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I have yet to open my presents. While I await anxiously to get my RIS (hopefully) I was wondering what Santa brought the rest of you. Todd (24 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Shopko Clearance
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Hi all, Just a note to say Merry Christmas and tell you about the Shopko clearance sale. I stopped at the Shopko in Logan where they had numerous sets marked clearance ...and... marked down about 50%. I bought the last Coastwatch boat set for my (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Target sale, New Star Wars and More (UT and TX)
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As you have probably already seen from other posts today, Target has placed many sets on sale for around 40% off. Here are some example sets I picked up tonight and their sale prices. The big catch here is that I am in Dallas for the moment. I am (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | only a northern wafol (Re: January get-together)
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(...) being in clinton, i'll claim this privilege for now (with apologies to george harrison for the subject title) ..joseph g (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | 2000 Lego in Utah
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Today I saw the following sets: at Orem TRU (University Parkway) 7144 - Slave I this was the only 2000 set I saw here at Zany Brainy (Murray) 6600 - Construction/Bridge set 7104 - Desert Skiff these were mixed in with the regular sets (though the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: January get-together
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(...) I get back from Texas around the 9th. After that, any day is good but Fridays are great. (...) How far north is our north-est member? (...) Hear, hear! And drive safely, folks! (my canned holiday message :-) Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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Hey wafolies First off, check out the great holiday-seasoned picture we've got on the wafol page (thanks for that one, ashley): (URL) getting pretty close to january 2000 and i wanted to remind you all that we are planning another get-together for (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Utah: Train and cargo center sale at Zany Brainy
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Hello fellow Wafolites. Zany Brainy is having a half-price sale on the town Jr. Cargo Center and is offering $50 off the "construction" train set. Both of these sets are usually only available through S@H. Sorry, I forgot the set numbers and (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Lego Racer for Playstation available
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I finally got a copy of Lego Racer for Playstation today at the Babbages in the Layton Hills mall. I will post a review after I play it a bit. Ashley (24 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: price gouging on RIS
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It must be because he told me he had 4 of them. He should have surfed Ebay before making his purchase. : ) Todd (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: price gouging on RIS
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I wonder if this is the same guy who is trying to sell 4 RIS on ebay for $350.00? The auction listed Lehi, UT as the location. I don't know where 376 prefixes are but it does seem like an unlikely coincidence. I've always heard "buyer beware". (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | price gouging on RIS
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I noticed this ad today in the Tribune: LEGO Mindstorm Robotics invention systems. Factory sealed, un-opened. only $350. 801-376-8922. I thought surely he can't want $350 for just one when Zany Brainy had about 20 on the shelf 2 days ago for 199.00. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Have you seen 2000 Lego in Utah?
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Have any of you WAFOLites spotted any year 2000 Lego sets in Utah? I made a round of Target stores, K-B Toys, Sears yesterday and could not find anything new. Should appear any day now! Lego Racer for Playstation was allegedly released this Wed. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | ZCMI Toy Sale
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Hi All, Just a little news on the ZCMI toy liquidation. The good news is that everything is now 40% off. The bad news is that as of this morning there wasn't much left (Legos) at the two ZCMI locations I tried: Cottonwood Mall and Fashion Place (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Clearance Sale at Shopko
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Thanks for the message, Mike. My wife noticed the clearance sale at the Shopko here in Layton as well. You beat me to the post! It looks like this is a Shopko-wide clearance. Ashley (24 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Hello all (next WAFOL location)
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Welcome to WAFOL, Todd. Jeremy, Joseph and others...I am thinking our next WAFOL meeting could be in Bountiful, near or at my office. I will check into this. Joseph...great WAFOL logo! Ashley (24 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: WAFOL url (Re: WAFOL page??)
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Way to go, Joseph...the WAFOL site looks great! I am happy that we now have a place online! Ashley (24 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Clearance Sale at Shopko
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Hi Everyone, Just a note to let everyone know that at the Shopko on State Street in Murray (about 5900S) a bunch of the Legos were marked down with Clearance tags. The markdown was about 25%. The only things not marked Clearance were Rock Raiders (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Shuttles at Zainy Brainy
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To answer my own question, yes they do still have them. They are on sale until Saturday the 11th for 74.99. I have added this item to my wish list for christmas. Probably doubtful I will get it since the RIS is highest on my list. Todd (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: WAFOL url (Re: WAFOL page??)
