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(...) Not sure if this affects the Samsonite argument, but it wasn't limited to town sets, there were a bunch of Technic sets in 1977: EU/UK/AUS/CAN USA Forlift #850 #950 Tractor #851 #952 Helicopter #852 #954 Car chassis #853 #956 Go-kart #854 #948 (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Oppps, My mistake, I should have stated that any set that was produced after 1979 was given a 4 digit set number. If a 3 digit number (say castle sets #375 and #383) was produced in continental Europe or elsewhere, and not introduced to the USA (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Very impressed with the turnout. Congrats everyone! F (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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Oh, and one last item..... Did you ever wonder why in the 1970's the Yellow Castle set was numbered #6075 in the USA, and #375 in Canada, continental Europe, Britain and Australia.... Did you ever wonder why the London Bus was #760 in USA and #384 (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think so. Everything that is covered under my NDA is the sort of stuff that the community just doesn't know about. And a lot of stuff we are made aware of shortly before a community announcement. The only threads I can't really be (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Whoo! I never thought I'd win a something like this... There were plenty of awesome contenders, and it's great to see that lots of folks got involved. (Hey, almost anyone can shell out $5 for a darn spiffy lego set.) It was a bit hard since orange (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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OK, it's time for my annual complaining about the first year of Lego in the USA..... The first Lego sets were sold in the USA in 1961. Most of the parts were produced from a Samsonite plant in Stratford Ontario, with specialty parts coming from (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Janey, interesting questions, and I will not respond to them individually, but just give my overall "feeling" about things. I am not currently under NDA to TLC, but I have been in the past. As far as the interaction that happened while I was (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well not all the "AFOL big mouths" are in the program! ;-p As someone who's done his fair share of "positive critiquing" of TLG, I unfortunately have been busy mapping out the proverbial "Lego Genome" (all Lego sets/elements ever produced (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm assuming you mean the cake-thing on the tin-foil? If so, I'd definitely say it's dark blue-grey, a.k.a. the new dark grey. (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) That's a good question. It's been a long time since I was 'prolific', but I am in the MDP. In general, NDA's cover confidential information actually disclosed (on purpose or accidently), not other informaiton. The problem comes in keeping (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm under NDA, and have been thinking about this very thing. I have a blog entry about half-written about the subject, but - alas - I'm so busy it's been delayed a bit... (...) Yes. (...) Benefiting, with caveats, see below. (...) Absolutely (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I won't be there but I just wanted to say I think that HoB has a seriously cool logo. Props to whoever designed it. Tim (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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(URL) This is a friendly reminder that Chicago House of Bricks is rapidly approaching. Come join us May 12-14 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois! Please be sure to register soon if you plan to attend. (URL) Visit our website for more information.> We hope (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ia, lugnet.loc.us.ky, FTX) !!
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(...) Stunning and surely a delicious addition to your meeting, but as for the colour, I'm STUMPED... As Oscar Wilde has been quoted "Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning, and un-allied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) snipped (...) Wow, some great entries, and I applaud the cool way that you decided on having it judged. I really like your presentation of the winners and the comments, and scores. It's neat to see how none ALEs see the creations. Great (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Interesting questions. The NDA/Ambassador phenomenon does seem to have created an in-group and an out-group among AFOLs, and a certain amount of distrust both between and within them. I feel bad about it, but I can't help but discount the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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After an interesting chat about "Fan involvement with TLC" the other night, a few concerns/questions came up, and I can't seem to shake them. Historically a large portion of AfoL/ALE's have wanted a closer relationship with TLC and over the last few (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) Thanks, Steve. I'll assume they just decided to double the amount of dark red bricks they were planning on supplying for Factory at the last minute because they're expecting them to sell quickly. Jonathan (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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Sorry for the delay in posting this here - I did have the winners posted at my site on the 8th as promised. The turnout was exceptional - 35 entries were received by the deadline (not counting my sample Mech) and things were turned over to a panel (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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