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(...) I agree! it's a nice (cheap) and good set. It has an excellent selection of parts for both train and space heads. I mean, where else can you get TWENTY EIGHT trans smoke panels?! And I suppose the nose and wedges are good if you like space. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.viclug)
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(...) Sorry, I just came across this post, Dave! Yes, that is Ross my son. Well, he used to be younger;-) (He's actually 15 now) 8^0 I think Ross' age really didn't come into play; he was chosen based upon a lot of the micro-MOCs he had built in the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) <SNIPPAGE of the most outrageous thing I've ever read on LUGNET> How to react to your post? On one hand, I feel flushed with anger towards your imbecility, but on the other, I laugh at your comical puerility. On the other hand, I marvel at (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Unassailable coolness! The trans-red pieces (especially the ones that are not Blacktron I era like the door on the storage box) and the chrome accents really snazz it up! Dave (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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(...) thank you, I've been thinking the same thing! (...) that is true, and now you can achieve an even better look with 4+ shades of grey, try throwing in a couple of black and white pieces as well, awsome! not only that, but you can still get the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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(...) Other worthwhile sets seen at TM include all 8 SW Mini's (first series at 1.99/1.49 each, second series at 3.99/3.00 each), 3407 Red Soccer Bus at 9.99/7.50 each, and 4852 Spiderman I, Final Showdown for 24.99/18.25 each. (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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At the risk of adding absolutly nothing constructive or positive to this "discussion", I feel the need to say my piece. Shortly after I became a member of Lugnet, I jumped into a discussion between Lugnet and a Lego employee. I have no idea who it (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO BrickMaster Welcome kits now shipping
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"John Pannell" <cpannell@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:I7G9yw.n91@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Lego (...) get the (...) Wouldn't it make more sense to call LEGO Consumer Affairs with this question than to post here on LUGNET for (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | LEGO Factory Competition
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Hey Kelly(BZPBinkmeister), it looks like your going to pass me in votes here soon. (URL) Last I checked, you've got 36 and I have 38. I think you've been getting about 2 for every 1 I get. I don't know if it's possible but I think it'd be kind of (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO BrickMaster Welcome kits now shipping
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(...) Jake: I just received my welcome kit and it only had the std.Lego Magazine,not the special edition Brickmasters one.Plus I did not get my ticket and I looked in everything.Otherwise i got everything else, except the cd of LDD says the Factory (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | MichLUG to display at the 20th Annual Festival of Trees - Detroit
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MichLUG is happy to announce that we will be supporting the Children's Hospital of Michigan by display a layout for the week at the 20th Annual Festival of Trees (Detroit). Festival of Trees is the largest annual special event fundraiser for (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events)
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| | Three 4679 tubs added to my store, Far North Bricks.
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I've just added the entire contents of three 4679 tubs to my store!! All basic bricks are in new conditiion, and with my entire stock at 30% off you will make some savings for Xmas if you order now! Some of the contents of the bonus tubs will come (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Appreciating what TLG and Lego Direct have done for AFOL's
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Hi Jake, I NEVER get involved with controversial issues on LUGNET, but I couldn't stay quiet any longer (or I might explode into a million minifig parts). First off, the color change thing. OK, it's a done deal. People GET OVER IT!!!! If you don't (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego) !!
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| | Re: Lego Press Release - Imitation products destroyed
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(...) Mmmm, grinder. I gotta get me one of those!!! brickmodder (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) JAKE: I received my welcome kit today but got only the standard Lego Magazine plus NO Legoland ticket and I did look in everything.When do I get the new Brickmaster Magazine and ticket? Thanks (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: How does the voting at the Lego Factory Competition work?
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(...) This seems odd. Are you sure it's been that long? I know anything accepted after Sunday goes into next week's competition, and the (URL) FAQ page> says it takes up to four days to moderate entries. I'd bet on your submissions showing up on (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: work in progress | more pictures and information
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I have 2 combinations I can use, 1 drawbar trailer or a semitrailer, and one more going on, so to recover something, yes, I have something. The problem are that the pneumatics are to weak to be able to lift it, as I tried it. And about the the large (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) I was wondering the official spelling of the stone colors above - Is it Grey or Gray? Just to clear up a grey area... 8-) SRC #765 StRuCtures(tm) Guild of Bricksmiths(tm) (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Le mie aste ebay...