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(...) I can modify my mailer script on my page (1) to send mail to anybody's address (2). It's not spam-proof, but it does offer one more level of confusion for spambots. Cheers, - jsproat 1. (URL) Well, anybody's address who we approve of. I'd (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Shuttles at Zainy Brainy
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Do they still have the Shuttles on sale? wasn't it 79.99? Todd (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | WAFOL url (Re: WAFOL page??)
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(...) here's the page for now: (URL) don't know that we want to announce it to the world until we have a permanent address for it. also, i'm only including my e-mail address on the page so nobody else has to worry about spamalization. any (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: WAFOL page??
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where can we see this page? (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Hello all
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Nice, depending on the date, I will try to be there (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: WAFOL page??
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(...) That'd be cool. Can you start out with the Geocities space you're using now? BTW -- the logo you came up with, IMO, can't be topped. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Hello all
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(...) Awesome! The WAFOLites are going to meet sometime in January, probably somewhere near Ogden or Kaysville, maybe somewhere Salt-Lake-ish, somewhere. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Thanks, Ashley (Re: Toy clearance at ZCMI)
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(...) Hear, hear! I'm in the same boat as Joseph, sadly, but there are others out there who probably can (and have) taken full advantage of it! :-, Thanks, Ashley. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | WAFOL page??
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hey people do we have plans to make an official WAFOL page soon? i still have the ugly GULL page somewhere but would really like to start on the real thing. if it looks like it may take awhile i'll get to spiffing up the GULL page until we can do (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Thanks, Ashley (Re: Toy clearance at ZCMI)
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I just wanted to say thanks to Ashley for letting us know about sales and such in Utah. I'm in no financial position to take advantage of the ZCMI thing right now but I really appreciate hearing about this stuff! ..joseph g (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Hello all
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West Jordan (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) Hello, and welcome! There's not many of us in Utah, but our ranks continue to grow. :-, Whereabouts in Utah do you reside, Todd? Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Hello all
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After many years of being away, I am about to jump back into Lego. Back when I was a boy, they called them Expert Builder. Now I am considerably older (28) and if I don't get the RIS for christmas, I am going to go charge the dang thing. Just wanted (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Toy clearance at ZCMI
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In the event you were unaware, ZCMI is closing out all toys at 30% off or more due to the takeover by the May Company. There are some great deals on Duplo, Western and Aquanauts themes if any of you WAFOLITES are interested. The sale consists of 30% (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Throwbots 8 pack at Sam's Club
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While out shopping today I noticed that the Sam's Club in Layton had a Throwbot 8-pack superset for around $35. The set looks pre-packed by Lego and the outside of the package depicts the two "superbots" that can be built from the two sets of four (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Mindstorms robot demo. arm at Media Play
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The Media Play on Redwood road (Murray, UT) has an interactive Mindstorms display that I have never seen before. The display is essentially the robot arm/hand that is depicted on the back of the Mindstorms box. The display has been produced by Lego (...) (25 years ago, 28-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Lego (DK) Animals and Figures Books (semi-review)
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(...) The soccer ball piece is part of the standard line for 2000. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Lego (DK) Animals and Figures Books (semi-review)
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I purchased the Lego Animals and Lego Figures books tonight at the Media Play in Ogden. Both books cost less than $10 total with tax. Both books look great but are certainly geared to a younger crowd. My first impression of the two books is that the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders, Racers etc. bonus sets
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(...) This seems to be a Kmart only promotion that started about a month ago. Evidently Kmarts were sent the bonus sets and the employees unsealed the computer game boxes, inserted the lego set and then resealed the boxes. At the Kmart I checked (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Rock Raiders, Racers etc. bonus sets
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Yesterday (Nov.24th,'99) I noticed that Rock Raiders, Lego Friends and Lego Racer are shipping with an unknown mini set. I do not know what the bonus sets are. Prior to this week, I had not seen any bonus items included with these titles. I noticed (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: More Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy
