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(...) As opposed to the naming conventions that LEGO has used internally for years? How about, instead of suggesting that LEGO change the way they refer to parts, why not ask them to share *their* naming conventions with the AFOL community? JohnG, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) here (...) And (...) Good point. Only the serious would want those quantities. (...) It wasn't really meant to be a sound line of reasoning. I'm just being annoying. However silly it is, while viewing the big picture, to call it a train (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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This is particularly worrisom also. I know I'm right because their website advertises 172 pieces, which is the count on the outside of the larger box. But when I call, I worry that they'll think I'm trying to pull a fast one. The sales rep I talked (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) OK, go ahead. Everyone knows I'm arrogant anyway. Personally I think it would be shrewd of them to target the market exclusively to AFOLs with mundanes as a secondary interest. We're the heavy users (1) who are going to buy bunches (is there (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just got my order for 2 sets, and found 2 small plain white boxes. opened one of them and thought it didn't look like 172 pieces. I was impressed on how quick they got my order to me. 3 days, standard shipping. they did upgrade to priority mail at (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not all of them. I know, at 8, I would have noticed as you probably would have also. And my six year old daughter would probably notice also. But my eight year old daughter would probably be oblivious. (...) I think it's much less sinister (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom McDonald writes: <snip> (...) A dangerous attitude if they don't get the picture right. :-) (...) I bet, in the end, the names will be dropped. We have a naming convention that works well... in english. I'd hate to have to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ok, now you guys got me paranoid, checked my order, mine was fine... i even opened the brown dacta box to make sure i wasn't missing something :) oooo.... road signs.... :) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) How about a McDonalds drive-thru window. Or a metro station train schedule! :-) brian (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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THANK YOU for saying something! I got my eToys order last week, and didn't even open it - I ordered 3 sets of roadsigns. Sure enough, there were 3 white sub-boxes in the order, so I only got ONE QUARTER of what I should have! I called, complained, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Even a child would notice that the piece on the order form is not what he got. (...) They know exactly what a train window is. I bet there is a very good reason(s) why they offered transparent thin walls instead. A couple possibilities come to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) To really play the devil's advocate, who says its has to be a "roof" apex brick? Is it really a brick per se if it has no studs? And the term "medium" can applied because of a few reasons, not the least of which, is the comparative slope angle (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Brian Lanning" <blanning@mciworld.com> wrote in message news:FwIs0o.J8s@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) train (...) asked (...) that (...) than (...) history (...) how we (...) this (...) playing (...) that (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) in (...) Well, what I meant was that although we would call it the wrong piece and certainly complain, a child may not since they're less likely to make a complicated roof. It's still a roof apex brick, even if it's the wrong one. And maybe (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) fixed (...) Not really, for starters it can ruin the "uniform" look of a roof and secondly, as Eric mentioned, with the absense of corner-peaks in low slopes, one cannot make a 90 degree turn in the roof. (...) Like Eric (again) - even as a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think we're in agreement. We (the people of lugnet) would argue that it's a different piece. But the people at lego may see it differently. Obviously, this piece wouldn't work with the other pieces designed for use with the medium slope (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think I would have a differance of oppinion with you on the degree of slope in the peek. First it is the wrong part if what they are shipping is the low slope peek and 2 I would say for me the medium slope peek can NOT be used in most cases (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That error actually showed the wrong piece whereas the other errors we've mentioned have been in color and nomenclature. Although we would argue that the low slope apex brick is the wrong brick, it can be used (in most cases) in place of the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:394A4976.3CA90A...ich.edu... [snip] (...) for many (...) discovered (...) a row (...) a (...) the (...) is (...) from 3 (...) central (...) picture (...) with (...) I was at the Lego Outlet Store (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Its funny, they actually did fix one of the errors right away. The picture for the 2x8 brick pack was actually a 2x10. That was mentioned here and fixed very quickly. I would think they would fix the page although I think they must be pretty (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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This is probably off topic here, but eToys mixed up an order of mine also. It seems whenever I order the dacta road sign set (advertised with 172 pieces), they open the box and send me one of the sub-boxes. They always fix it and send me another so (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Got my order wrong (was Re: Got my order - two warnings!!!)
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Right. I've seen them with printing, but never totally clear. I have a number of the town vehicle sets with the ambulance (mentioned in the other post). brian (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Brian Lanning writes: [snip] I could easily be wrong, but I don't remember the clear 1x4x3 (...) Emergency Treatment Center - 6380, had four in the ambulance with red and white stripe printing. (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Brad, Formerly, thank you very much to you and your colleagues for realizing a long waited and desired service as you promised. You also mentioned that, by 2001, you will be shipping to all European countries. Is this mean only the EU countries, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) B wing command center, with printing on them. James (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'd do it, but I already sent them back. They weren't weird, they were hideous in a K-Mart Christmas kind of way. (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I didn't get them myself. I'd like to see them posted somewhere as well. I like the fact that they seem to be making things that aren't available in any sets at all. I could easily be wrong, but I don't remember the clear 1x4x3 thin wall pieces (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Do you think it'd be weird enough for you to try and post a screenshot of it somewhere? I'm beginning to wonder if I couldn't use them as some twisted remake of M-Tron ... ;) Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Brian Lanning <blanning@mciworld.com> wrote in (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I got my parts in two lots. I got the first batch (the tiles and trees) in a padded envelope the other day and the windows in a box today. The 1x2x2 windows were correct (ordered two) but I didn't get two bags of the 1x4x5 windows. I got one of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) [snip] (...) Thanks for summarizing these changes, Chris, I wasn't sure that I got them all. I've double-checked and updated my web page to reflect what's shipping ((URL) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think you are right on with that comment. (...) No, there weren't enough items being offered that it could reasonably be chalked up to "we blasted this thing through real quick-like". In a big catalog, I expect a few errors. When the entire (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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To Brad Justus, I'd like to start be saying I appreciate this new bulk offer of pieces, even if they are a little pricey. My question is, when will LEGO start adding new items to the bulk list? Say, different colours for windows and doors, different (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FwFo5o.E1u@lugnet.com... (...) all. (...) bulk (...) beta) (...) I think some of us are happy with some of the mistakes that TLG made when setting up the parts service. For something (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I got my back-ordered 1x4 grey bricks today. I was also charged the full S+H on the first invoice, but no S+H on the back-ordered stuff, so it came out OK. -Marc (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message news:394ED9FE.983173...ane.edu... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I suspect that the reason that no one is really angry is that we are (for the most part) still pretty happy with (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Maybe you are not following the threads here. Apparently, several of the images on the bulk order page are not the right pictures. 1. Item "G #3444" on page one looks like 45° roof ridges but everyone is reporting that the roof ridges are the 30° (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <rant> Can we NOT call them Train windows, please? Regardless of what LD calls them, they are not train windows. They are thinwalls or panels. Let's not dump away a lot of good work by the LDraw gang on nomenclature for no good reason other (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just got my package (it was delivered by UPS on Friday but no one was home). The 1x4x3 thin walls are clear the 1x4x5 windows have trans-lt-blue glass nothing was back ordered KL (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Got my package today. Another by Priority Mail. Lego isn't making anything on the P&H charge. Contains clear thin walls, and trans-blue glass for the black window frames. Cary (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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