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Todd,
I second the message below. Any "background" ties in the offing?
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Steele [mailto:mesteele@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 1:29 PM
> To: lugnet.market.shopping@lugnet.com; lugnet.dear-lego@lugnet.com
> Subject: LEGO Ties (was: Re: Specials at The Store 30 August)
>
>
> Dear LEGO,
>
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Abraham Friedman writes:
> > I was at the store last week and bought all three ties. I scanned in
> > pictures of each one:
> >
> > <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1229>
>
> I had heard about these ties, but hadn't seen the pictures
> posted before I went
> to the LEGO store this weekend. I was actually very
> disappointed with them.
> Yes, it's cool that LEGO ties exist (I wanted one as soon as
> I heard they
> existed), but I think the designs available are ugly and
> loud. All three
> designs scream, "My kid bought this for me for Father's Day
> and I have to wear
> it at least once to appease my wife." There's no way I would
> be seen around my
> office wearing these ties. I decided not to buy any of them
> even though
> getting one was the main purpose of my trip to the store.
>
> What I think would make a great LEGO tie would be something
> like Todd Lehman's
> Fibblesnork backgrounds of tiled bricks
> (http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/backgrounds/) on silk ties
> in a variety of
> different colors. The geometric, one-color design is quiet
> and classy enough
> to wear to a business meeting, yet still has the subtly
> playful LEGO theme. I
> would buy several colors of these and not think twice about
> wearing them to
> work.
>
> --Mike
>
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