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Thanks Lar, I was just being lazy. I thought you had the address on hand. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: I am looking for a roof brick.
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Six (6) black ones come with both the 4554 Metrostation and 2150 Retrostation. Four (4) red ones come with the 633 Red Roof Bricks which is (I believe) still available in Europe. I bought three or four when I was last in Stockholm (which it looks (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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It sounds like you mean the 3x3 low-slope outside corner brick. (convex corner) A pair of black ones come with 6497, Twisted Time Train A pair of blue ones come with 3053, Emperor's Stronghold 20 red ones come with DACTA 9265, Low Slope Roof Bricks (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | I am looking for a roof brick.
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I am looking for low-sloped roof bricks like the ones used in certain sets circa 1986 as found in the following sets: 6689 Post Office (Todd's search results bring back Post-Station but the set has the black 3x3x1 low slope corner roof brick which (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: "Mistake" windows back ordered :(
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The 3449s are backordered as well. (was on the line when you posted, ha ha) (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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)
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| | Mislabeled elements: new item numbers
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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)
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| | Re: Naming conventions
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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)
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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)
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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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(...) TLC does or would if they'd do a little anaylsis. I don't think anyone else does. I've heard a lot of numbers batted around. I'd be surprised if we were less than .5% of the total and very surprised if we were more than 10%... But that is an (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) limited (...) want (...) and do (...) have (...) money). (...) That's fair enough, but I can't help wondering whether they're trying to market to the mundanes anyway. And how exactly does _our_ Lego (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: what is the min production run #?
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(...) a quick search at the home page of lugnet using the string "jason catena bulk web" turns up the following post within the first page of hits. (URL) when you peruse it gives: (URL) a URL. It's amazing what a little searching will turn up if you (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) that (...) Whoops! c/Baluch/Baulch/ ... sorry about that. (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Lar, For those of us who were not paying attention.... Where is the website? Chris (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) nothing (...) "Chris, (...) always (...) Fine. Tell us what the values of xxxx-xx are for all parts, LD, please. We'll use those. We just need to reduce this tower of Babel. ++Lar (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> Don't tell us! Tell Jason. Let LD look in ONE place for this info NOT in many posts scattered all over the group. ++Lar (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Who cares about the mundanes? Target them and LD will be a flop. We're the heavy users. Give us what we want so we can wow the mundanes, doing free marketing for TLG in the process, and do it in a way that is: - low fixed cost - low variable (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Don't tell US, tell Jason Catena (via his website input process) which correlates the data together much more effectively... I'm still hoping he'll decode the somewhat cryptic note I sent him. ++Lar (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Maybe these are extra bits from sets they are making now for next year? Richard (24 years ago, 25-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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