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(URL) of item: Lego 6274 Hull pieces, sails and instructions Thanks for looking Peter D. Simpson sterling@interalpha.co.uk (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Greetings! (Neophite alert!)
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Hi. The group hasn't met lately ( actually I think some people met in May). I'm planing to go to the All star game, or at least walk around and see the truck. By the way I talked to the Lego rep today and she said that the Truck will also be at the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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"Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:FxnIvM.5An@lugnet.com... [snipped a little] (...) Maybe it's local or maybe Europe has a longer LEGO tradition, but here in the Netherlands I feel that 'LEGO' is concidered the best (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New website layout, what you think?
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I like it, i like it! I have a sugestion though, on the edges of most of the images on the left are a little choppy on the edges where the lego meatss the black background. I was thinking a little use of the blur tool in photoshop or PSP would fix (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Greetings! (Neophite alert!)
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(...) Cleveland, (...) one (...) To be more precise, the event is Saturday the 15th. And Joel, if you intend to make plans to attend, please let me know - I need a ride to Cleveland for the event, as it will be another two years before I can legally (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: WWII mini-figs and indiana jones
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I can't see how the Adventurers could be a rip off of the mummy since the first adventurers sets were release in July of 1998, and the Mummy was released In May of 1999. That would be some good trick eh el guapo! Jon (...) back (...) looks (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Oppenheimer pushing Fright Knights?
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I believe I heard about this awhile ago...but while watching MSNBC, CNBC, and CNN today,I saw an advertisement for Oppenheimer funds that is filmed in B+W featuring the 6097 Fright Knight Castle. It shows 2 children playing w/ the Castle and (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New website layout, what you think?
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(...) Cool! (...) Well to be honest, I'm running through a T1 line, so I'm not an effective judge of download times. Perhaps when I get my 33.6 hooked up at home again... Personally, I don't mind waiting for a 83K page over the modem. (In fact, I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Discussion of soccer sets
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(...) :) Wow. I've just got one set of grandstands and the field (and the America's Bus). And yes I was evil and appllied the stickers (for autenticity), of course I scanned the sheets first... and I need to get the black bus for a German team. :) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: historical gap for themes
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Tim <timothyj10@juno.com> wrote in message news:Fx6v3B.1xr@lugnet.com... (...) brick (...) loved it, especially the cool large tractor wheels and the clear pieces used to make the ice house. Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 6097 Nigth Lords Castle Surprise of the day *AGAIN* 7/7/00
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I received my 6097 from KBK today. The packing slip didn't show any financials so I checked my order at their site. I received the $10 discount even though my total was less than the required $40! Subtotal: $24.99 Shipping Costs: $3.53 Tax: $0.00 (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | HELP!
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Hi all, I have been playing with LEGO for about four or five years, and have inherited my two older brothers collections over time, anyway, I don't have a collection nearly as large as most of you. I still fell like i am but a beginner in the world (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New website layout, what you think?
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comments below (...) I'd be interested in knowing this. I'm happy with anything that is 100kb or less. But I'm an ex-cable modem and new dsl person, so I'd like to hear from the normal modem users. (...) I agree here, with a fast connect/reconnect (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Tente?
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I will be in Malta soon. There is usually a load of Tente available there. ISTR someone here collects it. So, if anyone wants me to bring any back, LMK ASAP. Huw (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Sussex Minifest 19 August
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My wife is going to Malta for the month of August, so it would seem like an ideal time for hosting a minifest. So, if anyone's in the Sussex area that day you're welcome to drop in for a natter and a few beers or teas if you prefer... Place: My (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: HELP!
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(...) The studs go into the holes. :-) Just kidding. <grin> All those years of crisis counseling are gonna pay off. :-) Check out every site you can. Study and learn from others. www.brickshelf.com is an excellent place to start along with the Cool (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: HELP!
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(...) Hi Sam, One suggestion, you might want to try this in one of the theme groups or a more spacific group. Without knowing what you are into it is hard to give you hints. I probably couldn't help you with Mecha or Space but I could help with (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: problemi di scalini ? nessuno problema :-)
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(...) Il robot è molto bello. Non credo però che si riesca a montare un motore direttamente sulle ruote, anzi è sicuramente necessario ridurre i giri con qualche ingranaggio (bisogna fare qualche prova pratica). La catena potrebbe essere utile per (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: WWII mini-figs and indiana jones
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(...) I wasn't sure if it was May 1998 or May 1999. If its 1999, then I'll just give up on that theory. (...) admit (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Robohoo
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(...) Beh, certo, però l'abbiamo tenuto nascosto... :-) Ciao Giulio (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: HELP!
