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(...) Speaking of Keith's mom, she has got to stop giving out my number for people to call her at. Just because she's always here doesn't mean I need random phone calls from people looking for her. I mean, even though she's not bringing in the cash (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I'm sorry Kelly, I have to admit I always thought you were female! Is Kelly a common male name in the US? Tim (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.people)
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| | Brisbane Lego Train Group
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Thanks Peter Just want to publicly say thanks to Peter Parsons for putting on a great day for the Brisbane Lego Train Group (BLTG). The BBQ was great, food was great, company was great, presents were great, conversation was great, what else can I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Shade, Mech for the SnowLeopard Clan Ninjas
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(URL) Here's a new mech to start your week off. (URL) Shade>. (URL) Deep Link> I've been trying to push myself lately, trying mecha stuff I don't feel that I am particuarily good at. (read: small stuff) So how do you think I did? What could be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Ribbed hoses synth
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(...) Hey I know a spiffy little recursive algorithm that'd probably do a nice job of that. I used to use it in 2D to reduce the size of vectorized scanned image files, but it should extend nicely to 3D. You start with the end points of a curve. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Play Table $100 at SamsClub (YMMV)
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I don't know if any of the other Sam's Clubs are running this deal, but my local one has the play table shown at (URL) marked down to $99.something. I'm actually considering getting one for my nephew at that price...though when (IF) he gets it, it (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well put Spencer. I want to see that as well. By the way, I posted a message to .off-topic but forgot to FTX it. If you have time go read it. It concerns my take on collectibles and collecting in general. "What Makes A Collectible" Steven (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Coming to Kalamazoo
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(...) I'm booked the 23rd too, as in I have to be in Troy MI, working. thanks for looking into options, Dan! (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
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| | Re: Ribbed hoses synth
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(...) Hi Misha, I actually think that the offical LDraw parts for ribbed hose, are not for the kind of rib hosed we get currently. I would love to see parts that are really made for the modern rib hosed. Kevin (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Wait, I'm lost here. Can someone please point me to where Lego promised (in writing) that they would never reintroduce this set? Or did they simply say (at the time) that there wasn't a business case to produce more 10152 once their original (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well put, Kelly! Their considering AFOL input is a huge privilege for us. They're not going to just sit on their hands and do everything AFOLs tell them to do. It seems there are too many people here who believe that when LEGO does things (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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(...) Anthony Thanks. In some of the shots I put the tank on a narrow black pedestal and photographed it in front of buildings with lost of vertical shadows. The intent was to camouflage the supporting bricks. On accident, my pics came out so dark (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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(...) Mr. Moray, Keith gets over excited very quickly when threatened. I called his mom, and it turns out that when he saw SPARTAN, he simply flew into a panic (he even lost his asthma inhaler). When frightened, it’s not un-common for Keith to lash (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Ribbed hoses synth
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(...) Hi All, Happy holidays. I made LSynth's source code open from the beginning, in case someone better at math than I might take a swing at it. It has never really made it past the proof of concept stage. Feel free to make additions.... I just (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MPD Builder ?
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(...) I like it. (...) I thought I fixed this problem a long time ago. Do you experience the same problem with LDDP? (...) I tested with LDView 3.0b. What version are you using? (...) I'm working on this. (...) Hmm, the way I work it is to have the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I fear the end of the wrld is coming my friends, because I actually agree 100% with John here. But I think it's not surprising coming from TLC that they broke their promise. We've seen a change of corporate attitude in the last years that aint (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Agreed 100%. I don't wander out of the woodwork too often these days (and this is liable to change very soon--glory of glories, I get my collection back in MI close to New Years', and will have all 1400lb. in one place again), but the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Thanks for the update Jake, and for yet again braving the criticism of those who only ever seem to see the negative side of things. I think in this instance, TLG were damned if they did and damned if they didn't. If they'd never said that the set (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Every time I seriously wonder to myself 'why do I torture myself with reading LUGNET anyways? [1]' it seems a gem like this pops up from someone like Kelly. He's not the only one who does 'em, but I just love how he puts stuff in perspective. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Military Moc Pages - Alive Again!!!
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Greetings, I hate broken links and I've been guilty of having a broken link to my build.military MOC pages for a while. Well I've moved my site finally, and it's fixed! Thanks to the curator! Marc Cook's Military MOCS - home of the Lego UHC (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Thanks for the update, Jake! After reading the various whining about "broken promises" in this thread, remember this: circumstances changed as they often do in life. Maersk wanted more of that set. They were willing to pony up to get it. Side (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | Micro roundhouse
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As the builder hasn't announced it here I thought I would draw your attention to this micro-scale roundhouse, its very cool. It even looks like the turntable actually works (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Sticker torsos for LL924 ?
