot model of self-moderating content is a bit more potent (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wow, sounds like quite a few of you are giving us your feedback! That's terrific! There have been a couple of questions that have popped up about how the survey works, and some issues with the survey itself. Let me try to address them as best (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I concur except that I would prefer to see a larger pack - perhaps twenty of each, plus a load of two-stud axles. Aw heck, let's just make into a new kind of set! (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Great idea on having a feedback forum for Lego Enthusiasts.... here is a problem which I view pretty huge... I think there is a lot of "What is Lego going to bring to my favorite theme" ...and "How come that theme got that, while my theme only got (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'd like to say the same thing...it seems that each person gets a random of 10 comments from the list of feed-backs each time and then gets to vote on the importance of 5 of them.... I think this type of voting system really isn't accurate of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Excellent! Thanks LD! I have to go back anyway, since one of the 3 options "disappeared" from my screen, and i wasn't able to take the 3rd one. (i blame ns6 - i still can't believe ns let them put their name on this piece of... ) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I re-used the opinion site today and there was a selection for no children... Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Great idea, make sure you act on the results :P keep it up James "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:GGoIDK.48I@lugnet.com... (...) you (...) now (...) opinions (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: why has lego direct ignored the space theme?
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richard marchetti wrote: CHOP!!!! (...) I can't agree more on this! Wouldn't some genuinely "evil" space theme ala Blacktron 1 be good (yes, what's new there? ;-) Maybe I should mention that on the new feedback section of www.lego.com Bye, Stelios (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Double Arrrgh!! (...) I would hope this could be true for any number of space sets. I can second a desire for more trans-yellow elements. I have 3 copies of the Message Intercept Base, but I'd take more more for the elements. Renegade is cool (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Jake, The why did you visit LEGO.com question is loaded. I went to the LEGO site to give my opinion, not to checkout prices or anything like that. Since I did not feel any of the answers were appropriate I could not continue. There should be (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Metroliner Club car.. it begs the question..
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(...) Ack, that bugs me too! Another pet peeve of mine is when people use the word "dilemma" to mean any old problem. Maggie C. P.S. To Richard M.-- after having looked it up in three separate dictionaries I grudgingly admit you were right about the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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