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    Re: the latest news —Dan Jezek
   (...) How about voting on all parts which are not commonly available that are required to build highly sought after classic sets like the 6067 Guarded Inn, 375 yellow castle, Galaxy Explorer or the Metroliner. We have the instructions so we know (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)  
   
        Re: the latest news —Will Hess
     (...) Inn, (...) will (...) far (...) I hate to rain on anyone's parade but I don't see this happening except in the case of the Yellow Castle. Why not? All the other sets require PRINTED elements which would greatly increase the manufacturing costs (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
    
         Re: the latest news —Dan Jezek
     (...) Well, who says they can't make printed elements? For this idea to work, Lego Direct would have to make pieces on request and for this to be worth it, we'd have to look at the price of each element and how much it would cost to "recreate" a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
    
         Re: the latest news —Richard Franks
      (...) I've been thinking more along the lines of what Larry confirmed by saying (paraphrased)"This is going to make the Guild's job a lot easier" - I think we'll be seeing a **lot** more fan-created kits in the future. The guarded inn is a cute set, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)  
    
         Re: the latest news —Charles Eric McCarthy
      (...) [snip] in a later message: (...) I think it was a good idea. This comment makes me glad I read news in a real newsreader and don't have my expectations colored by ratings. It sounds like the ratings are more an indication of the people who (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
     
          Re: the latest news —Todd Lehman
      (...) The ratings indicate a reaction and collective recommendation to read. In the .lego.* groups, which are primarily intended as a communications link to the LEGO Comapny (.lego.direct in paricular), their primary reason for existing is to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)  
    
         Re: the latest news —Jonathan McKay
     (...) Not if they only made the hard to find pieces and the rest would be from a normal collection worth of parts to make 1 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
   
        Re: the latest news —Scott Arthur
    (...) I'll wait to see the price of 2*4 bricks from LD, before I think about any specials. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 

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