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(...) Rieccomi, ho terminato ieri di caricare i lotti (per un totale di 102! Spero che ci siano molti compratori multipli, altrimenti dovrò fare 102 pacchi...) ed i primi scadranno domenica intorno alle 19.30. La maggior parte dei lotti è costituita (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) Amen. And that is all I have to say. (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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(...) When LEGO Factory was announced I can't say how excited I was - I saw it as such a breath of fresh air. Creativity. Design by design. Community building.. Then this post comes to remind me of the Dark Side of AFOL-dom. Some of youse guys is (...) (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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(...) This may well be the silliest thread I've read in weeks. I love it! Well done. Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: How does the voting at the Lego Factory Competition work?
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(...) I've submitted some creations for this week contest, I've sent them my signed letter for the partecipation BUT: 1. after rather 10 days my creations are still pending 2. all my creations (there were a couple of normal buildings) were 16x16 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | NIce Train Deal!
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OK, I finally bought my first train set (and I'm only 37!) the High Speed Train (4511) which is on sale at TRU in Canada for $80(cdn). To see what a deal I got I looked in the catalogue I got in the mail the other day and it lists the speed (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.viclug)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Coincidentally, that was almost exactly 1 year ago! Anyhow, I think Jake does a great job of dealing with us sensitive AFOLs. He always manages to maintain his professionalism even when things are directed towards him personally (when it's not (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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Hello friends, We’ve sort of been keeping this under our hats, but now that I just got my “Brickmasters” magazine in the mail I can’t hold it in any longer. The Mecha Hall of Fame is a centerfold! A small selection of mechs from the LMHoF were (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Lego Press Release - Imitation products destroyed
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(...) (URL) haul of fake Lego to go up in smoke" HELSINKI (Reuters) - More than 10 tons of Chinese-made plastic toy bricks will go up in smoke when the largest customs haul of illegal imitation Legos ever seized is incinerated, a Finnish customs (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) While we're not all rah-rah "We Love The Lego Community!" up here (well, not most of us) we're defintely supportive of what Jake and Lego have done for us. I agree with Dave--let's be thankful for what HAS been done for us (which has been a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | vision snapshots
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Hi, I've been using the lejos vision system to track a pattern of lights in the ceiling. It splits the image into regions, selects the brightest, zooms in, repeats, and so on. It then repeates this process for every point in the pattern. It returns (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) It really seems like that's your issue with Jake. Just the fact that he didn't warn the community about the color change. Was there anything else? Now, I don't know what happened at the time. Looks like Jake made his first post on the issue on (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Discovery and Spiderman Set Sale
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I have just listed a few new sets for sale in my store. Some of them have discounts if you buy more than one. 4562 Creator Value Pack - $6.99 7467 International Space Station - $9.00 7468 Saturn V Moon Mission - $13.00 7470 Space Shuttle Discovery - (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | MAFIA: City of Lost Heaven - Bolt FireTruck
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The MAFIA: City of Lost Heaven project continues to grow. A&M LWorks is proud to present the 2nd vehicle in Andrzej Szlaga’s Mafia The City of Lost Heaven Vehicles Set II Building Instructions! (URL) Get the BIs from here: (URL) -AHui A&M LWorks (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Blacktron Outcast Racer
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"Tony Hafner" <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message news:I7FoxG.Js9@lugnet.com... (...) Outstanding! I love it! You've taken Blacktron I to a whole new level. Brian (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I started off (...) Once again Tony hot stuff. You inspired me to "adjust" my Blacktron Invader (pics soon) and now with this you make me want to go and buy more Blacktrons!!! DAMN YOU!!! Matt (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Terry, stop saying 'we' as if you are talking for other people than yourself! You are certainly not talking for us (The Isaksson family)!!! (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Plugfest Braga
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(...) Lá estarei. Já tinha respondido por e-mail, mas nunca é demais escrever aqui também. Possivelmente apareço lá com novos AFOLs... e gente interessada em ouvir-nos falar sobre LEGO para um projecto universitário :-) Pedro (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Re: European vs American Market and Values (Was: LEGO sells "violent"toys?)
