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The 1932 date is when toys were first produced. Prior to that, it's more Christiansen family business ventures. 1932 = startup of toys. 1949 = bought their first injection molding machine, and started making the Automatic Binding Bricks. The (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LEGO uses Maya to create part/set models and thus probaly was rendered using a render app attached to Maya. (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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It makes a lot of sense - give the KIDS a container large enough to actually have room for placing things inside. AFOLs can always use their own/old "standard". (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Welll yes and no. Indeed it's a new element from Lego however megablox has had that element for a while. In the megajunk version they used it as a translucent window. This new "now Lego" element opens doors too much lighter models especially (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) So, out of curiosity, why is this usually called the starting date? I always hear it quoted that Lego started in 1932, but I'm not sure why people quote that rather than 1895 or 1916. From what I know (from 50 Years of Play book): 1895 - (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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I am using a Compaq (HP) nc8000 laptop which has a built-in BT device and it works fine with Windows 2000, so BT should be OK on W2K (with the right device). "Patrick Levy" <patrick@omiccron.com.br> wrote in message news:J7HJJI.6x3@lugnet.com... (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Greetings all, I finally finished the project I have been working on for three long months. It is a Star League era Mech Repair Facility from the Battletech Universe. My concept was to make a structure that had interchangeable repair gantries so (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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In lugnet.trains, John Neal wrote: -snipped- (...) (URL) This> picture makes me think so. Adr. (19 years ago, 24-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yup, real looking guns, and a couple different kinds too. I bumped into the 2 smaller sets at Wal-Mart today, I hadn't known about them previously, so I was quite excited! Lots of clone troopers and battle droids. The battle droids look like (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I realized in this picture, you can see a little more of the part in the lower left of this image. (URL) Since the part is at the core of the joint, it is hard to see it. You can see where the joint pivots, that is where the pivot point of the (...) (19 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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"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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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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