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Subject: 
Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
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Date: 
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:22:18 GMT
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Yep, its a me too post.  I couldn't have said it better than Frank.

I think that stuff like S@H announcements, and the DYA example, suggests a
double standard.  Unless, I am misunderstanding something...

-Tim

Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3AB193AC.ECA4917@mindspring.com...
> Eric Kingsley wrote:
> > 1.  Time = Money
> > The time I have to dedicate to reading LUGNET is somewhat limited.  I am • not
> > interested in what contest LEGO is running today, or why Bionicle masks • arn't
> > properly randomized, or that S@H just got some Fort Legorado's in.  I • prefer to
> > *spend* my *time* reading fan posts and looking at pictures of MOC's.
> 
> So you would prefer to hear about the Fort Legoredo's from some AFOL
> posting that he just found out that S@H got a bunch in and he just
> bought them all? What is different from Brad telling us "hey Shop at
> Home got this pile of nice sets" and a fan saying "I just got off the
> phone with Shop at Home and the sales person was kind enough to ask me
> if I might be interested in any of these nice older sets"?
> 
> Based on this feeling, do we tell folks like DYA to not post, or do we
> create a lugnet.dya?
> 
> And hey, if we're worried about folks posting here who want to make
> money off us, I wonder if we should tell Larry he can no longer talk
> about his kits here.
> 
> > 2.  LEGO came here for one reason, to make more Money.
> > I agree that LEGO should make as much money as they can, but don't do it • on my
> > dime.  If I want to know what LEGO has to say and I have some free time • I will
> > check out the .lego. groups.  My reason for being here is to be with • fans.  I
> > don't plan on consulting for LEGO for free to help them make more money. • I
> > will gladly spend my money on LEGO but I don't want LUGNET to become a • big LEGO
> > advertising forum.
> 
> Is TLC having the capability of answering our questions in the forum
> they are asked in TLC making more money on your dime?
> 
> Oh well, it seems Todd is highly unlikely to change his mind. I wonder
> how many TLC AFOLs we now have no chance of ever hearing from because
> they don't happen to have the desire to set up to post using a non-TLC
> e-mail address. I wonder how many useful "official" answers we will now
> never get because another set of TLC employees set up to only use their
> personal e-mail.
> 
> I also wonder what effect this will have on things like Brickshelf and
> the set databases when TLC gets their own up? I doubt it will have a
> negative effect, but who knows.
> 
> Frank



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  Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
 
(...) Tim, it is a double standard. OF COURSE it's a double standard. And that's a GOOD THING in this case. Let me elaborate so that you understand. The charter of lugnet.lego.announce includes "LEGO Direct announcements," which means it is free to (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
 
(...) So you would prefer to hear about the Fort Legoredo's from some AFOL posting that he just found out that S@H got a bunch in and he just bought them all? What is different from Brad telling us "hey Shop at Home got this pile of nice sets" and a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)

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