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Christian Treczoks wrote in message ... (...) I can't speak for toy stores in the US, but in my part of Canada, in independent toystores (I don't see it in department stores at all), Playmobil has as much or more shelf space as LEGO, usually right (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Vendita Mindstorms
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Ciao un nostro socio vende il suo mindstorms 2.0 L'aveva comprato l'anno scorso a Cremona per Natale sull'onda dell'entusiasmo per aver assistito alla gara di Sumo. Ha montato un robot due volte e poi da gennaio ad oggi la richiuso nella scatola e (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Idea for trailer ramps
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In case anyone has ever wanted to build a trailer with manual ramps, there are some ideas in these pictures. These will be part of a 9-piece construction site that might be done early next year. The blue crane is being worked on right now. The only (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Well Hasbro had one for Transformers, but had to "call it quit" after a while: (URL) don't know any detail but transfans are about the most immature bunch so that is not surprising. (...) I agree. (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: work in progress | more pictures and information
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(...) Looks good! Very large and color coordinated. Where did you get all those tires? It looks like you have a lot of legos. Do you have enough other pieces to build the payload of this tow truck (the truck that it will tow)? (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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Hi Jake: In the past you've been commendably willing to address my concerns directly, despite the particular role that I fill here on LUGNET. I can't really address any of Terry's comments, but I wanted to offer a few points that I think might (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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(...) In other words, they are not locked - if TLC wants to change their colors, I doubt that "discussion" with AFOLs would change their mind (although I would love to see 3 of these locked colors change). However, thanks Jake for venturing back to (...) (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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(...) Not nearly enough of them!!! JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Well, not to belittle Ross' building ability (heck, it's way better than mine even though I'm probably much older than he is), but how many teenagers have access to the motherload of parts that Ross has access to?! :) -Bryan (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(snip a lot of crap) (...) Wow, I didn't think you could stoop any lower in my opinion. Thanks for proving me wrong. It's been fun. -Tim (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Everyone at Lego including Jake works hard and diligently to bring us the best products in the world - new lightup minifigs and all. Thanks Jake. I finally see that my work IS being recognized by the TLC! Very gratifying.... I'm glad I was (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: January Lugola Meeting
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(...) Scott, I will do my absolute BEST to be at this meeting. I have several MOCs I can bring, too. I will try to convince (coerce?) The Parts Pimp to attend as well. He always adds that something "extra" to any LUGOLA gathering! Build On! (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, FTX)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) Instead of "link", after a post like this, "filter" seems more correct. -Tom McD. (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to 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: I just think a real AFOL would be better suited (...) If you had ever met Jake you wouldn't be saying this. The way you've been acting, I'm starting to think the "A" in your AFOL means something other than (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | MOC: Blacktron Outcast Racer
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The latest ship from the Blacktron Hegemony is the Outcast Racer: (URL) It's unarmed, but it hauls. And I'm not talking cargo. (4 URLs) I started off my racers with the (URL). I really, really like that ship. That's why I did the whole racers (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: One last Spring Cleaning set
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(...) Actually, some stores may retain the KMart name. Most will likely become Sears stores, but I've seen no time frame for that to happen. It certainly will not happen before these boxes hit the shelves. The merged company will bear the name of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Lunapark
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Ciao. Non e' che non apprezzi le sorprese, ma mi chiedevo quanti moduli lunapark devo tenere in considerazione per dislocare i tavoli del nostro stand a Dadi.com. Fatemi sapere. Ciao. Stefano (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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(...) I've met Ross, he's a great kid. The standing joke in the GMLTC is every time we see his Dad displaying some of of Ross's work we ask "Does his mother build with Lego?", feigning that there's no way he could have gotten than talent from his (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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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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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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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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