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Well, I received my modest order of 20 trees and, like Huw mentioned previously, they all show a pronounced bend along the trunk. While I agree that this can impart a nice "wind-swept" appearance, I am concerned that these are in essence NOT the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Life Before LEGO Direct
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I was playing with the Internet Wayback Machine ((URL) when, just for fun, I called up LEGO.com ...the results were, if I do say so myself, horrifying: (URL) the next time someone complains about the current LEGO.com, show them this...to borrow a (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) Some quick math: 1,000 of any Lego piece (not mass marketed and priced minimally like the 3033) would probably cost at least $0.05 per piece, yes? That's $50 for 1,000 of the same piece. I realize that there's been inflation, etc., but that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO... are you out there? Do you care? (WAS: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS?)
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(...) So they make product announcements on a website that is drawing visitors away from their own site? I ask again... does this make business sense? Help me understand your point Richie, you've lost me. :) Regards, Allan (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO... are you out there? Do you care? (WAS: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS?)
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(...) LUGNET is (part of) the competition for LEGO focused internet time. It doesn't need to be selling anything. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO... are you out there? Do you care? (WAS: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS?)
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(...) You have a point. I guess I should really try to make myself understood better, it seems my points are getting lost in this thread. Not sure why, I usually have no trouble making myself understood. My point was... that event though LEGO.com (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | The Lego Website [was: Re: LEGO... are you out there? Do you care?]
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(...) I'll agree that lego.com isn't terribly interesting. . .the only part I might have been interested in was looking at the Castle stuff, which specifically is not viewable without going through a Flash waste-of-time (which doesn't seem to like (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) A *sometimes* effective consumer tool. (...) I strongly disagree with this suggestion. I don't think that's a fair move at all. To be completely honest, I recently sent my first email directly to Brad's account and in some ways I wish I (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Analogy of a debate: (WAS:Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?)
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(...) You're absolutely right. I don't think they listen. But I do think they read some of the postings to LUGNET. Remember, there's a difference between hearing and listening. I intend to keep talking until they *listen*. Do you know a better way (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) I guess we (Lego Community as a whole) need to either: a) boycott Lego or b) everybody flood Brad, and others at Lego Direct (spam their personal mail accounts) with our opinions until they either forward them to the right channels or decide (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO... are you out there? Do you care? (WAS: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS?)
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(...) [snip] (...) But according to your estimate, LEGO.com already gets 10 times the hits of LUGNET. Clearly, it is *the* destination of choice. Doing 10 times better than the nearest competitor would seem to be pretty good, wouldn't it? Cheers (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Allan Bedford writes: [snip] (...) How do you do this pointing out? Is it more than posting on LUGNET? (I ask because it seems you don't think they listen here, so all these posts would be pointless, right?) [snip] (...) Does (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) Mike, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I feel it's only fair to state this: If the LEGO company as a whole doesn't soon pull up its socks, there won't be any LEGO Direct, there won't be any bulk parts and there won't be any more (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO... are you out there? Do you care? (WAS: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS?)
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(...) The front page of LEGO.com should be updated no less than once a week, and preferably more often. How many of us enjoy CNN.com, or CANOE.com or LUGNET.com because the content changes so regularly? LEGO should make their website *the* (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) basic (...) Most 10 year olds that like Lego would. (I work in a toy store, trust me on that one.) I belive your point was how many parents would buy them for kids. (...) The old service packs were better for that sort of thing. I thought the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) How many people have posted (supporting your assumption) on this thread? How many people buy from S@H? (...) Maybe, but such people exist. I would suggest that not many 10 year olds would want that many. (...) Likewise someone building a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What's the good number for S@H now?
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At least you got through with 1-800-453-4652! I have be trying all day to get through! At least 10+ times at 9am, 10am, 11am, 3pm and 5pm. All I get is busy signal. beep, beep, beep, beep, beep... Not good for sales... Loosing $... $... $... Build (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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(...) Well it seems to me that most of the posts (in terms of what people want to spend their money on) in this thread are supporting my assumption. Frankly I find it baffling that someone would not want at least 1,000 of any given basic piece. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What's the good number for S@H now?
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(...) Can someone from LEGO Direct respond to this, please? I too tried to place an order today, and got nowhere. The item I want to order is a LSAH Special for this week. I can't order the LSAH Special item from the LEGO web site (it is shown as (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON Light Gray?
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Mike Petrucelli <lordi@erols.com> wrote in message news:Go8oMx.GFH@lugnet.com... (...) bulk (...) But you are making an assumption that you can see how many would sell at a particular price/quantity. That kind of assumption is precisely the hard one (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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