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| | | (...) Jake, I wish you hadn't turned this into a personal issue when it is a corporate policy issue. Do you see the words "Jake McKee" anywhere in my post? Now the "rally round Jake" LUGNET defense mechanism has been activated, and anything I say (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Richard Morton
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| | | | | <snip> (...) Marc, I think maybe you need to understand the sheer expense involved in setting up a production line specifically for parts not currently in stock. I know of one example where some basic bricks and plates were needed in a slightly (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview — Jake McKee
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| | | | (...) Mark, the reason I took this personally is because I was one of the people making this decision. I know it sometimes seems like the LEGO Group is some big, cold, floating entity in the sky, but it's a group of people just like any community. (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Brian Davis
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| | | | | (...) This was something that caught me off-guard at Celebration III in Indy. Certainly 99.9% of the folks there were Star Wars fans, yet the LEGO booth was hopping, selling product like crazy. The ISD sold out - they were taking orders to be (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —James Seibert
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| | | | Thanks Jake! This is a great looking set, especially needed for a Monday. And this, after finding out there is now a discount on bulk track purchases in one of the online catalogs! And, yes, I am willing to be counted as a sucker. Considering all (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Rafe Donahue
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| | | | | (...) Can you give any more details about this bulk track purchase thing you mentioned? Rafe (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —James Seibert
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| | | | | | (...) I don't know how long this will last or if the offer has expired. Someone from the Gateway Lego Users Group noticed this offer and sent the following info out on the group list. --- In GtwLug... Blackrock <blackrock@y...> wrote: (...) (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Rick Clark
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| | | | In lugnet.trains, James Seibert wrote: <snip> (...) Actually, Jake already delivered on this request, although in a sneaky way. It was Jake who (strongly?) suggested to the set designers that set #7045, Hovercraft Hideout (URL) would greatly benefit (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Ya, every time someone trashes Jake for not looking out for us, I remember that set. Pretty slick move. So slick, I'm willing to forgive Jake for finagling his own minifig. (URL) or (URL) WHO can POSSIBLY say that isn't a minifig Jake??? (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | | Hello! (...) I have to say! I'm shocked. Jake, I didn't know you would.... (URL) me, I'm a link!>> Bye Jojo (URL) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) He was a lot(1) younger then! And perhaps wiser???(2) 1 - OK, not a LOT younger, I think I've been getting TRAINS longer than he's been alive! 2 - Different chemical dependency. I keep telling my wife that a drug addiction would be more (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview —James Seibert
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| | | | (...) <snip> (...) No, its not bad. I have several of those for that same purpose. Sometimes I wonder if designers are being kind and designing sets with dual purpose uses for some of the parts. Kind of like like buying SW sets and using the (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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