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(...) And it appears that many a Lego fan has requested the grays to remain the same. Of course there was no choice. Perhaps all those in favor of keeping the old grays have less pull than Maersk. Seems there's no problem producing Maersk blue again (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Um, because their big and important customer asked them to do so, and paid for the pellets specifically to produce this particular set, not so you, John Neal can have your fantasy GP38s in a color scheme never seen on a GP38 in the wild(and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Sorry for two replies here to the same post. (...) Maybe. Wouldn't bother me too much. (...) I have more sympathy for wanting multiple copies of the set for parts than I do for those that want to buy it up, not caring about it as a set, and resell (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Irrelevant. TLC made a promise. They are willfully breaking that promise. (...) Perhaps, but that still doesn't change the fact that TLC is purposefully breaking their word. And unnecessarily so. Why not use the extra Maersk blue pellets for a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) No. I've never said that. In fact I myself have sold sets above MSRP. Just not while they were still on sale from S@H, while hiding that fact from my ebay buyers, or while trying to corner the market, or while giving the false impression that (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) (URL) think this might be the first mention of Abston(1), but I'm not sure. (URL) Somewhere on this site is a very touching story about a cat and lego. I read it (...) Yup, it's a great story all right. 1 - the name is a pun in case you (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Larry I can recall only one...Precious Princess in particular, and having more than the limit of 5 is what I find disturbing about that. I think Johannes is right...many people probably WERE hooked by the prospect of getting a Rare and Limited (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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SNIP This link has been up on the brickshelf main page for a while now. wonder if anyone has noticed it: (URL) on this site is a very touching story about a cat and lego. I read it for the first time long before it showed up on brickshelf, but I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Pinguim: Some very interesting techniques
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SNIPPY Hi Chip, I too was looking at these at brickshelf and was truly impressed. Its always good when a new and different Train MOC comes along. The BL2 has to be my favourite. When I saw the thumb, I was like 'there's no way thats been done in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego Models of Fenway Park, Wally the Green Monster to be Auctioned at MLB.com
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(...) Thanks for sharing these pictures, Erik! Its awesome to see the under-construction pictures of this model. Also, its kind of funny how small the green monster (the wall, not the mascot... I never understood the mascot) looks in this scale. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) It's called Lulling Them into a False Sense of Security. Don't you read you're own literature? It's right there in the 3vil Guide, or; So You Want to Bloody Revenge on the Universe for No Good Reason. (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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A couple enjoy a quiet ride in a gondola. The gondolier has just successfuly guided them under a bridge. I haven't been to Venice. This creation was inspired by a trip to Las Vegas to the Venician Hotel. (URL) Venice in the afternoon More pictures (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (...) I agree with Don. I think Kevin has stated publicly in these very threads he is very open to integrating enhancements from others as long as it is easy to do and doesn't break things or make loads more work for him. He might not (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) How many of those "collectors" went out and said they had hundreds at 200 USD each for sale? Personally I'm not sure I have a lot of sympathy for collectors that want to buy up multiple copies of a new set and thus make it harder for others to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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Hello all. I have created three new micro MOCS for the Lego factory contest, and I thought I would share them with you. The first is a Micro Container Ship. I built this mostly to do a test submission on the LegoFactory, but I ended up liking how (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !
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Hello. The SPARTAN MK 1 is a surface effect, heavily armed, lightly armored air defense artillery platform. It is armed with two nose mounted auto grenade launchers, four 30mm auto cannon, 18 guided surface to surface missiles, four air defense (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Hey JoJo ..Yes I know it was going to be rereleased in the dk blue(I voted for green I think) but there were plenty of folks who bought it not because it was limited and wanted a collectors item but with the intention to make a profit off of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hello! (...) You totally missed the point, Chris. The ship was already announced to be re-released in dark blue which would have made it in no respect a less great set for kids and anybody who simply enjoys building it. While on the other hand (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Sad..whatever happened to just buying a set because it looks like a great set! or fun to build play with! For those of you who bought this set just so you could make a profit later and took those sets away from people or kids who would have (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hello! (...) You'd certainly be well advised not to. Everything you promise (in good faith, no doubt) is in danger to be turned into a lie by TLC themselves. (...) Limited. Sure. Like the "limited" run that made us buy out the first run, huh? How (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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