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(...) These names don't match the names on the above web site. I'm guessing the names are actually the Bricklink names. Is this right? Here are the entries from (URL) that I think are correct: | Bricklink | Peeron | LDraw | Lego Name | | Name & Num (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) brother, whom John forces to sleep in a small bed to preserve the illusion of youth. I conclude this logically, because *I* certainly wasn't producing stuff like Ross' when I was his alleged age. Dave! (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Shifty set
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(...) It's not quite accurate for them to describe all of the sets as "blatant copies" of LEGO sets. Granted, many sets were direct copies, and Shifty certainly copied numerous patent-protected parts, but the Shifty castle set that I bought has no (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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I really don't think the drop in sales had anything to do with the color change, and if you do, you're not being honest with yourself. LEGO didn't publicize the color change, either positively or negatively, to the consumer-at-large (AFOLs don't (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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In lugnet.lego, Terry Prosper wrote: <snip> (...) Terry doesn't speak for me. After reading the newsgroups here at LUGNET, and attending BF, as well as checking out other websites/venues regarding our chosen hobby, and partaking in many discussions (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Wow what a load! It hurt my head trying to figure out what you typed Terry. I had to read it twice to figure it out, once to get past the poor grammar and spelling, then again to try and put together what you were actually saying...after all (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Tank-killer..
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(...) Thanks! I thought about your suggestion and came up with a solution that not only made the "black hole" suppressors, it reinforced the tail, which I say, COOL! Of course I didn't take pix yet, but they will posted soon. I really appreciate the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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I very rarely post to these threads as they are not directly building related, but.... Not really going to spend time refuting Terry's opinion. It's is own and despite whether I agree or disagree with it, I doubt we'll change either other's take by (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) Drat! try (URL) if you are as impatient as I! (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) I hadn't considered the possibility of using the Party as an offensive weapon, at least not until you posted your brief synopsis of the downfall of Erf. But now I can't get the idea out of my head. (2 URLs) (click for a larger view) I really (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows 2004 Lego Display
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(...) Yeah, we'd love to have set-up at the same time, but this worked out better for most of us. I'm glad you liked it, Although last years' was not bad, this was clearly better, we have grown as a club, and as individual builders. From your (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Your message has been sanitized. Please resume building activities. Ed (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Set #248-2 Factory
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Does anybody has instructions for the set 248-2 Factory? Original or scanned. Please contact me. Thank you. Saso (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) snip (...) I know that you don't want to hear that it wasn't Jake's fault... but that wasn't Jake's fault. He was just as blindsided by the color change as the rest of us, and so were most of TLC's employees. Some of them still don't know (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 18 novembre 2004
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Etude de pièce #5 - Eléments de liaisons entre (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | WIP - New Mini Dropship
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I am working on a new MINI dropship or something: (URL) I am not totally satisfied with it, so any comments will be welcome. MiC (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Who the heck are you to be giving Jake "chances to redeem himself"? You've got a lot of brass, I'd say, to be coming off the way you do. (...) I'll give you this part. (...) Adult? I have my doubts. Especially when you put up an entire post (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickOS on OSX
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(...) Try the proceding links: (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) Ah, a titanic clash of the mobile theme parties, I like it. It's probably quite true that past a certain point, technologically, there's nothing to do but party. Sado-hedonistic urges run amok in quasi immortal beings who disdain further (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: work in progress | more pictures and information
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Ok, so this is a very productive month. I was in a mood of doing something simple after alot of trial and error with the crane on the TGA. So I was searching the net, and came across this (again) (URL) after a few phonecalls, the model seems to be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Lego - Quality Tests
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(...) There are many more interesting pictures hidden in there. Have a look at the category "Leadership Team". According to Lego, the team consists of 1. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, 2. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, and 3. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen. Maybe they (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | European vs American Market and Values (Was: LEGO sells "violent" toys?)
