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(...) receipts. (...) hope (...) Indeed, I am wondering if backordering might be a reason why delivery is so expensive, to cover the cost of multiple parcels if required. Obviously S@H must know how many deliveries are required for each order on (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Kerry If the rules are the same as for S@H in Europe, last month (sick of waiting for S@H to come to Oz), I purchased some of the train sets and got them sent to my uncle's address in Holland. One of the items was backordered and they only (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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If I order several items through S@H and they are not all available for immediate dispatch, how many sets of shipping charges do I have to pay? Just one, or one for each parcel that results from the order? Kerry -- Kerry Raymond, Lady BUG Lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ya know, if they are.. don't complain, just take the prices and run! enjoy the lower prices.. in a way you guys deserve them for waiting so long.. now just remember... no more whining! :-)- (sticking out tongue!) Tamy (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Excellent! Thanks very much for the response. In case it doesn't get said enough, there are a lot of companies out there that could learn from how LEGO Direct is doing things! thanks, James (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) James, Both the Rebel Blockade Runner (10019) and the Darth Maul Bust (10018) are now available for purchase (although they are backordered): (URL) Lukin Senior Web Developer LEGO Direct (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) X-posting this to loc.au (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks for adding this, and I hate to be a pest... but can it be given a price & a status so I can order it? I noticed it's priced for European region, but I still can't order it in North America. I've got a shopping cart sitting in the aisle (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Jarid Lukin" <jarid.lukin@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:GKp4nL.1Jr@lugnet.com... (...) Jarid, I wish someone at Lego would answer the question I have asked a couple of times now (of Brad and Jake) If the Australian prices include GST, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Australian GST is already included in the product price. You will only be charged the total displayed on your checkout receipt page. There are no additional charges that will incur. --Jarid Jarid Lukin Senior Web Developer LEGO Direct (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Benjamin Whytcross wrote in message ... (...) It's still in the Holiday S@H catalog that I got last week, too. I suppose that's more understandable since the print edition has a long lead time, but this problem was pointed out months and months ago. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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"Benjamin Whytcross" <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GKoKvB.Mnv@lugnet.com... (...) I believe this reflects stock for the whole of Europe, not just for Australia. So you are now seeing a snapshot of current European stock levels, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well done :) as a minor cynic I am happy to see the arrival of this (though my LEGO budget won't be ;) ) However there are a couple of minor issues I'd appreciate enlightenment about: 1) If this service just went live a few hours ago, how are (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thank you Brad for making LEGO Shop At Home available in Australia and New Zealand. I am concerned however at the high shipping costs and the fact that there is only one shipping option available. Is there an intention to offer less expensive (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) LOL! My guess would be 63.50. (...) I'm pretty sure it's "not currently available". I also noticed there doesn't seem to be any bogie bits - wheels, couplings. Only the bogie plates and the complete train base kits 8?( And I noticed several (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thankyou thankyou thankyou! (I never thought I'd see this long awaited day) but I have a question: Is the Australian GST (Goods and services tax) included in the listed set prices and the listed postage prices, or are we going to be up for (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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First off a HUGE thanks to Brad Justus and everyone else who made this become a reality. Amazing. It's finally here. And I am very pleased with what I see - even given the current high shipping charges. (We'll live.) BUT - check this one out!! Have (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) THANX BRAD...... : ) Thanx for getting us S@H... muchly appreciated Kev...: ) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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It's encouraging to see that the shoppers are up early! LEGO Shop At Home in Australia and New Zealand is officially open. Visit (URL) and Shop Well! -- Brad Brad Justus Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Melody Brown" <black666beast@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GKnCEp.2Mn@lugnet.com... (...) Not the 4th yet. Well not in the USA or Europe at least, where one presumes the actual change to the web site will be made. lawrence (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Well it's 6:28am here in Ostraylea and I guess like a typical shop... S@H is not open yet... infact not a single thing stating it would be open today or whenever :( Have we been diddled? Or will it open at a different time today? Hmmm like 11:59pm (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I like this game, but I can't figure out the answer to todays puzzle. Yesterday there were 155 different items for sale under bulk bricks Today there are 156. I have looked at every page and darned if I can tell which one you added. Can't you flag (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:GKE2or.4nn@lugnet.com... (...) Is that Thursday, October 4th US East Coast time, or Denmark time, or ??? Because it is already the 4th in Australia and it isn't on-line yet :-) lawrence (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) why not... (...) I guess we will see what they come up with... but I'll let you know Thursday... Tomorrow :)))...))) Mel (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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"Melody Brown" <black666beast@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GKKp29.zv@lugnet.com... (...) Will you ship them back to the UK for us? They did say they would sub the shipping costs for a while, but not set prices. Postage and packaging is (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I called Lego Shop at Home (U.S.) last week asking about availability. For what it's worth, I was told that they would be available from S@H again sometime in November, with a sticker on the box and a whole new instruction booklet included. