 | | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Hello! Since most of you ignored the simple request not to discuss in THIS thread but in this: (URL) anyway, it doesn't matter anymore if I chime in here. (...) So hopefully the new CEO is older than the LEGO Company so he is able to know how to run (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Johnny five IS alive - first MOC
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hello all After a long building time (uncounted houres during one and a half year) I finally assembled my Johnny Five robot the first time. This was a great feeling looking to the robot and I will share this with you.I found a lot of inspiration on (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build.mecha) !!
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| | Re: Hats off to Jake!
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(...) I've said it before, I'll say it again: I want to be Jake when I grow up... Thank you, Jake - for being a LEGO FAN first, and employee second! And I'm looking forward to seeing you in Cincinnati! JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
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In lugnet.color, Steve Dunn wrote: <snip> (...) I'm with you on that Steve: the new Technic (and other theme) instructions are getting very difficult to differentiate the color of parts, namely, black, new dark grey, and sometimes new light grey. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: GATS 8-9 jan, 2005, great model
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(...) You mean the Jetsons? Also, I was under the impression that the first spiffcraft was built by Mark Sandlin... was I wrong? Legoswami Samarth (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company (alternate)
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In lugnet.general, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: -snip- Disagree, and offer a more simple letter instead: "Dear LEGO: Changing basic colors that have been around for many years was a very foolish thing to do. Please, PLEASE don't do anything that (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: GATS 8-9 jan, 2005, great model
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(...) Thanks, after that I searched BrickShelf for Spiff, and found a number of spiffcrafts there, and I found different variations of it. I will build my own based on that one, but simpler, as I'll have at work for decoration only. I'll use the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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(...) Maybe the cross-posting was an (unsuccessful) attempt to get around the new (URL) Spotlight settings> that discriminate against posts in .color. The (URL) petition post> has 8 spotlights, but does not show up in the Spotlight sidebar. Perhaps (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Bingo! Thanks Steve. (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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(...) Whereas I agree everyone should have the right to express thier opinion--that said, the 'spamming' of every major NG at LUGNET was, in my humble opinion, taking that 'chip on the shoulder' just a tad too far. Post colour issues in colour, and (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Suggestions required for medium sized sets with lots of grey
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(...) SNIPPY of list Hello Steve (And others), Thanks a lot! I really appreciate this. I guess I should have mentioned that I was looking for regular parts (like 1 x x etc) too. But this was still a great help. Legoswami Samarth (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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(...) The whole reason Todd set up a Color newsgroup was so there would be a place for people to discuss the Color issue ad nauseam. (...) Come on, man. You've met me. I'm not a hostile person. The whole "Boo hoo, I'm not going to read Lugnet (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Just to clear up a bit of confusion. This nomination is for the Ldraw.org Steering Committee (SteerCo) and not for the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC). The difference is the SteerCo is responsible for the overall governence of LDraw.org (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Nominations: 2005 LDraw.org Steering Committee
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(...) Thanks, Ross and Timothy, for this (unexpected) nomination. I must decline though because of lack of time. Maybe next time, having a LeoCAD user at the LSC would be nice... Philo (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Legoköp på nätet.
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(...) Tjenare. En del skriver gåva och litet värde utan att man ber om det, men vill inte nämna dessa här. ;-) Jag fick betala moms på min Monorail-bana, eftersom paketet kom från Schweiz, dvs utanför EU, dock ingen tull eller strafftull, jag har (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Incorrect Links on SW Sidebar
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"Todd Lehman" <todd.lehman@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:IAJD8z.14rM@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks Todd. That helps put everything into focus for me. I had NO idea I wasn't funny. Apparently I'm the only one who gets it. Oh well. At least ACPin's (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Disagree - because I can NOT pretend to know how to run a multi-billion(?) dollar company that has existed longer than I have. Steve Hassenplug (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Libri, Java e aiuto
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Ciao Sergio, (...) Quale? Cos'ho detto di male su Java, in generale o nell'RCX? (...) Se puo' servire a farti ricomparire, ne sparo un'altra su un linguaggio a scelta :-) Ciao, Guido (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
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(...) I completely agree with Jennifer's statement, we like the colours when it suits us, but not when it doesn't. Unlike bley, I think this is a problem that only creeps slowly into the minds of technic builders as we can slowly deplete our stocks (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Legoköp på nätet.