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(...) Ahhh.... not all of us have as big collections as it might be portrayed. Some people have massive collections, true, but many people (including lurkers, newbies AND oldtimers) are on limited budgets and/or just don't have much lego. I know my (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Another Kinght's Kingdom Set???
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(...) the (...) too (...) I already have the Night Lord's Castle (great set!), but the smaller Witch's Manor castle is nowhere to be found (I am not allowed to buy off the Internet, so please don't offer). Scary was a bad choice of words, I said I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Una curiosità sul DDK
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(...) Rimane sempre il grande dubbio: *perchè* hanno fatto solo metà testa del povero R2 ?!? Per il resto il set non è male, forse un po' troppo modello e poco robot per i miei gusti, comunque un gran bel modello. Ciao Giulio PS. Aspetto con ansia (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Another Kinght's Kingdom Set???
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(...) Strangely, calling it an outhouse makes it more desirable from my perspective- very few (if any) LEGO buildings are equiped with a toilet. (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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(...) I agree with you, but I think most parents who are ignorant of the benefits of Lego will simply buy the Hasbro set, since it is bigger (and the American attitude of bigger = better). It's up to all us AFOLs to let the people know! ;^) ~Mark (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: HELP!
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(...) more (...) i an always willing to try anything. Thanks. --sam (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Seeking Programming Assistance
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Hi, my name is Jude Tomasello. I am a US Army civilian and am currently taking a class in which we are involved in using the Lego Mindstorm as a simulation for an unmanned ground vehicle. Because of its versatility, we are using NQC instead of the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Tente?
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Huw, I have a bit of a Tente collection - I wouldn't mind a few more sets! IIRC, Carbon 60 also collects it... Jon. "Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FxnowE.CyK@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Sussex Minifest 19 August
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I'll be there! I promise _not_ to overcrowd your place with my sets and parts though ;-) Jon. "Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fxnown.D21@lugnet.com... (...) an (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New website layout, what you think?
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(...) I'm not entirely sure, though I suspect that PPP or SLIP are not optimized for a protocol like HTTP which makes many new socket connections in a short period of time. I have discovered that telnet and even FTP performace is much better than (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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Well, I'm in my teen years. Voice has gone down, growth spurts, acne (luckily I have been spared from that), the usual change. But then there is one thing that has REALLY changed. Buying Lego. I now find it very embarrassing to go to TRU and shop (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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(...) Or you could take two of those canopies and put one facing forward and another backwards creating a bubble canopie. --kyle (URL)In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Marc Cook writes: (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) Walk in with a bank card, and walk out with a cart _full_ of lego!, this tends to swing there attitudes. Here in St John's, I have several "tame" TRU employees, including the one who when TRU had a sale (4 weeks ago or so) reentered all the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP!
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(...) lego. (...) And some of us with huge collections never get around to building much because we're always at the store or sorting pieces.... I think a key thing is to decide on a theme of interest, and work for a while in that theme, buying sets (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rioting at Lego McD's.
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(...) But...who do they need military protection *from*? *Nobody* seems to have any military in modern Legoland...Is Town expecting an invasion from other themes? Do they fear the Wolfpack will travel through time to loot McDonald's? Are they (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) I'm in my teen years too. I'm only 13 though, and nobody cares if I still buy the ages 7-12. I do not shop for Technic, but I believe that these sets have a minimum suggested age and a plus sign, 8+ instead on 8-12 for example. They should be (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: check
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(...) una (...) imparare (...) In compenso ti snobbano anche se non la parli con il loro accento (vabbè, gli inglesi lo fanno, gli altri meno) quando loro non capisconu un'h in italiano e quando lo parlano sembrano tutti Stanlio e Olio. Comunque (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | NELUG Meeting Notes, Wednesday July 12, 2000
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The New England LEGO User's Group held a meeting on Wednesday July 12, 2000 at Bison County in Waltham, MA starting at 7:30p.m. and lasting until 11:00p.m. Our usual topic for conversation, the LEGO brick, was supplanted by a re- examination of the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug) !
