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(...) This has been your standard argument in the past against conjecture and speculation, even when it has been based on intimate knowledge of the industries involved. I've argued quite successfully against your standard argument as being invalid (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, I seem to have ordered a bag of white classic 1x2x2 windows from S@H a year or so ago... The thing that can be done with the 1x1x1 classic window which is real nice is to make a decent looking mullioned window. Of course those don't show (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) When I was a kid, new pieces were exciting, and a big reason for buying a set. I remember each Christmas and birthday shopping season begging for certain sets because of the new parts, or existing parts in new colors, that were included. I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) Alright, this flipped my switch. Now I *have* to respond :-) Your argument that they make new molds for all new lines is valid. But pleace remember that those new lines are to be sold to 'the world'. And in that world, there are an enormous (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think (as Larry P and others have stated) the issue here is not whether the Lego Company can or is willing to reproduce these parts, but rather that 'Lego Direct', the department within Lego whose brief it is to make these Legends, wasn't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't buy the excuse of "LEGO can't afford to make new molds." They make molds for new pieces by the barrelful every time a new line comes out. If they can afford to make new molds for a lot of weird, single-use pieces (Galidor limbs, King (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) Possible, yes, however LD has already said they have limited access to parts not in current production. ROSCO (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) Isn't the phrase "demand the moon and the stars" intended to convey the idea of impossibility? Those 1x1x1 windows are something TLC actually use to manufacture -- how impossible is the idea that they might go back into production with these (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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(...) You're right -- I don't know what you know. If you have the inside scoop and can give all of us the benefit of your knowledge, please do so. I look forward to your detailed descriptions of sources and information. Otherwise, if it's just (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.general)
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Geweldig. Bedankt! (22 years ago, 18-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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