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Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:41:12 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Shiri Dori writes:
> > That error actually showed the wrong piece whereas the other errors we've
> > mentioned have been in color and nomenclature. Although we would argue that
> > the low slope apex brick is the wrong brick, it can be used (in most cases) • in
> > place of the medium slope brick.
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> Not really, for starters it can ruin the "uniform" look of a roof and
> secondly, as Eric mentioned, with the absense of corner-peaks in low slopes,
> one cannot make a 90 degree turn in the roof.
Well, what I meant was that although we would call it the wrong piece and
certainly complain, a child may not since they're less likely to make a
complicated roof. It's still a roof apex brick, even if it's the wrong one.
And maybe that wasn't enough of an error for them to justify the time for the
fix. (see my other response)
> Like Eric (again) - even as a non-avid train fan, I know exactly what train
> windows are. So if they truly thought these are the train windows we asked
> for - they obviously don't know what they're talking about, and
> didn't "research" the matter enough.
Or maybe they chose that name since that's the most identifiable use of that
brick lately. Maybe they're assuming that people will be drawing on their
experience with late model sets when asking the reps for pieces rather than
drawing on a five or ten year history and a thourough knowledge of the history
of lego products. We call a train window a train window because that's how we
remember it. But I think it's somewhat arrogant to think that they made this
service exclusivly for us (AFOLs on lugnet). And who's to say that this
window isn't also a train window? It was used in a train, right? I'm playing
the devil's advocate here, but I can see why they may not want to call that
piece the "offical" name as we've so named it. Still, if this is a train
window then what do you call a real train window. :-)
> > The two pages with brick pictures were ASP pages. Why? Why not
> > simple html that could be cooked up in 10 minutes? I suspect that we're
> > seeing part of a larger IIS/ASP site. And that would make sense.
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> I don't know *why*, but before TLC put flash on their site, all their pages
> were ASP. So it's not something new.
It still would have been easier to cook up some html. Who knows what's
lurking behind the curtain there.
brian
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| "Brian Lanning" <blanning@mciworld.com> wrote in message news:FwIs0o.J8s@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) train (...) asked (...) that (...) than (...) history (...) how we (...) this (...) playing (...) that (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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| (...) To really play the devil's advocate, who says its has to be a "roof" apex brick? Is it really a brick per se if it has no studs? And the term "medium" can applied because of a few reasons, not the least of which, is the comparative slope angle (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | train windows
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| (...) Even a child would notice that the piece on the order form is not what he got. (...) They know exactly what a train window is. I bet there is a very good reason(s) why they offered transparent thin walls instead. A couple possibilities come to (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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| (...) OK, go ahead. Everyone knows I'm arrogant anyway. Personally I think it would be shrewd of them to target the market exclusively to AFOLs with mundanes as a secondary interest. We're the heavy users (1) who are going to buy bunches (is there (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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| (...) I dunno, as kids my sister and cousin and I used to use all the (red) weird shaped roof pieces to make complicated roofs with right angles, L's and dormers. Nowadays though, kids might not since the required weird shapes are less common. Kevin (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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| (...) I don't know that much about programming or even creating websites but, does .asp stuff cache or bookmark? If you are a company that wants to keep tight control over your public image perhaps you only want people seeing the most recent version (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) fixed (...) Not really, for starters it can ruin the "uniform" look of a roof and secondly, as Eric mentioned, with the absense of corner-peaks in low slopes, one cannot make a 90 degree turn in the roof. (...) Like Eric (again) - even as a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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