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I note that in the February Issue of Scientific American there is an article entitled "MOLECULAR LEGO". And within the article a side bar reference to "Nano Lego". I am very surprised that TLG tend to encourage us to not use their name and yet (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) Keep in mind that wages in the U.S. are considerably less than in much of Western Europe. In Switzerland, the minimum wage is $22/hour. A lot of that is a consequence of the effects of VAT on national economies over there. Production in the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) I will make an idle observation (from way out in left field)... The market for LEGO seems to be soft (beyond description) at the moment. My BrickLink store is experiencing one of the slowest Januarys that I have ever seen. I saw signs of this (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® Systems, Inc. sells Enfield complex for $58.9 million
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(...) It is expensive to own property that is much too large, and to suddenly become a landlord leasing the unwanted areas, is almost never a wanted activity when you need to save money. It is probably "sell it all" and "re-lease only a part" that (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) When you own the property, you benefit from the increase in real estate values over time. When I originally bought my house, my mortgage was higher than it would have cost me to rent a comparable house. Within five years, this was no longer (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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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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| | Outsourcing and LEGO
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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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| | Re: SpongeBob LEGO makes the Forbes.com 'most in-demand toys of 2006' list ;)
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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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| | Re: SpongeBob LEGO makes the Forbes.com 'most in-demand toys of 2006' list ;)
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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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| | SpongeBob LEGO makes the Forbes.com 'most in-demand toys of 2006' list ;)
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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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| | Re: That last minute gift...
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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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| | That last minute gift...
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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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