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(...) I hear you brother! <snip> (...) Okay, sure. Who knows why? I mean really know why? Only the nice men/women in suits sitting in an office somewhere. (...) Jeesh! I wonder if people were this shook up when slopes were first introduced... New (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | legends space set, my thoughts as to the reasoning based on what brad has said
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Fact: pretty much all of legos customer base (even that subset that uses shop @ home), includng myself and most other lugnet readers, has a limited lego budget. (for some its larger than others but its still limited) So, they will only have X to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Send me your Train Show dates!
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All, I was just updating the www.LEGO.com/trains Show calendar and realized that I don't have many listing for upcoming shows. If you can email me (jacob.mckee@america.lego.com) your train show events in the format of the other events at: (URL) I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: what happened to 5216 roof tile set???
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Benjamin Medinets wrote in message ... (...) These have been available continuously (well, every time I've ordered them!) over the phone but I've never seen them on the S@H site. Some things are on the phone list but not the web - a Pain, but it's (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Is Model Team Dead?
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A real pitty to see such a great model line that brought so many great sets die. Here's to the 5571 and others. R.I.P. Adrian Egli (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | what happened to 5216 roof tile set???
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Was this a bunch of service packs found in a warehouse somewhere that LEGO found and wanted to sell them off fast. Because I find this extremely irrating to see that they are no longer available (at least they aren't listed in the shop@home site). (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Leaving feeback for legos website
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Is there some way or place to leave lego suggestions on who to improve their website on their site somewhere? I can't seem to dfins it anywhere. LEGO (aka Jake) if you read this is there a way you can develop a 'last know configuration' (AKA cookie (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Is availability of Bulk Bricks listed incorrectly ?
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Hello All, Shop at Home has rearranged the menu tree of it's website recently. To find items quickly it's a big improvement. But I suspect the change might have introduced small errors, such as items being shown as unavailable while in reality they (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | RE: Spain & Portugal - we can take your LEGO orders via TELEPHONE!!!
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(...) In did ! :) (...) Can't wait to make my 1st *online* LEGO Shop at Home orders ! (...) phone's ok, but online'll be better for me. Q: This will be a 9am to 6pm service ? (...) Q: Is this line for *orders only*, or can I use it to request a LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Spain & Portugal - we can take your LEGO orders via TELEPHONE!!!
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(...) Hi Marco, It is indeed awkward, this absence of LD in Italy when it is being launched in Portugal. Maybe there will be a similar message soon... I mean, LEGO .pt is dependant of LEGO SE, in Italy... so it makes sense to expect further news. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Spain & Portugal - we can take your LEGO orders via TELEPHONE!!!
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(...) Yeepeeee!!! :-D (...) THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I was needing this sevice sooo much!!! My dream over the last 3 years is now a reality - I cannot wait to place an order!!! BTW, what are the options for payment? Pedro (Portuguese AFOL) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Re: Spain & Portugal - we can take your LEGO orders via TELEPHONE!!!
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(...) Ciao Kate hope lego direct will soon remind that even Italy exist in the EU :( regards marco (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Spain & Portugal - we can take your LEGO orders via TELEPHONE!!!
