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Re: More train ranting (sorry)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego
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Sun, 23 May 1999 23:38:48 GMT
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cmasi@NOSPAMcmasi.chem.tulane.edu
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Hey! I'm 10+ years removed from LEGO Systems Inc. Did you work in Enfield? I was a
factory grunt; how about you?
Chris
John Kelly wrote:
> I have never known LEGO to ever use anything other than their own internal
> ideas for what might sell. Set design and process has always been done in
> Demark (But as some of you know that has changed with the restructure of
> Futura...) One of the guys that I knew who used to work on sets talked about
> trying desperately to get LEGO to use some of the dinosaur mania that occurred
> around the Jurassic parks movies to do a type of tie-in. There was zero
> interest. To be perfectly honest with you, I'm quite surprised that they would
> do a tie-in with Star Wars. It just hasn't been their style.
>
> Think about how long people have wanted to buy bricks in bulk. Regardless of
> the answer that LEGO officially gives, they just don't want to. They'll spin
> it nicer than that of course, but frankly they just aren't interested. We used
> to be able to order bricks by the color shape and size of box in the model
> shop, so I don't buy the logistics don't exist story. It's not a logistics
> problem, it's a management decision.
>
> I think it's fun to talk about what we'd like to see, but to be honest, I think
> it's mostly dreams. Although it is probably more possible now that LEGO is
> having a more difficult time making sales goals. Maybe now they'll listen more
> to the fan base they have instead of being so arrogant about what they want to
> produce....
>
> john 3
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> just two cents, I'm 5+ years removed from being a LEGO employee now, so who
> knows, maybe I'm way off base about how they run the company now.
>
> In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > The service pack thread has my undies in a bunch. Why? Because it is
> > as if we are asking for *so* much, when in reality it is *so* little.
> > We are asking (practically begging) TLG to create a product from which
> > they will make *a lot* of money. What possible reason could there be
> > for not creating a train window and door pack tomorrow? I'm serious.
> > It *can't* be because they fear they will lose money! IT WOULD BE THEIR
> > BIGGEST SELLER! It's inconceivable.
> >
> > Also, I have a question. When was the last time a unique train element
> > was created? Different colors don't count. I'm thinking about how many
> > new elements went into the Insectoids, Throwbots, UFO's,themes that will
> > die quickly. Would it hurt to create a few new elements each year for a
> > theme that has been wildly successful for 8 YEARS! It's as if they are
> > actually *trying* to kill the theme, by not producing anything unique
> > and releasing abysmal sets.
> >
> > Someone tell me I'm way off base, and tell me how TLG could possibly
> > sabotage the train theme *more* than what they are currently doing.
> >
> > <rant off>-John
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| I was in Enfield as a model builder. Went back for a reunion, and a week later they laid off 2/3 of the department. Bad time to be working for LEGO, but I did hear that the severence was good.... -john (...) was a (...) about (...) occurred (...) (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| I have never known LEGO to ever use anything other than their own internal ideas for what might sell. Set design and process has always been done in Demark (But as some of you know that has changed with the restructure of Futura...) One of the guys (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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