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Halloj vi var inne på det där med tullar och sånt för ett tag sedan. Råkade ut för min första idag. Är det man beställt dyrare än 200 kr (med frakt) så får man betala 25% moms och är det Lego så får man betala ytterligare 19% i strafftull och till (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: LEGO moves production
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(...) Lar, I was in Enfield last April, and I know one of the buidlings there was still doing set packaging (production line of bins feeding pieces of Lego bricks into bags, and then the bags were going into boxes and tubs). I know the large (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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(...) Just two points: a) The issue seems to be important enought to pop up again, and again, and again. If the topic was unimportant, it would have died by now. b) if you avoid LUGNET, how did you manage to answer anyway? Disagreeing with other (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: pre-releases brickos-0.9.0/lnpd-0.9.0 avail. for testing/feedback
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A number of you have noticed that the files have been unavailable from the sourceforge mirrors. I was just able to download both of the files: brickos and lnpd. If you've been waiting, you should be able to get them now. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
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"Steve Dunn" <s%te#ven.j&.du?nn*@...tr$a.c?om> wrote in message news:IAJKnu.oHo@lugnet.com... (...) I have some of these in white... very handy too. (...) peices (...) obvious. Agreed, I like the variety of colour that this has introduced, but do (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mardi 18 janvier 2005
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Montage du camion de pompier référence 8454 ** (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Ferrari
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(...) I was more like talking about a formula one car, ofcourse all racing cars should have a gearbox. 6 speed + reverse if possible... (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Putting downt the Riot
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(...) Keith, you crazy bastard! (That's what I call the "straight forward smack") Your stuff is freaking insanely unbelievable. It's really two fold... on one hand you have these amazing large-scale, very detailed MOCs which people spend literally (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) The end of this para should read: "That's because LUGNET doesn't censor." (hit send too early, sorry!) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Pit of Despair - New MOC
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(...) I had to go ready myself for a family thing and then our lousy dialup cut out. So here's what I said again for the first time (Posted at CSF but I wanted to be fair ;-): I think this creation and sequence of events is a terrific addition to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Hi David, the CEO will of course get the original German letter, which - by the way - got signed by far more often than this one here. That one is written in our mother tongue and therefor superior in language. Since we would give Lugnetters (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: SSClagorpion - Another creature - Greene Scorp
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(...) <snip> (...) Yeah, Im looing to isolate each movement completely and have it so the body doesn't have a grav well. I'm not 100% on the orderit may be that instead of AD going to AF, I do AD, -> BU -> AF -> BR -> BD -> AU -> BF -> AR -> AD (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Hm. I would agree to this letter if it were of a largely different tone. Lots of stuff I disagree with or would drastically change in wording: (...) If you're looking for more support, I'd suggest re-wording the letter much less harshly. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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(...) Thiisssssss makes me happy! Things like this, make me very, very happy!!! I'm happy now, --==Richard==-- Oh, and if this if faked or photo-shoped... well, there will be blood...lotsa blood! (21 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Every post has to be requested to be cancelled individually, by the person who posted it. We don't cancel entire threads. Even if the thread originator wants it that way! That's becauase LUGNET I'll certainly be glad to cancel any post I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) I appreciate your addressing this, Ben. Having read earlier drafts, I didn't think the intent was to represent all AFOLs, and wanted to make sure it was addressed. For the record, I personally do not agree with the direction of the letter, but (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: SSClagorpion - Another creature - Greene Scorp
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(...) If you use a regular hexagon, the radial compressor would look awesome mounted on its side in the centre. ROSCO (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO moves production
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(...) I thought Enfield was now a distribution center only and all molding and set assembly/packaging has been terminated. Who has been there lately and can confirm/deny? (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hats off to Jake!
