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(...) I guess here's the rub: To turn it around for a minute, suppose that MegaBloks had come out first, and produced poor quality bricks. Then, when their patent ran out, LEGO decided to make awesome bricks that matched the MegaBloks standard, (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Zellers has BOGO 1/2 off in this weeks flyer (Friday Nov 20 to Thursday Nov 26th). As well, this Monday is a 55& better day, so take an additional 10% off your purchase if you are 55 or older on Monday. Up to 32.5% off LEGO! TRU flyer (same dates) (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) That's a great point, Dave, and it brings to mind two related issues: 1. Competition. I wonder what path LEGO would have chosen in the mid-90s if they didn't have a significant market competitor to deal with. Mega Bloks was just starting to (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. (...) I guess I am just an old dog stuck using that with which I've always known: LEGO. Even if another company were in fact able to do a better job than TLG, I doubt that I would convert. Yeah, yeah: capitalism. Though I would say (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Maybe you are trying to interpret too much from the naming convention. A composite part (*cNN.dat) isn't necessarily comprised of parts that can move relative to each other, It might just be made of two or more separately moulded elements that (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) While I agree with the morality, the legality is another issue. In essence, though, your point has already been addressed. Thanks to their patent, LEGO enjoyed an exclusive right to production for 20 or so years, allowing them to be the (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) That's not going to happen. After their experience with Samsonite, I guarantee TLG will want nothing to do with that sort of arrangement, especially in a market where they're already selling their own products. (...) More significantly, stuff (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) From what I recall, LEGO received KiddieCraft bricks in 1947 along with their first molding machine. The bricks were (if I infer correctly) presented to LEGO as examples of what can be done with plastic injection molding. LEGO probably didn't (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: BBB&C "new" 4-2-0 and Class A Shay locomotives
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(...) Whoa, Kurt! Don't suppose for 1 second that nobody likes something you've posted because they didn't respond! Things have changed since the early days of LUGNET 10 years ago, when people were very chatty and comments flourished. LUGNET has (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I completely agree with all of what you are saying, Dave. What I am saying is that it doesn't seem right for a company to sponge off of another without providing compensation or something. Licensing, for example. It is little wonder why clones (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Thanks John! I am very glad someone liked it!! I posted my first train MOC here (URL) and no one liked it (well, not enough to post a reply). So these are my first two locomotive MOCs. so except for you... thanks again kurt (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 18 novembre 2009
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Montlu Expo 2009 ** par Jac, Pierre CHARLES (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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(...) I can understand the problem of aged parts, but, again from a programmer approach, I have to manage both "old" and "new" parts, so it will be very helpful if all parts can follow the same coding and naming standard. Please, consider the (...) (15 years ago, 19-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Doesn't work that way. Without a core of standard basic elements, the best they'd be able to hope for is a business model similar to what you see with BrickForge/BrickArms/Little Armory etc. If all you can make are elements that enhance the (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Festival of the Masters 2009 & my MOC: Wizard of Oz
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GFLUG participated in the 2009 Festival of the Masters in Downtown Disney (Orlando, FL) in front of the LEGO Imagination Center last weekend (Nov. 13th - 15th). This year's theme for building our creations was "Legends and Icons". This year, we had (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Kurt, this is a superb MOC! Well done! I especially appreciate its 8widyness and the vids of it in action! Bravo! JOHN (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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It's that time again:we are happy to announce the release of Hispabrick Magazine 006 In this issue you will find a couple of articles about builders and their MOCs, a historical overview of Castle, some great ideas on how to clean your LEGO pieces, (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce) !
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(...) Working with the new version 3.1 I've announced today you'll notice that we included unhidden version of the Minifig Chain and String parts along with the LSynth constraints to work around this problem so changing the standard is no longer key (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) ... I should say that I built this MOC in response an article called "SELECTIVE COMPRESSION APPLIED TO MECHANICAL DETAILS" by Steve Barile in (URL) RAILBRICKS issue 3> on page 34-35 where it says: "The Shay does not have traditional steam (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Please understand that the LDraw Parts Library is over 12 years old and standards evolve over time. Things that were done in 1999, when 71427c01.dat was created, wouldn't necessarily be done the same way now. *dNN.dat files are parts with (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad)
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