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Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:25:31 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Brian Lanning writes:
> But I think it's somewhat arrogant to think that they made this
> service exclusivly for us (AFOLs on lugnet).
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 any adult here
reading who ordered but DIDN'T order enough to get the max discount??). We're
the people who build the huge displays that make the people go ooh and ahh. And
it's not just *any* AFOLs doing this, it's the TRAIN AFOLS who are out in
front, we build the hugest most show stopping stuff. The castle guys are
catching up but if TLG were shrewd they'd be bending over backward to help the
train guys wow the mundanes.
> And who's to say that this
> window isn't also a train window? It was used in a train, right?
By that line of reasoning, 1/2 the elements in the universe of elements are
"train" elements since they've been in one train set or another. (and
train windows are "police" elements since they appear in police paddy
wagons) Therefore that line of reasoning is malarky. Keep trying, though.
TLG would be smart to adopt our nomenclature. Not Todd's but rather LDraw's
nomenclature. Warts and all.
Besides, when we asked for train windows we didn't say we wanted them in clear
and trans lt blue, we said we wanted them in white, red, grey, etc. That's a
pretty strong clue we weren't talking about thinwalls.
1 - cf. McDonalds marketing to "heavy users", that is people who eat at
McDonalds a lot. I'm one. I ate there tonight and I'm in Zurich for peetes
sake.
++Lar
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| (...) here (...) And (...) Good point. Only the serious would want those quantities. (...) It wasn't really meant to be a sound line of reasoning. I'm just being annoying. However silly it is, while viewing the big picture, to call it a train (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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| (...) Get enough town window parts into Lego Direct production, and you will be seeing some Town folks will wow the "mundanes" with "show stopping" skyscrapers and downtowns as well! (Or do like I do and build a European city with a castle, city (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) in (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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