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| | Availibility of Harry Potter LEGO
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When Harry Potter Lego arrives, will it sell out as fast as the books? Will toy departments be open at 12:01 am January 1, 2001 (or whenever), filled with Lego builders waiting to fight for the last set? What is the maximum ammount of Lego a store (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Planes & Requirements for a generic download-tool
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(...) There's a zip library at ftp.cdrom.com that is capable of extracting files (doh !) and has an example for creating a win32 program. I forgot the name but it should be very easy to find. (...) If you're going to do a win32 program then you can (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Pneumatics Teacher's Guide
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(...) There are no detailed instructions. There are some small black and white pictures of finished models. If the pictures are inlarged students may be able to see enough to build the model. The book only contains 35 pages and includes some (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) That's why I went into my dark ages... buying toys became too embarassing. Luckily it doesn't matter so much when you're older... :) I'm 22 and spend more time in toy stores now than I did when I was 8... <G> The other good thing is if I do (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) Ahhh, you are at That Awkward Age when it comes to toys. It only truly goes away when you either have children old enough for Lego, or you at least appear old enough to have children old enough for Lego. I'm a big auto racing fan and I used to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTL
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Mookie wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Next time, take along a couple of empty lego tubs (like the one that 3033 come in) to dump loose parts or set in to. - Greg (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: rehashing potential spoilers (was: Re: Harry Potter Lego Line)
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(...) In a Newsweek interview she said that she wrote them with no target audience, just writing books she liked herself. Cindy (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2001 subthemes
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So, from informtion I've collected, we could see Promotional> Movies> Harry Potter (official) ?> ?> Obelisk? (I heard that this was "known", but I know nothing about it) Pirates> Pirates/Pirates Jr. (rumoured) Town> Paradisa II (rumoured) Town> (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: Brazen it out and get Real Rude back to the cashiers. Ah, good one! (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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I went through that when I was in my later teens. I look back now and don't understand why. I vaguely recall that image seemed real important back then, and the last thing I wanted was for some cute girl to see me walking out of the toy store with a (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2001 subthemes
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(...) Where'd that info come from? 'Obelisk' is new to me. (...) This was rumored in 2000 too. Maybe... (...) As a continuation of Arctic? Perhaps. (...) Hmm, maybe. Depends on how well the Rock Raiders did. Competing miners? Maybe aliens? (...) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Something I didn't know about LEGO...
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I have a two-year-old. Up until a couple of months ago, my Lego never came out before her bedtime (Except for her Primo and now Duplo stuff). Also, all Lego is well container-ized and put away (see my Brickshelf gallery for pics). In the last few (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) Actually, I used this one just the other week. I'd been getting the Shell Lego stuff when I stopped to get gas. The teenager at the cash register (always the same one) would ask me if it was for me with just that hint of a sarcastic smile on (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2001 subthemes
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(...) I heard it when I asked before if anyone knew the 2001 themes. I was also informed about Pirate Jr. in that thread. All I can say is that it supposedly has a light/sound feature and has a bunch of monkeys around it- weird. (...) Yes, I would (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rioting at Lego McD's.
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(...) BTW, (...) we (...) See to it that you don't! Otherwise I'll have my troops hit you full in the chest with a steam from a 4 inch hose ;-) (...) Lego Beach classifies them as USAR (Urban Search And Rescue) specialists. They're the ones that (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: running the motors underwater - update
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Hi Ben It's great! It sounds like we both are using the same book... :o) I also did something similar (you can see some pics at brickshelf). When you say that you used the 4200 motor, is it the 'not geared down' motor? Are you using propellers to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: HELP!
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Frank and Shiri, make a lot of good point. Definitely start small, check out what others are build and most of all have FUN! Personally, I got back into LEGO because of Res-Q Theme, and a lot of my first creations were all closely related to Res-Q, (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rioting at Lego McD's.
