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Re: train windows
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:58:33 GMT
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Brian Lanning wrote in message ...
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> Well, they've asked for train windows. And we can't provide them because
> (insert reason here). But we have to appease them and give them a train
> window. Hey, this piece was a window in a train! Give them that! That • way,
> we can say we gave them a train window.
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> I think it was more like this:
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> What pieces are the moulds already tooled for? Do we have any pieces that • we
> had to over produce that can be used here? What pieces can we provide so
> that, if this thing is a flop, we can redirect the pieces into sets and
> minimize losses? Ok, compare that against what they've asked for, how can • we
> meet their needs without causing us any problems? Alright, we'll go with • that
> list for now. Ok, now what do we call these things?
More specifically, what name do we call these things that will get some
mundanes interested in buying them? I mean, what mundane is going to buy
something called a "thin wall"? What would a mundane do with that? But
calling it a "train window" gives it a _purpose_. Admittedly, it's a limited
name to give the part, but then what's the odds that a mundane chose that
name? ;-)
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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| (...) Who cares about the mundanes? Target them and LD will be a flop. We're the heavy users. Give us what we want so we can wow the mundanes, doing free marketing for TLG in the process, and do it in a way that is: - low fixed cost - low variable (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Not all of them. I know, at 8, I would have noticed as you probably would have also. And my six year old daughter would probably notice also. But my eight year old daughter would probably be oblivious. (...) I think it's much less sinister (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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