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Jake - Very very cool!! :-) Though my pockets aren't deep enough to afford something as rare as Super Chief 0001, I think this is a neat idea and I encourage you guys to keep stuff like this up. -Tim (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Icky that a company would auction their own products? How so? (...) Why wouldn't they? (...) Is that a bad thing? (...) My catalogs don't seem to mention anything about how many were produced, nor how many will be available. (...) You've never (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I don't speak for LEGO, but I may be able to get close to the answers to some of your questions: (...) If this works out (which it certainly seems to be doing), as many one-of-a-kind sets as the market will bear, and that it is profitable for them (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I totally agree with Suz, and find this very disturbing. These are items whose "rarity" is totally artificial, coming from a planned commercial operation rather than from actual market movements, and IMHO this is a violation to the rules. Is (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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LEGO Direct (and Jake in particular) has earned a lot of credit in our AFOL community. To me this is the only explanation why first reactions to this announcement weren't severely critical. LEGO, both Billund and Direct, have been doing quite (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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One was a Statue of Liberty set (I paid almost twice retail, but it was for a good cause). One was a white-jacketed display minifig (there were 6 auctioned in all, 3 different kinds). I can't believe I account for nearly 1/4 of the auctions to date (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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It wasn't THAT unreadable. I saved the original jpgs and tweaked the contrast, and it was easy enough to build the Street Sensation. But yes, it WOULD have been nice if the pics were twice the size or larger. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Kevin - Did you ever question ebay about linking to your business from your AboutMe page? It says right here: (URL) you can do it. (Scroll down for the "links policy".) Julie fut - .market.theory (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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When do we get to bid on Kjeld's nightstand? I need some place to put my book. : ) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I can't truly express how disappointed I was to see this announcement. As a Canadian AFOL who has yet to even receive a Shop@Home catalog (after multiple requests) offering the Super Chief for sale, to see Lego now offering them for sale on E-bay is (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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