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(...) Blockmen and MegaBlocks of course! They also act as the National Guard during natural disasters. (...) Lots of those... There's also the potential violence associated with hooliganism at the soccer games (football matches for the rest of you). (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand
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(...) Unfortunately the consumers don't see it that way. I have lost count of the number of times I've been standing in the Lego aisle and some parent or child says "oh... lego... that's for boys" and passes on. On average (and this says nothing (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 2001 subthemes
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(...) Dude, that was most defentily a joke. :) A reference to the movie/book "2001: A Space Odyssey," and a poke at LEGO juniorization. (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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Well I have stated that Jar-Jar works well as an Orc before. I just tried puting the old knight torso armor overlay on Jar-Jar and it doesn't hit his ears in the back. Give him a round shield with the stud or a Fright Knights bat sheild and an Axe (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Soccer buses inconsitencies
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I bougt 3411 Team Transport today at TRU (the bus with small real soccer ball), and was surprised when I got home and looked at my S@H catalog that the bus was NOT what they had listed as the "Americas Bus." The stickers were right, USA, Canada and (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2001 subthemes
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Lynch" <random@csionline.net> To: "Bradley Dale" <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca>; <lugnet.general@lugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 7:55 PM Subject: Re: 2001 subthemes (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) Sheild, (...) very (...) A better title would be "How AFOLs can make Jar Jar an Orc". LEGO would not be able to use the Jar Jar head on another figure that ain't a Gungan... Lucas wouldn't have it. I have not tried this yet, but how about the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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It was the exact same for me! I didn't want some hottie catching me with toys and thinking I was lame. Much later it occurred to me... For the girl to see me buying my toys, she'd have to be at the toy store too! Now why is SHE there... Never (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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Where are you located that you can still get the Shell sets? (...) Lego (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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(...) I only got that look once - I was still in Hong Kong at about 14 years old. From a Nestea promotion I "scratched" a 6825 and went to a store to trade it. That lady gave me a funny look, may be because I was sweating... Would have been easier (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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hmmm...mmm... Jar Jar as an orc? good idea. don't thikn it'd work for me though. I'm pretty firm on orcs being green, having much smaller ears, and not a gungan snout... i'm picky when it comesto orcs i guess.. though i think i may start using spare (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Another Kinght's Kingdom Set???
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(...) No no now be sensible!! there is no such thing as "a number 1" or a "number 2" in the world of lego. hehe (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could (help us) Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) Here (...) Is that better? This title is what I meant originally. I guess I was just too excited after making the Discovery that Knight Armor works with Jar-Jar heads. I already have a use for the Bulls as is. The silver eyes are the key to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Stronge st Brand
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(...) Remember the sexist teaser catalogue released around 1 month ago? It made a few claims about sets being for boys, and not children...Makes it hard for them to sell these to girls, when they could probably read what was written there [well, at (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | LEGO Soccer Player
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I saw today in the Other Paper that someone has built a life size replica of Brian McBride. I assume it is for the soccer tour. There was a photo of the model. Build On! John Matthews (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) How about an Oger or Goblin? (FYI the Original Orcs from Tolken's Lord of the Rings were grey. Lego's Wizzard Maejisto is a total copy of Tolken's Wizzard Gandalf.) -Lord Insanity (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Greetings! (Neophite alert!)
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Welcome Joel! There are several of us around town, some who have HUGE collections! Not me though! I build mainly Technic stuff, and am collecting lots of bricks for a town that one day I will build. Welcome to the group! John Matthews Joel Jacobsen (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: Trailers in BrikWars
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(...) First, for the truck and trailer combo, it would be easiest to count them both together as a single big vehicle. Even though the cab is the powered vehicle and the trailer is a towed object, the cab engine and control systems have to be just (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) Really? Where does it say that? I don't remember reading that. Is it in the Silmarillion? I haven't read that in a few years. I suppose it's time for a re-read. Just wondering.... ~Mark (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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(...) not (...) Why not make Tolkien hobbits too? They would be hard though at half the height of a normal human, we shouldn't use standard torsos and legs for these- any good ideas? (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: How Lego Direct could Make Jar-Jar an Orc
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Well you got a point. they were grey. based on my favorite games and stories featuring orcs i'd rather have em' green. Ogres good Idea! but i just really really despise the head on jar jar. The rest of the minifig is good in my opinion but i really (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Stronge st Brand
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(...) Teaser = fake? Sorry, I don't understand. I haven't gotten a catalogue since late January. What sets were claimed to be just for boys? (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | BBQ August 5th for 1st Anniversary
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Well seeing that we did not get to talk about much other than the one issue during the August 12th meeting I thought I would make individual posts about each major topics that had been on the agenda so we could talk about them. I will probably only (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Paradisa Castle
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Princess Storm's arch rival Princess Kayla was raised on Paradisa Isle, and has a taste for the native colour scheme. Living the life of leisure in her pastel pink-trimmed castle, Princess Kayla's wealth was completely unknown to the Dark Bulls... (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Soccer buses inconsitencies
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(...) Whatever, I just want my bus to have the Canadian stickers. 3411, blue. Got it. (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Stronge st Brand
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The catalogue was an Australian stop-gap catalogue [hence no official lego number, just a (C) lego message] to let parents and kids know there were more new sets on the way before the true second catalogue of the year is released. I've put a link to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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Not necessarily, if the toy store is in the mall... (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Greetings! (Neophite alert!)
