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(...) Also on CNN. I read it from RTL. (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Gary Istok (<38970C78.16DEDF06@umich.edu>) wrote at 16:40:25 (...) Aha! So you haven't been an *A*FOL since 1960 :-) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What's stopping me from flying there is: a. I'm in school. b. It costs a lot. c. I'm going anyway in the summer so I'm trying to be patient about it - though sometimes it seems to far away. The shipping is also a problem for two reasons: I've (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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(...) Today on the Rush Limbaugh Program Rush was talking about the above issue. Of corse Rush was disgusted that they were using Lego as a college entry exam. Details about the exam- Students are given a box of Lego. Then they are shown a Lego (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tom's Sets/Parts Wanted/For Trade page (Shell sets included!)
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(URL) I have added the 1252-1256 Shell sets to my Trade section, but am ONLY trading them for sets with garage doors, as noted on the page. I will not sell these sets (except for the ones going on Ebay, of course), I am only offering them as trades (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 1977- Does lego wrap its box with clear plastic?
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(...) Johan, as others have already said, yes they did use shrink wrap. I purchased some of the London Bus sets (#760) from 1975-76, and they were sealed in plastic. Gary Istok (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | WTT: 4537 (Twin Tank Transport) for 4543 (Flatbed)
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I'll trade 3 MISB 4537s for 2 4543s. I'd prefer the 4543s also be MISB, but "really good shape" used is fine too. I don't have to have boxes/instructions for both 4543s, though one box and instruction sheet would be nice. I'll also consider trading (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Ouch! I bruised my jaw on my desk! What a wonderful microfig scale ship! I must link to this site. Pat J I'm putting the finishing touches on a ship that has a similar overall design. I'll post soon. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | FS: McDonald's set #6, $1 each plus shipping (GREEN plates/slopes)
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I have quite a few #6 McDonald's Happy Meal sets for sale. They contain: 2 2x6 GREEN plates 2 2x3 GREEN low slopes 2 1x8 red plates 1 1x6 red plate 1 2x6 yellow brick 2 2x2 yellow bricks 1 2x2 red brick 1 2x3 inv yellow slope 1 2x3 smooth green low (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: [PDF] step-by-step Grabber Arm instructions from legomindstorms.com
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FYI... Get rid of the ending slash on the last URL to get there. It should just be: (...) Jim West NIC Team Lead NIC Oracle Developer and DBA in Training NIC Chief Cook and Bottle Washer MCI Worldcom (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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< cross posted to off-topic-debate > Rich, (...) Hmm... Being a Rush fan and a definite AFOL, I can see the logic of his thinking. Testing people on the ability to build anything, regardless of how good they might be, is a strange way of testing (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Informal WB Store Survey
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I ordered 30 8445s on th 29th and 30th, after they were relisted on the site on the 29th. Anyone want to guess what happened to the orders? That's right, CANCELLED. And talking to the Catalog order folks, you can't talk to the web folks, you can (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Wow. Castle was good!
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I only had classic space (pre-Blacktron) and freestyle when I was a kid, so I never really knew what the castle series used to be like. I've come out of my dark ages tuned into castle in a big way (1). I've been collecting a lot of clearance Ninja, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Just a quickie - plans to borrow a 'proper' digital camera have fallen through, so I was wondering if cheap web-cams (less than $100) have good enough quality for taking LEGO pictures? Some of the ones in my price-range are max resolution of (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle
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In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: (with various others, but the attribs get confusing) (...) could (...) (or (...) in (...) ships (...) impossible (...) I (...) Are you refering to congreaves (which is what this is primarily about) (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Pause clarification (?) -7171 Mos Espa Podrace
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(...) Even though Gasgano has two legs too few, I was at least happy to see that he was built (i.e. not molded in one piece like Sebulba). As a side, about whiffle balls. Not only are they supposed to hurt less if one were to be hit by them (both (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Extraordinary style + details in a spaceship
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"I wonder if he'll accept cash or check?" Man! those have got to be some of the best models I have seen. I swear, that Loader Mech has got to be the best mech models I have ever seen and the spaceships, especially that micro-fig dropship with the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: 9v train idea book: I might be making one, anyone interested?
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes: <some snipping> (...) Well, send me some of your models, John, I'd be happy to fondl- er, digitize them for you. :) Always ready to help out a poor downtrodden Mac user ;) K.M. p.s. Intel's can L-Draw, norny norny (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: questions
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(...) take a gander at this (long, wrapped) URL. Near the top of the map there should be an orange box with '1' inside it - that's pretty close. (URL) (who lives somewhere in the lower left-hand quarter of that map) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Half price 8448 from Argos
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(...) And? :-) That's never stopped them before. Have you ever believed the UK catalogue? Just because it's in the catalogue doesn't mean it's current stock - one of the reasons why Argos are getting rid of them - I know that shops can't order any (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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