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(...) SNIP (...) Jake! - keep suggesting! And thanx! (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Incorrect Links on SW Sidebar
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(...) Maybe not! Update it here: (URL) since you're having trouble and we need to trace this one of us will approve it right away. Then try posting to off-topic.test and send the admins (and TODD) the exact error you get, if any. If you don't get (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators)
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| | Re: "Aggressor", power armor dropship
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(...) Kyle, I like the color scheme, the lifting doors, the weapons array, and the engine are neat, but I've got a few issues, and they have nothing to do with your building style or how it looks--it's more of a few technical/physics/science-based (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO moves production
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(...) To the best of my knowledge, that is correct. The sets are made in-country to be more adaptable to the product mix that is desired by the marketplace in each country (plus, I figure it's easier to ship bricks en masse than sets--a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Incorrect Links on SW Sidebar
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(...) I think it's a general consensus from my own observation as well as many others over the past several months that many people don't care for Amado's website design. Basically, cool MOC's, bad website. It's not easy to use, and every time you (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators)
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| | Sacramento Brick Builders January Meeting 1/29
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Hello all, I hope everyone had a good holiday break and a fun New Year! It's time for the first Sacramento Brick Builders meeting of 2005. We will be meeting on Saturday, January 29th, 2005 11AM - 3PM at the Arden Dimmick Library 891 Watt Ave (cross (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sacbb)
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| | Re: SSClagorpion - Another creature - Greene Scorp
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(...) Awesome. (...) Are the down legs coming up at the same time as the up legs are coming down? Sclagorpion will have all 8 legs down, then pick four of them up, shift, and put them back down before lifting the other four. This way the body does (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company/Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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I wholeheartedly agree with the letter. David "Fuzzy" Gregory, 27, Lafayette Indiana. (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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A lot of people would like to say things about grey-->bley change that would be unprintable in a public forum like lugnet. I'm just glad that most of them have kept a civil attitude so far, and I, for one, appreciate their restraint. As far as (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Why should they? They've had them for ages, you could have bought some months ago. Perhaps if they had run out in the first week or three after being put on offer there would be incentive to make more, but not at this point. BTW I strongly (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) By that rationale, wouldn't it make sense to bring back gray and brown? (...) Not sure how changing gray to blay is innovation. --Todd (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Two words: Blay = Blyecch I'm sure that I'll eventually buy some of the 2004 sets -- just because I'm a die-hard Space and Star Wars collector -- but it'll be with a certain lack of enthusiasm, and I'll try to swap out as many of the blay parts as I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Incorrect Links on SW Sidebar
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Hi, Lenny! (...) I tend to be a little wordy. ;) Both in real life and when typing, whenever I'm in a situtation where I am either trying to explain something, answer a sensitive question, or point out details, I've just got a habit of trying to get (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators, FTX)
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| | Re: "Aggressor", power armor dropship
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(...) Kyle this is magnificent! I love the overall shape and the weapons/detailing. Along with Mark N.'s dropship, this is one of the few ships that looks cool and carries huge cargo. As always, I'm very impressed and somewhat humbled by your work. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Putting downt the Riot
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(...) Tourette's I think it is. But I have to wonder how it is you know these things? (...) That would rock, but.... he's already got dibs on the Bible (GOD told me so, so it must be true!) so you'd need another "holy book" to do... hmm... I know, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) Ken Nagel (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego Studios Question
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(...) This might help: (URL) if it wraps) ROSCO (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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I have to agree with the main reason why this letter was created. The old color of grey was a lot less painful on the eyes, it even blended in quite well with the new colors. It certainly is a lot more difficult to tell one brick apart from another. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lego Studios Question
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Not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but I didn't see anything for Studios. Is there any way possible to get the Studios camera to work with Windows XP? The software doesn't seem to be compatible, and the OS doesn't recognize the camera. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | For Auction: 375 Castle, 383 Knight's Tournament, 677 Knight's Procession +
