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(...) You're most very welcome Kelly, Now that the "burden" of the LEGO CD is finished, I can return to posting a lot of interesting information that I have learned the past few years from others, as well as from folks in Billund. Luckily, I've (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A quick LEGO History
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(...) Gary, Good, concise history! I've heard bits and pieces of this before, but never quite so linearly told. I always find this stuff fascinating. Thanks for sharing this. - Kelly (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickLink down?
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(...) Northstar was installing a new router at 6:15am (central time I think) which may have affected Bricklink. Seems to be OK now. ROSCO (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: New TLC standard for containers?
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(...) Could well be. Also looks like a new bigger boat hull - AFAIK the largest to date is (URL) this> (besides the (URL) Belville one>), and this looks considerably larger than that - at least 16 wide, and by my count at least 70 long. ROSCO (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Could be because it is just off of the golden mean: 3:2 (...) Speaking of the containers-- is that a new element on them; a 1x5x6 thin wall-type thing? JOHN (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | A quick LEGO History
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Someone on a local Detroit area Historic Preservation site asked me if "LEGO By Samsonite" meant that Samsonite sold the company to LEGO. Well I went off on a long tangent, and I thought I would cut/paste it here on a LEGO forum. Since I wrote this (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New castle line
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(...) (URL) Classic-castle.com> Tim (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Best year
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Dear Lego, You've restored my faith in the company. If you asked me last week, I would have said 1991 was the best year ever for Lego town. (URL) after seeing the new sets, I think 2007 might be better. And that's saying a lot. (URL) left my dark (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: Catalogo 2007
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"Luca Giannitti" <legoitalia@yahoo.dk> ha scritto nel messaggio news:JAq8D7.6Gw@lugnet.com... (...) In generale non sono molto d'accordo, ma cio' e' dovuto al diverso atteggiamento con cui guardiamo ai set Lego. Sono un po' un nostalgico (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | New castle line
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I'm actually pretty saddened that an entire new castle line is introduced and Lugnet doesn't have a single post on it, whereas there are pages of stuff elsewhere. Geez, what happened to this forum? (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.castle)
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| | From the TCLTC Proving Grounds....
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(URL) Here> is a video on YouTube showing Ross' preliminary work on adding a third line to our Thomas modules (all being controlled by an RCX). The switches will be hidden; all that will be visible will be the other half of the loop, like (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX)
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| | Re: New TLC standard for containers?
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(...) It's such an unappealling aspect ratio. 6x12 would match the old ones better but I'd be more inclined to 6x14 or 6x16. 6x10 just looks nothing like a real container (half or full). Tim (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Using the Lego CD "FIND" Command.
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I almost forgot.... One of the nice things about using the LEGO CD is how easy it is to use the FIND command to find a set number within a chapter. To use it in the PDF files, click on the EDIT button (at the top) and select FIND. When entering a (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New TLC standard for containers?
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(...) Yawn. What took them so long? (URL) :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Get a Sample Downloadable Chapter of the LEGO CD
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(...) Anders, (you should be getting your CD in a few days) The gray garage frame and base were first introduced in 1966 in the #325 Shell Station, and later (after TLG used up the inventory of white frames and bases, circa 1967-68) the gray garage (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SHIP challenge for NWBrickcon 2007
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(...) Hi, This sounds like a fun project. I'd like to give early Classic Space a try, a la LL918/924/928. Thanks! -best, Wolf (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Dacta set 9180
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Hi, My son got this as a gift but it wasn't right for him (he likes farm/zoo stuff). I started looking around and found out it was a very old Dacta set. If someone wants it, the going price seemed about $65. Please email me if interested. I had (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Creating Models and Optimizing instructions using LDD and LDraw
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(...) Hi Eric, I think this an important topic and I'm glad you brought it up. When I did my (URL) Purina boxcar> I designed it with LDraw/MLCAD and then converted to LDD as a last step. (Note, I also needed to tweak the ldraw.xml file to prevent a (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.cad.ldd, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | BrickLink down?
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Is BrickLink down? I've had my last correspondence around 3:00 A.M. (Eastern timezone)... (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: New TLC standard for containers?
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(...) doh, 10 studs long (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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