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Subject: 
LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.org, lugnet.robotics
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lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Wed, 6 Dec 2000 01:38:09 GMT
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There's a new TLC press release at:

   http://www.lego.com/info/press.asp

here's the good stuff:

   http://www.lego.com/press/

-Suz



Message has 28 Replies:
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Let me be the first to say HOLY (expletive deleted for your protection) The ability to buy any piece in any quantity in perhaps any color is truly mindbendingly awesome. 2002 won't get here soon enough. Wow. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Wow, very cool indeed! Nice write up on Eric, Henry, Todd and Suz. Glad to see you guys get the recognition that you justly deserve. jt -- James J. Trobaugh North Georgia LEGO Train Club (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Plus they have links to quite a few LUG's (but no LTC's?). (URL) to start designing some sets. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Cool. (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
Wow, congrats to all :) Nice pictures too ;) (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.org)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) In the year 2002 the LEGO Renaissance will be upon us… The possibilities will be endless! (Unless quantity, size, color or piece availability restrictions occur.) I do believe that this concept has been proposed in the past, but it appears as (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
This is great news, it look like people are getting recognize by the LEGO Company. There is a new hope for AFOL in the future... Maybe more support for LUGs, LTCs, group events and conventions? Who knows, time will tell? Robin Werner Greater Florida (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
Hooray! Hmmm, LEGO is using Quicktime for their video. Hopefully they aren't going to leave us Mac users out in the cold when the Design-your-own software comes out. Still, I stand and applaud their support of... US! Yahoo! ~Mark "Muffin Head" (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
This is the part that gets me excited! "In 2002 LEGO builders will be able to build any three dimensional creation using free software to create building instructions for their model - and then order the appropriate number and type of bricks." (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Oh. My. I just can't help but feel that everything is about to change WAY to quickly for any of us to keep up. OK, I have to much to write, and to little time to write it (or type-who cares). Don't you guys realize what this means for all of (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Definatly cool! Of course there is bucklies chance of this coming down under for the forseeable future. (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:G54HvL.382@lugnet.com... (...) So that's what having your mind blown feels like. The possibilities become endless. The quest for the holy grail is at an end. I'm sitting here trying to get (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts - web design issues
 
Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) But the way they implement their press releases is just WEIRD. All the video and hi-res pictures are zipped (and of course since the original file formats are already compressed, they only get about 5 or 6% (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) After the behaviour that followed the release of the MOSAIC facility, one wonders what wacky set designs people will come up with. Those naughty naughty parts dealers ! But it certainly is a great leap forward. Hopefully TLC will keep trawling (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  I can't read it! No cookies
 
I have my browser set not to accept cookies so I cannot access the page. Could someone possibly copy the relevant text and post it here? Thanks! Dave (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Will this reverse the 'juniorization' trend in our Train sets? Only time shall tell. I was just about to post a message saying that TLC has truly given up on trains (my opinion). But when I came across this, it really lifted my spirits. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
did i read that correctly ... does that say that all the instructions will be available on line ... i can't wait .. that means instructions for the 1817, 1475, old maersk truck etc. i sincerely hope it includes all these promotion sets oh it will be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) This is excellent news! I can see an excellent possibility with the release of instructions on-line, perhaps there will be a 'Buy the parts for this set' button along with each set's instructions? i.e. they might essentially end up (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Did any else notice the statistics in the "Dot-com crowd loves Lego" article? (URL) article quoted Shannon Hartnett from TLC - "She said U.S. sales to this group are up close to 8% from 1998, and nearly one in 10 Lego buyers is now a grownup, (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Anybody know what the "Request BETA copy" link is for at the top of the following page: (URL) BETA copy of what? the 3D modeler? -mark (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Hooray!!!! I'm not sure my comments won't fall into the 'me too' folder, but this means a lot to me. It appears that within the next couple of years, LEGO will cater to the needs of builders like me. This means I can seriously imagine getting (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) Simple. The instructions retail for $. Therefore, if you wish to make this object, you have to pay me the $, or someone who has already paid me for it, has to sell you there copy of the instructions. The only reason why we have Brickshelf is (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) I think what James is saying here is that if you copy his design outright and sell it. THIS breaks copyright laws, and is comperable to selling bootlegged CDs. (...) You would be fine, again, using this for your own enjoyment, but not to sell. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
Does this mean I should stop looking for those $500 Lego 7750 trains on eBay, where all I really want are the big red train wheels? You know, if it sounds too good to be true... (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
  aslo: new Technic product shown!
 
Hi! I wonder why so far nobody has mentioned the new LEGO Technic product that is shown in one of the large pictures of the photo gallery. Looks like we will get more Cyberslam-like stuff later this year. I copied the relevant images into the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic, lugnet.year.2001)  
  Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
 
(...) The library they use for the instructions is too complex to be used on a PC. Leonardo (23 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
  LDraw & TLC (was: Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts)
 
[revisiting an old thread] (...) This is kinda what I meant: (URL) My sense is that they not only want to be able (...) Actually, I'm not entirely convinced that LEGO's own proprietary modeling format will necessarily be text-based. Naturally, I (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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