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(...) Yes, and C&S, one of the largest grocery distributors in the region is doing the same thing with a couple of facilities not far from Enfield - selling the buildings and then leasing them. The company I work for, also in the same region also (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) IBM did a similar sell-off of their buildings and lease back a couple years ago. It turns out to save on US taxes. -dw (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Gary's right. One the things that is happening is that globalization of resources...the US has higher wages than the rest of the world in many things, so to bear the costs that consumers want, less expensive places have to be found to produce (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) No it will still be around. In the future LEGO may not be owned by Kjeld and Gunhild anymore (Godtfred Kirk Christiansen's 2 surviving children), however it will still be around. There's too much value in the brand name. A future owner may (...) (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Lego is on it's way out, plain and simple. By 2012, it will be a memory. (18 years ago, 12-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(URL) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million, leases office space. By:Howard French, Journal Inquirer 01/03/2007 LEGO Systems Inc., has sold its Enfield buildings and leased back space in some of them for its operations, which are the (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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Interesting story on MSN Money on Outsourcing and LEGO. Glad her set during Brickfest. I hope LEGO learns from this mistake. Mexico is not the answer. (URL) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I'm not at all surprised at this. I had the hardest time finding a Krusty Krab for my niece. Adrian (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Cool, thats great to see... Now if Lego would only get their... errr ABS together, and actually starting adding "chicks" to their sets more frequently we could have a Sandy Cheeks. Poor neglected girls! Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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While there is a shortage of this and that in the LEGO world, especially over Christmas and with all the changes within the LEGO group and due to the fact that this character is somewhat popular... I guess it doesn't surprise me, but it is still (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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LEGO® Brand Retail Chooses PFSweb to Support Integrated Multi-Channel Direct to Consumer Initiative in North America PLANO, Texas-(Business Wire)-December 20, 2006 - PFSweb, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW), a global provider of web commerce and business process (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, and you JUST KNOW someone with 27k to spend on a LEGO Batman would respect such a recommendation... ROSCO (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) DaveE (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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...for the person who has everything: (URL) Christmas! ROSCO (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Snipped (...) Anyone happen to tape it? I read that Corner Gas got an American broadcasting deal for 2007, so I expect eventually it will show up on a torrent or share file, but for now, the well is dry. Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 19-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The second video is better, I think. Spike was always my favorite NXT robot. (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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LEGO has posted two short movies of NXT robots playing tricks to people in a toys store... (URL) Don't forget to click on the thumbnail below to watch the second video. Have fun! Philo (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Hey Steve, Good luck with your shot at participating in this. I am concerned that they can cut and paste clips together to tell whatever story they want to. I also think that they go out of their way to put together the least compatible people (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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Hi! I found this on the net: (URL) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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