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(...) This election is not for the Steering Committee, it's for the LDraw.org Standards Committee. -Orion (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) It really bugs me when reporters can't get their facts straight. If you're not going to report the details accurately, then why bother? /rant -Bryan (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Good point Dave, I have never seen any acknowledgement of trademarks on any of the old 50's-70's Esso or Shell items. Ditto for the 1:87 cars/trucks. No box or brochures (that came with these items) had acknowledgements either. On the 1:87 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) and that is the understatement of the century. Transport costs are already a goodly portion of the gross order billing. One year I calculated that 28% of remittances were for shipping/transport. Parts (unless the part is rare/desirable/low (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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Quoting David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com>: (...) Ok, so now we've also got the issue of near zero demand. *IF* demand was higher, costs could be split through multiple orders from the same original sellers, potentially. I would say that your average (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bam. (...) Yep. In my experience, AFOLs are generally interested in saving more, not spending more. There are a bunch out there who *will* pay more, but in general, I think your average AFOL would much rather spend the time doing it themselves (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Quoting David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com>: (...) The largest issue I've always seen with this was that the amalgamated carriage fees would very quickly pile up. Not only would the buyer pay for the first shipping fee to the middleman, but then the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The biggest issue as I see it is probably the fact that it's not worth the primary seller's time in this example. The point of them instigating a minimum order is so that they don't have to deal with stuff that's "not worth their time". But (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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sapete come posso fare per aprire un negozio su Bricklink ?? e le regole e le tariffe?? ametto di conoscere poco l'inglese...giocavo con le LEGO invece di studiare... :-p ?? (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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This is a pretty interesting idea. Here's a variation that might be slightly more likely to happen: A group of sellers could get together and form a company to sell new/used LEGO parts over the internet, in a network like you describe. Their online (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, I just wish they would transcribe each episode so I can read it. I can't bring myself to sit at my computer and listen to a podcast, even if it's on a topic I care about. I simply haven't got the time (I can skim/read about ten times (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I'll see about converting them to wmv, he deleted my folder with the movs in it. My idea of setting up an ftp server is dead, as I can't get Filezilla to even create a "listen socket", whatever that is. -Stefan- (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I, Kevin Clague, nominate Orion Probursky for Ldraw Steering Committee.. (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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 | | Lego :Robolab 2.5.1 patch download
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Hello, I purchased Robolab 2.5 from pitsco lego-dacta quite some time ago. I'm looking for the patch to upgrade to version 2.5.1, I can find the patch for 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 but not 2.5.1 or 2.5.4. Could anyone help me with this? I'm having some (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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Available at Walmart in Syracuse locations on end-of-aisle strip displays for $0.97 each. (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.castle)
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(...) _"Well, being hacked means we're getting popular."_: I said the same thing right after you said it on the podcast, and you repeated me a minute or two later. Its great that bimp is getting popular; maybe it will attract more people into the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Ciao ho alcuni set che finalmente ho deciso di vendere su ebay(...a malincuore...stavano cosi bene a casa mia.... :-{{ , ma sto cercando qualcuno che li possa mettere in vendita con un "compra subito"al posto mio, per via del basso punteggio (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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Here is my situation I want a large quantity of a single part type. I have found the one BrickLink seller who has the part in quantity, in the right colour. Even worse his price is ridiculously cheap (Especially compared to other sellers). But (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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ciao qualcuno sa dove posso trovare o eventualmente vende il set (URL) meno di 99 euro? a quella cifra lo trovo vicino a casa ciao e grazie Cristian (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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It has just been announced on the Danish news, that LEGO sold 70% of the shares in the four Legoland Parks to American investment company Blackstone. They will now be placed in Merlin Entertainment Group, together with the parks Sea Life, Earth (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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