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(...) Presumably you also want to see BL stores go out of business, by placing (URL) huge bogus orders> with them? Or was that just some weird personal vengeance because I don't agree with your views on gun ownership or something???? Please climb (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the news, Jeff! I've posted a message about it on the (URL) Bloks Forum>, giving you credit for breaking the news, of course. Very cool! Dave! (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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(...) The bottom line is that TLG is a business, and they are doing whatever they feel necessary to remain in business. Some bad business decisions? Perhaps, but to blame TLG for not having perfect market vision is a little harsh. TLG is an old (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'm sick to death of this equation of manufacturing in poor countries being eqivalent to slavery/evil/whatever. It is quite possible for a company to employ people at a good local income in a country where the cost of living is lower and still (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) MegaBloks announced the license for Mobile Suit Gundam on their Japanese website today. This doesn't come as much of a surprise to me, considering they've had Power Rangers for a while, not to mention a few other anime properties, so they've (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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(...) The difference, of course, is that the facade of brand-purism would be torn down, and fans would finally have to determine whether they're purists because it's LEGO or because it's made in Enfield. There may be a legitimate issue of quality (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I wouldn't call the comment stupid. I think it comes from a fan who feels let down and now questions his support of the company that made the decision that led to his disappontment. I feel let down too. I don't want to buy the Lego "brand" by (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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That is rather cold, however I have often thought of that since it costs me between $5,000 - $10,000 a year just to keep up with the new sets. Being OCD Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder) I have to get two of everything that comes out. Then find the new (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Don't forget--he had to arrange for Vince Foster's "suicide," too. Dave! (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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No it was Sadam, why do you think he is on trial. Or maybe Kennedy, he killed that woman by driving into a vat of yellow hot melted plastic. That is what took him so long to report it. Had to get all the yellow off of himself while holding a bottle (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Test (20 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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Just a test. Nothing to see here. (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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GGGG (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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testing...testing... 1...2...3... testing... is this thing on? (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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from me (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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to come (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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again (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | Re: Newdow in the News (again)
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(...) Ding! I think I see the problem. It's a mistake to frame this as an issue of whether any person's rights are or are not compromised by the presence of a religious invocation on US currency. Instead, the issue should be identified as the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Oh joy, I can post to Lugnet again. Woohoo. J. (20 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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