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| | | Wow. It's been a week and a half since BrickFest PDX, and I'm just now starting to get caught up. I went straight from PDX to Enfield and had some terrific Community Development meetings with the team. Lots of good things happening! As mentioned in (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX) !!
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Neb Okla
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| | | | | FUT: lugnet.general Jake, do you think you could crosspost these announcement type posts to rec.toys.lego as well? "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:HtnwFt.qC@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) Heh. Just make sure those grey tones come out nice, or you'll never hear the end of it. Seriously, looks really nice, and very amusing. I can already thing of several people to whom I'll give copies when you've got the final version ready. (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Dawn Sullivan
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| | | | | (...) Jake, I'm glad you posted the link and I found the comic book very interesting and will comment more on it later. Your post did remind me of something I wanted to mention sooner. Each time I've gone into either the Palisades or Paramus stores, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! — Jake McKee
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| | | | | | (...) We're ALWAYS working on ways to build, grow, and support the community. :) In all seriousness, we are working on that as we speak. (...) Certainly we will have to modify the comic to have a slightly different target. You're right, the color (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) (cough) Pacific Northwest LEGO Outlet (cough) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jeff Barnas
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| | | | | I love it especially the grey parts! Its funny (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew J. Chiles
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| | | | | (...) Very well done! I look forward to getting this in print so I can pass it around and have it handy on my shelf of great comic works (Foxtrot, Dilbert, Robotman, Far Side, Zits... it is a full shelf already). Keep up the good work for our (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) It looks marvelous--ought to be a big hit. The current draft repeats pp. 25 and 26 (they appear earlier too)--I assume that'll be weeded out. But if we were meant to have two more pages, gimme gimme gimme! :) Kudos to Jake and Greg! best LFB (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | (...) Huh? When I downloaded it, pg 24 (Hey Mike, I heard you finished...) was repeated as pg 19, and pg 25 (I find this whole "new grey" issue annoying.) was repeated as pg 9, both of which were out of sequence with the other "grey" strips. I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Awesome! (...) Wow, very cool! It's a bit rough in places (as you know) and there's a bit of repetition, but I think it shows a lot of promise. An excellent first draft! I look forward to more. I love the badges on pp. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | (...) Or spending ten minutes looking for a piece you *know* was there a minute ago but now you can't find it and then you ask your SO if she can come help and the second she gets there, oh, there it is. Maybe that's just me. :) (...) Or building a (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Male pattern blindness!!! (...) And not having any money left to spend on LEGO, lol. --Todd (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) So tragic!!! (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —James Stacey
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| | | | | | | | "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrnc3qmpt.ij6.....bu.edu... (...) I've spent a good 10 mins looking for a piece I know I've just seen, to find it was held in my other hand all along!! (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) (BrickFast: When you are so busy playing and building and talking with folks at BrickFest that you forget to eat! ;-) --Todd (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | RE: AFOLs - The comic! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | <snip> j00r spelling sux0rs though. :) {BrikWars} is spelled with an {s}, not a {z}. <snip> --Todd You missed one :( Page 17 Robot can not only play chess.... it can moveS the pieces... Other than that, I have to agree with everyone else, the color (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | | "Mookie" <Mookie@tanarth.com> wrote in message news:LAEJKFGCAJBFPIB...rth.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) there (...) [ ... snipped ... ] It can't be much more than an hour drive (depending on traffic of course) from Milwaukee to the LEGO store at (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | RE: AFOLs - The comic! —Tamyra Teed
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| | | | | | | | | | Great for people who have a vehicle yes.... I have access to a vehicle that I can use for work and school and that's about it. Besides it's about an hour and a half drive to 2 hour drive, which means 3 or 4 hours both ways, about 20.00 in gas which (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Steven Lane
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| | | | | | | | (...) Tamyra, you are of course, completely wrong, Space is better than Castle, and Technic is superior to everything! Steve (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Mike Rayhawk
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| | | | | | (...) I got the feeling that the "Brickwarz" spelling, like "AFOLnet," was a move to avoiding stepping on anybody's copyrights. But I'm sure that it wouldn't be too hard to get usage permission from the copyright owners, for use in the comics? (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Nathan Wells
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| | | | | | | (...) Yes, but Megabloks (page 7), Playmobile (page 13), Target, K-Mart, Sears, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart (page 12), Brickfest (page 14), Cylon & Battlestar Galactica (page 17) and Jar-Jar (page 26) are copyrighted by somebody. Personally, I hope Greg (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) Names aren't covered by copyright -- that's what trademarks are for. (...) I e-mailed Jake about this, actually, and he said that AFOLnet was simply done to make the comic more generic so that interal people don't just assume that Lugnet is (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | | (...) Yeah! That's it! Oh darn, somebody else got me on using CORRECT "Battlestar Galactica" and "Jar-Jar" and so on... Uh... "Brickwarz" is a totally different, but sort of similar, game than this "Brikwars" you speak of. Okay, you got me. Not to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Mike Rayhawk
