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(...) Whoa is right! That looks great! I'd love to see inside the walls if it's done too. I like the courtyard inside... it looks like those bigger early castles were actually roofless malls. -Tom McD. when replying, the wheel was accidentally (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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Ah ha!! ABS Plastic was introduced in 1963!!! The World of Lego Toys says 1961! I always thought that there was way too much Cellulose Acetate Lego around for the change to have taken place in 1961. And it said that the first sets with instructions (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've heard rumours that LEGO might someday franchise their "Imagination Center" stores... This sounds like a good location to have one! John1 (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Quick! Let's take up a collection! :) Seriously, if I was in NZ, I'd be willing to help out with coordination & execution of such an undertaking. It's just my rotten luck to be here, on the wrong side of the planet. If Sanjay really wants to (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Casino's (MGM Grand, (...) probably be (...) would love to (...) first AFOL (...) I don't know... The FAO in Las Vegas is in the Forum Shops at Ceasars. You might have to fight them for the rights to the highly-sought Detroit location. ;-) (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks Larry for the post I thought that Robert's castle was amazing. What I would do to get that much Gray to build with :( . Oh well maybe in time when LEGO allows bulk ordering again (Yah right!) :). Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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Can anyone help me by filling in the blanks?? I have an uncle who would like to know what the complete list is. Thanks Ryan "I can't imagine going through a season by myself - without praying to God and having Him in my life." Charles Johnson (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Hello! I have two switches a 753 and a 754. Does anyone have any exprience with the small control units? Yesterday I repaired one switch, and shortcurcuited the controls for stop. In one switch is the 2 plates missing, in the other they're but I (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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from RTL, posted by Robert Carney... (all I can say is Whoa!, awesome) Fellow Lego Enthusiasts: The final brick is in for Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva. The castle can be seen at (URL) model was constructed using 30,698 Lego bricks! The rough (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Was "Re: FA - SC..." SeriousCollector.Com DNS problems
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My sincere apologies for any inconvenience - we investigating the problem now. Derick Bulkley SeriousCollector.Com (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Well, I am glad I am not the only one confused! :) I have the disclaimer and capitals and everything, but it still is a little foggy. Scott Sanburn Scott Sanburn (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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If I ever had a real reason to move to a Detroit suburb here it is. ;-) $800M each? Sounds like expensive rent. And it'll probably be more like $900M when all is said and done due to cost overruns. -Tom McD. when replying, "My Life with Spamcake" (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I remember from reading their "Fair Play" policies that TLG itself is a little confused by the issue of URLs and so on. In one place, they seem to indicate that the word "LEGO" should appear nowhere in the domain name, but then later they (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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Excellent! Things I really liked: Use of "off-color" plates on the hull. The hyperdrive looks great with all that tr. blue. Your method for opening in the middle. Do 6 peg-hole combos really hold that thing together? If you hold it from just the (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Those are turntables used in larger Technic vehicles. They often help steer the vehicle, though I have seen them used to turn specific parts of a vehicle, like the crane in the big yellow Pneumatic Crane Truck: (URL) also think there was one (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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(...) 21 day auctions so early september. Thanks for trying! I was in earlier today but now I can't get in either. (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I never heard of this before. So, in what ways was it 'bad'? (And, since Legoland would have to be a LG project, how could it be? If the subset of people that set it up did such a bad job, why was it not improved?) Sierksdorf is close enough (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Large "gears" at: (URL) know the "small" one is a differential case. ??? Thanks, Mark (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Parts packs being discontinued? My rep says "no"
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Back in '63 there was only the Town System. All 138 parts packs were for Town. Today there are about 25 or so parts packs for Town. All the rest are for the other Lego Systems (although many of the ones I include in Town can be used in other (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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To all, My apologies, I am not used to using the web interface in regards to posting messages. Anyway, I looked over LEGO's posting on using their treademark (Namely LEGO) I have put it in capitol letters and put the reserved mark next to it. Now, (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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I can't get in either. Mark (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Hello Everyone, after 4 months of work with a few breaks in between, I´ve finally finished my minifigscale of the Millenium Falcon. Well at last from the outside... You can have a first look, as I´ve roughly put together a website at: (URL) me: I (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: s0384a.dat Lego Times Sticker
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Tore Eriksson <tore.eriksson@mbox3...wipnet.se> wrote in message news:37B9E04E.62FDFB...pnet.se... (...) Any of you caliper people have a stickered part handy? -John Van (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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Don't know about everybody else but I'm having trouble getting to Serious Collector today - getting a No DNS Entry error. What kind of timeframe are we looking at until your lots go sold (assuming no last minute bids)? When the bids are really low (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | The LEGO history - Interesting book found at the library
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Hi all! Last time I was at the library I found an interesting book about The Lego Company! It's called 'LEGO and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen' (but in Swedish, of course). It is about GKC, LEGO A/S, and The LEGO Company. It's written by a Danish (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) wrapps (...) lines, (...) I assumed your original file was ok, and that it was a newsreader problem. I forget to change my line width all the time; I really do wish there was a good technical way to solve this. Actually, there is--posting (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Parts packs being discontinued? My rep says "no"
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:37BABE1C.3836C6...ich.edu... (...) selections in (...) 54 lego system parts packs. 35 technic system parts packs 54 + 35 = 89. that isn't 138, but its not too shabby either. this is based on the (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Legoland Trip
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On my last trip to San Diego I went to Legoland, CA. I must say that it is one of the coolest places I have ever seen. All of the displays are absolutely superb. Unlike the Lego store in Orlando, FL (which has a large collection of track and other (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: FA - SC items - 6982 exploriens starship, 8456 technic fiber, custom hopper
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I have to admit that I am disappointed at the volume of bids on the lots I've listed on SC. Given the voracious bidding on the boats in the "500" auction I expected some serious bidding on these. Don't make me list them on eBay! :-) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | BluBot - now up on my website
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Hi all, Just completed my BluBot. In response to challenges that have come up now and then, I have created BluBot. This bot will maneuver around an areana collecting yellow balls. It uses a combination of random roaming, line following, and a nifty (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FA - More SC items - BOATS!
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(...) 4030 - (URL) to correct some errors, specifically that we DO have a photocopy of the instructions, and that most of the parts likely came from the original, as it was mostly together when we got it. (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND trains
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LOL As if anyone would want to copy that crap that TLG uses at their parks! (At least in CA) Those *aren't* LEGO trains, but rather hybrids that would be scorned in a *pure* group like this. Just because an employee of TLG built it, it doesn't mean (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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As someone who likes attention to detail, I have to agree. I've spent about an hour looking at the details in this diorama. I especially like your attention to the window treatments. The use of lamp posts in a new way is also very interesting. And I (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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Hey Lar, go for it, especially if it makes TLG's systems look downright primitive by comparison (that should be easy). Gary Istok (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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(...) I like this idea as well. But I think we should wait on the results of the vote first - because he has gone over the edge with his antics (as far as I'm concerned) and I'd like to see a break where I don't have to worry about his posts at all. (...) (27 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad.dev)
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