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(...) Depends what you mean by a big way. Many SW sets made use of Technic parts, and though no single set used heaps of Technic, lump them all together and you could say SW used Technic parts in a big way. ROSCO (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hey everyone Here's a question about Technic parts.. What was the first series that introduced technic style parts in a big way in a non-technic set? Would it have been Life on Mars? Of course, I'm removing from the list anything that was branded as (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Before anyone says anything, this is in no way a reference to the Tilt Train accident, unless you count this reference, in which case it IS a reference to the tilt train accident. oh, never mind Today, as I was waiting for a train at Dandenong (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Samsonite LEGO in 1960s SEARS catalogs
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(...) Yes, for some reason TLG doesn't like to include the Samsonite years onto the years of Lego in the USA. They view 1973 as year one, instead of 1961. And in Canada they view 1962 as year one. That's why you have a 25th USA bucket and 35th (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do these help explain the difference in the anniversary buckets and tubs that were available in 1998? Ours here in Canada were to celebrate the 35th anniversary. But I think the ones in the U.S. were silver anniversary markers, is that right? (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This has been a very bad week at Northstar. The T-1 where the nameservers are hosted has been experiencing long ping times and some sort of traffic that is causing the firewall and/or router to fail. There doesn't seem to be any sort of (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Re: Problems with Buffer Exchange and LPub
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(...) I'll try this again in plain text: (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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Anyone else having connectivity issues with BL this evening ? I can neither conenct to BL nor can I ping either of the northcomp NS's ... ns1.northcomp.com 209.131.206.195 ns2.northcomp.com 209.131.206.196 Ray (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.services)
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| | Re: Problems with Buffer Exchange and LPub
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(...) Hi Sven, The beta version of LPub does not exibit this behavior. LPub beta has many fixes in buffer exchange and DAT processing. The thing that is holding up LPub beta from going to general release are problems with LPub on Window98 that are (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Lummox, Lets be clear. LPub Beta works fine on Windows 2000 and Windows XP when rendering with ldglite (except for some ldglite problems). It also works with LDview and XP. It does not work on Windows98. I'm setting up a Windows 98 box for (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi, I'll look at this. LPub should never cut off parts like that. Thanks for the DAT file. Kevin (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Lorentzian Time Warp Fighter
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(...) Or, alternately, cite the Back to the Future philosophy where if you're going to travel through time, why not do it in style? Your fighter is swifty. I like the anime-esque angles on the wings. You should make 'em fold up to fit in a (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Perth Lego Collectors' Meet-up This Sunday Dec 12th
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Hi All, Just a reminder that the Perth AFOL and LEGO Collectors' meet-up (aka PLUGs#2) is happenning this Sunday the 12th, from 2pm at Kiddywink Toys, 12 Mumford Place Balcatta. The store is open exclusively for us! A number of people have expressed (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.events)
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Happy Holidays... I teased on this a week or two back, and finally finished the my Christmas Tree. It's plate extensive, and has six "branch" levels and five "tiers", resting on a stump, and secured by only 4 studs. With the overall weight keeps it (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug) !!
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| | Pucca! Funny Love
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Hey all! Well, been busy with the holidays but have time to mess around with a few things... built upon a challenge from a friend, who wanted to see the Character "Pucca" in LEGO... (URL) about 10" tall and takes full advantage of Bruce Lowell's 6.8 (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.us.sealug) !
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| | Re: This is kinda fun . . .
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(...) Like a twist on the Explorian theme, or the current Alpha Team sets. Leg Godt Travis Matheson (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Aiutooooo
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(...) mi rispondo da solo giusto per far vedere il messaggio.. perchè ne ho proprio bisogno.. grazie grazie giovanni (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Doesn't really apply to your question but I ran into this awhile ago and have yet to use it in an MOC: If you put a trans-dark blue visor on a minifig and place him under trans-red glass, the visor will become black. I believe it should work the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Samsonite LEGO in 1960s SEARS catalogs
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(...) One thing I forgot. Allan, you grew up with Samsonite in Canada. Well you had more time to get Samsonite sets than USA folks. Samsonite Lego was sold in the USA from 1961 to 1972. In Canada Samsonite had a longer run, since it was sold there (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Samsonite LEGO in 1960s SEARS catalogs
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(...) Allan, I can't speak for Eric, but yes he has found a whole new genre of Lego items, namely Samsonite Lego catalog sets, which are not found in any Samsonite catalogs. Eric keeps an eagle eye on EBAY, and surfs the net looking for new stuff. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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