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| | | | | | | | (...) Trust me, I'm more than familiar with Lego's short deadlines for comic strip production. Especially this week! I don't think I even remember what my bed looks like. I'm so used to everybody spelling BrikWars a hundred different ways already (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) s/copyright/trademark/ (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Leonard Hoffman
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| | | | | -snip- Indeed! I am happy to see that this has been done, and would love to see it continued! oh yes, and GREG HYLAND IS THE COOLEST ARTIST EVER!! i met him at bf03, and talked with him much, and i respected him both as a fellow artist (i do (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jim Green
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| | | | | | Many, many props for the efforts to bring this into existence! It's exciting to see Greg's career grow! The comic is really, really fun... it's great poke at ourselves and it needs to be produced. However, I feel I need to build on Leonard's (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! — Jake McKee
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| | | | | | (...) Well, the idea was in the same vein as that old adage... "Those who laugh together, stay together" I figured if I could get my colleagues laughing about these issues, they would stick in their minds a little more. Greg and I also tried very (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jim Green
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, laughing does foster fondness and I genuinely applaud your efforts---the comic is good work and the folks here really are enjoying it with enthusiasm. Yet, not that I disagree with your communicated purpose or greater hope, but I feel (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! — Jake McKee
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| | | | | | (...) Laughing at and laughing with are much different things. (...) I guess, you could interpret the "AFOLnet" callout this way, but honestly, that thought had never crossed my mind until I just read it here. As mentioned elsewhere, the point of (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | | (...) I trust the guy *driving* the car. But at this point, I don't trust the guys that *own* the car as far as I can throw them. And even if the driver is listening to the passengers, the owners sure aren't. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Tim Strutt
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| | | | | (...) I don't know how humorous non-AFOL's would find it, but I was ROFLMAO!!! My favourite was the birthday gift one ("it burns ussss"), and the plural "LEGOS". I was just busting a gut. Great work guys. I love it. There were a few errors; pg.6, (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! ideas —Clark Stephens
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| | | | | (...) Jake, I like the comic. I think it is a good idea. Whilst reading it, I thought of a few more strip ideas: A AFOL meeting a family, and having more to talk about with the 8 year old kid than with the parents. Sigfigs (minifigs that look like (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Christian Treczoks
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| | | | | (...) Just quote price and availability, and bring some (enough!) to 1000steineland in Berlin. Pre-orders? Bulk-orders for user groups? (...) First of all: Great stuff. The repeats and spelling mistakes have already been mentioned, so I skip that. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | | (...) I think that leaving it "AFOLnet" for the strips is fine. I'm hoping that the printed comic won't just be the comcs, but there will be written information, including resourse information on how to find local groups and how to find on-line (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | | (...) My thinking is: might as well provide useful information in the strips themselves. (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.lego, Matthew Miller wrote: oups and how to find on-line plces like Lugnet. (...) We are thinking about possibly putting written related information on the same pages as the strips. -Greg (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Christian Treczoks
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| | | | | | | | | (...) If you need someone for a German translation, count me in. Yours, Christian Treczoks (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jindrich Kubec
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Count me in for Czech one (pdf only, methinks). (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) On that note... There's now a small grid of sites on the www.afolnet.com splash page, to help folks find places online. It could stand to be a little more user-friendly and also help people find theme- and location-specific sites, but it's a (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | "Todd Lehman" <tsl@tsl.bu.edu> wrote in message news:HtzIqv.1o6p@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) definitely (...) of (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Can you add ILTCO? (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) I checked, and someone has registered afolnet.com and .org, but the owner's name isn't shown by whois. But the date of registration is 26-Feb-2004! --Bill. (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jonathan Warrington
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| | | | | | | Based on this whois (URL) Todd Lehman is the one that registered afolnet.org Jonathan (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | | (...) I couldn't see the details for afolnet.com (whois claimed there's no record), but for the org, it seems Todd managed to grab it: Domain ID:D104031608-LROR Domain Name:AFOLNET.ORG Created On:26-Feb-2004 23:46:55 UTC ... Registrant Name:Todd (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) This strikes me as a good thing. Better that someone in the community get it and preserve it, than that it go to a porn site. (there must be some vast spider somewhere looking for mentions of URLs not yet registered and registering them and (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | | (...) Late last week I e-mailed Jake suggesting that AFOLnet.com be picked up as a site to web-publish the comic for that specific reason (didn't want to mention it until it got picked up...which it apparently has). Nothing like handing out (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) You know what would be even better yet? --> afols.com <-- It's available, and it directly matches the name of the comic. --Todd (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | (...) Looks like Todd got both of them. (20 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Tim Strutt
