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In lugnet.lego, Kelly McKiernan wrote: <snip> (...) No, it was exhausted. They are mixing up more (at the expense of Maersk). (...) This has nothing to do with marketing per se. If it had never been mentioned that this was the end of the line for (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: source for 1 x 12 technic beams in red?
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(...) How can buying a set off the shelf be cheaper than a small number of parts off Bricklick ? I know BL is sometimes pricey, but you could mail 1 x N beams in an envelope connected together and wrapped in tape for $1.50-$2 ish pete.w (who used to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: source for 1 x 12 technic beams in red?
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(...) Yep, dedicated people would help :^) Not that we aren't dedicated, just disorganised or just so laidback that we are unable to find a recliner on the market that satisfies our needs. pete.w (who has even more phantom strips now to send to Sue (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: My average set
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(...) Doesn't have anything to do with the average number of blue pieces in sets ? pete.w (not a color drone, a statistical drone) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: My average set
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Come on Richie, you have to give us more information than that. What is the metric you use to calculate the average? Set number? Pieces? Age of set? For the set re-releases, do you use the old set number, or the new set number? Also, what is your (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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What fun Christmas shopping is! My local shopping centre (St Ives), which is not normally known for either its discount pricing or its availability of Lego has a temporary Santa Store, which has some discount Lego.... [LEGOSet 6736] For $9.99 (A (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: My average set
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(...) Great! So what is your median set???????? ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: HO HO HO HOT Pooh SALE
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(...) Noticed that the red technic truck is 74.50 too ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | My average set
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Long time readers of .loc.au (and perhaps a few others) may recall my love of statistics, and my dislike of the use of averages as a reasonable measure of a population. I have therefore calculated the average set in my collection (though, of course, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | HO HO HO HOT Pooh SALE
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25% OFF Pooh, Sesame Street, Fisher-Price, Doodle Pro and LEGO. So after recent 20% selective LEGO and 20% off all LEGO, they mustn't have sold enough, so it's 25% off now. Where ? ......o...Kxxxx...can you guess...? Now 'til Xmas eve. pete.w (is (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Really cool birthday present...
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The other day I received what is probably one of the most thoughtful, unique and overall cool ('cause I dig this kind of thing) gifts I've received in recent times. From a non-AFOL no less I got these really nice prints of the Toy Building Brick (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Discussion of Train Table Sizes
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(...) I see. I'm surprised though that you only seem to be considering hired vans. Don't ordinary citizens own vans or small trucks in the UK? We transport our tables to shows in the van belonging to one of our members (Bruce Chamberlain) - a late (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Multiple numbers for same set (was: 10152 Update)
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(...) They do look identical. Wonder why they have three numbers? Might be a good question for Jake at some point. Thanks for correcting that, Ross. I'll stick by my other assertions about the set, though! Kelly (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: SPARTAN MK 1 My entry for the Military Hover-Vehicle Contest
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(...) Welcome to .space Mike. Way to burst on the scene with a cool MOC and your own, um, scene. That's a great use for those 1x2x5 bricks. It's just scary how much thought you put (URL) the weaponry,> but the vehicle is well detailed and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) True. But this varies by region, in some regions GATS is not the only show organizer. For example, MichLTC does more shows (by a wide margin) that are put on and organized by local clubs, than shows put on by GATS. And in the case of a local (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Vorton Battle Midget
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(...) I could've sworn those weapons were inspired by Derek's mom's favorite playthings. -Tim (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that's similar to how it's done in the US, except that here they just pay a predetermined flat appearance fee to each participating club rather than trying to pay actual expenses. We don't get lunch though. What puzzled me was the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) ROTFLMAO! This is great Adrian, firstly as a compact, concise, spacy land vehicle. It's a perfect little skid-steer unit. Those treads have been asking to be used that way(1) and I've always told them to wait. But then... the attachments. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: rarest printed parts?
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(...) Great pics of the named bricks Clark! The highest price I have ever seen for a named beam is $35 for an "AD 1762" from the #309 Church set. The #309/#1309 sets from 1957-63 had 3 different names "1762", "AD 1762" and "ANNO 1762", and are all (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Vorton Battle Midget
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(...) I really like the design of the gattling gun. Think I may have to use that myself! Matt (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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