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  "Mistake" windows back ordered :(
 
I just tried to order 3448 and 3447 bulk windows in the "original" colors they have been shipping in. I was advised by S@H that both of them are back ordered until 7/14. I assume that means they are no longer selling them in the "wrong" colors. Has (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Mislabeled elements: new item numbers
 
I ordered two of the mispackaged/mislabeled bulk packs, and after making it clear that I wanted the "incorrect" items instead of the soon-to-be-correct versions, learned that they now have different item numbers: 3444 Black 45-degree roof ridges (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Naming conventions
 
Don't get TLG mad or they'll make us all call the pieces different things.:-D brian (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: train windows
 
I find it hard to believe that they're willing to give up the econmies of scale here. How many of us are there? 1000? Compared to the number of children who consume sets one at a time... well, let's do the math: 300 or so million people in the US. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: train windows
 
I said: (...) and I meant to footnote it but forgot. I first heard this term in the Wall Street Journal in a McDonalds article. The WSJ is not searchable so I can't prove it. However I did find it on an anti-McDonalds site: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)


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