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Subject: 
Re: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS???? LEGO PLEASE READ!
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Date: 
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 05:22:34 GMT
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"Allan Bedford" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@altavista.net> wrote in message
news:Go5y2L.5I5@lugnet.com...

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No, I think Richie and I guess you, are missing *my* point.  I'm only • trying
to point out that LEGO uses LUGNET as it's internet information • distribution
point to the exclusion of its own website.  Things are announced on LUGNET
that do not get announced on LEGO.com or only get posted there later.  The
point I'm *trying* to make is that they need to pay more attention to
LEGO.com and less attention to LUGNET.


[ ... snipped ... ]

This isn't completely true.  The 2002 catalog scans were provided to FBTB
(http://www.fbtb.net) and announced there first.  Tim Saupe then posted
their existance here on LUGNET.  Based on the watermark on the catalog
images I inferred that LD provided the images to Tim.  Why they would do
that as opposed to posting them on their own web site is beyond me.

Mike


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  Re: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS???? LEGO PLEASE READ!
 
(...) Tim may correct me (don't know if he reads this board, don't care enough to X-post it), but I'm pretty sure the catalog came out of a FBTB reader's Darth Maul or other new SW set, which was then mailed to Tim. The watermark is just Tim's usual (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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  Re: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS???? LEGO PLEASE READ!
 
(...) No, I think Richie and I guess you, are missing *my* point. I'm only trying to point out that LEGO uses LUGNET as it's internet information distribution point to the exclusion of its own website. Things are announced on LUGNET that do not get (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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