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it's quite normal to loose even more profits in your first and/or second year of recovery. TLC had to undergo some changes, like writing off machines, lay off people... that's extra expensive. Also, you can't sell any better if you reduce the number of new products, compared to last year. TLC also indicated that she would transfer losses from fiscal year 2003 to 2004. In all, i'm confident that she's getting on course again, but it will take some time and she will never be as big as 10 years ago... Monopolist days are over... again, i'm not happy with the reference to adults. TLC is not giving us any sign that she will produce products we want. always be very carefull about artices (i'm refering to the other topic about Legoland here). journalists very often write things out of context or are simply wrong. Not because they want to, but because they're sloppy. If you read the report, you'll see that Legoland is still profitable. TLC simply found that future costs of these parks will increase and she probably won't be able to find enough cash to finance these.

i totaly agree. :P

thanks Sam for picking it up. i've read it briefly and it confirms what we've said/predicted before. A few things i would like to point out: 1)TLC has merged the asian market (minus Australia and N-Zealand) with Europe. so Europe is regarded now as TLC's main working ground. America will get Australia and N-Z and the entire internet shops and lego stores. this indicates that we won't see more lego stores in europe. TLC will probably work here with PABs and chains... 2)the report describes the financial results of the different production lines (clickits, ferrari,...) but NO Star wars (page 14). If you read between the lines, you'll see that the emphasis is more on their own traditional products, like Duplo, quatro,KK,... i think the love between TLC and the concept of licences is almost gone... at least TLC's approach to licences has become more intelligent. it's an instrument to improve the over all result, but no longer supports TLC's main economic activity. 3) it seems TLC has worked out a retail concept that will allow the retailers and TLC to be more flexible, efficient and cheaper. sounds great, but i'd like to see that in detail... in general terms, it sounds like what I've written before on this forum... so it doesn't necessarily means it's great for us... 4)TLC mentions the Adults, but it's marketing language, like: "we are aware of them, we listen to them, we find them to be important". Hm... Please give me some real info, TLC... 5) TLC is selling the legoland parks. this probably means she's looking for a strategic alliance: a partner who's in control, but also pays the bills. Good decision, TLC, even though emotionally painfull... it clearly proves that TLC had to dig deep to get the 2004 result...

i was refering to this: http://www.fbtb.net/toyfair/2005/sw/7258_9_m.jpg so it's trans red? it surely looks like orange on the box... it's simply a bad choice of color...

worst of all, is that wookie attack ship, in its flashy orange color... i believe i saw a dark grey one in the star wars trailer... however, you can solve the problem... you can replace the two discs by two grey ones. you'd only have to buy two Death Stars :P

what i also find funny, is the olive drab, the green color in front of the first cockpit. WWII pilots used the green olive drab to prevent the reflection of sunlight on their engines/canopies. that would prevent them from seeing anything in front of them... i have no clue why these Star wars designers came up with that, 'cause that doesn't work in space :P but this was pobably out of TLC's hands... it's also pretty stupid to have a red and white ship, 'cause that's way too easy to detect...

you gotta to be kidding me, right? seen this?: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery....y.cgi?i=1110938 the underside of this machine is terrible. it screws up the smooth lines of the entire machine, you're going to have to replace these bricks by inverted slopes, for starters... same with the Jedi starfighter...

i don't know what TLC is going to produce, but I would like to see a lego version of the Self Propelled Heavy Artillery Turbolaser. the name is ridiculous, (how can a laser be self propelled?), but it sure looks bold... Not sure if it will be in EpIII, tho btw, did you really have to set up a new topic for this? there already is a "new lego sets" topic...

i was looking at the same link...

just noted something, it's not 4 x 60 links but 8 x 60. so 480 links... 1/3rd of all pieces? i think not.

again Yoda wisdom, is it? or shall we say: "just guessing?" :P :P

why doesn't yoda have a light sabre? he is going to fight in epIII, isn't he? Not with that stick i hope...

master yoda, when will you arrive at Billund?

little green smurf, i was nearly stating that you, were right... *wacko* i know it is hard to believe... :P "beyond comprehension", master yoda, also means "so brilliant, that we, earthly worms, can't even begin to describe the notion of your intelligence" :P Perhaps Master Yoda could look it up in his intergalactic dictionary? or... we could ask the Jedi Council... or... hold on... C3PO... you're an interpreter, were are you when we need you... and the Pharaoh slowly walked away... whispering to himself "you're getting old, Yoda... it seems you're getting insane as well..."

Master Yoda's wisdom is beyond comprehension... he's probably right: 240 links is quite a lot already. Much depends on the size of the crawler... btw, master yoda, the lesson i learned was to use a calculator in future :P

it's with minifigs... check out this topic from the beginning and you'll know as much as all the rest...

I believe master yoda told us there are 69 pieces (treads) in the wookie attack; 4 x 69= 276 pieces of a 1500 pieces set

sure you can... however, i don't think it will be for much longer... so I'm gambling a bit. i don't need the ship right now, so i'm postponing my purchase... at one point I might be too late... so be it... then i'll buy 2 crawlers instead...

there sure are a lot of Ldraw like designs on the internet these days... Might have been an Afol's fantasy?

wow!! 369 euro!!! that's a lot of money... i'll settle for a second ISD, thanks very much... Master Yoda, if this is your idea of a baby... well... you are a little green smurf anyway... and you live in a swamp... in a place you can hardly call a hut... perhaps this is your idea of a baby :P i believe the release date is also a recent addition (even though we knew): 30 september: so it's probably TLC's opening shot for the high season this year...

ah! not enough pieces! a problem i'm quite familliar with... :()

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talking about the tank... i've seen some photos of the thing on brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=124085 i'm a bit disappointed by the cockpit. i was hoping for a little bit more than just a seat... he, what can i say? i like fully decorated cockpits... that's the way i am :P

i also asked an employee. she said that these sets would be here soon, but she didn't give me an exact date... i went to "Fun" and "Dreamland", both are specialised toy shops, but they both didn't get any yet. my best chance is probably "Makro", which is a wholesaler of all sorts of things and they are usually the first to have new sets... besides, they're cheaper as well... i do hope to have the sets by saturday...