To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.lego.directOpen lugnet.lego.direct in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 LEGO Company / LEGO Direct / 314
313  |  315
Subject: 
Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:01:43 GMT
Viewed: 
3171 times
  
In lugnet.lego.direct, Tom McDonald writes:

<snip>

> While we'd like to think that our favorite company would do things with 100%
> consistency, it's just not the case. It's clearly not unrealistic to hear some
> manager or supervisor that has something to do with this say to some
> inquisitive employee, "Well.. we're using these for train windows now. What of
> it? As long as we put up the picture with it, who cares?"

A dangerous attitude if they don't get the picture right.  :-)


> I was surprised that they put element terms at all. Even with the accessories
> packages of today and yesterday, the labels rarely get more descriptive
> than "Space elements" or "window pieces", and sometimes no label at all, just
> a number and a picture (and of course the price).

I bet, in the end, the names will be dropped.  We have a naming convention
that works well... in english.  I'd hate to have to come up with similar names
in a dozen other languages.  That, I think, is the reason there are now words
on the instructions.  It avoids the language problem.  I guess you have to put
something on the invoice though.  I bet we end up with just set numbers.

brian



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
 
(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)

48 Messages in This Thread:



















Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR