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(...) Hi Mike, as given in the other answers: there has been a one-time-test-order, which is not finished so far. The (not really all) available parts have been listed in this message on the 1000steine-board. The prices are higher than PaB, partly (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) As I read through this very interesting thread, a thought struck me which I haven't yet seen here; If TLC is prepared to enter into a bulk purchasing scheme yet is retiscent about dealing with orders from all over the place, why not enter into (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) In reply Yes you can order bricks from Lego Direct Europe. The price is set at per brick and not by weight, and I was quoted 7 to 10 pence per brick so it is still cheaper to buy them through pick a brick or S@H. I didn't put and order in. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) As one of the Europeans that monitor the s@h-site each day. I'd like to know the answers too. (Hint: It's not availible at this time AFAIK. And yes, it would be a dream!) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There is this really big piece of land/island stuck out in the middle of the ocean... somewhere... out there... who would also like to be able to even get anything like this, available to them... Btw, that land is called 'Australia'... anyone (...) (21 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Hpn49t.pD3@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) quantities. (...) This caught my eye as well and it appears to validate a rumor I heard a while back. The (...) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: so where are the half-price Darth Vaders?
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Probably just sold out.... Same happened to me with the 8466. By the time I got to the s@h site it was marked 'not available' and next morning it was gone from the discount page alltogether.... Duq "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in (...) (21 years ago, 7-Dec-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | so where are the half-price Darth Vaders?
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I received an email from S@H advertising prices of up to 50% off, showing Darth Vader and some other items. Clicking on Darth, up comes the S@H WWW site where I discover that the set is not available at any price. So I click another item, same (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Bulk Packs of older parts (was Re: New colors and other info)
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(...) If you do this, make sure that you consult with the "fans" (specificly lugnet) as to which pieces should be manufactured (if this is going to be a special run for bulk only then you should be making the parts that people actually want) Or if (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New colors / stud design
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(...) Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liason LEGO Community Development (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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Jake, any comment on the issues raised in this thread? (URL) Depot kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yeah...I heard something about that as well. Lucky folks those folks are indeed ;) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) hehe Anyway, these should make excellent jobs for those AFOL's who _have_ been hired by Lego Retail. Good luck to those individuals. Just don't push for display space for MOC's for at least a month or so :) :) And seriously, if there were to (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You've heard? ;-) -Tim (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Lego employees that happen to be both afol's and quite knowledagable about the Lego product and customer service--and sent them to the new stores before openings as trainers for the new employees... Talk about a dream job, eh? Scott Lyttle (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Why are Shop@Home orders for #4400 being cancelled?
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I placed an order last Friday, today I see it's been "Cancelled", with no notification from Shop at Home... I placed an order through your web site, you accepted the order, you sent me a confirmation email. And now you cancel it? What's going on, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well get prepared to get upset. They are open - they are in whats called a 'soft opening'. They just open and do not really tell anybody so they can get used to working and in the swing of things before they have thier party. I am assuming the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) Well, as the guy scoping out the Glendale store I can tell you that the sign outside the store claims it opens on the 14th of November. I'll be quite upset if this isn't the case as they were still boarded up on the 30th. -Dave (...) (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 4400 Tubs
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(...) And as a further note to the saga, they showed up at Superstore (a Canadian-only 'mega-grocery' chain) in their toy section for $15.98 over the weekend. thanks, James (21 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: 4400 Tubs
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(...) On the "spumoni ice cream" theory, I bet these bricks were Lego's leftovers. Just like the S@H bulk sand red bricks, they had resin and time leftover and someone at Wal-Mart agreed to buy the result. The quantity may have been just perfect for (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: 4400 Tubs
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(...) I have another question/comment - TLC keep telling us AFOLs we are a trivially small minority market. So how come there aren't enough 4400 to supply a few hundred of us who only want 10 - 25 buckets each. Heck, that's only a few thousand. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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Hi guys, Would it be possible for someone to check into the 4400 tub situation and let us know what the scoop is? The tubs appeared briefly in Canada, possibly in connection to a "anniversary sale" at Walmart, and not in any great quantity - as far (...) (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Hey brad/LD
