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(...) this road. And I remember meeting Jake for the first time -- it was his first week at the company, he was running the video camera during the "LEGO CAD summit". :) Steve (17 years ago, 5-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.people)
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Nice speech. I know of quite a few other companies that could stand to learn this kind of stuff, especially the bits about talking more to the users of your products (even when they aren't your direct customers). (17 years ago, 4-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.people)
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(...) Thanks for sharing! It serves as a reminder of what has happened, and what can happen. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on it in due course. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.people)
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(...) That was a great presentation.. although I would have preferred Jake mentioned the 2005 NMRA layout was actually 3500 square feet (75x50) as opposed to 75 square feet. I know Jake's a busy guy, and he probably sees dozens of numbers per day, (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.people)
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An industry buddy of mine sent me a link to this speech that Jake McKee gave at the "There's a New Conversation" conference which, IIRC, highlighted 10 years of the Cluetrain Manifesto. Jake tells a lot of the story of taking LEGO from a company in (...) (17 years ago, 3-Apr-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.people) !
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(...) Hey Maarten, That is so cool! I really love seeing kids (especially girls) being encouraged to build intense models, (regardless of the motivating factors, smile) and I think 5 days is a pretty quick timeline for models of that size. The (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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Hi all, After model (URL) 8880> I gave her set 8480 (I had to break down another creation to give her all the necessary parts for the one she asked for, set 8466 - maybe next holiday...). When she started building it, her oldest sister got a little (...) (17 years ago, 11-Mar-08, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) Hi Tobias, Wonderful website! The excellent pictures and text make your website a valuable source of information. You have inspired me to stop being lazy and finish the head on my horse sculpture. (Thanks again for the pictures!) Cheers, (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.publish.html, FTX)
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(...) Very nice. I especially liked the descriptions of building cardboard LEGO sorting containers. That's both a very flexible and very inexpensive solution to this problem! Jeff (17 years ago, 3-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.publish.html, FTX)
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(...) Hi Tobias, While I have enjoyed your brickshelf folder in the past, I really did enjoy my stay on your new site. For the record, I love your sculpture work, and your mosaic work is beautiful. I like the simple straight forward layout of your (...) (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.publish.html, FTX)
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Hello, my new website is now available with a new design and new content in the German and the English version. Thanks to Johannes Koehler (jojo) and Kathleen Aldinger (catt) for proof-reading. Enjoy your stay on (URL)! For praise, criticism, (...) (17 years ago, 1-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.publish.html, FTX) !
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Thanks for the replies. Now, guess what... she's been asking for set 8466 (extreme offroader). I'll know what to do the next school holidays... Maarten @Brian: indeed wonderful new technic sets this year (linear actuator!) (17 years ago, 16-Jan-08, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) Congratulations to you for sharing and having a daughter that interested... and major congratulations to her for completing such a detailed functional model! Wonderful to see. You *do* realize your budget for Technic just went significantly (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.people)
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Hi Maarten, having a daughter at exactly the same age, I can only congratulate your daughter to have mastered this truly amazing set. My kids' technic affinity is somewhat limited, so I figure my son will be the first to actually ask - and he's only (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) That is excellent Maarten. This is my all time favorite set. What a way to get her started. I know how it can be hard to share! Congratulations to your daughter on her determination and perseverance. -Nick (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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Hi all, During the past two years my second daughter has been asking me (begging actually...) repeatedly when I would finally give her permission to let her build one of my sets. You see, the children have never played with my lego; they have their (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.people, FTX) !
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Howdy folks, Here I am again. That pesky old-timer who refuses to go away while refusing to actually do anything lego-related! No, that's a lie, I actually built a MOC last year. Never got around to posting about it, ergo, it never existed. So, what (...) (17 years ago, 2-Jan-08, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.ma, FTX)
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(...) Actually, the REAL question is how long can I keep him from entering his dark ages...:-/ JOHN (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I actually was thinking that Ross now can start his own club! The real question is would he let you in! ;) SteveB (...) (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Naw, he was already a member-- the TCLTC has pretty liberal rules for joining. We even take in Left coasters off of the street! ;-) JOHN (17 years ago, 6-Nov-07, to lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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