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(...) Thank you very much! As I said, I very much prefer Lego for the creativity values it once represented (and which it tries to regain), but the current set design is very unattractive to me and other adults I talked to. Kids might like Bionicle (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Shifty set
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Funny, I bought and wrote this... Now I read this: (URL) is just across the waters, 80 km from here. 10 tons, 10000 sets :-) That is a lot! S PS: I will keep the set, in case I have to do a setup/show sometime again. It will go under "bad bad bad (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | TRU 500 piece bonus bucket question
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Can people list the barcode numbers where they have found the dk 4x2 slope with the train controls? The bad news is that the 3 TRUs in perth all have the same barcode numbers so it looks like there is limited choice :( (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Innocuo blocco del traffico a Crema (era: Legofest XVIII a Dadi.com 2004)
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Salve a tutti. Rimbalzo una notizia sottolineata sul sito di Dadi.com. Domenica e' probabile che ci sia il blocco del traffico a Crema, ma la sede di Dadi (il campus universitario) e' esterno alla zona a traffico limitato. Ciao. Stefano (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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Hello! (...) Well, I can only speak for myself. The year is eleven months old and I can count on two hands how many new sets I have bought. No multiple copies of one and the same set, either. What I bought, however, are old-grey and old-brown parts (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Yea! More new colours! More shades of pinkish violet-green, 'cause the kids love them! This list, however universal it is deemed now, still has some drawbacks. The main problem I see is with these ugly new greys, which are on the list, and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Lego Mindstorms e batterie
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(...) Purtroppo non faccio parte di quei fortunati che hanno RCX 1.0. Uso anch'io le stesse batterie di Mario a modello finito. In fase di test della meccanica per evitare le ricariche uso il regolatore dei treni che al massimo della potenza non (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) The colour we usually call "tan" ist "Brick Yellow", Lego colour No. 5. I ordered some pieces once, and we had some difficulties matching the colours from Lego Speech to The Real World, but we managed by examining some sets, the lady from the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Own a piece of Ikros!
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FUT Buy Sell Trade How would you like to own a piece of Ikros, and support the website all at the same time? Well now you can own a piece of the legend. In a (few) week(s) or so I am going to start selling limited production run prints of images (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Terry, until you said that, I was saying to myself "Well he's entitled to his opinion". But to say Jake is not a real AFOL is laughable. Just search through his Lugnet messages - you'll find many posted before he even joined LEGO, on so many (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows 2004 Lego Display
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(...) Paul, too bad you guys left just before Gary McIntire and I arrived -- your layout looks fantastic! The cathedral rework is great. The arch is in a class by itself. Well done! dan parker, TrainBuilder Productions, LLC (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Oh well, I tried. I honestly tried to give it a chance, but seriously, how could I take this whole thing seriously after a post like this? I complain about the way The LEGO Company treats us and all you answer back is that you are working (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD v.1.3 Launches; well, not on MY computer
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(...) I've had problems with the shortcuts as well. You can create a new one by browsing to the C:\Program Files\LEGO Software\LEGO Digital Designer\ folder, right-clicking on designer.exe, and selecting "Send To..." followed by "Desktop (Create (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 Problems
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(...) There is a bug that we have dealt with that sounds similar--if a time for a Big Block is set below 0.1, so that all that displays onscreen is 0.0 in a block, it sometimes causes the program to become corrupt. You then can't edit it or do (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List conversions
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(...) Jake, A better resource for converting Lego color names to fan color names is the Isodomos Color Roots page: (URL) includes all of the colors on the Lego list provided to Peeron, plus conversions to Peeron, Bricklink, and LDraw color names. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color) !
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| | Veneered Brick Deskplates, signs
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After much tweaking of production and especially finishing techniques, I am finally ready to post a couple of pics of deskplates using my veneered bricks. I now have over 100 woods in stock and am constantly acquiring more. I know for many AFOL's (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: January Lugola Meeting
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FYI - The World Cafe has a parking lot available a half block North of the restaurant on the West side of Main St. $3.50 all day. It may be mentioned on their web page. Metered spots are behind the restaurant. (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Commemorative DVD Feedback Thread - POSITIVE
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(...) snip (...) Todd, maybe by next year I will have an efficient way of taking pictures of all the name badges and you could use them as captions. Tommy Armstrong www.brickengraver.com (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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(...) Hello Thomas, As the one who posted the link and started this thread I can assure you that it was in no way meant to be a troll of any kind. I hope my past postings on LUGNET are proof enough that I'm just not that kind of person. However, I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Sort-of-poll: Your most common LEGO dream
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(...) I recently had a similar dream. I was in some store, and their LEGO aisle was stuffed with sets that were 10 or more years old. Some of them were ones I'd never seen before (obviously some figment of my unconscience mind). Plus they were all (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Wild West Indians 6746 Chief's Tepee from '97 MISB ebay
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The first of many sets to come soon. As seen here: (URL) questions, please LMK. Markdbenz@yahoo.com Thanks, Mark (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) With all due respect I don't think the color change had much if any real effect on sales. I am no LEGO appologist, actually the change bothers me more and more as time passes but I don't have the time or desire to waist time complaining about (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD v.1.3 Launches; well, not on MY computer
