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| (...) Not if they only made the hard to find pieces and the rest would be from a normal collection worth of parts to make 1 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Here are a couple of earlier threads on that subject, with related ideas about (sub)groups which might help LEGO Direct in their plans: (2 URLs) Direct has not yet made any effort to meet with us in person and talk about business plans, so (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) [snip] in a later message: (...) I think it was a good idea. This comment makes me glad I read news in a real newsreader and don't have my expectations colored by ratings. It sounds like the ratings are more an indication of the people who (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Not quite... there are very few white and red 2x bricks on ebay and the truly bulk (2500) ig white goes for $80-$100 I dont have that kind of money. (...) Jonathan McKay (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Well, who says they can't make printed elements? For this idea to work, Lego Direct would have to make pieces on request and for this to be worth it, we'd have to look at the price of each element and how much it would cost to "recreate" a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) The tubs don't have 2x8 bricks in any color. They don't have 2x6, 1x6, or 1x8 bricks in green. There might be other omissions I'm not remembering. (...) I would also consider the following size of bricks and plates as "basic", even though they (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Like for example the old armless minifigs, they probobly dont have those anymore. (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) If we counted an "element" as a single piece in a single color, then the brick-only tubs alone would contain 66 different elements: 1x1, 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 bricks, in black, red, yellow, green, blue, and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Brad, Please consider bulk sales of replacement parts that were introduced to replace parts that broke easily in the past. Examples include: The 12 tooth bevel gear that replaced the 14 tooth easily breakable thin bevel gear. The multicolor (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Will you offer superceded parts such as 12V conductor rails which require metals parts. (...) What about parts which have had their moulds modified such as the 12V grey plastic rail which used to have holes for the sleepers (ties) but these (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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