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(...) #@%@##, wrong side of 1961 Austrian Catalog, try here: (URL) Istok P.S. The above swear symbols are not to be confused with a geek code :-) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: LMHoF Published in Brickmasters Magazine
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(...) The pics were provided by the artists. Nah, no photo shoots for us in Einfield. (dang) (...) yeeee HA! (...) Cool! That'd be much appreciated. (...) yeah, I'm sort of with you on that. (magazine quality) For those that didn't get the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Duh! I forgot there was an easy way to tell the years for black vs. gray. Here is a 1961 Austrian Catalog that shows bricks in red, white, blue, yellow and clear, but no black. It also shows the 10x20 baseplate comes in gray (yes that is gray, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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I'm not sure what you're asking... I don't think we're talking about multiple events. Jake ___...___ From: Russell Nelson [mailto:nelson@crynwr.com] Sent: Tue 11/23/2004 10:59 PM To: Jacob McKee Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com Subject: Re: AFOLs and (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Quatro Bricks Popular in Great American Toy Test
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Quatro bricks made the top 15 best toys in the 2004-2005 (URL) Great American Toy Test> Maggie C. (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.quatro, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) No, it is a false assumption. Just because you belive it doesn't make it a majority. Minority or not we don't have to sit here and take it. We could sit here and list hundreds of things saved by fan loyalty. Star Trek and Original Coke just to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Dave, Those spare parts packs (#214-#271) have a long and complicated history. They first came out in 1955 (for non-brick items such as road signs, Esso pumps/signs, trees/bushes) and 1957 (for bricks -- prior to that bricks were only sold (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Huh! Earliest I found on peeron was 1961, but that's pretty cool that it was out even before... (...) I know grey *bricks* were certainly rare trinkets until about 1984 when the castle line started using them. Before then I seem to remember (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: AFOLs and Mindstorms
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Jake McKee writes: > My colleague, Jan Beyer has asked me to pass along word of > something cool he's working on. > > As he works to help community build and spread even further in > Europe, he was thinking it might be fun to pull together an AFOL > (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Heh, I guess that's one way to deal with it :) DaveE (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Block STACKING - feb 2005?
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(...) Finally :) (...) Either of the first two Saturdays would be the best. I am going to whistler in Feb, but probably near the end of the month. (...) Yup, I think the small blacks will be cool. Its nice how they are actually cubic. (...) I saw (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, now that you train freaks have THAT out of your system, lets get back to what lego is all about. ROBOTS I guess I have to actually CALL and book the library. I'm taking requests for which sat people might want? I've been playing with these (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) snippity snip (...) Hey Mark, Congrats to all of you guys that were featured in the article. It was pretty awesome seeing all the mechs in a double-wide fold out. Rad! Question: Did you guys have to bring your MOCs somewhere to be photographed (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: B.I. Joe: Killer Whale Hovercraft
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Memories, memories..... I don't want to bother you with that... Wonderfull MOC Gil! At first glance it looks basic, but plenty of details caught my attention : the propeller and the rudders, the guns on top of the craft, the mines (are they mines?) (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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(...) Dave, Gray actually goes back to the 1950's. I have a 10x20 thick baseplate in gray without "Lego" on the studs (pre 1957). The 10x20 baseplates first came out in 1953, but I cannot confirm that they started in gray that year. The next (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Captain Cool-Guy: The Expanded Universe
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(...) Of course! Captain Cool-Guy has to stop Dr. D's evil plot to dominate the world with his mice minions....but he has to convince Major Attitude he's serious :-) howzat? And where's lunch? Chow! That Joe Meno Guy (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 Micro MOCs : Heavy Haulers & Shell gas station
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Bruce: (...) The cement truck is actually my favorite :) I was thinking of the newer-style trucks, (or is it just a different design?), where the mixer is reversed and hangs over the cab. I see a lot more of them nowadays - either it's the "latest (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: work in progress | more pictures and information
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Ohyeah! Im back again! As I told you in october, things will change! Hows your holiday btw? Sofar I have reached my goals, a fully operational model. I will have to redesign the stick as it is tiltable, but that shouldn't be to hard since its (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | mid-'80s Shop-At-Home catalogs now in Bricklink catalog
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Hi there, I finally got around to scanning in some of my old SAH catalogs (then called just "Mail Order Service") and uploading them to the Bricklink catalog. CHeck out stuff added 11/22 here: (URL) one or even three people will be interested in (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | A Turkey Day Thanks
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Hey all, The big day where we all gobble the gobbler is almost here, and I've composed a few lines of thanks that I'll be reading when my family sits down to dine. Before I get to the text, you'll need a little backstory first. This will be our (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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