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Allen, Jason: I have been collecting information about Lego patents for several years, and this is my favorite. The original patent is Danish: DK92683C. Legetøjsbyggeelement. Filed 28 Jan 1958, Granted 29 Jan 1962. This was also amended by patent (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 10152 Update: What has TLC to do to bring YOU up against them?
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(...) Because they are the only one that would be negatively affected by this so called "collectibility" of this set, now that it is not so rare. (...) I know tons of those, generally from the anime toy fandom. Some of them buy two of each action (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) [snip] There is so much interesting discussion in this thread, I couldn't decide which post I wanted to reply to most. But I picked this one because of this one phrase. I often find that while sitting in front of the PC to respond to a post, I (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hold on bub, this truly is the Golden Age of LEGO Re: Whatever happened...
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Tony, Long time no see. (then again, I dont venture out past rtlToronto.) You make some very good points, but the long and the short of it is. this place is turning into those very same usenet groups you refer to. I can only hope that Todd will (at (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Yellow sporty racer 8644 is the coolest Lego set lately. Sure it has a lot of new-fangled pieces. But how the grill meets up with the wheel covers without attaching, that is sweet. The new thin tires with no Lego precedent: it is about time we had (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.reviews)
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I don't post much on Lugnet anymore, though I visit every so often. I had to reply to this, though. I think Calum expressed the exact way I feel. A lot of the fun has been taken out of LEGO. The community is a scary place and the products...although (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Not what I intended to bring across. I am saying that any type of investment, wether it be the stock market, or the toy market, is risky business. You take your chances on making or losing money. I have purchased shares in companys that were (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: SSClagorpion - Status Report
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(...) It's a tough one.... let me guess. LPub? I think I've heard of it. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic)
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Calum, I've been around since the earliest days of rtl, and have followed the evolution of the AFOL community with great interest. The direction things have taken does not surprise me. It's like anything else (ie, the Wild West, founding of Silicon (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Michael, Virginia -- Hi, Thank-yous to me are not in order, given the delay that I made you suffer though. But you're welcome. Thanks for your incredible patience. --Todd (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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(...) Great work, guys! I added a link from the LUGNET homepage, to replace a couple of older announcements. --Todd (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Steven D. Weiser wrote: snipped some text to reduce it to something I'am confused about (...) Hi, in this discussion on lugnet.com almost everybody who wrote about collectors wrote in a very negative way. It seems as if in the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Why can't LEGO do both, and keep almost everyone happy? That is, LEGO gets to re-release any set, as long as the box is physically different from the original. That way, sets remain collectible, but bricks don't. "Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:I91w7E.1yL8@lugnet.com... (...) Now you (...) You (...) Why is it incredible? If LEGO was an airline, AFOLs would be the first class and business class frequent flyers, who bring in the most money (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Mine is there for all to see: (URL) occasionally gets a little out of date, and it doesn't show sets I bought for parting out, or parts I've bought sans set, but you can't have everything ;) ROSCO (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I'm enjoying the new X-Pods. Could only find the light blue and the neon orange so far, but it's only a matter of time. I'm really glad they continued this line. The new "Hot Wheels" racers in the black "garages" are fantastic!!. I was just (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) A very, very good idea! Afterall, the MOCs and the subsequent sharing of techniques and ideas were primarily what Lugnet was all about! Though I am not a very active poster, I do lurk and read alot of the posts and the elevated levels of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level
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Happy Holidays to everyone! For several months I've been working on a new train construction book based on the Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level set from 1956. Please check out (URL) Brian Clough's Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level page> and his (URL) of the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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(...) Naturally! (Though it surprises me that you don't have such a record .... I do recall you cataloging all the components of The Church of Steeple Cheney, after all.) Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | An open letter to TLG.
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I am writing this because I wish to know why TLG are downsizing colors instead of thinking why can't they utilize mass-production of colors in more colors? It seems irrational that they would produce colors in certain rare element and production run (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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