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(...) Cool, can't wait for more! (...) Excellent! Are you taking requests for other old sets? I would like to see the old Moon Landing set from the mid-70's! (...) A floating minifig head -- LOL -- awesome! (...) Does this mean that LEGO now (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) Does the "Cool Kids" section profile only the amazing kids or does it also profile the average or below-average kid? What makes one kid more amazing or cool than another? I thought LEGO was about using your imagination and creativity and not (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) yes, for starters, I would certainly like to buy: macaroni (URL) and (URL) ridge and valley bricks (URL) [would these be considered bulk bricks?] (URL) of painful to search set ref 2xx sheree (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GCz5o4.B4H@lugnet.com... (...) background?) (...) customers (...) The point is though, that Lego does none of those tricks. It is a traditional, conservative company that tries to (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Why all the dumping? Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) Why is that that whenever someone isn't actively attacking LEGO and deriding everything they do, they get accused of being some kind of cheerleading, banner-waving drone? It really gets under my skin sometimes. Someone out there bitches about (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) Whoops. My mistake. I thought that since your original remark about some things being worth waiting for followed a quote about Jimmy Parks' posting that you were providing validation to his (non)announcement. Guess we'll all just have to (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:GCz59A.A7o@lugnet.com... . (...) Except my point was that for a long time in Lego early history that did just that. Sold prime parts individually. Look at late 50's early 60's. I think relative (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) Here's one way... give the stuff away for free. Instant money loser, very happy customers. (did I hear an internet bubble popping in the background?) Or were you asking a serious question? There are thousands of ways to satisfy customers and (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) I don't know anything about a "July Surprise". KL (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) I can't speak for the UK experience, but here in the US the effects have been incredibly cool. Absolutely amazing actually. Somewhere in my basement I have an unopened case of 5542's that I was keeping just for the clear train glass. Now I can (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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