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(...) Im sorry It was something I was excited about at the moment, and the only response I got was negative, It really seems that only the "cool" lugnetters get any responses even if their work is only so-so. I mean, Ive been visiting lugnet for (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And it makes even more sense to go about things politely and be nice in the first place, rather than just jump in and start making a big, hairy deal over everything. Paul Foster (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And lest we forget, the 1x1 round bricks, and the 2x2 quarter circle (macaroni) bricks. These have been part of the regular LEGO brick inventory since the 1950's. Gary Istok (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Attn: Lego UK, Lego Direct, Mr Brad Justus, Dear Sirs, Around march of this year I collated a list of ideas from various LUGNET newsgroups. (The sources and authours being clearly stated.) A printed copy of this list was given to a representative of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You mean like lets_buyit.com? (I think thats the name?) Apologies for posting to this NG (If I need to set an appropraite follw up let me know.) Alex (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Slopes and inverse slopes aren't "basic" bricks, though ;-) I consider them essential, especially corner slopes and INVERSE corner slopes (too dang hard to get in sets these days). (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) My understanding is that pre-orders via credit card will be required for all bulk purchases and that LEGO Direct will not do bulk production runs of any element of any type until some minimum threshold is met (in terms of actual money (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It sounds like he's envisioning something that would "track" the things you wanted - so you would say something like, "I want 20 1x5x6 grey castle walls", and it'd show up: Troy Cefaretti, 20 grey castle walls. If I wanted them too, I'd put in (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Randy, How would you ensure that one person, or a small group of people, didn't skew the result in their favor by requesting the parts they want a million times or something like that? Troy -- ---...--- Visit Troy's LEGO® Brick Store! (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Don't forget 2x2 "corner" (L-shaped) plates and bricks. I consider these to be essentails, even though they don't show up in buckets. And there are always the 1x1x5, 1x2x5, 1x3x5, 1x6x5. Less popular, for certain, but still useful. I note (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Jeez sorry, whats your freakin problem. It makes sense to me to ask for what you want (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Randy Anchikoski wrote in message ... (...) I think that this database would be beneficial for requesting lost or missing parts also. Whenever I request parts from customer service they do not have the ability to reference parts by the number (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) [snip] (...) This idea would: 1. Provide a wokable and reasonably democratic marketing tool for TLG to probe the market demands. 2. Reduce the amount of "please", "can't we have this or that" and nagging mails. 3. Possible disadvantage: Could (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(Reprint from a post buried in the "the latest news" topic in lugnet.lego.direct). Hi Brad, and thanks. I do have one question for you about Bulk Sales. Have the classic LEGO window/door molds (known as #214 1-10 in the old 50's and 60's catalogs) (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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With the ability to purchase many of a single element directly from TLG in the not-to-distant future, I had the idea of developing an on-line database to track demand for an individual element. My initial idea was to simply take online requests (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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Yeah, I bet if we made a big enough fuss, they would do the ultimate and just drop the whole bulk ordering thing. (...) Paul Foster (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Brad, and thanks. I do have one serious question for you about Bulk Sales. Have the classic LEGO window/door molds (known as #214 1-10 in the old 50's and 60's catalogs) been destroyed? Or are they still available for use? I know that #214/6 (2x2 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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I bet if we made a fuss, we could get any element in any color, ie bright green bricks, clear arches, trans red plates... I havent been able to think of anything but this since I heard the news. It would be so cool to get anything in any color, even (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The ratings indicate a reaction and collective recommendation to read. In the .lego.* groups, which are primarily intended as a communications link to the LEGO Comapny (.lego.direct in paricular), their primary reason for existing is to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Here here. I agree with Lar. It is nice to see that the "deep pocket" people may come in usefull after all. Especially after the recent upheaval involving the "haves" and the "have nots". Gary Istok (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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