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(...) That's cool, nice trees too. For some reason the word 'varmints' came into my head! Tim (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Me? No way.... I am innocent I tell you, innocent! (I exclaim as they make me walk the plank.) Hey, wait Dave, don't be giving all those jolly tars on the hearts of oak a bad name. Janey "On the jack stay, Red Brick" (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) To be honest, I was most upset by the title. Boycott? The article didn't even call for a boycott. Nor do I think that the article's voracity warranted one even in the eyes of the author. It seemed like the title was just meant to be attention (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well we do have a brown head in Star Wars sets for Lando and they are used in the new Spider Man sets as well, so they have broken way from just the NBA sets. But I do understand your point. jt (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Keep in mind that caucasian NBA players were also included in flesh tone: Steve Nash (Canada) Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) Pau Gasol (Spain) Tony Kukoc (Croatia) ... so I don't believe the stereotype is in the NBA figs (although, they were a bad (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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If you ever make it down to Atlanta one day Steve you can come see mine in the backyard.(1) jt (1) don't let the revenuers follow ya! (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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Again thanks! I think I'll set it all up at the next GATS in Portland, Feb 19-20th. BTW your all (or is that yall) welcome to crash the show to! I will set it up on a flat table until I complete the landscaping...which has got me a bit worried. I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) LOL, Wow, much too kind..... Calum has dreamy eyes... Dave is King of the Flannel, Iain is the cute one, and Janey gets..... "that aint no woman!" Oh how the truth hurts, how ever will I sleep tonight? Rob don't you have a stacker you should (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Glad you like it. A .wks file is a Works Datasheet. I use Works (as part of my Windows XP) because I don't have Excel yet. If I ever get Excel I will replace all the .wks files with .xls files (if there's only text in the cells, they should (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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(...) To quote the late, great Johnny Carson: "I did not know that!" Thanks for posting this, Joshua. It appears that "tender loving care" can have its acro back;-) JOHN (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've never seen one of those in person, is it a "southern thing"? ;) Awesome scene! I'm suprised none of the castle folks offered to buy the pitch fork! SteveB (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'll be there and bringing a new member too! Also with MOCs galore. Okay, maybe one or two. See ya on Saturday! Jeff (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) YAY! Peter, I was hoping this would pull you out of the woodwork. Sinful Language On Suspension Secret Lives Open Suspicions (...) Intentional Posting Serves Some Others. Introspective Punishments Survives SUITS Oppression. (...) Something (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey you Star Wars gang, I just got the Episode III set of Anakin's fighter and the droid fighter. Great set with some great parts. For those parts that were there... It was missing a few. So, just want to know if others run across the same problem (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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(3 URLs) Click this for more pics...> Unfortunately, I have to do some reshoots of the whole tank due to glare so this is just the first part showing most of the exterior details. The link to my MOCs will be redone when time permits but every new (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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Hello! (...) Yeah, I wonder what they were thinking when they disarticulated the elbows of the figs. That clearly is not an improvement. I was glad, though, they didn't continue the Fairy Tale line with these new figures, so I wasn't forced to (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.build, FTX)
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SNIPPIFIED Steve, I haven't been commenting on your project, though I sould have, but this one really deserves praise (not trying to take anything away from the others here). It's.... beautiful. So thanks for sharing. I've been DYING to do a dio of (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) A wankel rotary engine indeed, I'll need to have custom parts injectionmoulded... (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Actually, I think there are some good issues that are raised in this article. (...) There is some validity to the argument that yellow more closely represents light-skinned people. The author oversteps by calling it "Aryan yellow" to be sure, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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That "LEGO Company" thing never really took with me. It was TLG all the way. Well, now we can go "back", it looks like. (URL) my perspective: Yay! -- joshua (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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I have after many months posted some pictures of my Castle in its Stage 4 guise. I think thats it complete. The only way I might go from here is to add a town wall or the like. I've tried to capture the new part of it from as many angles as possible (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc) !!
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Steve, This is really, really cool. The Turtle Creek model does a great job at showing how one can obtain very realistic effects with LEGO bricks. The use of non-primary colors lends a lot to the model. Too bad the tans, off-yellows, off-greens, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Is it as bad as national news is making it sound? (...) Duuuuuude! You rock most harshly. (^^) I want to bear Steve's children. We're still trying to decide what to buy next. Currently we're using an iMac, eMac, iBook, iPod, iPodMini, Airport, (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Admire the sentiment Steve, but you might be (if Eric is right and it IS a humour piece) playing right into their hands... they'll collect the best/goofiest mail and publish it for the laughs. Also, (referring to your next post) the use of (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Holy s***. Youve got to be kidding. I KNEW this would happen eventually, what with the introduction of the flesh figs. But to think they'd target the themes themselves is really weird. Now, I don't know the half of set designing, but I suspect (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Hey Todd, you still haven't made a wish and blown out your candles!! ***...*** |||...||| -Suz (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.people)
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(...) She aint no womman? She looks like a womman, she has all the right curves for a womman... she talks like a sailor though... Hmmm... (...) I dunno--I've seen Rob's legs... Dave K (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here is the email I sent to the boneheads. Steven Weiser Subj: Boycott Lego Date: 1/25/2005 11:09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time From: WsrSteven To: letters@dogstreetjournal.com First, there is no plural for Lego. Second, are you people thinking (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I suggest every single fan send them an email. I just did. What a bunch of kooks. Steven Weiser (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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My guess would be yes, because the wheels on the bulldozer look similar to the MyBot stuff. I've gotten some of the MyBot stuff for friends kids. It was ok, but perhaps a little tricky to work with. Although I only get to see the initial play. I (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) lol-- the ultimate smack critique:-) I weep for the future. JOHN (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I can verify that the 29xx sets do use the Toolo screwdriver. I didn't get the 3587, so I can't help you there. (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This is a humor piece, right? (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Is the screwdriver and components from this set: (URL) with these sets? (URL) the Toolo screwdriver, right? Calum (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) She's more of a woman than YOU'LL ever be... Er wait, maybe that's not quite the smack I thought it was! (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The column has some good points. Too bad it suffers from lazy journalism. Like describing traditional minifigs as "aryan yellow". Aryan. Yellow. Yeah, right. And the columnist missed out on some other good discussion points: 1. Lego has (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Have to agree Tim (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sheesh. If it ain't broke, DON"T FIX IT! File this one under "decisions made by marketing geniuses". This is horrible. They should have stuck with the Santa Fe logos. If they had wanted to be hip, they could've resurrected the (URL) ying-yang> (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(URL) mín fru att inte köpa mer på ett tag och ändå så är jag ändå på g att köpa av en annan så jag lämnar ett fint tips här istället...såg fint ut iaf. MVH Andreas (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) That aint no woman, that's just Janey... (smack) -Rob A> (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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