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(...) Thanks for the info, apparently at least the 928 was indeed produced again with printed torsos, because I have definitely seen that close up in original condition, printed, no stickers, and I own nice and shiny original copies of a couple of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Coming to Kalamazoo
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(...) D-Man-- I'd like to drive up from Chicago for the day, but after Christmas looks far better to me than before. I'm booked the 23rd, but free the 26th and 27th. -Tim (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
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| | Simple locking mechanism
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Hi, I have rather large 'doors' which tend to open by theirselves. I need something small (2x2x2 studs max) and simple which would lock the doors in close position. I think about usage of friction, I definitly wouldn't like something which creates (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Argumentative paper I wrote for College
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Hello, I was recently given the opportunity to write an argumentative research paper on any topic I wanted so, of course, LEGO® was an obvious choice. Basically, I wrote about what I did and didn't like about the company and what I'd do to change (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Coming to Kalamazoo
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Right now, December 23, 26, and 27 look good for me. Maybe 2-3 hours during lunchtime. I don't have an answer on whether Fanfare will let us meet there. I told my friend that if they ask "what's in it for us," that the answer is we intend to be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickQuest first questions
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(...) Upon further reflection, I've decided you're right... since critical hits don't add extra damage, they just set a minimum damage, it's not going to upset game balance or add power to already powerful-in-combat characters to define critical hit (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: Sears 25% off, Walmart boxing week deal
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(...) At a Sears here in Edmonton, I noticed they have a stack of the red 1000 piece tubs market on sale at $20.00 (so you can't get 25% more off). (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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(...) Its not in the renders (URL) From my Nana for Christmas. I had a lot of the smaller sets but the the big one I remember is from the second generation. (URL) If I built it today it would be trans blue grey and tan! Tim (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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(...) Who're you to be telling others to stay away from MOCPages Mr Moderator? Plenty of good builders (You included) have risen from the kilns of MOCPages. We don't need you to tell us what's good and what isn't. Get off your high Iron Donkey, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: Hahaha! Yes I am laughing out loud about this..... I am not trusting in any word out of the LEGO Company as I mentioned a while ago. Now I am not surprised nor dissapointed as I would have been, if there still would (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Student project - "The New World"
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(...) firetruck. Also, kudos to the Michael Jackson dance-a-like at the end. (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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(...) Don't mind Keith, Michael. he's just feeling threatened by the sudden arrival of somebody who could threaten his stranglehold on the grey-brick military MOC market. it's an awesome creation, though. and I'm still trying to work out exactly how (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) I'm not bothered either way how many Maersk blue 10152s are made and for how long (I might even get one this time round, its a cool set and I was flat broke last time!). However Its the DARK blue one I was waiting for, it not regular blue. Tim (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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moving thread to lugnet.market.theory (...) (attn: spite what the following text reads, it isn't sarcasm. You'd be right in saying that I'm not primarily a collector. So help me out.(and others who don't understand this either) So instead of having (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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D***, I was really looking foward to that set to get some dark blue bricks. I may be being selfish but I don't really care about the Maersk blue parts, there isn't enough variety of pieces and its not that different to Medium blue but Dark blue (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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Hello! (...) TLC keeps their vault for their lawyers. So when, for example, MegaBloks produces a set that's tooo similiar to any LEGO set they walk into their catacombs, take the respective set and show the world: We have done this first! On this (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Cats and Lego
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SNIPPY (...) Hi Larry, heh, I get it: ABS-ton. Thanks for pointing it out... I hadn't noticed it before. Wonder if it was intentional... BTW, to all those whore still following this thread, a similar one had cropped up here 6 months back. It still (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) moving thread, probably doesn't belong in .lego. Market.theory I think should be better. Insomuch as magazine and newspaper companies are collectors as well. They also keep one (or more) copies of their product for future reference. I believe (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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| | Re: SSClagorpion - Status Report
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(...) 21 cyles per second is good. It will go much slower with 7 more legs. Do you plan on having all the legs be self cycling? How will the legs stay coordinated? I plan on one pison for vertical, and one (maybe two) for horizontal. Do you know the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Non-reportable items
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(...) Thankyou very much. I have used it before, now that I see it before me, but I couldn't remember it, and couldn't find it in the book. Allister (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: GMLTC Q's for A's
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(...) Come out and meet us sometime, we'd love to talk with you. Our next tentatively scheduled show will be in March in La Crosse, Wisconsin. (...) We try to meet on Thursday nights, I try to be there just about every week. (...) Every week, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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Hello! (...) For me (for me) Maersk blue was always quite useless, in terms of building. Before 10152 this colour was virtually not available at all, and through 10152 we got only a small range of parts that was also declared never to be enhanced in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) I'm being a little facetious here, but a truth you may want to consider is that some people are really gullible---they'll believe pretty much anything. And if someone is able to wrestle money out of them, hey, more power to them! ;] But (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Someone simply needs to convince Maersk to change their corporate color from Maersk blue to dark blue! (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: sets 2005
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(...) peccato ! comunque sono belli, soprattutto il primo. per la serie racer c'è anche la "Enzo Ferrari" che non è male (tipo la 8448) a prima vista, anche se mi sembrava mancassero le sospensioni. ciao, Matteo. (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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Nice try on putting some icing on it. Unfortunately, production re-runs of a supposedly limited item generally is a No-No, Mr. McKee! You now have folks at TLG HQ write that down a hundred times for easier learning. And all the others here too who (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Thanks. I'm glad that this isn't turning into a flame war between afols :-) (...) ... (...) Okay, my mistake. Indeed, you didn't mention that you would loose money and such. It seems we are the same kind of collector: we either enjoy the sets (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Wiii...iiilly.........
