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(...) Weird, I didn't know eBay accomodated bid retractions on closed auctions. Seems kind of futile to put in a bid retraction _after_ you've entered a binding contract to buy the item. -Adam (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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(...) My idea was to make the person type in their bid again if it is some multiple (like 10x) above the current bid, not just click an OK button, though even just putting an EXTRA "are you sure" screen, with a differently arranged button, would (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Minifig What scale are they??
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(...) Well, my standard for minifigs is 7mm = 1 minifig foot. This is based off of the fact that minifigs are typically about 42mm tall (you can adjust that with backpacks and hats), which should be roughly 6 feet. This translates roughly into a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Isn't it true that they were originally used as babies in sets with larger 'figs? eric (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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(...) A reason to always pay attention to your auctions, and look at the bidding history if the auction jumps a lot in the last moments. If I'm eagle eying an auction, I'll even capture the current bidders just before the last moment, and then (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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(...) I think Ben was talking about an auction which hadn't ended. If the auction has ended, the runner up bidders have no obligation, but the seller is permitted to offer the rejected item to them. (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | in DC 7 - 12 April
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Although I will be terribly busy supporting setup of a show over the weekend I'm hoping that Tuesday 11 April will be a slack evening. Any chance for a get together? Nobody in Florida wanted to get together so I'm kinda wondering if I have bad (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: New LEGO train realism?
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In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes: <snip> (...) <snip> DVD vs. DIVX was not about 'standards', it was about profits. CC bought the sales pitch from the lawyers that they would make more money on DIVX than they could on DVD. DIVX players could (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yep! Just check out: (URL) the parents' heads are still too big anyway :) DaveE (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: In town, any chance for a get together
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I'm still here in Boca Raton (WPB/FLL area) this week, next week and most of the week after next. In fact I am staying over the weekend to go to a wedding 31 Mar- 2 Apr. Any interest on anyone's part for a get together? Tampa is a bit far off, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.fl)
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| | lego in the toy hall of fame
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I looked around to see if anyone had posted about this yet, but it seems that in 1998 Lego was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame.... (URL) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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(...) Okay, I was wondering when and why the subject got changed to closed auctions, since bid retractions can have no effect on them. Thanks Frank. -Adam (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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OMG...Was this the first Lego Ikea set? lol (...) bodies... (...) * (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New LEGO train realism?
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(...) Again: Trailer is 76 inches wide. Trailer door is 72 inches wide. Between the wheelwells trailer is around 74 inches wide. We need to be able to get the racks into the trailer, and rotate them so they fit in 'cross ways'. This also gives us a (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) If you're a plywood club, you definitely should go with the PNLTC "standard" (there is more than one) given your geographic proximity. ++Lar (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: lego in the toy hall of fame
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Also, Ole Kirk Christiansen was inducted into the Toy Industry Hall of Fame in 1989: (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Legomodular standards
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(...) (broken out for emphasis) (...) Whew... Fortunately, that's not what's being advocated. Track spacing and height need not be the same for all modules. Only for a few. And you've already said you're picking a standard size in the length/width (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) (A quick peek behind the scenes at TLC design department... "OMG, he's figured it out! Quick let's leave work early before someone notices this post and we actually have to create something non-juniorized to the correct scale...") I've just (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Dear all, I'm impressed by the big amount of posts concerning module standards! And all this just because I started a little question in the beginning of this thread.... But to define standards seems to be a serious problem of all train clubs and I (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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(...) That sounds fair to me! I wouldn't want to have proxy-bid $300 and then gone away on a trip and had my proxy bid lowered to $200 because someone reneged on their $250 bid, and then lose out if someone else bids $250 again. (Or would the $300 (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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