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | (...) I suspect AFOLnet.com was meant to LUGNET.com. Otherwise it should have been AFOL.net, right? (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | (...) Since the comics list it as AFOLnet and not AFOL.net, I suspect the intent was for the name AFOLnet.com to parallel LUGNET.com. (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Bryan Kinkel
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Paulo Caparica Junior
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| | | | | | (...) A children with a t-shirt "My dad has more LEGO than yours". Paulo (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | | Really nice! I printed a copy and put on a table in the brake room here at work, reactions will be interesting. (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Gil Shaw
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| | | | | (...) (snip) (...) This is a great segway tool Jake...if this was circulated in an effective manner and to the right audience, I think the results would be excellent for the community and the company. This new turn towards 'back to basics' and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —George Haberberger
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| | | | | (...) Thanks Jake, This brought smiles and smirks to my face, and considering I've never been to a Brickfest, and haven't seen the new grey, that's an accomplishment. Thanks, George (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Nathan Wells
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| | | | | (...) ROTFLMAO!!! It burns ussssss! Congrats on a great job! I can't wait to see the finished copy! Nathan Wells (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Dean Husby
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| | | | | (...) I love the comics. I think they are well drawn and cute. They can really help to get the point across about adults and LEGO. The megaBlXXks one was very funny. I am, however, rather offended that the artist feels it funny to joke about the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | | (...) I never made fun of people who are concerned about the colour change issue. I point out the problems, and then end it with a funny punchline that certainly doesn't mock or belittle the character who is annoyed by the colour change. I can't see (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Steve Runnels
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| | | | | | | (...) Oh, give me a break. People taking this, or for that matter ANY, issue *so* seriously is starting to make me rethink *my* wanting to be a part of this HOBBY. This HOBBY with TOYS. --SteveR (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) Well, sure -- that's exactly why it hits so hard. If something's just a "day job", and some bureaucratic change causes disruption, one can easily shrug and say, "oh well, it's not like it's anything that *matters*". But seriously disrupt (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Steve Runnels
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Marc Nelson, Jr.
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| | | | | | | (...) I was also concerned that the comic might portray our feelings about the color change in an unfavorable light. But after reading it, I was very grateful for the message that it conveyed to TLC employees: Lots of us are angry about the color (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | (...) As something that was intended primarily for an audience within The LEGO Company, I think it was entirely appropriate. There have been a lot of rabid rants on this subject, and they'll get ignored pretty quickly as soon as it's obvious what (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | | | (...) And that's exactly what makes it ripe material for a joke. Allister (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | (...) You are right. The colour change is not a joking issue. Some of the reactions to it, on the other hand, certainly are! (...) LOL. If I had a 2x4 brick for every time someone claimed to "rethink their Lego habit" (or "buy less of your product (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Dean Husby
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| | | | | | (...) It is obviously me... Sigh. I didn't 'understand' the part where these comics were for the internal employees of LEGO. That would make the colour change statements as hints that the AFOLS don't like the colour change... and that's a good (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jorge Fernandez
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| | | | | (...) These are great!!! I saw a reflection of myself, as well as many people I know in the community on this comic. The "issue" with the new gray was ver, very funny. Can't wait to see the final product, not to mention more new strips. Excellent (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Bob Parker
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| | | | | (...) LOL - very funny stuff and a lot of it hits home - a little TOO close to home actually. Is there an AFOL 12 step program somewhere? (...) Here is where I am supposed to say "Don't quit your day job." ;-) Bob (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Anne Carasik
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| | | | | | (...) Only if there are illustrated instructions showing which bricks you need for each step :) (...) I will! Jake, it's awesome. I especially love the fact you address the gray situation as well as the castle/space thingee :) I really like the MOC (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | (...) Like those Christian 'comics' with little morality plays and a sermon at the end? I don't think I'd like that. A comic should be just that - comical. The effort should be put primarily into making it funny. (...) Hey greg. You're cool. (...) I (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! — Jake McKee
