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(...) Anyhow, it would be nice if they put one in australia (1 in each captial city would be nice but start with Sydney and Melbourne I guess) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, first and foremost it would be a sensible and intelligent decision to open stores in places where there are actual customers for the given product. And the first thing one seems to learn at the manager school is to avoid sensible and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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(...) are they getting *another* one? Or are you seeing an old page? I know they have had a store since 2002: (URL) have never known Lego to say where they were going to put a store, heck - they really do not even tell you that when it opens - you (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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(...) Potential for growth? (But that doesn't explain the other markets that *are* getting them, of course). Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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Tell me the last time LEGO did something that's made sense. *rolls eyes* -Anne (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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Why is it that (acording to an official page at lego.com), Russia (of all places) is getting a Lego Store (in moscow) but countries with probobly a much greater market (e.g. Australia or Canada) arent? (21 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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OH BOY Rosco you just NOW looked at the bottom? You know, Clark has been tracking this for AGES... The "new" brick looks to be just molded in an older mold, as they seems to vary from set to set for me, sometimes I get the ones with the holes in the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I did a little check on my 1xn bricks and saw this "problem" on all types and colours, from 1x2 to 1x8. In my opinion, there are two or more moulds, each with a little difference, and they change them every now and then. (For cleaning and (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:HvKK4B.zxH@lugnet.com... (...) different (...) importantly, (...) brick. The (...) bottom. Can it be old molds? Wasn´t the "older" bricks without holes? (I allways thought that the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Has anyone else noticed this? It seems newer 1x6 & 1x8 bricks have a different mold. See this comparison: (URL) older brick on the left has holes in the bottom studs, but more importantly, the flanges on studs 2 & 4 don't go all the way to the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Incorrect. On a scale of 1 to 10, four years ago Lego was a 10 and Mega Bloks was a 3. Today Lego is a 9 and Mega Bloks is a 7.5. So while Lego is still superior, Mega Bloks have in fact become a viable alternative in a quality versus quantity (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The URL for LEGO's "My Opinions" section is (URL) so they're actually serving the My Opinions web pages for LEGO. I get the impression there's an administrative system set up for authorized LEGO employees to create surveys on the fly. This was (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not very informative? (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) While this may be true, the "loyal" customers left Coke only because there were alternatives that wern't as vile as New Coke. Pepsi did quite well after New Coke came out. Does this mean that we're all going to switch to Megablocks over the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Agreed. But, quoting from the press release (a form of "exuberant writing", to be sure): "Informative enables brands to market with consumers -- not just to them -- by engaging consumers in group discussion and dialogue about the brand. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) My order included both back-order stuff and stuff that had already shipped. Joanne at Shop@Home was able to cancel my order and place a new order that reflected the bulk discount. The only drawback was that I lost my place in the back-order (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Don't we all wish. :) Now I have no excuse for bolstering the economy. -Mike (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) This is good to hear! I was honestly wondering why they didin't have the discount in the first place and thats one of the reasons why I hadn't ordered any of them yet. Anyway I will now place my order and feel I got a deal verses something (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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So, tons of people have ordered some of that last production run of the true grays and brown, right? I myself ordered several bulk packs of them as soon as they were on the LEGO website. They were all $4.99 each, and they weren't eligible for the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) I once went to one of those, and what a dive it was! You Canadians really know your trashy bars! Dave! (21 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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