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Great News for our friends from southern Europe... Spain and Portugal have been set up on LEGO Shop at Home (we are trying our upmost to get the online shop up and running too) - orders can be taken via the telephone from today onwards! The (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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<snip> (...) This is not a very accurate description of what happens. Yes TLC has merchandising people visit the larger retailers like Toys R Us, but they do not set the layout or positioning of any of the sections in the store. Merchandising plans (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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(...) Have you read the latest Q & A Session with Brad at Brickswest? Get it here: (URL) the brad_justus_qa.pdf It will give you some insights as to your questions. <snip> Jean you must also remember that LEGO Direct is a very young business unit (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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<snip> (...) It was myu understanding that LEGo has it's own sales force people that go to the Tors R Us, Targets, etc.. and straight up and put out the LEGO products. Sure they don't go every day to stratight up at the end of the night but it is (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: new shop at home menus
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(...) Much better! I also learned a new word: "foliferous". :) Steve (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: new shop at home menus
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Well, they might make it a little bit easier to find things. Two items: Where did they put the "Castle Extender" bulk pack? I looked under "Accessories and Bricks", "Specialty" and "Themes", and also "Bricks", "Light Gray". Not that I need any light (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: new shop at home menus
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(...) A definite step in the right direction. Maybe even better for bulk bricks would be a grid of colors in one dimension, sizes in the other, and the price at each intersection. Play well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Anyone else noticed the new menus? Makes it much easier to locate bulk bricks. Nothing new on sale though :-( Also a dedicated 'Trains' menu :-) regards lawrence (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Henry Kruer writes: (snip) (...) Here's a link to something on NPR: (URL) starts talking about violence with Bionicle, but near the end a Psychology proffesser talks a bit on why Bionicle is what it is, and I think that (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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(...) Except that you just said that they had product from multiple lines, which is what Brad said that the company requires. Additionally, the KMart distribution center probably orders (a large portion of) the entire product line, then cherry (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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(...) No large company is willing to change unless it has numbers that show it will be in its best interests (i.e. profits) to do so. (...) As great as Lego Direct's products are, there's no data yet to show that they would move off the shelves at (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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(...) . . .which goes to show that TLC is (willfully or not) ignorant. Reality check: last week I went to the two local K-marts to buy Lego. They had Mission Deep Sea and Bohrok. One a had a few boxes of 2001 stuff; the other (the smaller) had a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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Jean-Marc Détraz <legomotive@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gt1L10.3CH@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) While this policy may cost TLC in one way ie. Less total units sold. They gain in another. ie.there is no discounting so they always get maximum (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: an alternate opinion
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"Paul Hartzog" <panarchy23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GssMxF.990@lugnet.com... (...) I could see what you're saying about old Space, but I'm not a Space collector. I collect Town, and there's no comparison with Town sets of the past (my (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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Thank you guys very much! I really appreciate your comment. But it is really discouraging to hear that TLC is not willing to change. My concern is that their best products aren't available in stores! WHY WHY WHY??? Who benefits from this policy? (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: an alternate opinion
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Yea well I'll still take my Galaxy Explorer over any current LEGO set. Now over some people's own mocs, that's another question. :-P (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: an alternate opinion
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Paul & All, I have given up any hope of getting my work done today, so I will come in this weekend. : / Anyway, I saw this thread and wanted to put a few comments here: (...) Right. (...) There are some good sets here, and some bad ones. But there (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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As far as I remember, this exact question was asked of Brad Justus at the recent BricksWest event. His response indicated that the company was unwilling to allow retailers to "cherry pick" the Lego product line, and thus it was not possible to allow (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: an alternate opinion
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Well said! If I may add a few comments: (...) I'd like to chime in here to remind people that juniorization of LEGO System sets should not be confused with the introduction of the quick-build Jack Stone sets. JS sets allow LEGO to provide simpler (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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This is a great question. I have long thought that hobby and model shops would be a great place to stock the LEGO train line. Especially now that there are so many different excellent models available. One large problem these small shops have is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Lego assortiment in small stores
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Dear Lego, Would it be possible for you to allow small stores (village stores, educationnal toy stores) to have the possibility to sell everything you have available in your Shop@Home catalog? In my opinion, your best sets are only available through (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Any news on cheaper SAH shipping for Australia?
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Dear folks at Lego Direct, Recently when I placed an order with SAH for Australia I noticed a comment at the bottom of the checkout page about hoping to make other shipping options available in 2002. Any news on this? Whilst combining orders with (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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in general response to this thread.... i hate juniorization as much as the next guy but i don't buy those sets. The new SW sets are the BEST sets TLC has ever made, the curved pieces (finally) allow for stylish mocs, and the canopies can be placed (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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(...) Yes that was the Company hogwash he recited. I work in a toy store. Life on Mars sets come in boxes printed; LEGO(the logo) SPACE. So the company's official position is that space sets at retail are ok but Lego Direct isn't allowed to release (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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(...) The contract was to have the rights to produce Star Wars sets. Brad Justus, senior VP of LEGO Direct, said at BricksWest in no uncertain terms that there is no contractual reason not to produce any Classic Space Legends sets. However, there (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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(...) Yeah. Those are a few sets I've always wanted, but never got a chance to acquire. Hopefully, LEGO should release a Space Legend in the near future, if they EVER do. :) If Lego couldn't make the tooling, do you think it would be be possible for (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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This is one of the most interesting debates I have read for a while, and I feel the need to put a couple of points forward. Regarding the topic of big parts vs. bricks, I agree that there are a lot of sets out there that look like they could be (...) (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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(...) UGGG! I'll be an adult by that time! Honostly... I guess bricklink will be in a boom for the space trade. John Kruer (23 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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