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Mwahahahaha! The Kookaburra's could have the last laugh :P j/k - About time I say! They prob will smack us in the cheek with postage and claim the difference that way... or it's an introductory price and not the actual 'everyday' price... (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I noticed the 6776 empty shelf slot at the local WM today. An inquiry yielded: "they were recalled and we sent them back". So it would appear that TLC is going to have a bunch of 6776s to deal with. K8s of Alpha Team parts for the LIC perhaps (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) way (...) I believe that there are some questionable images in the instruction book, in the comic section at the end. Troy (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Douglas, Thanks for your kinds words ! I started out with only 4 FNFs but that was a long time ago. And luck and commitment had something to do with it. Late last year, I purchased 10 FNFs from (URL) and it took 2 months to get from France to (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's just compensation for the amount on time we've been without S@H in Australia ;-) . Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GKGJu6.E1w@lugnet.com... (...) means (...) From what I remember of the box, if they put a sticker over the image on the back, they can put the sets back on the shelves with minimal (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:GKJKKo.A7s@lugnet.com... (...) Hey Jake, do you have any response to the question I asked earlier (not to you directly) about the relative US and Australian prices of the Sopwith? To (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Slight correction on the pricing of the NZD. The Sopwith Camel is actually NZD 99.95, rather than NZD 89.95. Sorry for any confusion. (By the way, if someone could cross-post this for me, I would appreciate it) Jake --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Peter Callaway" <peter.callaway@stgeorgecl.com> wrote in message news:GKJ527.Gs9@lugnet.com... (...) My understanding was that if you suspected that the currency exchange rates might worsen, and you want to edge against currency fluctuations, then (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Peter Callaway" <peter.callaway@stgeorgecl.com> wrote in message news:GKJ527.Gs9@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) equivalent of AUD 103.80 here in the UK? (...) Aussie (...) actually (...) call (...) prices (...) Brad alluded to the fact (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Depends on what exchange rate they used to set the prices with initially. They can't very well update it daily with the current plummet of the Aussie Peso, but your point is well taken. I must say at the moment it is actually cheaper to buy (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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thanx,thanx,thanx the waiting is over (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Michael Golaszewski" <michaelg@ozbricks.com> wrote in message news:GKIxn1.2F8@lugnet.com... (...) LEGO.com, (...) No. It's a complaint they are too expensive everywhere else :-) Like if it is going to be AUD 76.95 in Australia, how come it is the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ummm, ok, I think that price is just right.... :) That's the first complaint that the items are too cheap... (23 years ago, 1-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Superb! A textbook example of why this community needs to have more interaction with TLG so that suggestions like this could made to the mucky-muck's who don't know any better. Dave Troy's Surplus Lego <legosales@tcphoto.net> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Troy, Your version is great. Many, many times better. But, I can't speak first hand about it, as no place in Eugene (OR) has gotten them yet. KEith (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Maybe, but at least Troy has managed to build something half-way decent from available elements -- which more than hints at what TLC could have done had it chosen to do so. Plus Troy's design is compatible with the featured unfolding aspect of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:GKE2or.4nn@lugnet.com... (...) That price seems very cheap. The current price of the Sopwith Camel is USD 49.99. Whereas AUD 76.95 converts to just USD 37.81. And NZD 89.95 is just USD (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Never doubted in the slightest that you'd come through 8?) Well done, guys (& gals) ROSCO (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Troy's Surplus Lego" <legosales@tcphoto.net> wrote in message news:GKEtv1.GEu@lugnet.com... (...) Sorry, didn't really do much for me. Looks like some missile silo opening. regards lawrence (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There was some talk that the set WOULD be rereleased. I dunno if that means they would reuse the parts and put them in new packaging or what... seems labor intensive tp open up boxes, remove parts bags and put the bags into new boxes... (...) (...) (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There's a link to good pics on From Bricks To Bothans: (URL) be a few news articles down, I'm not sure. thanks, James (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Sorry to be so out of touch, but do you have a link for a picture of the model? Thanks, Chris (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Great job! And MUCH better than the orgami thingie that the set came with. I knew someone on Lugnet would redo it for us. Kudos! Katie (23 years ago, 30-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct)
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This is excellent!!!!!!! We'd all better start saving then, eh!! I knew it would come - now I can build that large sized space cruiser I've always wanted to :) *super grin* Zac (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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Tomas, Please ask the developers to use larger, higher resolution images with the new format. The BIT graphics were an eye-strainer. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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What WILL happen to 120,000 sets worth of 6776 parts? I really wanted some of those parts, but now can't get them! I don't suppose they could sell the individual polybags from these sets through LD or something? That would be kind of neat. Though (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Good news for those folks, I think this will be well received. (...) Here's my suggestion. The advice is free and the implementation is without cost. Post this information on LEGO.com. I was just there and there's no mention of this news on (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Congratulations guys, and thank you. I look forward to placing my order for camels on 4 October :-) In terms of things to do to promote beyond chatting here, among other things, links on local websites would seem to be a good idea. Text links (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Troy, This looks great. I'll have to build one of these for my hut too. Ken (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct)
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As many of my fellow Lego enthusiasts are, I to am quite unhappy with the roof on the Harry Potter set Hagrid's Hut. So, I spent about an hour or so this evening (well morning actually) designing a new roof for it. While i'm not going to claim that (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.lego.direct) !