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"Gianluca Morelli" <poldoshop@yahoo.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:20041217123732....hoo.com... (...) Io cel'_avevo_... ora ho conservato solo le pagine con le immagini Lego, tratte per lo più dal famoso "idea book" 6000. Bye! (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | rarest printed parts?
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What are the rarest printed parts? I own both of the printed 1 x 6 x 5 astronaut bricks from classic space (and some other printed classic space bits) but I have the feeling there are rarer printed bits out there. (21 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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In lugnet.lego, Mark Neumann wrote: Snippage (...) Doesn't Lego have huge vaults with sets from the past that any of us would kill to get our hands on - NOW! Why are they saving so many sets? They must be collectors too! -Patrick (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) That would be an incredibly stupid business decision. (...) Number 1 isn't correct as Maersk wouldn't get their set now. They would have to wait while TLC developed a new set and got approval for it from Maersk, developed new instruction (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | sets 2005
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(URL) Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger: E' molto più divertente: Audibles, Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica… Scaricalo ora! (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: CC2: discus, Hammerhead the CD thrower
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(...) ...and now LDraw files! Philo (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sticker torsos for LL924 ?
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(...) Hi, all classic space sets of the first production year, referred to the '79 german catalog (URL) have stickered torsos: 885, 886, 889, 891, 897, 918, 920, 924, 926, 928 (URL) of them, don't know which, seem to have been produced a second time (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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Like this one ;-) Maersk train (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Wow, an excellent business move by TLC! These come once in a Maersk blue moon, so let's enjoy it. Yeah, yeah, the 10152 was supposed to be the last run of Maersk blue. But isn't this good news? - "Hey, we got some other company to subsidize (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) This is good news! All we have to is find a shipping company whose trademark color is old light or dark gray, and convince them to subsidize a run of old-gray 10152s. Simple. Marc Nelson Jr. (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Sticker torsos for LL924 ?
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I recently acquired a 924 classic set in excellent condition, with box and all original pieces, and it had stickers on the minifig torsos instead of a printed pattern. I have not seen these anywhere before. Other 924 and 928 sets I have seen have (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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In lugnet.lego, Mark Neumann wrote: (snip) (...) In general, you're right. But not in this case. (...) ...and so do most of the other AFOLs I know, for sure. (...) plus, what tools TLC uses to sell those specific sets we're talking about. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | comme toujours
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(...) Good news would be if the second run was only for Maersk and not for selling them again. What do you now mean with "limited"? Each limited set, TLC sold in the last years, got a second, third..... production run. Can you imagine that most of (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Mark de Kock wrote: Hi! Your last sentence first: (...) You don't have to excuse yourself for that, it's your right if you feel like that. But I wonder about your comment: (...) I indeed didn't talk about making money and it's not my (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Ronald Borchert wrote: [snip] (...) When I first read your comment, I was shocked. Then awed, then disgusted. Your reaction is exactly the kind that makes me sick. Buying up large quantities of a "rare" set just to make money on them (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego) !
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Hi, very poor try of irony, Larry, you normaly write better ones ;-) To make a serious theme out of this: It's for sure a good deal for TLC when Mearsk wanted them to re-release the ship. But that they now decided to make the same model again (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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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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| | Re: anyone here?
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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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| | GMLTC Q's for A's
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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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| | Re: 10152 Update
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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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| | Re: Esso Garage
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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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| | Re: 10152 Update
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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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| | Re: how to make coal for a tender?
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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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| | Re: SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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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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| | Re: Any tips for building tall towers?
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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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| | Re: 10152 Update
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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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| | Re: 10152 Update
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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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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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| | Re: Memories..la...di...da
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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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| | SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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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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(...) For all collectors who trusted your words of a "Limited Edition" of this set and bought it by thinking having a real rare and collectible set with the ever last bricks in maersk blue this announcement is a kick in their ass. One more fact not (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) There are plenty of other hose generators. Mlcad, LDDP, ldglite, and LEDIT mode for emacs all have them. And I think some of them do support fixed length hoses. But I think the right thing to do is adapt lsynth to do what you want. The source (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello fellow Spacers and maniacs who like space stuff! Since I know we can't ever talk about Lego Space enough, there's a place set up just for it. (URL) -Tom McD. (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX) !!
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(...) Hey Jake, thanks for updating us on what's going on. I hope and pray that you will be able to release the Dark Blue version, personally I think it looks better that the Maersk blue! -- Nathan (21 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Jake & All, (...) Right. (...) It is a very cool set, no doubt. (...) Excellent. (...) Well, I for one am glad to here it will be out again in the blue, even if it is a limited run. Maybe Maersk will be able to help make some more sets, like, oh, I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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