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: SNIP I've apparently installed LDD brickmaster on my computer, but double clicking th icon does not launch the program. installing it was a pain too. are there known bugs, or can someon else help? i'm also posting (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: OT: Crane madness
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"Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:I7EIq5.4qF@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) in the (...) unstable (...) side, (...) I'd (...) (URL) ignore the weight chart>. (...) Rembember the crane on the TG-A I have in progress? (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: OT: Crane madness
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(...) Lifting over the front can have its problems too if you (URL) the weight chart>. (...) Sure would. ROSCO (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: One last Spring Cleaning set
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(...) Hmm, I wonder if the newly purchased stores by Sears will have these as well. It was also anounced today the Kmart is buying out Sears, but plans to rename all the existing stores under the Sears brand name. Mat (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Plugfest Braga
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Viva a Todos É claro que estarei presente. para mais um bom fim de semana de legos Um abraço a todos AFOLs. Paulo Castanho (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Lego House Sale ! (Netherlands-Dutch)
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Bricksystem organiseert voor het eerst een LEGO house-sale. Deze zal worden gehouden op: Zaterdag 27 november, vanaf 9 uur Waar? Ternatestraat 127 2612 BB Delft Er staan meer dan 1000 sets uitgestald, van heel klein (system) tot zeer groot (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Dang. You're right. Thanks James, sarcasm it is definitely! But wouldn't you agree on how ironic the whole situation is? How set sale numbers of LEGO dropped like a stone, despite the wonderful new colors? Well, I suppose bad Knight's Kingdom (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: .adventurers needs your help!
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(...) Hi Steve Thanks for the link. Regarding the subtheme section: well, if you look at .space you'll find a page of .space factions and this is the kind of thing "I" think might be interesting for the .adventurers out there. In creating subthemes (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) That's sarcasm, not irony. (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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Hi Jake, could you please ask your colleagues to provide lego numbers? I couldn't decode few of the colors on the LEGO list... (...) I assume color 5, Brick Yellow (Tan in Peeron terminology) (...) Nougat, color 18, looks totally improbable to me. I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | One last Spring Cleaning set
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D'oh! I completely forgot to post this yesterday (the first day I had clearance to post). On or around 25 November, there will be one last Spring Cleaning set hitting K-Mart. I'm not actually sure of the details, but just that it's coming. Jake --- (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Good to have the info. Can't quite seem to find out how to get Peeron to cross reference between the Lego name and "our" name however. I was trying to figure out if what we call tan is on the "keepers" list. JB (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Hi Jake, I would appreciate if you could clarify one item about this list... If I understand correctly, this is a list of colors which we may expect to be present and will not be changed without prior discussion. That much I understand. I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Thanks for the list, Jake (and thanks for keeping Billund's feet to the fire!). But I have a few questions: There's no beige on that Peeron list. Are orange, yellow, red, blue, and green the same as "bright orange", "bright yellow", "bright (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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It is nice to see that these colors will require review or discussion if a decision would ever be made to change them in the future. This seems like passing an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - it can be done but would be hard to do. I like that. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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(...) Ok, what kid doesn't play with any of his toys that way no matter what they are? As a kid I had a couple friends whose parents absolutely INSISTED that they'd have no violent toys in the house. Star Wars toys? Nope. Transformers? Nope. But (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Well, cool. Personally, I did not expect to see colors like Nougat or Medium Blue on this list. I only expected to see the basics and a few rainbowish colors added like a shade of green and/or purple. But, as a AFOL who has taken a recent (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) I wonder why? Doesn't it feel good to have been proven right? After all, the new BRIGHTER sets were a raving success for LEGO, weren't they? LEGO sale numbers in Northern America were skyrocketing this year, and retailers have doubled or (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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| | Universal Color List...finally
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I always hate starting off a conversation with an apology, but I fear I must today. For a number of months, I’ve been working with colleagues to get a final word on our "locked" or "universal" color list. I hate wading back into the color change (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.color, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest MOC: Weekend Holiday
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(...) Hi Joe, Thanks for the compliments. I do wish that there was some way of uploading a larger image for the competition; the size that they give you on the website just doesn't show enough detail. I have a couple more "sets" for this series in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Contest MOC: Weekend Holiday
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(...) Sean, Thanks for the compliments. This is actually the first of what (if actually produced) would be three or more "connected" sets, which would create a larger scene. I'm going to try to have the next two ready next week's voting. Stay tuned! (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Looking for 886 Space Buggy
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Hello, I am looking to buy the Classic Space Set "886 Space Buggy". I would prefer to buy it from a LUGNET member rather then Bricklink. I can pay with a Money Order, Cash, or Check. I will pay 5 Dollars US, and if thats too low, I can pay more. (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: .adventurers needs your help!
