 | | An open letter to TLG.
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I am writing this because I wish to know why TLG are downsizing colors instead of thinking why can't they utilize mass-production of colors in more colors? It seems irrational that they would produce colors in certain rare element and production run (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Grey zone debate wanted! (was: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?)
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Judging by the reactions (or lack of) to my suggestion to move the page to a subdomain called l3go, I guess it'll be ok... Or is it? Last chance to complain before I commence the moveingprocess. Cheers NB (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: false advertising on shop.lego.com?
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(...) "Not Available In Any Store (except the official Lego stores don't count)" -Scott Lyttle (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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(...) What about www.lego.si ? There is a company called LEGO d.o.o. (d.o.o. would mean I guess Ltd. - Limited responsibilites) in Slovenia... Saso from Slovenia (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: false advertising on shop.lego.com?
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(...) They were in stock at the Big Shop at LLCA on Sunday at the LEGO store in the Glendale Galleria (CA) on Monday. The former were 20% off for annual/life pass holders, BTW. -Ted (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | false advertising on shop.lego.com?
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I just accessed shop.lego.com and it said "10030 Imperial Star Destroyer: Not Available in any store" This is not true, it is available in Daved Jones stores here in australia (AFAIK), therefore this is false advertising (and may contravene the (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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(...) What about: www.oldlego.com It exists. Gary Istok (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Grey zone debate wanted! (was: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?)
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Well, I believe that that big grey zone is there because the people at TLC is just as uncertain on how to place the boundary as we are; not to terrorize us with having a secret boundary to sit behind anxiously waiting for the opportunity to punish (...) (20 years ago, 12-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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Hallo Ronald, (...) We had that already, it is now called BrickOS. Jürgen (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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(...) I disagree - both about using "l3go" and about greater restrictions. Pushing towards an edge means that TLG will need to delinate it more clearly - which means less grey area. as for the "l3go", i think your average user would think something (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Hello Niels, (...) To me a name as l3go seems like getting as close to the edge as possible. Prehaps it's just (bearly) enough to be legal (but I'm not even sure about that), but it's certainly against the spirit of the rule. Looking for the edge (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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You'll notice the dead trademark is for computer game rights. They obviously decided a jack stone computer game wouldnt sell. [should probably change follow up but no idea where it should go] (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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(...) Hi Jake, thanx for your comments but there are still some unclear points: "lego" as a word is clearly registered by the company and therefor cannot be used in domain or subdomain names. But "lego" as part of a word should not be registered in (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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(...) Pretty interesting reading in the search, glad the name JIM SPACEBORN didn't stick around. Jack Stone might have died but they relisted it later as Live, so it's still here to stay for a while. jt (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What about OGEL, 0931, 1390 or such? These are not their trademarks, at least I haven't found them on USPTO. You can search their trademarks here (URL) enter 'Kirkbi' and 'Owner name'. Heh, I've seen there: Jack Stone - Dead. ;-))) Jindroush (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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Dear all First of all I'll thank Jake for settling the question wether lego in subdomains is legal or not. Secondly I'll thank everybody (and especially Michael) for taking the time to explain why: Being immersed in the busienss of domain names and (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I just wanted to add while I am fairly net savy, and I first thought www.lego.bugge.com was related to TLG somehow - like Pitsco, or something. Mainly because 'lego' came before 'bugge' and because I dont know what 'bugge' refers to. For all i (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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(...) Yes, using the word "LEGO" anywhere in the domain or sub-domain is a no-no. It's the full Internet address as you quote from the Fair Play, not just the root domain. Confusion about ownership of the site can still result even if "LEGO" is in (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Another way to look at this is, what if someone created the sub-domain www.bugge.porn.com Would you consider that fair play? I doubt you could do anything about it legally, but if someone did that to me I would consider it very rude. ROSCO (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi, (...) Sure enough. I think that your Page violates the Fair Play Policy. (...) Well. What do you think is www.lego.bugge.com? I think it is an internet address. Can you tell me, how the normal, fairly computer literate surfer or a kid searching (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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"Niels Bugge" <buggelego2@+antiSPAMmail. dk> wrote in message news:I8Co0J.87r@lugnet.com... (...) lot (...) I've (...) subdomains (...) (URL) Fair Play Policy> which, however, doesn't mention anything about subdomains, (...) source (...) bought (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lego in subdomains, legal or not?