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| | | | | | | (...) I think we are basically talking the same thing. I'm talking about both people who actively build, or people in their dark ages, or other potential community members. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | (...) It serves little purpose if it's just a funny joke. Comedy has been used quite effectively as a means for social, political, and religious commentary without having to get preachy about it. (...) Jake may have other ideas, but I'd define a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | | | | (...) Indeed, and that's what it's doing now. Seems to me though is that the intention is to make it more 'preachy'. (...) Exactly. This is why I'm not sure that a comic like this is a very effective 'recruiting tool' for Dark Agers. Allister (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I don't think that's where we're headed. -Greg (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | | (...) I think you're jumping to conclusions here. All we've seen so far was the version that was used for internal purposes. Significantly different audiences will need versions that are tailored to fit their needs and views. The whole greys issue (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | | | | (...) I never suggested abandoning the effort, just that perhaps a comic isn't the most effective means of doing it. And that doesn't mean the comic shouldn't exist either, just not as a propaganda tool. All this talk of 'tailoring it to different (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Bob Clough
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| | | | | | (...) My dark ages lasted 4 years, now i'm back and building :) just need my parents to find my old collection, it must have at least 2 motors in it ;) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Ley Ward
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| | | | | (...) Perhaps we could have AFOLs standing on street corners holding up copies of the comic. ;-) Peace and recruitment, Guru Baba Ding and Starflower (URL) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Ian Sly
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| | | | | (...) Jake, I consider myself a AFOL "Sleeper". Perhaps The Lego Company should concentrate their efforts in developing better designed products rather than comic books. If so you would definitely wake me up from a very long Lego snooze. Recent Lego (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Dave Lovelace
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| | | | | (...) (sneep) (...) (snoop) (...) Man, I wish I also got in on the ground floor marrying two my big interests: LEGO and cartooning...but Greg is really awesome and this project is looking fantastic! I identify with this characters very easily, and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Robin Sather
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| | | | | Jake, I think the comic is great. I had a really good laugh at a few of the strips. Even though the colour change is a bit of a stinging point with me, I found myself reacting very positively to the strips. Humour is a wonderful tool. As you (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | | (...) I want more! -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Bruce Hietbrink
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| | | | | (...) Hey Jake, I responded more to the content of the comic in a thread over on FBTB, but just to give a personal testamony, for me it was Cool LEGO Site of the Week that got me out my dark ages, just seeing all the things that AFOLs were building. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Pamela Hale
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| | | | | Thank you for providing us, the AFOL community a chance to review your internal comic. Overall, I believe that it does a good job of explaining us to its originally intended audience. One concern I do have regarding the eventual distribution to the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Greg Hyland
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| | | | | | In lugnet.lego, Pamela Hale wrote: What AFOL resources will you point them to? It (...) The content of the additional non-comic information hasn't been decided yet. But I know that I would like to see a wide range of different resourses being (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Stefan Garcia
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| | | | | This is a great series of comics!!! It takes a bit too long in the introduction of each word perhaps, but all the jokes are so spot on it's not a major issue. And it's for everyone else anyways. I was rolling reading these! And yes, I even thought (...) (20 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Lou Zucaro
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| | | | | Well I don't post (or even lurk) here all that much anymore, and I don't even know what the PDX thing was Jake wrote about, but I just looked through the PDF file and thought it was absolutely great. Nicely done, Jake! Lou Zucaro lou@pause.com (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Tara Anderson
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| | | | | Loved the comic, the expressions and everything are so real. My only comment is that there are no female lego collectors in the comic. The females are either working or being very supportive of their lego enthusiast boyfriend. Maybe the pirate (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Pamela Hale
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for pointing this out. I was too chicken. :) Pamela (20 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —MD
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| | | | | (...) Hilarious, great stuff - and it helped this recently awakened AFOL understand the scene a little better, too, which is part of your goal, right? Thanks for the peek - looking forward to more. (12 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Bill Anjo
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| | | | | Having never touched a LEGO piece before I was 35, the comic excerpts are right on - keep them coming. (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: AFOLs - The comic! —Jonathan Eric Hunter
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| | | | (...) Jake, Hi. Way to go on AFOLs - the comic! You and Greg did a tremendous job on this first edition. I just got my printed copy from an AFOL friend of mine and I laughed out loud at the turn of every page. I saw a little or A LOT of myself in (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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