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(...) Christopher Lindsey said earlier today that he had "just created a throw-away account"[1] using a free email address and that the registration page at eBay said you don't need a credit card. Are there two types of eBay accounts?? --Todd [1] (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Is 8479 Barcode Multi Set worth buying?
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I'm a fan of the 8479. The code pilot is just a smarter-than-average battery box, but the set itself has lots of good parts, lots of gears, lots of green beams, plates and angle pieces, plus green cross axles! The truck itself is cool and works (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi Brad! I've commented about these once, but only briefly and in private, so I'll do it again. I think your use of BV pieces in deco are ingenious, and that they fit in well with the town even though they are not m-f scale; because you make it (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38DACFD8.1F4C8F79@m...ne.net>... (...) interested... it (...) found a (...) a bit (...) problem? (...) fantasy (...) pack (...) the (...) I think there's also at least one timelosers sets with it (a quick look at my (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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I was at TCS last week, and, unless they had a secret stash of them somewhere, there were no Tow Trucks. To tell you the truth, the Technic selection was a little disappointing; no sets that you can't find at the usual department or toy stores, (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Sun Yun wrote in message ... (...) there. (...) That's the next thing I need to count. I've recently counted my pirate theme minifigs (over 1200). I'm probably over 500 castle theme minifigs. Frank (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Would you please give details regarding Germany. I'm trying to complete a transaction and the seller would like an IMO. I've checked with a bunch of banks but they don't sell IMOs. I had another deal with a different seller in Germany who (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.services)
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The Cutie Store is cute! I noticed it the last time you posted a message about your town-- back then it wasn't totally visible and I wished you'd had a view of the whole thing, so this is great! If my memory serves me it has been modified. Good use (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville)
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrwnoL.Fyu@lugnet.com... (...) am... (...) word to (...) here. (...) when (...) that (...) and (...) it's (...) because (...) say (...) english (...) Shiri, you just moved this Sept.? You are (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
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(...) ^^^^^ Hehe, I like that... haven't heard that one before. Now, please be honest with my here. I was unfortunate (fortunate?) enough to not have enough cash and lego accessability while the time cruisers sets were out. I don't have ONE Timmy or (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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(...) Hmm, interesting. They were claiming you needed to use a credit card now. So much for that... They are seriously getting to the point of needing a good kick in the pants. They really aren't very friendly (though more friendly to sellers, so (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
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Shiri, Well, I think the Time Cruisers series were a real waste of plastic, talent, and manufacturing time. It seems that they had bunches of spare parts laying around, so they thought, hey, let's make some models out of it! The sets contain some (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, I did live here when I was 3-6. So it's not like it's all new to me. Still rough at times, though. (...) I'll quote my math teacher on his favorite line: "Thinking is *HARD*!" (...) But thinking in two languages is so much harder than (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Thanks Shiri, I've thought about trying to tie them (the big pink pointed pieces) into a castle somehow, but this would be even more challenging than a town building. Interestingly enough, I found a famouse rococo-styled building whose facade (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.build.arch)
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| | My first NQC
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I just have to share - I know it's very basic, but it's my first program with NQC! and it's even cooler, since I can now use my 486 to program the RCX, and don't need to steal computer time from my wife's Windows :P I just wrote a little prog to run (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Some years ago I walked in to an engineering building at MIT and summoned up the nerve to ask some professors what they were working on. They had been meeting in an open central area before splitting up to their offices. To my amazement, the first (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) heheh... when I moved to Boston, started taking math at BHS, and in the first test I got a 10 (out of 100). Definitely didn't make a good impression on my teacher. It took two months before I finally caught up with the terminology... :/ After (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.il)
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Thanks! Yes, before, it was a dinky 2-story structure. There is an interesting story about the start of the cutie store. I didn't used to like Belville, but my fiancee (NLF unfortunately) insisted on getting some because she thought it would make a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Time cruisers or Time losers? (was:Re: Pirate/castle helmet...)
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I have a feeling that your message will get about a zillion responses, but we'll see. I actually bought up several time cruisers set on sale laster year from LEGO shop-at-home (for about 1/2 price). I was primarily interested in aquiring a few rare (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How are these promotional sets made?
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(...) Notice how all these companies have a going concern to promote... that's what puts the pro in "promotional". I think Lego is going to be looking for well- known names that together enhance both brands. Maybe you should start selling cement or (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.promo)
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