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To Jake McKee or somebody else who can speak on behalf of TLC: After the presentation of my webpage <www.lego.bugge.com>, I’ve received a lot of warnings against legal problems with TLC based on the Fair Play Policy. A search on the subject here on (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Is set #4886 a Europe/Oceana exclusive?
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(...) I'm very interested in 4886 as well. Hopefully someone from shop@home can post an update on when or if these will be avaiable in the US/Canada. Mark (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | any news on the dark blue boat?
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Is there any news on when the dark blue container ship is going to be available? I would like to get one and a 10029 Lunar Lander before the latter disappears for good. (even better if I can get it before it goes back to full price from the current (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Is set #4886 a Europe/Oceana exclusive?
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(...) I've also been patiently waiting for 4886 Don, and was hoping to include it in an order with 10133 in an order placed before December 1 so I could get free shipping. To my dismay, Building Bonanza keeps on showing up as not available on my S@H (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Is set #4886 a Europe/Oceana exclusive?
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(...) Any news on 4886? (I tend to think of Thanksgiving as part of "the holidays"). Thanks, Don (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Which color 1x4 arches were included in the 500-piece bonus tubs?
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:I7JEq7.1npF@lugnet.com... [snippage] (...) OK thanks, will do that. (...) OK - I will wait to see what happens. I agree with that thread that some pinks should be distinguished by theme (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Which color 1x4 arches were included in the 500-piece bonus tubs?
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(...) Hi Geoffrey, The arches from that box are the same pink as the ones from 5873. If you list them on BrickLink, list them under Pink. And if you got any of them list the new brighter pink 2 x 4 bricks under Bright Light Pink. For the different (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Which color 1x4 arches were included in the 500-piece bonus tubs?
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I am in a quandary here, as I have two possible color choices for the 3659 pink arches that are in the 4679's 500-piece bonus tub. However, peeron lists two quite similar sets which have very similarly colored pink arches in them. Can anyone from (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | What the? Contact form on Shop At Home website has problems.
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I have found if I input too much text into the customer service contact form, that the form handler keeps thinking the message is too long! Unfortunately most problems I have found seem to require quite a good description of the problem to begin (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: error on shop.lego.com
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(...) Hi Jonathan, This image is an old image and is no longer linked to on the site anywhere: (URL) at least it shouldn't be... Can you tell me where you are seeing it please? Thanks, Jarid Jarid B. Lukin E-Commerce Business Manager LEGO Shop At (...) (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | error on shop.lego.com
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This picture (URL) the set as having the police boat, police car and front end loader However, the larget picture (and the description) (URL) that the set comes with the fire station. So, the small image is incorrect and needs to be changed. (20 years ago, 19-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Is set #4886 a Europe/Oceana exclusive?
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(...) No, it is not exclusive. It is just available in other countries first. It will be available in the US (along with 10159) in time for the holidays. (20 years ago, 3-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I would really love to have this answered! Rose (20 years ago, 3-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Non US prices AGAIN
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Hello Ted "Ted Godwin" <tgodwin@uvic.ca> schreef in bericht news:I4z681.646@lugnet.com... (...) Aus$ (...) from the (...) If the deal is good, I would not complain either... Then again, I will not buy this set anyway, since I do not collect any SW. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Non US prices AGAIN
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The S@H price in Canada is: $169.99 cdn. I have not checked in a while but Aus$ were basically 1:1 with Cdn$ last time I looked. Not that I want to complain too loudly when we are getting a good deal from the sounds of it. Sorry. (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Non US prices AGAIN
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Hello Ross, "Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> schreef in bericht news:I4xKzx.1qCq@lugnet.com... (...) pounding (...) the (...) seems (...) poor old (...) low as (...) shipping (...) I just checked shop at home for the Netherlands This set (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Non US prices AGAIN
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Yes, I know it's been done to death, but us non-US AFOLs are gonna keep pounding it till something changes. The other day I get an email from S@H. Woohoo!! a new exclusive SW set, the 10134 Y-wing. The pics look great! I figure I'll go check it out. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | My Final Iteration of Thomas the Tank Engine
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I have finally built what I believe is the closest design of a LEGO Thomas one can build compared to the original Thomas, given the current parts available (save the Thomas face I used, which would need to be a new part, but which I included for (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: the use of the name "LEGOMania" for an upcoming COLTC show
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(...) Perhaps if officially asked, LEGO would say no. If they don't know about it, they cannot complain until after the fact. Some alternate names for the event could be: -- plastic brick mania -- little building brick mania -- contruction toy (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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