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(...) http//www.lego.com/starwars says that it will be available for preorder Oct 1, 2002. Can't wait that long...must have ISD now!! Jason (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) http//www.lego.com/starwars says that it will be available for preorder Oct 1, 2002. Can't wait that long...must have ISD now!! (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) find it. Is the intent of the last paragraph in the article above to say that after January the price will go up, or only that it will change in some yet-to-be-determined direction? The mention of a line of microfig ships is intriguing. . . (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Oliver Giesen" <ogiesen@mdsintl.com> schreef in bericht news:H2v3rH.AuE@lugnet.com... (...) Same for Top1Toys over here. The lady at Top1Toys told me that they could order it for only one time. (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.lego.direct)
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G'Day Yes, I was refering to the "My Own Train" series. Spiele Max (German toy store) is carrying all five cars and the KT205 black engine. What other stores will be carrying the line? Can anyone at Lego answer? Cheers Oliver Play Well "Saskia van (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> (...) At 30 now, I have the same memories of being thrilled seeing the Lego logo on letterhead sent to me. I still get a thrill whenever I come across those letters (which I also have stashed away somewhere). Getting the kind of (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jake, I think it is disappointing and a bit sad that Lego would reply to letters from children in such a manner. In your post you mentioned this - (...) ask (...) You are correct - children are extremely intelligent. (I'm often stunned at what my (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes: <snip> I can agree with all of what you said and still feel that giving blow off answers was wrong. Write in a style that's accessible to children and a style that's funny, and appropriate to their age (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Personally, I think that these jokes are a bit rude. Disclosure of information has never been a problem with the lego company, so why the sudden confidentiality? I can only form an opinion based on the two I saw in the post. In Australia, we only (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I wouldn't go as far as describing it appalling. I would find some of the responses in bad taste. I find them really dumb, and not really fun (or funny for that matter). I have seen some corny, dumb jokes, especially in kid's publications, and (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Now hang on... I think "appalling" is a little too strong. (...) I'm not sure that I agree that the copy in question is "patronising". We do a lot of testing with the magazines (nearly every issue if I'm not mistaken) and fun stuff like the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This is appalling. When did this patronising of children start? When I was young I don't remember suffering this sort of thing. I remember reading my dad's Eagle annuals from when he was a child (60's) and they had fantastically detailed (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanks, It's good to know that it actually *will* be arriving- the only other prson I spoke to said it may not turn up at all! -Matt (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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My brother's just put a deposit down on one in a Toyworld store here in Brisbane. The best the guy in the store could say as to when it would arrive was 'sometime next month', probably late in the month, and that was all Lego Australia could tell (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hey all, Does anyone know when the new 8461 (williams f1 car, for those who ignore numbers) will be appearing in australian (specifically, Adelaide) stores (TRU, MYER, DJ, etc...)? Got no help at all from anyone I have contacted, and don't really (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) These Q and As were also seen in the latest issue of the magazine we get in the states as well... I agree with your assessment, David, except that I'm not sure that just ignoring questions is good. Better to answer them but, if the info can't (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3D8687E9.CBA649...faq.com... (...) See (URL) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can see this being very useful information for train clubs to have. If a club is running a MOT(ish) train at a show it would be much easier to tell people "You can get one like it at Toys R Us" than to say "Well, you can get one like it by (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) In that case, it would have been a good idea to list that as the location when creating the auction... --Bill. (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Nice job ! I guess that TLG should go this way in town series ! The way of 6-stud-wide car models !!! 70's and 80's were the best times for 4-studs-wide models (MANY nice models !) and now I geuss is the time for a very new town models in (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think you'll often find that the retailers don't delay, but simply (such as in Australia) they haven't even got the sets yet. Having spoken a sales rep for my local BigW (think local version of Wal-mart) November is a much more likely date (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This item is a Toys R' Us exclusive, so they won't be at S@H from what I understand. (If I find out this is not the case, I will follow up to this post) As far as how many TRU locations will stock this, I'm not really sure. Jake --- Jake McKee (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Good question! Since our eBay auctions are VERY small quantities (in this case, 1), we have to ship from wherever the item happens to be located. It wouldn't make sense to send the semi to the US, when it is just as likely to be won by someone (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi, The Williams livery switched from Compaq to HP a few months ago. Looks like LEGO made the switch as well... James (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) (URL) More importantly, will it also come with the Compaq stickers? If not, (...) The scan of the sticker sheet which I saw had corporate logos from HP, FedEx, Reuters, BMW, Allianz(?), Michelin, Castrol, BR(?), OZ Wheels(?), and WorldCom. I (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(URL) are they shipping from Denmark this time? If you live in Denmark, it should be cheap, but 7 kilos is going to cost a MINT to ship outside of Denmark. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(URL) notice it has quite a few more pieces than the similar Silver Champion. Any idea what all the extras are? More importantly, will it also come with the Compaq stickers? If not, what happened to all of them that were printed? I'm sure some of us (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Will it be available to australia (either via retailers or via shop @ home?) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) We try very very hard to keep all countries in mind for each and every program, product, and project that we untertake. These new HP products should be available in all countries in which the movie is coming out before December 1st (which is (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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The sets is released in denmark the 20th September in stores.. so I suppose they will come in all European countries this day :o) Morten bricks4you.com on www.bricklink.com (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Amazing. The HP sets just arrived at my office (New York). -Erik (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) By retailers, do you mean US/Canadian retailers, or do you mean that all retailers worldwide will have the sets...and if US/Canada, can you please remember that there are people in other countries who will want them and could become rather (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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All, As of Friday 13th September, all the NEW Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets sets will be available for you to order via Shop at Home. In the next week, retailers will have the sets too. Enjoy! Jake --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I was just browsing though the news.lugnet.com/general section, and came across the complaints about lego direct and retailers. I may not be the first one to bring up this issue, but feedback would be nice. I was thinking, could LEGO bring out some (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Nothing to discount over here with the Vendex/Blokker-monopoly, you're right. I hear Kruidvat is going to focus more on toys, you know that's already the place to be when it gets to discounts. Saskia (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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You forgot to mention the special discount codes in the catalogs, like the 50% off on the off-roader recently. I phoned S@H Netherlands the other day and they hadn't heard about discount codes. They thought it very unlikely those discounts would (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Why am i feeling so bad... Is it because: - S@H US gets a nice bulk discount and we (Europe) still have nothing, despite that Jake announced it months ago... - S@H US/Canada now even gets free shipping and we ofcourse don't. - Here, in Belgium at (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I am almost positive that LLC knows about this, and I just dropped an email to my contacts out there to check on this. I will let you know as soon as I hear back! Jake --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yeah, if we got 1kg of Model Shop bricks, I'd buy 4 or 5 BricksWest tickets if they let me get 1kg for each ticket >:-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems | Sun ONE Support - (URL) Please do not associate my (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Maybe, perhaps, around the time of BricksWest? I think that would guarantee a full house! JohnG, GMLTC (...) (22 years ago, 11-Sep-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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