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Come on guys. It will be two years soon And STILL no real increase in the diversity of bulk bricks. OK, we have had a couple of new shades of standard bricks (that no one really asked for) But the stuff people keep repeatedly asking for never gets (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | 10018 & 10019 packed same as other UCS sets? (was:Packaging Style)
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The subject tells all. I ask this in light of 10018 and 19 being sent to stores. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Packaging Style (was:You get to choose!)
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(...) The UCS sets are a rotten example. Whoever designed the UCS Tie and X-Wing boxes should be strangled, hanged, and SHOT. Those are the flimsiest, most useless boxes I've seen out of Lego. They are double the size they need to be (and at half (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Red Baron Arrives!
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All, Just a quick note to share yet more good news! As of today, the 10024 Red Baron set has arrived and Shop At Home is taking pre-orders! Check it out now: (URL) like it will start shipping 15 May! Play Well! Jake --- Senior Producer LEGO Direct (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.lego.announce) !
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| | Re: Packaging Style (was:You get to choose!)
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(...) USC? I don't think I'm up on my acronyms. It's not the cardboard itself that I mind, but the fact that the box can't be re-closed to contain the pieces inside. (...) Well, LEGO started it with the whole "Use this box for storage" deal on the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: You get to choose! -> IBERIA?
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(...) Oh thank you a lot. I am very sorry because of I have not the vocabulary to say what I feel; happy, in one word. Probably, my first set will be Sopwith Camel, wonderful sculpture. My wallet and my girlfriend are not as happy as I am :-D One (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) My guess is that LD was waiting to see how well the first one did before committing to doing any more. I'm sure there is a large lead-time for new sets like this, and since it was kept secret until its release, we have no way of knowing how (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: You get to choose!
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(...) Since everybody else has, I'll give my opinion: I think this is great. We now have a chance to get great sets with highly inflated prices currently. I do not care if the castle or space helmet is slightly different; I do not think it matters. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) and thanks for that. Sorry if I used your post as a periodic reminder to folks that not everyone is E1L and to keep it in mind.... (...) Roger that! Got any marshmallows for the campfire? (...) :-) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) Thanks for elaborating on that! I too knew that English was his 2nd Language and therefore I endeavored to point out that the discrepancy may exist in translation. (...) I tried too… I hope I didn’t come across as impolite. I like Ben and (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Packaging Style (was:You get to choose!)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Lou Zucaro writes: <snip> (...) Actually I like it. Now if someone has returned the set after opening it, or worse yet, opened and plundered it at the store, there is no question about it. Also those heavy duty cardboard boxes (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: You get to choose! -> IBERIA?
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OBRIGADO! :-) (Thank you very, very much!) This is a great day for us - shame I did not see this earlier... :-/ Anyway, thank you LEGO. It is nice to see you value our needs. My vows for the future: that the whole world can use this feature! Pedro (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) Thanks for jumping in, HopFrog. And sorry to Richard Noeckel. My fault - I mixed up the two names.... Kind Regards, Ben (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | RE: You get to choose! -> IBERIA?
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YES!!!!! =D I was feeling a bit frustrated, when I voted for the LEGO Legend and not beeing able to use Shop At Home online to buy the released set (if/when my elected set wins the Legend status). Now I'm happy :) THANKS! mc. PS: The only "part of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) Actually, Ben, I think you mean me -- I used the word first. There are two Richards underfoot at this point -- the best way to tell the difference between us is that the other Richard is younger and better looking than I am. =oP -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Legends Voting broken??
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"Lou Zucaro" <lou@pause.com> wrote in message news:GuMp9C.Gr4@lugnet.com... (...) fixed (...) Using IE6 (with latest patches) on W2K Pro SP2 here, everything works fine. Well, not quite - I signed in with the same LEGO user name I voted with last (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) Sorry Richard, English is not my mother tongue. So why did I use the word greed here? As a matter of fact I have not used that word since ever - I had to look into my dictionary to cheack the meaning of "greed". I only have used this word, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: You get to choose!
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(...) I totally agree! My voting experience sucked too, because while I had an obvious favourite (6390), I want them all. I have a funny feeling that we'll be seeing the four loosers in time for the holidays (and my money is on 6390 being the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) Yes, perhaps it is. Ben is E2L(1), please keep that in mind, and sometimes that causes misunderstanding. Reading over your words and his, I don't find that much disagreement, believe it or not. (I'm in the camp that's glad any time Lego, in (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Greed?
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(...) Nah, I could easily see myself buying one for the sheer desire to actually get my hands on something so phenominal I never had a chance to acquire. I think desire is a better word. (...) I've never seen anyone who hordes yelloe castle parts, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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