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Howdy- I've got a lot Of 3 LEGOLAND Castle Sets From 1978/1979: 375 Castle, 383 Knight's Tournament, 677 Knight's Procession I was going to put this on eBay, but I thought I'd give a try posting to LUGNET first. I am selling my original, complete (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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I notice on the other thread that many people have signed, but either partially or strongly disagree. Do you plan on passing all of the comments to TLG? If not, then maybe another letter and petition needs to be sent from the people who don't want (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Microscale battleship
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Matthias, Nice work, do you know why it was rejected?? Seems a little odd to me, as 8x32 designs have been allowed in the Lego Factory contest. And... I agree, we need more of these, I may even try my hand at one of these :) Thanks for sharing. Mark (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.boats, FTX)
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| | Re: "Aggressor", power armor dropship
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Wow, Kyle. That's rather amazing. I'd have to say my favorite part would be the top gun turret. I've always been partial to Mladen's square barrel. I do agree with Daniel that it needs more front boosters. But, then again, who am I to talk? I can't (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
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half pins blue frictionless axle pins tan axle pins with friction blue odd length axles grey even length axles black etc pieces so far produced in only one colour (excluding the grey varient); 3/4 pins axels 3 long with stud 16 tooth gear with (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: UP Executive Set (was Re: Santa Fe El Capitan Hi-Level)
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(...) I hadn't realized you'd added pictures of the loco. I'll keep an eye out for more in the future! (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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I disagree with most of this letter. Yes, it makes sorting harder. Yes, The Lego Group underestimated how upset some people would be (as I was!). But assuming your focus group work on colours was valid, neither of the above reasons is good enough to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | FA: Ebay only 7 hours left
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(URL) items still at $2.00 -- Thanks, Jason King Ebay ID: jasonoz3 (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Povray is not rendering the whole picture
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(...) Thanks for the help, it looks like I had spaces in the names and that was the problem. I forget that these programs are old outdated software that cant handle a little space in the name. Thnanks Dave (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Lego Mecha IRC channel
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(2 URLs) www.newircusers.com> should answer any questions you might have about setup. Now get in there! :) Soren (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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I do not support sending such a letter to the Lego senior management. They have enough to do trying to stay competitive in a very agressive market space. Their primary focus is their 90% consumer group - children - and they clearly have a plan to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Automated Inventory Ordering through Bricklink
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(...) Yes. the sheer number of combinations can quickly get ridiculous and it gets hard to evaluate which is "best." I cheated by making a few asumptions. I'll share them when I dig up the code, I don't remember the details off hand. -JSM (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: Automated Inventory Ordering through Bricklink
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(...) SNIP (...) Yeah I had to have a look up table for that. It was annoying but not insurmountable : ) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.inv, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: SSClagorpion - Another creature - Greene Scorp
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In lugnet.technic, Kevin L. Clague wrote: <snip> (...) Almost as compact as my radial.. which I've developed /developing 3 and 6 cylinder versions as well.. the 3cyl radial is 12x13x4 studs and can easily be run with any motor (even the micro), but (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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Why are we still talking about this? From a corporate view, they are not going to change thousands upon thousands of dollars of material to satisfy a mere 15% (I think it was stated?) that are AFOLs. I fail to see why we must continue this pointless (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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Do not agree with the letter, and actively prefer the new greys. Jacob Davies (28), Oakland, CA, $2-5k yearly. (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) I strongly disagree with this letter. The more colors the better. LEGO must innovate to stay alive. Kevin L Clague 2260 Hartle Ave #201 Owatonna, MN 55060 $1500/year in LEGO (technic and mindstorms) Co-authored in three books on LEGO robotics. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I partially agree with this letter. Daniel Jackson (14), Alaska USA. I would love to have the original colors back, as well as see the new colors in some sets. I want the original colors to be the iprimary/i colors. The new colors are fine for the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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I strongly agree with the letter, especially after buying my first 2004 set last week. Rose Mother of two boys and wife of a large Lego purchaser (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It seems like L3P does not find the path to the submodels(?) Are they all in the same folder? How are the files named? Any spaces in the filenames or paths? (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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I agree to the above letter. James Brink (26), Michigan, USA, $1000+ for pre-color change sets in 2003, $50 for post-color change sets. I'm still a fan of LEGO, just not much of a customer anymore :( (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) When I checked it, I did it thru my bookmark and did not realize it till now. My mistake :(. Shoulda checked the URL. My bookmark URL: (URL) To answer your Q: I refer to my land (where my house sits) as Gakland. The land that's