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(...) My experience is it's all about how much Lego you've got. If you've got a collection that's less than, say, 3,000 pieces, you probably don't really even need to sort. In the end I think what it boils down to is how large of a bin/box/drawer (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) filler pieces work really well too, like a way of color-coding the cubes. They strike me as a great way to do cargo containers. And there I was at TRU, looking at Lego discounted by 70%... not buying because the set consisted largely of these (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Target Trains on Deep clearance...
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(...) Mike, The Target at Fayetteville has a few of the trains, the log cars, the Caboose and Green Passenger car at deep discount as of New Year's Day. Strangely enough, a lot of the other things were cleaned out. The Target of Garner also had the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Any part udate?
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I'm sorry about that, I have an update with 200+ pieces in my computer at home that I couldn't upload because the server has been down this last week. I'll get the 2002-06 update and upload it all this weekend. Leonardo (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Re: Lego introduces L-gauge
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(...) The motor is included with the Santa Fe Starter kit. From LEGO Shop at Home: Kit includes: #10020 Santa Fe Super Chief Engine #10025 Santa Fe Cars Set I (Build Mail Car OR Baggage Car) #10022 Santa Fe Cars Set II (Build Dining Car, Observation (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Target Trains on Deep clearance...
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"Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message news:H83I4r.7w4@lugnet.com... (...) those in (...) cars (...) I have seen the same thing - I thought someone else had posted it but it might have been on a mailing list. In my area (Raleigh) I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Check this out...
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Saw this on B-shelf and thought it was pretty cool: Buzz Lightyear! (URL) for some little green aliens! Joe Meno (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.disney)
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Can't believe I am the first to find this but I just bought several of the Target MOT sets with the Blue Passenger cars for about $79 each. (For those in Eastern MA don't bother trying the Saugus Target). All of the other MOT cars were at a similar (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 8431 Sold Out -- "DISCONTINUED", says SAH!!!
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I just got of the phone with a US SAH rep and asked if they could import stock from another country to the US and the answer was no they can't. It's either contact a friend in a country that does have one or get on BrickLink. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | BrickTopia Star Wars Museum
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This is a giant, new sky-scraper in BrickTopia, built in a Star Wars "Coruscant" theme. Here are the raw BrickShelf photos: (normal resolution photos) (URL) resolution photos) (URL) is the web site with descriptions: (URL) main BrickTopia web site (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.arch) !
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All: Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth Building. The Citigroup (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town) !!
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All: Hi there, everyone! Over the weekend I made some super-tiny scale New York City landmarks. Each is no more than a few inches tall... I made the CitiGroup Center, the Empire State Building, the UN, and the Woolworth Building. The Citigroup (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.arch)
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Hey Alex, So far I have my collection sorted this way: Rarer colors have their own drawer for everything since I don't have a lot of pieces yet. All my Castle and Pirate-specific pieces are grouped together in several large drawers. My basic bricks (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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My gripe, as I said in my original post, is that TLG uses paint to decorate elements that severely limits their usage outside of that theme. Hence, they don't get used that much, if at all. It just seems a shame to limit the flexibility of some of (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Yep, I've run into both issues. A friend found a plastic polish that doesn't leave trans elements cloudy, but I forget the name of it. It was in a silver bag, and the polish was soaked into a piece of cloth. Other than that, it works like a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: USB IR tower support in Lunix
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(...) Good! (...) I posted via the web-interface, I guess one needs a javascript browser for that. I like the navigation of the webinterface within threads. (...) Ah, very good! Does it also support the high-speed mode ? (...) Sounds like a good (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | What a downer :-(
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I got my 2003 SAH (US) cat the other day, OK new years eve, and was left rather disappointed. In the past, I've viewed the January catalog as a benchmark for the year followed by the Summer one. But God help us all, this one just plain stinks for (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8431 Sold Out -- "DISCONTINUED", says SAH!!!
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:H82y3y.8nG@lugnet.com... (...) happened. (...) are (...) to (...) I like that idea of contacting SAH to see if they can import what's available in other countries to the US. Those dk gray (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: A few comments on decorated pieces
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So, is your gripe the fact that TLC uses paint to decorate elements, or that TLC decorates elements for themes that don't quite match you building style? I tend to keep all decorated pieces just the way they are. Sure, they might not get used that (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New LEGO Star Wars Sets... (wishful thinking)
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You ought to be working for TLC. All these ideas are really good and very feasible :-) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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