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I'm just wondering.... I placed a large order a couple of weeks ago and I havent received it yet. I called S@H and was told it was sent out on the 17th. It's been 12 days for a shipment that should take 4 to 6 days (according to the S@H catalog). (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Cool, so this means we will get everything thats available online in europe currently. (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Tomas, Thanks for the update. The weird thing is it "used" to work. I appreciate the reminder of the online version, but I preferred the BIT when it was working. Thanx for making "new" downloadable versions available. :-) Thanx, Mark Millère LUGnet (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) WooHoo! I knew I was being optimistic this week for a reason :-) (...) Excellent! Mmmmm, Metroliners, bulk bricks!!! (...) Cool, can you then arrange for it to be delivered before it is shipped as well? (...) For most of the stuff not (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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OMGG!!! Yabba Dabba Dinky Winkly Bluey Doooooo!!! *drools* Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou! How cool is this? Well, I know what I am asking for Xmas this year :P Roooooolll...lll on Thursday! I think we should make October the 4th Lego Celebration Day! (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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(...) As one of the cynics amongst us, I say "Well done!" (...) Cool! (...) Not so cool, but undertstandable. (...) And don't forget overcoming our government beaurocracy! (...) Indeed Cheers Richie Dulin Who is getting ready to take back every (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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I echo that ditto :) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I am pleased to announce that LEGO Shop At Home service will be available to Australia and New Zealand beginning Thursday, October 4 (yes, October 4 of this year, for the cynics among you...). You will be able to order essentially the entire LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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Wow, well said! Echo, ditto, and well done, bravo! (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Mark, We're aware of the errors that are currently popping up in the Building Instructions Tool, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Because of numerous problems with the BIT, we are going to be removing it from the site. For now, we recommend (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Jake et. al, I just wanted to offer you (singularly and plural ...) some praise. I've been extremely impressed with LEGO's official presence on Lugnet, and the way LEGO has been handling various issues lately; for example, the withdrawl of 6776 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanks for the update, but I wanted to point out that the replacement parts would not be sent out until after the Metroliner has been shipped, or so I was just told over the phone. Adam (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanx Jake, This is the kind of support we all appreciate. Keep up the Great work. Now, how about that Lego BIT program problem .... See previous post (URL) Millère LUGnet # 525 -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Metroliner update! Many of you have been anxiously awaiting news of the ship dates for the Metroliner and Club Car. We are shipping in Europe in about a week! We will start shipping in the US mid-October! I also wanted to mention one other thing. I (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The magazine Business 2.0 recently published an article on the LEGO Company, hackers, and our position on development of alternative software and operating systems for the LEGO MINDSTORMS product. At the request of the Paul Keegan, the author of the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:GKByMr.EuH@lugnet.com... (...) LD are taking orders for it by phone (at least in the UK), and they told me it would be "advertised" as of Tuesday just gone which I thought meant it (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I am hoping someone could inform some of us on LUGNET who pre-ordered the 10001 Metroliner months ago when it first became available, when the set will be shipped. The date on the Shop @ Home homepage keeps pushing back the shipping date for the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(This set looks gorgeous; Kudo's to the design team.) Any idea when it will be added to shop.lego.com? I tried to order it last night (along with some other bits), and it wasn't there. thanks, James (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: camelot is a silly place
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(...) Isn't the mace just a dark gray 8-tooth gear (new color?) stuck on a dark gray lightsaber blade? james (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yeah! It's just cruel to not give the heads up on the visor and mace elements once everyone has already seen them...!!! What gives? Are these prototypes or primetime models of those elements? Or what? -- Hop-Frog (glassy-eyed for castle stuff) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm not sure if my way is better, but you can just copy it out of whatever temp directory your browser loads everything into. I snaked it from there myself...my system says it's called "montypythonlg[1].mov". -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Yet another announcement on FBTB!
