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(...) Jake, I wish you hadn't turned this into a personal issue when it is a corporate policy issue. Do you see the words "Jake McKee" anywhere in my post? Now the "rally round Jake" LUGNET defense mechanism has been activated, and anything I say (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Wish I saw that one, I love that show. They do lots of crashing things into other things, at high speeds. Seeing anything crashed into a concrete wall at 115 km/h would make you feel ill. There are very few vehicals out there that you could (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) It's the video from the British show, someone edited down the show to just the part with the smart crash, and put their own music on top. Dumb, but shows what I was refering to. The way it just EXPLODES off to the side looks so wrong. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) It's not the upfront money, it's the projected sales that determine whether a new mold is produced. Trains, while popular among AFOLs, just don't sell well among Lego's target market. I imagine that the projected sales for 10170 is at most (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) Well the fortwo is suposedly coming to the US in 2007. I suspect they'll bring the forfour (horrid) down there, too. There is a ~5 month waiting list in Canada for a fortwo cdi. I don't want anyone to take my idea for a custom licence plate if (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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What a pleasant way to start off Monday! I'm looking forward to this set. Aside from the set itself, what I find interesting is the technique used in the photography. Check out the clear bricks used for supporting the freight bodies... (URL) the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Me too! I will do anything in my power to make this new set a succes. I hope my wife will let me buy several... /\/\ark "I have two BNSFs, so I'll need a lot of cars" de Kock (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think the problem is the verbiage in the legofan.org article mentioning "our current finanancial state". The explanation in the ILTCO article is much better, IMO. Steve (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Dear Jake, Please don't take these sorts of email too seriously. I won't speak for anyone else but at least one of us AFOLs wholly supports this communication and, for that matter, the release itself. Thank you very much for all the work, time and (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) These are nice - I'll definitely be buying a set or two. I think the ends of the cars need a little work, too many studs for my liking and the narrowness there bothers me a bit. Also, the containers seem a little off, but hey, that's what's (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks David! You can see its rather unattractive predecessor here: (URL) of the goals of the remakes I posted was to make them look more elegant, by managing part colors, and hose routings more carefully. (...) There are movies of Quad242 and (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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<snip> (...) Oops.... (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Danny, Thanks for the feedback! Before I dig up a circuit diagram, I'll show you the timing diagram for my original hexapod, hex363: (URL) Hex363 can only walk forward, but has a hexagonal body. It gets its name based on the sequence of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Mark, please please don't take my desire to break down the wall and share information with the community as "excuses" or dishonesty. (...) Things aren't as simple as that. New parts, more than ever before, are designed in a wholistic mindset. (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Sure, would have been nice, I guess, but I'm more understanding than some (or, to the cynics and naysayers out there, a bigger sucker). I'll be buying a few just for the TTX stickers though, there are a LOT of TTX car types out there... (...) (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks for the news and pics, Mike. These look nice & beefy. Looking forward to the yellow ladders and 1x2x2 yellow thin walls. Glad to see that TLC is still able to reach out to train fans with the current state of business. And, glad they (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I wouldn't be buying this set anyway, but I'm really getting tired of TLC's excuses to AFOLs. "New molds cost too much" was the old refrain, but now it's "an inability to produce new colors of those parts in our current financial state". Where (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Ya :) (4 URLs) This weekend was like, minicar weekend. Stunt Track opened at Wonderland (you ride through scenes from the Italian Job in tricked out Mini Cooper S'). (3 URLs) The launch is very very good. -Iain (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Apparently Americans don't like hatch backs, so I wouldn't expect a hatch to appear in North America any time soon. I assume that's why the SiR was being build in the UK. Iain you should get a Ridgeline, that's more your style. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm going to ignore the ingenuity of the design and the wonderful concept (and implementation) of a pneumatic-logic controlled walker and just comment that it looks wonderful! I wish I could see it operating in person, I'm sure it would be a (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.technic)
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