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(...) Ah, good. Then I don't have to go to the game when all I want to see is the truck. :-) Do you know what time of day the truck will be up at Sawmill? That Sawmill TRU seems to be much better stocked than any of the other TRUs in town. I work (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: My beautiful methods of storage
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(...) can (...) So you're saying that the cracked arms/torsos on some of my older minifigs are from removing the hands/arms? I am probably the least organized person in Lego, is keep everything in a huge plastic tub, mini-figs ranging in stages of (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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I have wanted to talk about this at a more detailed level for a while now but until our next meeting or the BBQ, whichever comes first, I thought I would give everyone something to think about. As many of you know the Greenberg folks have placed an (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Stronge st Brand
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Error 404- File not Found! The text you gave me is really strangely worded, sonds like they are really trying to make it clear that this stuff is for boys. What is stop-gap, and is it an official catalogue or not? (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: My beautiful methods of storage
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(...) As I break down sets, usually the minifigs get sorted as torso+arms+head and legs+hips. I only remove arms from torsos, and legs from hips when I am in the process of customizing. When I wash LEGO, the heads come off also. Sometimes when (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Adventurers Theme Structure
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I dont know if this has been brought up before but has anyone else noticed how the adventurers theme is different from most of the other themes? take for example the pirates: pirates were released with an enemy and both had there own logo (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Ice Maonster???
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In the Ultimate Lego Book it has a picture of a set they never made. It had a white rock monster & rock raiders chief. It was just an old, unused version of the granite grinder, but they recently made chief, so who knows, Ice Monster may be next? (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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(...) That would work, and it has been done, but not for an A-10 Warthog. The model it was done on is Thad Jantzi's F-16 Fighting Falcon. (It would also work on most other aircraft in the USAF inventory - The F-15, the F-14, the F-5's front piece..) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ice Maonster???
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I don't have the Ultimate Lego Book, but a white (actually clear) ice monster for Arctic crossed my mind more than once. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: Greenburg Show Dec 2nd & 3rd in Wilmington MA
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(...) LEGO (...) needs (...) a (...) we (...) could come up with a few buildings. I think we should get together at someones house, preferably someone with a basement, and put something together. We should be able to come up with a few folding (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | What are the rarest Town sets?
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Hi there! I was just curious about this. I really want to know what sets are really sought after out there? Which ones bring in the most money? Which ones do people rarely see go up for auction? What rare sets do you guys have? I would be curious to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Structural Intergrity of the Uh-60 (WAS) Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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(...) Thank you.... The open cargo bay area did pose some engineering problems. After using under wedged support pieces and the fact the roof over the cargo bay connects on over 32 1x1 points and that the floor is rather thick the model can be (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What are the rarest Town sets?
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(...) (URL) course it sounds like this set might not have made it to the retail shelves. See (URL) for details. One of my latest rare town sets (Thanks to David Jolley) is the Weetabix Townhouses #1484. Collect well, Andreas Stabno (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Is there interest in a new LUG?
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7/22 Would be good for me too : ) But now we have way too many cool choices for acronyms : ( Perhaps that should be the first item on the agenda ? (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.pa)
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| | FS: Lego Technic 8480, 8456, 8232, 8229 and more ...
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Technic beams and plates are becoming harder to find... these parts are no longer primary building elements in the 2000 and beyond Technic sets. These are some great Technic sets for sale, new in sealed boxes: 1. 8480 Space Shuttle $100 (URL) the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Another Kinght's Kingdom Set???
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(...) perspective- (...) I beg to differ; view <set:2535 number 1> and <set:1496 number 2>. Wait, that's not what you meant:). Alan (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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