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Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 11 May 2001 15:37:08 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Marc Nelson, Jr. writes:
> And another thing...
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> Why is there so much secrecy surrounding any information coming from LEGO? It's
> like dealing with the NSA.
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> Examples:
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> #1: The recent "Train Summit".
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> All of the particiapants were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Why?
> For that matter, why have a "summit" at all? Why not just let everybody know
> what's going on, instead of releasing the information only to a select few and
> then restricting them from telling anyone else?
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> #2: Jimmy Park and the July Surprise
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> Jimmy Park recently announced that Castle fans would have something cool
> coming to them this summer, based on his discussions with someone at LEGO. But
> he was worried about not letting too much information out for fear of being cut
> off by LEGO (quote from http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=8771):
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> It is about two months off
> and Lego does not want me to talk about it. In fact, I don't think I should
> have mentioned to begin with, but I was so happy I really wanted to share
> with other Castle fans. So please, please, please let's not bring it up
> again until either Lego announces it or I'm authorized to make an
> announcement on it. I do not want to further jeparodize may relationship
> with Lego by leaking anything else.
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> He sounds like somebody ratting on the Mafia! Why is information being leaked
> out to only one person? And why is he being made to feel fearful of telling
> anyone else?
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> We are not dealing with nuclear secrets here, we are talking about toys! What
> could possibly be so secret that you at LEGO can't tell us? And remember why we
> want to know things like this: because we want to give you money! Isn't that a
> good thing? After seeing the losses LEGO has racked up in the past few years,
> you would think they want to make as much money as possible. And all this weird
> secrecy only stands in the way of that goal.
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> So, please, LEGO Direct, tell us (all of us!) what's up with all the secrecy.
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> Thank you for your time.
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> -Marc Nelson Jr.
LEGO® must remember that the customer is always right, period. -Harvey
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| And another thing... Why is there so much secrecy surrounding any information coming from LEGO? It's like dealing with the NSA. Examples: #1: The recent "Train Summit". All of the particiapants were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Why? (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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