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(...) I'm sorry if that came across too cocky. (...) And I'm not even trying to be a 'competitor' . . . (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Yet another announcement on FBTB!
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i was quite honored that Mr. Justus gave us the announcement privileges. in any case, how awesome do the two new sets sound? i'm just giddy over here!!! ace (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) (and Harry Potter(tm) too, ne?) I'll go farther than just saying "there's room". Competition is good. ++Lar (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Please tell me there is room for more than one LEGO fansite on the internet. With all due respect to LUGNET as the largest online LEGO community, FBTB is the largest site devoted to the Star Wars product line. If Jake had announced the new (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Harry Potter™ now online!
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Despite some delays due to last week's tragedy, you can now find all of the LEGO Harry Potter™ products online: (URL) Lukin Senior Web Developer LEGO Direct (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Why are we hearing about this new stuff on FBTB and not through Lugnet?? From the site, Tim says "A special thank you to Brad Justus for providing FBTB.net with this announcement" This, after I've yet to see the Harry Potter Lego sets (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | New Trains site launches!
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Greetings! I am happy to tell you that we have launched an all new Trains site on www.LEGO.com! Check it out at: www.LEGO.com/trains Some highlights of the site: - An interview with an incredible train builder, James Mathis - A challenge to create a (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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| | Re: Bulk 1x1 Bricks
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I thought the mosaics contained 'plates', not bricks (?) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The mosaics are not bricks, they are 1x1 plates. Just to clarify. BEN GATRELLE (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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If you're looking for 1x1 Grey, Dark Grey, White or Black, May I suggest buying the mosaics? Just order a "picture" of an all grey sheet of paper in the shade that you want. 1900+ Pieces for $30. Of course, this doesn't help in the Tan colour (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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If you want them in standard colors, I'd suggest Brickbay. I'm sure there are many listed there. If not, I have 60 tubs worth of 1x1s I still need to count out into bags of 100, and I'll be selling most of them off. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That presumes that: -you can get a 3033 blue tub -you only want regular LEGO colors I'm hoping for 1x1 tan, grey, darkgrey, brown, and so forth. Heck, why not bring out a version of the blue tub that's JUST earthtones/sand colors (or "modulex (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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because you get 200 in a blue tub "Achim von Wiedner" <a.vonwiedner@sympatico.ca> wrote in news:GJ0CFr.Mnv@lugnet.com: (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Can't print order details on shop.lego.com
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Dear Lego: I recently placed an order for 2 pumpkin packs, plus some other items. I wanted to print my confirmation page, as suggested, but when I tried the result was a page saying my shopping cart is blank. I am using Netscape 4.7 and this is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: I can't tolerate this *juniorization* Either
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(...) I actually disagree with that, but the disappointment behind it is much the same. This change in quality and piece quantity that we see is really a change in target audience for Lego (and a poor one in my opinion). Where Lego once held the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: jake...
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(...) Guys, don't worry about us. I'm probably not the only AFOL in the middle of arranging something with folks at LD, but I think I can speak for all of us when I say we are not a priority. Compared to the things you're dealing with, our "needs" (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New Halloween site launches!
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Thanks Jake! It was a welcome diversion from the events of the day.... Troy Jake McKee <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:GJHy51.Mwz@lugnet.com... (...) building (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New Halloween site launches!
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(...) Oh geez, must still be early! The URL is: (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | New Halloween site launches!
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All, We have just launched our Halloween area of www.LEGO.com. It includes the 2-D pumpkin instructions from last year, but reworked in a better format. Additionally, there several new building instructions: a bulk brick Wicked Witch and a 3-D (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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| | Re: LEGO Company position on third-party programs for LEGO MINDSTORMS
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(...) [snipped Clarification from the LEGO(R) MINDSTORMStm team] Thanks for the clarification, Tomas. (...) I'd also suggest visiting legos.sourceforge.net, and sending the letter to the maintainers of that site (if you haven't already), as although (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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