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Hi there, Can someone please tell me what 'BURPS' are? I see this term used a lot on Lugnet and don't have the foggiest what it means! Sorry if this is not the newsgroup to post to, but I figure I'll get a quick answer judging by the traffic I've (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?
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(...) Big Ugly Rock Pieces... as in those grey and dark grey blocks which have a rocky shape, are about 3x8x6 or bigger, used in the western sets mainly. (...) Yeah, took me a while as well. Likewise with AFOL, CRAPP, even LUGNet itself! (...) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?
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(...) MIB=Mint In Box MISB=Mint In Sealed Box Neither refers to the actual condition of the box... other than the fact that it is/is not sealed. Most people will mean that a set is complete and with instruction when it is described as MIB... but be (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | BURP trivia (was Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?)
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(...) BURPs = Big Ugly Rock Pieces "BURP" is the most amazingly successful acronym coinage I've seen come from rec.toys.lego. Trivia question - who first coined the term BURPs for the Big Ugly Rock Piece elements? Answer: r.t.l user Mark Hornblower, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) What is beetling? to travel in a VW?? :-) To hunker down inside one's carapace and plod? Scott: MISB does not imply complete. It implies that you take the risk, (very very slight) that the factory inadvertantly omitted a piece, because the box (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | LEGO Acronyms (Was: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?)
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(...) looks like it's time to drag out the Acronyms page again.. come one, come all.. (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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