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(...) 8644 is the lightest of the four racers. Mine has occasional hydroplaning where the others don't. The other 3 are heavy enough to create adequate FRICTION with the tabletop. Mousepad works fine for the lightest (8644). Which I think is the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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(...) Hey, Mark, I know that. And I didn't mean for my post to be a rally against you in particular at all, but rather just on the comment of the other hostilities, especially in the other thread that isn't supposed to have the discussions in it. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: New Technics parts
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(...) Hmmmmmm "Opposite of comedy"....... therefore gravity is tragedy, which begs the question, does that mean comedy requires concrete filled shoes or a self-contained breathing apparatus? Apparently I have been having unprotected humour at the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:IAM6Jq.1M8B@lugnet.com... (...) betala (...) identifiera (...) packeteras (...) Jag tror att nyckeln ligger i "hur" det postas på andra sidan Atlanten... Själv har jag lyckats få betala 250 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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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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(...) They shouldn't cross-post it to inappropriate groups (assuming they have done so, I haven't been paying attention), I agree. But my point remains the same...just because someone posts something doesn't mean that you have to read it...much less (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | My First Mech ... Please Critic
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Dear lugnet.build.mecha, After reading about the (URL) Beesch> and particularly some of the response and encouragement I received (URL) here> I decided that I would give Mech building a try. Of course, the one particular item that amazed me the most (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.cedarlug, FTX)
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(...) "Brick Disturbers" ??? !!! ??? That would make an awesome t-shirt. Or pastiche... (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I understand that. But fussing at fussers makes you fussy too. (...) Why on earth should I hate Jake? He had nothing to do with the color change. And for that matter, I don't HATE the color change or TLC. I do dislike the color change though, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 agree with the above letter and sign it Walter Walters (age 30), Pennsylvania (USA) approximate annual budget before 2004: $1500 approximate budget for 2004: $7 Total MSRP of LEGO sets that I own: pre-2004: $9,573 post-2004: $7 (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Can I hang out here for a while until it's safe at lugnet.general?
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Hello folks in Toronto. I thought I would hang out here for a while, until the Lego uncivil war is over.... Since I live in St. Clair Shores Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit, and since I can see the Essex Co. Canada shore from the highest (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: "Aggressor", power armor dropship
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(...) The drop bay is one continuous walk-through section. There's not a lot of space (a little over four studs in width), but would be plenty for a minifig dropmaster. I commented elsewhere that I ran out of creativity when it came to the interior. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I think there's a parallel between building mechs and building cargo ships, because the inside (either the joint tech or the cargo space) dictates what you can do with the outside. Thanks for the comments, Mark, glad you liked it! (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Lessons learned in pre-school
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(...) It seems kids not only like the high speed of Lego trains, they love to race their trains against each other. Even on a standard dual oval track ((URL) will race each other, although they know the trains are not running equal distances. So we (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I've thought about writing something here for a while, and only now seems like as good a time as any. First off, I did "sign" the letter to the CEO but in all honesty, it's not gonna stop me from buying Lego any time soon. The only thing standing in (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption 2.0
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Keep up the great work guys! :) Iain (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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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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(...) Hey, that's fine by me! (...) Unless it affects me and our group. Your letters to Lego whining about the colour of bricks paint EVERY AFOL. Some of us don't want to make a fuss, because it's not enough of an issue in our minds. (...) You see (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: An alternative open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company
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In lugnet.color, Thomas Stangl wrote: <snip> (...) True, but how much of that 5% actually cares about the color change enough to vocally protest? Based on the discussion here I'd well less than half and probably more like one tenth (and I think (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) (Blush), thanks! And I agree with you about Mark's "Pioneer". I just checked his gallery again, and I think you could maybe park my "Aggressor" inside the cargo container. (...) I actually thought carefully about those white curved slopes. I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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I like this wording better, it's much more positive, I'd sign it... But I stand by signing the original version - TLG needs a swift kick in the rear about now to knock some sense into it. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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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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(...) Okay, but there's a way to go and write a letter, and there's one that fans the flames even more. Posting a petition list almost invites commentary, however unjustified. It's not just this latest petition thread, which in fact, could have been (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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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Kevin, If you read the thread, they've already noted it was a mis-translation. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: An alternative open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company
