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Re: Does anybody actually know Mr Justus?
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Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:43:38 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Brian Lanning writes:
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> > But I think it's somewhat arrogant to think that they made this
> > service exclusivly for us (AFOLs on lugnet).
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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.
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> 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.
Good point. Only the serious would want those quantities.
> > And who's to say that this
> > window isn't also a train window? It was used in a train, right?
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> 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.
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 window, it was used as a window in a train... in the color they
advertised anyway. :-) I really can't wait to order soccer bus windows,
myself. :-D
> TLG would be smart to adopt our nomenclature. Not Todd's but rather LDraw's
> nomenclature. Warts and all.
Agreed. It's a very good naming convention. As clear as one could get under
the circumstances.
> 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.
Also a good point.
> 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.
Isn't Pete's sake? Or is it Peat's sake? :-)
Personnaly, I find that there is no non-breakfast, non-fry food offered by the
clown that can be eaten without first being scraped. The saussage mcmuffin
with egg, on the other hand is heavenly.
brian
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| (...) As opposed to the naming conventions that LEGO has used internally for years? How about, instead of suggesting that LEGO change the way they refer to parts, why not ask them to share *their* naming conventions with the AFOL community? JohnG, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | 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)
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