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Chapters is a big Canadian book store that has real life locations and a website at www.chapters.ca. I went there to look up the LEGO book, and they can get it! (...) to (...) pages (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I've never heard of Chapters, but the the book should be available at book stores like Waldon's, B. Dalton, and the like. If they don't have it they can probably order it. I'm pretty sure I've seen it at some online retailer's web sites as well. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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I didn't know there was a Lego book. Would Chapters carry it, or do I have to order it from LEGO? (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) If you don't already have it, buy The Ultimate LEGO Book. Then read pages 32-37. Brian (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) You are just right. Actually there is a term SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies) extensively used in Total Quality terminology, which covers many methods to decrease the time consumed during die changes down to below 10 minute barrier (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I remember orering rom Lego several times as a kid...trees and flowers, red/green/yellow 10x20x1 megabrick/plates, the small yellow Legoland forklift, etc 2 experiences I remember best: I recall getting a catalog in 1975 or 1976 advertising a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I remember when I was 9-12 years old (1962-65) back in the days when there were 138 different parts packs available, all of them sold in Toy Stores. I used to walk the 10 blocks to "Earl's Bike Shop" in Detroit. They had all the Samsonite (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Maybe. I dunno. I guess I would ask not how much *labor* was involved, but rather, how much time transpired while the machine was out of production. In your description, for example, the bull time to bring the new mold from storage has no (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) factor for (...) to (...) That may be, but when I worked in the plastic part plant, and I changed material and colors numerous times when I was a Utility, a color change merely required a dumping of the material from the hopper, blowing it out (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow! Where did you hear that number? I wonder how much of that is me? ++Lar (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I disagree. Consider the example of mold tooling that was built to the same form factor for the same machine. To change from one to the other requires merely a substitution of the tooling and a change in settings for amount of plastic to (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I had severl orders, from 8 years old until I was 18. If you count over 18, well, it is a lot of counting! : ) Scott S. -- (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I used S@H from Israel and forced my uncle to ship the sets to me... (I think the first time I did that was at 13). -Shiri (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) When I was a child in the 80s, I would buy from S@H Canada. I would think long and hard about what I wanted. I would stare at the last pages in the in-set catalogue. Then I would figure out what I could afford with my limited budget. I would (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I still have the receipt from one order I made when I was about ten years old. :) several trees & flowers service packs, some crater baseplates and space landing baseplates, and other good stuff :) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I heard that from a few WAMALUG members when I was at Brickfest. The manager of the outlet store (WAMALUG member, I believe) reports WAMALUG sales figures separate from general sales figures to her boss at TLC. Kinda nice, that way TLC is more (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:FxF8AJ.HMo@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) be (...) yet (...) Where did this number come from? While I suspect the WAMALUG members are buying lots of stuff from the Outlet I find it (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oops, that's missing some important words. It should say: Getting themselves geared up for bulk purchasing and anything else related to it which they may or may not choose to do, such as short just-in-time production runs (if they can switch (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I do, yes. Absolutely. In fact, they have (at least BradJ has) already begun to communicate with consumers about other things...LDraw at Kidvention, for example. --Todd (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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When I was young (early 80s) I drooled over the parts packs brochure. I never begged my parents to order any ("You already have too much Lego" might have been the answer.) Now I live in an apartment building. One day in the elevator I observed a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jul-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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