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(...) Here is my Brickshelf Gallery: (URL) It contains my Adventures of Johnny Thunder series, of which there will hopefully soon (think Thanksgiving weekend) be a new addition. My Brickshelf ID (and on most other forums I frequent) is Athos (...) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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| | TUESDAY MORNING
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Tuesday Morning is having a 25% off sale. Each store has a different selection. For example the Spider Man lab set was going to $12.99 at KB while it was listed at TM for 14.99 - 25% comes to 11.XX. Not a huge savings, but a just enough to make it (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tatsumaki
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Welcome! Wow what a first Mech to post! I know this is not your first Mecha Construction, but I still want to wlecome you to lugnet.build.mecha! Yikes, this Mech is super cool. I think the style and form are great. The colors are all new and the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Sort-of-poll: Your most common Lego dream?
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(...) I have also had those dreams of finding a treasure trove of parts. Especially when I was collecting red bricks for my huge red brick house. Numerous times, I would dream that I would go up to my attic and find a box of old Lego bricks left by (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New MOC: Taimatsu Racer
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(...) I forgot to shoot the eyepiece better- I don't think there are any pictures that actually show it clearly in front of the pilot's eye. That's a little detail I've tried to put on other ships and never really gotten right before. It worked out (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Medium stone and light gray
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(...) Medium Stone and Dark Stone are names that peeron uses, and obtained from a list supplied by TLC. Medium Stone = MdStone = Light Bluish Gray (BrickLink name) Dark Stone = DkStone = Dark Bluish Gray (BrickLink name) There is a subtle difference (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: How does the voting at the Lego Factory Competition work?
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(...) This does seem awfully odd. It's still number one, with almost twice as many votes as the next runner-up. And it's a garbage image. But there's nothing in the rules that say you can't have all your friends vote for yours, no matter how (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: Taimatsu Racer
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(...) The opening is one of my favorite bits as well. Funny you should mention Halloween... although this first appeared at NWBrickCon, I actually started it a couple of months ago- a lot of projects, even small ones, tend to sit around in various (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: Taimatsu Racer
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(...) Yes, the canopy looks familiar? Right down to the two colors of curvy slopes on the sides. I had that assembly together for quite a while before actually finishing the model. Then I saw your blue and white ship the other day and did a double (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: Taimatsu Racer
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(...) Fair enough. It probably would have helped if I gave a better top shot- it looks a lot sleeker from the top or bottom, as the nose is tall and somewhat narrow rather than flat and wide. Even so, the racers aren't all intended for atmospheric (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I like the little transparent eyepiece element, and of course the usual elegant landing gear solution. I feel the color scheme was very appropriate for the Halloween NWBC, but I have to agree with Jon about the white and orange. I loved that (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 11/18/04
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Thu Nov 18, 09:17 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). (2 URLs) 5904 Professors Dino Chopper> MISB Minimum Bid: $2.50, Time Left: 4 Days 6 Hrs+ (2 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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Snippity snip (...) Hi Tim, I just finished building the set. Fun railcar. I'll tear it down in a few days or weeks for 'project three feet long' My first encounter with bley... and you were right about the matching. Thanks, Samarth (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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(...) So why can't you just buy sets and give him only the "approved parts"? (...) A real conviction should triumph over this, hands down. (...) Your argument is divided between building and play. In building, it is impossible to determine what will (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Press Release - Imitation products destroyed
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Bryan & All, (...) Maersk truck. I also saw the newer Coastal Patrol Harbor there, with the Dolphins. Pretty sad. Shifty indeed. Scott Sanburn -- (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Mindstorms e batterie
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Grazie per le informazioni. Sempre su questo argomento, pensavo di realizzare un sistema a batteria ricaricabile utilizzando una piccola batteria da 12 V tipo sirena antifurto Ovviamente dovrei ridurre la tensione a 9 V, ma non è un problema. Questo (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New MOC : Falcons Impregnable Rock
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Pawel Nazarewicz schrieb: (...) Thanx for your comment! ;) I wish I had more space inside to make more details. I had a lot of fun to build this "rock" :) --- Kai (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Lego - Quality Tests
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Note - this link from (URL) contains graphic images of LEGO parts and figures enduring various quality tests including drop testing and soldering. Not for the faint at heart. (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Press Release - Imitation products destroyed
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Found on (URL) . "Last year, the customs authorities in Finland seized a large consignment of copy products in transit between China and Russia. There were 54,514 sets - totalling 10.5 tons of imitation productions - all of them blatant copies of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) I love it! Just eyeballing, I would guess the Mobile Party Palace is maybe 27-28 bricks high or so? But it really gives you the illusion of tremendous size--very well done. Also I'm a sucker for the concept of a massive arcology complex (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Curiosità....
