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< cross posted to Dear-LEGO > Dear Brad, (...) is (...) Well, if it is fake or not, it sure has attracted many people, and I hope TLC sees this. This is what we would really like to see in train sets. Sets like these have the possibilities and parts (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) is (...) In my opinion, yes. In 1981, I eleven years old on a Europe trip with my family. We were in Germany, soon to travel to Denmark to visit LEGOLAND, Billund. In Germany, my family went to a toy shop where I saw the 7820 red Mail Waggon. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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Som jag sade för månader sedan, så finns det en del svenskar på Lugnet som inte hittat till loc.se. På .robotics hittade jag idag en länk till en ny svensk lego-sida, lego.arnesson.nu. Den handlar om Mindstorms och är väldigt intressant. Märkligt (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) It's also a promotion for the Verkhers- und Technikmuseum in Berlin (if it is real, that is). There is a reference to a contest on the first scan. It should be easy to ask either of them to verify if it is real. Of course, if this is still a (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Could this in itself be a problem that Lego wouldnt not want to encourage? i.e the sets are too German. By that I mean too localised (nothing specific against the Germans I would like to point out). If lego want to sell sets on the world stage (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) and I set the FUT there too. (...) Indeed. These sets get a number of things right: More subdued colors (lots of dark grey, brown, tan and green), more realism, less juniorization, additional options for power, more use of train windows, and (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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Well, to answer my own question, I looked at ebay auctions where folks were selling lego "by the pound" and adding the pieces. One pound is somewhere between 200 to 300 pieces (with an obvious variation between one by one rounds and small (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm curious about clearance issues with the automated points. Would the undercarriage of "normal" train cars strike against the dark gray block if going through the curvey-curve section of the points? later, James Mathis (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) AND, we'll spend a *LOT* of money on new LEGO Train sets... If these sets are real, I'm thinking I need multiple copies of each of them - and I'm sure the rest of the GMLTC thinks the same way! (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That sounds great. I just got the first Lego creator and I'm somewhat disappointed with the inability to turn bricks at certain axis and controlling the minifig through the environment. BTW, has anyone figured out how to pilot a flying vehicle (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-00, to lugnet.games.lego.creator, lugnet.general)
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