flowing with (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hello all I have built a multi part model in Mlcad and then use L3P add on to make a POV file. But it never renders the submodels. What am I doing wrong that makes POV not see the rest of the model? Dave (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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David Chapman Adams (13) Richmond, VA, USA, I do not make a certain amount of money and thus do not have a certain budget for Legos. (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I do support this letter. Martin Legault, Canada. Spent a hole bunch of money in 2004 to buy the last batch of old color. Nothing on 2004 set where new color are predominant. Planned budget for 2005, not much. (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) No, the trans-green glass building is a douche-hostel for traveling douchebags. (...) Garden? Garden!? Now you're just provoking me. (...) This is perhaps your one and only valid point...I thought about posting it to .Town because as you (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) You know, I care about color but I don't read the new Color newsgroup. I do read Trains and Space though, and a major issue like this has to do with lots of newsgroups, thus the crosspost. There is a lot of stuff I am interested in, but that (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Andrew, thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to post them. I don't think I'm quite there yet with the futuristic architecture...the reich was always supposed to be much more near-future than PCS and the rest of the themes. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Hello! And thanks to every LEGO employee who ever designed a great set, in particular those responsible for sets #851 (1977), #375 (1978), #928 (1979), #7740 (1980), #6382 (1981), #6950 (1982), #1592 (1983), #6080 (1984), #6392 (1985), #6067 (1986), (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I agree and sign below: Mark Bellis (31), Derby (UK). 2003 expenditure £2227 including £80 of SYSTEM light grey plates. 2004 expenditure £3415 including £830 of SYSTEM light grey plates. 2005 expenditure so far £678 of SYSTEM dark grey plates and (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Matt Chiles (33), Centerville, WA, USA, $500+ pre 2004, $50 in 2004 (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | FA: Lego 9V Train pieces (Tracks, wheels, bases, etc.)
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Hi all, I currently have a few auctions on Ebay that consist of Lego Train Pieces. Lot of 6 Brand new Lego 9V Train Wheels (Currently at $1.99 with almost two hours left!) <link>(URL) Brand New Lego 9V Curved Track (sold individually for $1.10 each) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Sounds interesting, but a little vague - maybe you should lay out some more specifics: - How big are the armies? Size/CP limits? - How big are the castles? Size/CP limits? - What kind of castle stuff is allowed? Catapults? Siege towers? - What (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Yes, they can communicate using IR. Look at the contents of the MindScript header files included in the LEGO Mindstorms SDK 2.5. Also read the Spybot SDK information regarding its built-in subroutines. In addition to using MindScript you can (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey everyone, if you need to blow some holiday cash, I have some LEGO soft bricks for sale at my BrickLink store. If you're not familar, they are 6 times bigger than a standard brick and are made of a dense foam. Very cool knick-knack and they work (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) I think even if you do know Rob, the "joke" is still a poorly created one. If you have reason to suspect that someone has provided a false name (in violation of the ToS), public accusations really aren't the way to go -- unless you're really (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators, FTX)
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H Dan. I talked to Bryce (who still can't post here) and he says he shill has it and will bring it to the meeting with him. I hope you don't mind that we rebuilt it in Bley for you instead. ;) -Dave (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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In MacNQC 4.0b, in the preferences, there is a "Spybotics" option in the menu for targets. I don't know if this helps you out at all, but perhaps NQC can help you. Alex wrote: > Hi All, > > I am having RCX2 unit with USB Tower and a spybot. > > Can (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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Alright, much to Jason's relief, I have given the rules some thought. Here is what I got so far. We use the rules that Jason has up so far on the web site about calculating how big each player's faction's forces will be. Other than that, we use (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.gaming)
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(...) Keith, So yesterday morning i was finally able to go thru the pics at fullsize. Granted it took a good 45 minutes on our slow computer that uses dialup but it was worth it. ;-) Anyway, I hadn't replied before now cause I didn't think it (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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-snip a bunch!- (...) Mike, First let me say that I have deep respect for your building ability, and I have wanted to meet you in person for a while. When you said you were going to BrickFest, I cheered. When you said that you couldn't make it, I (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.admin.curators, FTX)
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(...) You bet! I think its fanatastic, although I had to go browse on the www for pictures as I was totally unfamiliar with the original and couldn't believe the model wasn't heavily over-decorated. As it turns out, the model may be a tad on the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) I would suggest cancelling this entire thread, and finalising the wording before re-posting. ROSCO (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) snip snip 8< (...) snip snip 8< (...) You beat me to it! I didn't think anyone built anything this way. Yesterday, I built and posted a little house that I built in the same SOBby fashion. (URL) Anyway, your MOC really rox! Especially the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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