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My latest creation is two creations in one. I'm posting this to both town and space, but if you reply and only talk about one of them please trim the newsgroups accordingly. First I created a Lunar School Bus, which is a hovercar/rocket school bus (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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In lugnet.general, Dave Sterling wrote: SNIPPY (...) Then I ask them how much pain playing with Lego inflicts on wildlife and they don't have an answer.... ;-) (yeah, Lego isn't that good for the environment, I know) Tim (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Best stuff to buy for FLL
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(...) I'd probably recommend the "LEGO Mindstorms Education base set" (URL) than the retail NXT kit or buying things piece-by-piece. The education kit comes with a battery pack & charger and converter cables to hook up to the old 9V LEGO motors, (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) I generally don't worry about it too much. Most people that I meet actually don't find it that odd. If anything, they find it a quirky but acceptable hobby. I actually get stranger reactions from people when I tell them that I paint miniatures (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) I'm not sure that's really a fair assessment-- or, rather, the tone implies that everyone else at Lego was clueless until Jake showed them how it's done. But that's not really the case. I think it was more true that certain groups within the (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO trains, Cupar, Scotland - 27th & 28th September
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LEGO trains at Cupar Model Railway Show - The Corn Exchange, Cupar, Fife, Scotland. 27th & 28th September A LEGO train layout at this friendly local show where the children can operate the trains. Everyone is welcome to come along, bring a train, a (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) TLC is still trying to come to grips with the fact that we _do_ still collect. You'd think it would be a no-brainer. I mean, here's a company that leaves bowls of bricks out on their conference tables that you are _encouraged_ to play with (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) I don't generally mention payments that the club receives for shows because our members aren't actually _paid_ to participate. We try to reimburse stuff like parking and any applicable admission costs (though we always try to make sure we get (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) I think it may have a lot to do with your own feelings towards others. As I read your post, I'm not sure of the tonal inflection of the person saying "you still play with LEGO?"--is the inflection one of disgust, or one of excitement? That in (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | link GBC
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Che carino questo modulo GBC stile DonkeyKong (URL) Baldi P.S. sempre che qualcuno sia ancora da questa parte... (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Iscrizioni a Castello d'Argile (BO)
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Ormai Castello d'Argile è alle porte, invito tutti coloro che hanno intenzione di partecipare a far pervenire l'iscrizione. Mi raccomando, partecipate numerosi! Per informazioni e iscrizioni: (URL) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | LDD factory order time
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Has anyone recently (in the past few months) ordered their own, or someone else's custom designed set at LDD Factory? How long did it take to get your order? I made & orderd a custom set a couple years ago,but don't remember how long it took from (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 20 Gallon Bags of LEGO on Ebay
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I'm rolling back my collection to make room for baby and raise some money to pay a speeding ticket. (URL) take a moment and help me out. I swear to build something cool. Honest! Plus, if you mention this post, I'll give you 10%. Not to mention on (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) Hmm, perhaps it's the people I associate with or just something about my age but I don't usually seem to have this problem. Most times when the subject of my lego habits comes up the response is more in the "whoa sweet!" line, and maybe a (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) I usually just reply that I don’t "play" with LEGO - I design and build. If they can’t understand that... well, their problem... That being said, I think that TLC could do a bit more to get adults into LEGO. For example, take a look at their (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have been asked these questions numerous times by co-workers...especially after we put an ad up on the bulletin board saying we wanted to buy used LEGO. Usually when they ask if we still play with LEGO, Stacy and I enthusiastically reply (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I usually answer something like, "Oh,yeah!" with a big grin on my face. While they are a little stunned I add something like, "I tried model railroading/shipbuilding but it was too limiting." That really seems to click a few light bulbs (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) Well, I've been doing something for the last two year I'd like to share and I think it works because I'm sill doing it. OK, so some people have thoughts about us playing, building, being fans of, whatever of LEGO but I've found it's easy to (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) First off, I'll offer you the suggestion that the answer isn't "no", it's "yes!" Not to get all psychological, but if you answer "no", but still claim some sort of personal association with Lego, their assumption may likely be that you're (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Improving the adult image of LEGO
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(...) Next time, either say: "You still watch grown men chase a ball around a field?" or something similar. (...) That's a tall order. Outside of sports, are there any other hobbies that truly bridge the child/adult gap? When a brand has spent (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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