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<snip> (...) <more snippage> I agree somewhat, yes another run does "flood" the market more with sets, however, if you are truly diligent with your MISB sets, I'm sure in 25 to 30 years, a Maersk Sealand will reach a fine price in the after-market, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Just a thought: Easter would have to be the easiest.All you need in Bonnie Bunny (3708) and replace the bread sticks with 1x1 round plates. Of course, that may be a little simple. Now, back to sorting out the fabuland... Benjamin Whytcross (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.fabuland)
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Howdy, I am new to lugnet and I have just moved back to the MN area after 6 yrs in CO. I heard about the GMLTC and had a few questions. 1. How do you join GMLTC? 2. are there regular meetings? 3. if there are regular meetings how often and where? 4. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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All of you, who want the old gray colors back: Just do the same as Maersk did: pay for the ABS in the color you like...... Niels (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX) !
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(...) ... (...) Thanks! I'm not a collector; to me, all LEGO of any age is just fuel for MOC building. But I do get a perverse thrill out of combining things from wildly different eras. (...) I just have the 1x8 bricks from that product family. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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OMG, just about everything off the first post in this thread is so lame. First, Jake, thank you for the update. I'd been kind of wondering actually. Also, thank you for telling us the story in detail. Where so many other official releases would just (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | Re: Grade Crossing Signal Thingy...
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(...) I don't know, I've never tested it under such duress. I don't imagine it would damage the motor at all, but it may damage the clutch after prolonged use. (...) I've found the easiest way is with rubber bands, and though it is usually a little (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Here's how I did it: (URL) know coal doesn't generally get that light, but it's hard to see details in black LEGO. I was happy with how it turned out anyway. ROSCO (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I find your moc to be both grotesque and arabesque....a chilling look at a possible future...I paid for the whole seat, but I only needed the edge. (...) You are an idiot, and your Spartan has to be the worst entry yet. Stay away from (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I've always wondered about building a tower using just 4 2X4 bricks per level arranged in a way that there's a 2X2 opening in the center that would serve as a shaft as you go upward. Once the tower reaches its final height, top it off with a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build)
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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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