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ciao su brickset ho visto che nei set del 2004 c'è anche questo: (URL) sa dirmi se ancora deve uscire o se è era una "limited edition"?? saluti GAetano (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Mobile Party Palace (Space Wheels Contest Entry)
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(...) To me it looks like a stylized monkey head, but I was thinking along the same lines when I first saw it (aside from "What the @#$@ is that?") James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO sells "violent" toys?
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I first saw this thread almost as a troll - an article that had legitimate concerns over violent toys mentioned Lego and all the Lego fans rushed blindly to the defense of their favorite toy. But I think two very important discussion points have (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BrickQuest first questions
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(...) Nice tips. Thanks. (...) Good rule. (...) OK, so for a line of movement to be in a straight line, it must be in one of the four cardinal directions or along one of the four primary diagonals? So in the diagram, if there were a creature (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Mindstorms e batterie
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Il Thu, 18 Nov 2004 08:59:19 GMT, Giuliano ha scritto: (...) Io ho 12 Sanyo NiMH da 1.2v. Vanno veramente molto bene, ma confesso che non le uso tanto spesso. Di solito cerco si usare un RCX 1.0 e tengo il robot collegato all'alimentatore per tutto (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Problem creating .pov using LGEO parts in L3PAdd-on
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(...) I think troubleshooting your problem would be easier if you sent me the POV file. -Orion (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Commemorative DVD Feedback Thread - POSITIVE
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(...) I got my DVD. I haven't watched the whole thing, yet. I only spent an hour or so watching it. There are a LOT of pictures. The movie is very cool. Thanks for adding that. All those menus look very nice. I have one suggestion for next time. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.events)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials, Nov 17 - 23, 2004
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(URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative) US S@H Phone Specials, Nov 10 - 16, 2004 Nov 17 - Nov 23 Orient Expedition 7411 Tigers Roar 9.99 5.00 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Re: Medium stone and light gray
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(...) Medium and Dark Stone are Peeron's name for Bluish Light and Dark Gray. Clark Stephens has variety of color comparison charts and tables available (URL) here> Apparently Light Bley is not much different from Light Grey but the difference (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | 20% off everything! storewide! - store closes 30th Nov!
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G'day! my shop closes on the 30th November 2004, for 5 weeks! so everything is 20% off! Bionicle stuff, Bricks n'pieces, instructions, gear, sets, promo stuff, minifigs and more! I need something to do before I go away (to Europe) to make time go (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Lego Mindstorms e batterie
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Salve a tutti, ho visto in una discussione recente che si parlava di batterie per l'RCX. Volevo sapere come avete risolto il problema della grande produzione di pile scariche. Utilizzate batterie ricaricabili? E se si, che tipo mi consigliate? (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 Problems
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(...) 1. Can you create and save NEW programs? 2. If yes, can you open, edit, and save NEW programs? 3. If yes, create a temporary folder in your root drive, typically C:, and copy the troublesome program there. Right click on the new temporary (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Babbo natale a Crema
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Salve a tutti, a Crema porterò un bel sacchettino di pezzi sfusi e variamente confezionati. chi aspettava il regalino da Babbo Willy, si rivolga pure a me. ciao steP (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Medium stone and light gray
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Hi All, I want to buy 'set #4855 spidermans train rescue' for it's windows. Peeron says that they are some 'Medium Stone' colored. Is there any noticabely large difference between it and light gray? Is there any colour comparision chart available (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 17 novembre 2004
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** LEGOWorld 2004 : Quelle fête :-) ** par (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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