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Send one or more of those big boxes of assorted parts (like they have been talking about in Europe) over to australia... (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Ok, from what I understand ALL of these stores are open except the NY and NJ ones - and they open up next week. These are stores not temp kiosks. And I still need the Duplo bricks for them! All I have so far is the IL. stores brick - I still (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) According to the people I've spoken to who work there, the LEGO stores are permanent retail outlets. In case you missed these, here are some pictures of the store in Marlboro, MA: (URL) have heard that the store in Burlington, MA is set to (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually that store last Christmas was owned and operated by Waldenbooks. Lou (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: "Super Friction Specials" - Question at Jake / TLC
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(...) [snip - qestion at TLC] (...) Thank you, Jake! I hope you have survived the Saturdays "refridgerator"-talk and our hot discussion from Sunday in Zwolle without further trouble (I got a nice cold when being back here...). On topic of the wheel (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: "Super Friction Specials" - Question at Jake / TLC
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(...) Ben, great talking to you (and meeting you for that matter!) at LEGOWorld. As mentioned in person, I was actually in Denmark last week, and had a chance to talk one of train (among other things) designers. He was aware of the problems, and (...) (21 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Correcting some misinformation in "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad, and LPub"
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I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by doing a search for "LUGNET". I found a few references in various books that I hadn't yet known about. In (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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| | Does LEGO ldraw?
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hi folks, on my way home from legoworld 03 I did a little shopping at legoland germany buying, among other things, this legoland exclusive: (URL) comes in a bare plastic bag, like the ones we use to store vegetables in a refrigerator. no (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) See Jake or Kate (i think) for official rules but the gist is this, I think (corrections welcomed) - one set of instructions only, the ones already in the box, no bringing in multiple instruction copies or using a presplit copy - the timer (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Question for Jake regarding Click-Hinges
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Hey Jake, It was great to meet and talk with you last month! Lemme know if you need any assistants! :-) Anyway, I've noticed that click-hinges have started to appear in sets across the board, and especially I've noticed that they're starting to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Reissue 7740 as legend?
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(...) I think there has possibly been a misunderstanding or misinterpretation, (unless someone is way better plugged in than I am!!!). I would refer you to my post to lugnet.events.legoworld just now: (URL) asked the question of Brad whether they'd (...) (21 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Seattle Road Show (whoops- a week late...)
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The Road Show came to Seattle on the last weekend of September, running from the 26th to the 28th. PNLTC, SeaLUG, and SMART all shared the small space with a 3-layer layout in 4 sections. You can check out a sampling of the pictures on the SeaLUG (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Launch of LEGO Shop 2.0!
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(...) OK, here’s what I think: Nice configuration indeed, but not any better bulk choices. Basically the same as before. So when will we find a “a la carte” shopping? A real bulk shopping for real creators? I can understand your choices for not (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | suggestions for lego/LD
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1.more Space (either Space legends like Classic Space, Ice Planet, Blacktron, Space Police etc or Space parts). I for one am comitting right now to buying any space set that: A.Pre-dates Spyrius (since thats when the good sets stopped IMO) and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Launch of LEGO Shop 2.0!
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(...) This is a huge improvement, it really makes it easier to buy LEGO sets. But, it might be an idea to announce the invoice payment method in Dutch. Invoicing is not a generally known term in the Netherlands. I had to look it up in a dictionary (...) (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Launch of LEGO Shop 2.0!
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(...) I'll third that! Plus the online catalogue is terrific for those who are at their home away from home (aka college residence). Shukkrun gazeela, Andrew (21 years ago, 1-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Unfortunately, it is still impossible to buy stuff from Israel, which makes the whole effort pretty useless from my side. Avi Parvin (a $4000 per-year Lego buyer, who makes a lot of BrickLink sellers happy) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Flash needed for Online catalog (Re: Launch of LEGO Shop 2.0!)
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(...) I'd say you have enabled Javascript, but Flash is not installed. I find Flash highly annoying (mostly due to ads, and that page-turning is a case in point), so I'd rather have such a catalog as plain old images. Jürgen PS: Overall I think the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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