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(...) Sure, and I have no problem with that. I DO have a problem with the suck-ups telling the people that are trying to tell TLC they made a mistake to keep quiet about it. Sucking up all the time with no dissent is a sure way to grenade a company (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The tests they did simply could have been skewed by how the questions were asked. Without seeing the actual test, we won't know if they happened to use leading questions posed by the people for the color change, or hand-picked a strange group (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And your actions, kissing their hindquarters vociferously, will somehow tell them when they might have done something that has upset their paying customers? ENOUGH of the puckering up, Bill. (...) 5% is 5%. If you as a CEO piss off 5% of your (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, 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 agree to returning to the old greys/browns (the new don't need to disappear, just bring back the old). Tom Stangl (38), Cantonment, Florida USA ~$10-20,000/yr 1997-2004 ~$200 post-2004 (on post-color-change sets. Still a few thousand on (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: An alternative open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company
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I DON'T agree with this letter...as far as grey/brown color changes are concerned. To date, TLG has *yet* to give a *valid* reason for the change. Any reasons given have been debunked as fluff or outright lies. Give us the real reason ($$$), and (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: "Aggressor", power armor dropship
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(...) The top turret was kind of a doodle that just turned out really well. (I shoulda showed you guys the turret that came in second place and got scrapped--yuck!) (...) I dunno about that. Looking at your Brickshelf folder, you've obviously got (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Kroger 400+300 red tubs
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(...) They are on sale today in Ashland, KY. A little under $10.00 with your Kroger card. Sorry, I don't have an inventory. The 400 pieces are posted on the side of the bin. The 300 are very strange to say the least. All I have seen have had two (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: valuing lego for insurance purposes
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(...) How good's your memory? How about making a list of all the sets you've acquired over the years (don't do it in one hit, take a few days), making a note of the set number and number of pieces. See what you can come up with. (No need to build (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Wire routing
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(...) Hi Lar, I usually attach the 2x2 wire plate to the motor, bend the wire down towards the track and then bend the wire back up towards the cab. The wire then goes through a 1x2 hole in the floor and to the motor and lights in the cab. That loop (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: stepping up to the dead horse (was some other title)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: FOr example, if you were (...) Mister David Geoffrey Koudys (in my strictest teacher voice) leave my cleavage out of this discussion! Thank you very much! Trust me, a punishment from me will be worse (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Steve's Ball hanging out at Wendy's
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(...) Gee, Steve, not to make you self concsious or anything, but your balls look pretty small, and spotted. Have you talked to your doctor about this? Kevin (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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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(...) Maybe not, but some people keep shoving it under our noses by cross-posting it to innappropriate groups and spotlighting it. ROSCO (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <snip> (...) You get it in your nearest live theater. It is the opposite of comedy. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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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sorry i incorretly signed the first time OnDrew Hartigan (21), winfield, il , $2000-6000 pre2004, 3500 for2004 but only spent on 2003 and prior sets/ PAB, during my employment at the woodfield lego store oct03-aug04 i spoke with no less than 200 (...) (21 years ago, 21-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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(...) Ben, If you change the language of the letter so that it is clear that you are a group of people made up mostly of AFOLs, not the entire AFOL community then I will have no opinion about your letter, retract my objection to it, and wish you the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | LEGO Factory Judge Pages Archived?
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One side benefit to LF (IMO) has been the spotlight pages on the judges. It's fun to read each judge's background, childhood favorites, etc. and then try to see how that reflects in his/her designs. From a teacher's point of view, I also loved the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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(...) Left some plates out... (am I missing something with your question????) in other words to "build a recessed area" you "don't build part of the floor"! (...) He's a CAD jockey though. 4 out of 5 of his creations never leave elecron form... (21 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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