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(...) I agree, this is an excellent suggestion, and in fact it is a mystery to me that they are not doing it already. A few carefully designed specialised parts would almost certainly increase the mass appeal of such sets. While making tracks with (...) (14 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) Wow - that's amazing, congratulations! I (and I expect others) would be very glad to see some close-up photos showing exactly how your construction works... (14 years ago, 27-Dec-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) While I may not be an Ambassador, I feel I can offer some guidance as to why the NDA may scare people. I think it's mainly because most people don't deal with them every day. It's a case of fear of the unknown and what the consequences will be (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jul-09, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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I also posted this (URL) an article> on my own site but there isn't more to read over there, unless you want to browse 1+ year-old archives of silly stuff. Now that the next cycle of LEGO Ambassadors is beginning, and I'm not part of the program for (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jul-09, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) I agree that LUGNET is missing, but I believe that everybody who participates here is also (more) active somewhere else, LUGNET is a great inter-community resource but there are few people who consider LUGNET their main LUG site. On the other (...) (15 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) Congratulations to all that were selected! It looks like we have a great and very diverse group of people. I am sure that they will all do a great job representing the community and I am very interested to see what they can accomplish over the (...) (15 years ago, 9-Jul-09, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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Straight from Steve Witt, the list of Cycle 7 ambassadors - congrats to all! Announcing the members of the LEGO Ambassadors for Cycle 7 This was a great year for nominations for the LEGO Ambassador Program. We received a total of 86 nominations and (...) (15 years ago, 8-Jul-09, to lugnet.ambassadors) !!
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(...) SNIP Can we get a list of proposed dates and locations so hte LUGs can start working on partnering plans with the local hosting venues? Paul Sinasohn BAYLUG LUGNET #115 (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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To all: I made a Lego Marble Run - made entirely out of Legos (acutally my children and I did). You can view the results here: search Youtube for: "Lego - Marble Run - 100% Lego - Final - Wistuk" or try this link: (URL) was cut, all peices can be (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.ambassadors)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Chris Marx wrote: (Last things first here...) (...) Given the the rise of the GBCs has been one of the most amazing things I've seen in the AFoL community, I'd say you're far from alone. I'd love to see TLG come out with some (...) (15 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.ambassadors)
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I would love to see TLG develop a marble run/ball track theme. Marble run toys are my favorites next to LEGO and it would be great if I could bring the two together. Here are some of my thoughts: 1. LEGO parts can be used to build almost anything (...) (15 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.ambassadors)
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Hey all, this is Andrew, one of the 2008/2009 Lego Ambassadors and Administrator over at BZPower. Lego Community Development Manager Jan Beyer recently contacted me with a task that I need everyone's help on. LEGO and their community team would like (...) (16 years ago, 17-Nov-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.ambassadors)
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About 3 months ago I posted an announcement for LEGO Ambassadors about getting the new 1,500 page Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide on CD. I got quite a few EMAILs, but due to a near death experience in the family, I didn't reply (mom is (...) (16 years ago, 26-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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The other day I got another "You still play with LEGO?". I replied with: "No, I design and build models made from LEGO." That didn't seem to help much. I'd like to start a list of ideas and suggestions on how we might improve how other adults view (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Actually it really does not. I have polished literally thousands of black bricks and when one brings the to a high polish variations are very evident to me. One can tell which have red or blue or green regrind in them. It is true that black (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Tommy, The term for the scrap is more or less known as "regrind". I've got some injection molding plastics manufacturing in my background. When molding at the machine, the material that's not in the mold cavity that consists of the part itself (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that was what they announced sometime in the past couple years. I can't remember when the change took place, but I do know that they had inconsistent shading in the dark-purple bricks that they used to make the Knight Bus in 2004. There (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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I actually had a pretty long and very interesting discussion with Bjarke Schønwandt at BrickFair about the whole color issue. I am pretty much of an expert in color quality control-it was my job for many many years to make sure batch to batch color (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Very kind of you! John P (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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In lugnet.events, David Laswell wrote: --snip-- (...) Passed on. I'll be sure to pass any answer back as soon as I have access to one. Tim (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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