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(...) We have watches $19.99, and Technic shuttle sets $89.99 at the LEGO Outlet in Potomac Mills. Give me a call if you need one. We will start out charge send sales next week. 703-490-1335 Buffie LEGO Outlet Manager (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | More Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy
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I stopped by Zany Brainy again today and counted 26 Technic shuttles on hand. Still no Lego watches or the cargo set. They are now sold out of the creator board game. Ashley (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | CFD: Subgroups for lugnet.org.us & lugnet.trains.org
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Watching the recent discussions in lugnet.org and lugnet.org.us has been a lot of fun. The groups are serving their purpose well as venues for sharing ideas on formation and nurturing of regional user groups/clubs. But I think there is still much (...) (25 years ago, 23-Nov-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Model Team 5561"Baja Buggy" in Utah ($39.99)
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Hello fellow WAFOLites. As of this weekend, 11/20/99, the K-B Toy store at the mall near the E-Center has two remaining Model Team 5561 sets for $39.99 each. This is allegedly half price. I do not know the official name of the set but it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Welcome, Mike, to WAFOL
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(...) ..... Hello and welcome aboard, Mike. You have stepped into a friendly Utah Lego group known as WAFOL:Wasatch area fans of Lego. We are a relatively small group at present, but we hope to grow in size and power. With your revelation of living (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Welcome to Mike Q (Re: Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy)
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(...) Hey Mike, welcome aboard! It's always great to hear about another adult fan of lego living in the wasatch area. We are in the process of organizing our own Wasatch Area Fans Of Lego club. We already met once in October: (URL) we're planning on (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy (Utah)
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Hi, Since this is my first post to a Lugnet group, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Mike Quesnell. I live in the Salt Lake valley. I'm just rediscovering Legos with my sons, ages 4 and 1.5. Mostly I build things and my four year old modifies (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Best place to buy Lego's in Utah (was Technic Shuttles)
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(...) I agree that Zany Brainy is the best national chain store for the widest selection of Lego products, however, their overall pricing scheme is too strict for me. In addition to the usual sets, Zany Brainy seems to have quite a few items that I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy (Utah)
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okay, i'm in shock. when did utah get a zany brainy? i thought it was one of those chains that they only had back east. do they have a large selection of stuff like tru does? are there others besides this one in ft union? where exactly is the one in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy (Utah)
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I've recently come to the conclusion that Zany Brainy is by far the best national chain store for LEGO products. A couply years ago TRU had a better selection, but not anymore. Plus, they keep getting the big recently discontinued sets. Bonus: I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us)
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| | Lego at Media Play? (Was: Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy (Utah))
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(...) You can get Lego at Media Play? The most I've seen there is the Mindstorms stuff. Though I haven't looked often lately -- their selection of computer books leaves a lot to be desired... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Technic Shuttles at Zany Brainy (Utah)
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Hello fellow WAFOL-ITES. I was at Zany Brainy (Ft. Union area) this weekend and noticed they had at least two Technic Space Shuttles for sale. They also mentioned they would be receiving Lego watches and the (Shop at Home)Town Jr. cargo center very (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Ah, well, I'm guessing apartment, but it all depends on if I can even afford it, my dad says it'll cost, what was it, something disgusting like 1300 a month for a 500/mo apartment plus living expenses, I think he's out of his mind, but oh (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | It's WAFOL! (Was: More Utah Legomaniacs group name voting)
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(...) Looks like we have a unanimous vote for WAFOL. (...) I think that'd be cool. I've been doing some research on the woed, but the most I've been able to come up with is that it's the mountain range along the east side of the Great Salt Lake, and (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Heretic! :-, (...) What kind of factors would affect your decision? i.e. Would you rathe rlive in an apartment in the Houston area instead of the SLC area? I've always kinda liked Austin myself, I might eventually retire near there and work (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | More Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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I vote for WAFOL as well. My absolute favorite is SLLUG but if you folks think it's difficult to use because the "Linuxers" have the .org version, ok. I decided NUTLUG was,...well, too nutty. Do we have a majority now? On our website we will need to (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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(...) I prolly don't count (see my last post in the nominations thread) but I like Waffle...I mean WAFOL ^_^ Kya (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) I'm currently in the Houston area (after leaving the SLC area), and I don't think the world revolves around Houston. I can't say I'd be horribly bothered if a hurricane took the Houston area off the face of the planet, along with another city (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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(...) I vote for WAFOL. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Galveston, TX was the biggie for me. But then, everyone in the Houston area thinks the world revolves around Houston... :-P Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Hm, what areas are known as "the Bay Area"? I've only ever associated it with the SF area, and I've only lived on the East coast. (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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(...) I vote for WAFOL (Wasatch Area Fans of Lego) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Utah Legomaniacs group name voting
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Hey Utah Legomaniacs, Let's cast a vote! The following names were nominated and seconded: NUTLUG (Northern Utah Lego Users Group) WAFOL (Wasatch Area Fans of Lego) NUTLUG (Northern Utah Lego Users Group) I suggest voting end by Thursday night. I'll (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) Then maybe it's time to fix that, neh? :-, I had no idea what "Bay Area" was until I came to the States...then I discovered it referred to the San Francisco Bay area...then I discovered it really depended upon which bay you were closest to. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) I'll second this one. Matthew Miller makes a good point about Wasatch not being a term that outside visitors would recognize. Plus GULL makes for a cute inside joke, though I don't usually go for that kind of thing(1). PLEASE let's vote on (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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(...) As an outsider, I'd recommend against this one -- Wasatch doesn't mean anything to me, and if I had to guess, I'd probably think "some strange and fabled mountain creature related to the Yeti" before I'd think "somewhere in Utah". That may not (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Utah Legomaniacs group name nominations
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Hey Utah Legomaniacs, Here's a list of nominations so far on what to call ourselves. If you want more into the mix, please reply to this message. Let's cast votes on, say, sometime Wednesday? From Ashley Glennon: NUTLUG (Northern Utah Lego Users (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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<380F62B0.82E1709D@io.com> <slrn80uv5v.k7v.matt...ia.bu.edu> <FK6rK1.6Fx@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) LOL And I'm allergic to nuts! I love it. :-, We really need to start casting (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Nutlug? Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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I checked and Nutlug.org, .net and .com are still available. My worldwide google search failed twice (timed out). Ashley (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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I've been thinking over the weekend about a name for our Utah group. How about... NUTLUG (Northern Utah Lego Users Group) I realized that all of us are actually in the Northern half of Utah...even those of you in Orem/Provo etc. Nutlug is now my (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) Looks like Indonesian to me... (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) What about Greater Utah LEGO Admirers Group? <grin, duck and run> James (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) I agree. Ambiguity is a killer. (...) Or GULAG -- seriously, this represents the LEGO market in the area... (...) I did a Google search on this word, and only one instance showed up -- in some kinda Indonesian news page. I couldn't figure out (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) Their name probably doesn't, unless Linux and LEGO somehow have some major kind of overlap someday, and it all gets confusing... But what would prevent it, if anything, is that they already have the SLLUG.ORG domain. (...) SLLUG.COM and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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I (Ashley) previously wrote... (...) I just checked and found that SLLUG.org is up on the WWW but SLLUG.com is not. Oh well. Probably too close to hassle with. Ashley (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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It's a bummer that SLLUG is already taken. Do the Linux folks already have a site up? Does their name prevent us from using that name? Is SLLUG or SLLUGNET.com taken? Here's some more name options: How about SLLUF (Salt Lake Lego User Forum)? SLAB (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) Put the screeching brakes on this puppy. SLLUG is claimed by the Salt Lake Linux Users Group. And I already knew that. >:-P Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) I'll nominate: WAFOL - Wasatch Area Fans of Lego (how's that for original?) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) So let's do a formal vote. I recommend we nominate 3 names each today, collate them tomorrow, cast votes on Friday. I nominate: SLLUG - Salt Lake Lego Users Group WAFOL - Wasatch Area Fans Of Lego GULL - Greater Utah List of Legomaniacs (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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Hi guys. I've seen the discussion going on for a bit here and I sense that it could go on longer still, so let me put my vote in for WAFOL (or even Wasatch Area Fans and Friends of Lego Entertainment). I'd really like to get the name nailed down (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) The point was brought up elsewhere that SLLUGNET is too close to LUGNET by name, without any of the official affiliations (1) -- a potential trademark dilution problem for LUGNET. Cheers, - jsproat 1. "official affiliations" -- say that 10 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Eric Kingsley writes: In response to the name proposal for SLLUG or SLUGGNET ...it would be nice to have some uniformity (Makes us look all the more organized which can't hurt). ...it may actually help us as a larger LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Well again my 2 cents... Just to be anti-uniform for anti-uniformity's sake is not allways the way to go in my opinion. I am not suggesting some sort of Facist or Socialist standard that we all must follow and then Salute to the LEGO flag of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Ahhhh, I like SLLUG! And next to a lake absolutely *filled* with salt... :-, SLLUGNET is really cool too. (...) Well, I don't speak for the others, but I'm decidedly anti-uniform. I'm not against the idea of calling ourselves a "LUG", but (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Congrats on a great meeting and what appears to be another strong LEGO group. If I may throw in my 2 cents worth here as far as a name goes. There are currently 3 general LEGO User Groups or "LUG's" in existance (BayLUG, NELUG, and GMLUG) and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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Here are some more proposed names for our nameless Lego group: UTACS--Utah tube and clutch society SLLUG--Salt Lake Lego Users Group ("SLUG") DBUG--Deseret Brick Users Group ULUG--Utah Lego Users Group ULEC--Utah Lego Enthusiasts Club ULC--Utah Lego (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Utah Get Together Report
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On Friday, Oct. 15th, the first Utah Lego get together was hosted by the Sproat family in Orem, UT. Here's a report from the fun event: In attendance: Barbara and Jeremy Sproat, Ashley Glennon, Joseph and Elizabeth Gonzales, Brian Hacking, Jason (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah get together? Excellent!
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(...) --snip-- (...) D00000D!! please bring the slides..it'll be the closest i ever get to seeing a grand opening!! (...) cool, cool. bring your stuff! ..joseph g (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Utah get together? Excellent!
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Jeremy... The idea of a Utah get together sounds great. Count me in. Based on your message string, I really like the name: WAFOL. Are there any other AFOLs other than you, me and Joseph around here? If you would like, I can bring my slide projector (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) I'd guess a group from up north would be MTULUG (Mich. Tech. Univ. LUG) or UPLUG (Upper Penninsula LUG). I suppose Camp Northern could have a group, but they'd be NMULUG. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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(...) I guess it's because I'd never heard of the Univ. of Maryland before, but I've heard of Upper Michigan before. Anyway, the Univ. of Maryland seems like such a tiny area for such a short two-letter prefix. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) University for Goyem? hmmm.... I live in Orem. Pretty nice town, actually. Lindon is just north of us; I could bring up a bunch'a almost-rivalry talk, but I'll save that for Provo. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) So the mountain can say "UGOY"? Why? Steve (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Utah Legomaniac Group Name Ideas
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GULP - Greater Utah Lego People GULF - Greater Utah Lego Fans GULAG - Greater Utah Lego Admirers Group KEWL - Kollectors and Enthusiasts of Wasatch Lego DROLL - Deseret Region Online Lego Lovers WFLUG - Wasatch Front Lego Users Group WALUG - Wasatch (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) Hey! No ice cream for you! :-, Well, okay, here's a scoop... Northern Utah is very mountainous, and the cities all sit in narrow valleys. I don't understand why, but the schools here like putting their letter on the side of a mountain. Kinda (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) The Wasatch Front is the Rocky Mountain range that runs along the eastern side of Salt Lake Valley. It's pretty much a Utah thing. :-, (...) Not sure. Everyone I've ever met here is pretty much a Win32 bigot. >:-P Linux.org (1) offers these (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: This guy is looking to rent LEGO sculptures
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(...) It sounds like this guy wants the LEGO equivalent of ice sculpture. I'm not sure I've seen anything on that scale in the area except for the travelling LEGO contests... He could probably get some results calling LEGO CA, possibly even Legoland (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) Is the "Upper Michigan Linux Users Group" a major force in Linux, or was there some other reason you were surprised? Steve (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) Howabout: UGLY - Utah's Gallant Lego Yearners Sorry, couldn't resist! (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | This guy is looking to rent LEGO sculptures
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In a message dated 09/30/1999 8:08:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, information@mklpr.com (...) Can anyone help him out? (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) (curiousity! :) What exactly is "Wasatch"? Is it a part of Utah, or does it go beyond Utah? What do the Linux LUGs in Utah call themselves? I'd see WA, by the way, and immediately think Washington (as in state and apples), but maybe that's (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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