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Hey Ondrew, I should fly you out to Portland and provide room and food (beer) and materials and you can build a train room full of bench work in my LMC for photos on your web site! SteveB PS plus you can teach me how to mod some switches! :) (...) (13 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | LMC - Painting 905 done
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Hi All, Time for another LMC update! Well it's the end of the month and I'm NOT done... could have seen that coming! I was in Taiwan for 2 weeks and then I had over 100 orders of altBricks Leaves to run to the post office over the next two weeks! (...) (13 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.trains)
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| | LEGO Forest Blooms in Martin Place in Sydney Australia
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Forest blooms in Martin Place Lucy Meyer April 19, 2012 It seems that the recent downpour has helped new life grow in Sydney, with a life-size LEGO forest cropping up in Martin Place. The whimsical pop-up forest includes brightly coloured LEGO (...) (13 years ago, 2-May-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Trawler in microscale
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I finally got around to finalise this microscale trawler: (2 URLs) A part of the challenge I set myself while building it was to stick to "simple" pieces, which means that it in some ways is rather similar to the LEGO boats I built as a child. Play (...) (13 years ago, 1-May-12, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.boats, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Welcome to Imperial Toys Ltd.: Your store for Star Wars Micro Models!
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(...) Thanks David! Unfortunately the answer is no. The distance is just too long. Cheers, ~ Christopher (13 years ago, 1-May-12, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Welcome to Imperial Toys Ltd.: Your store for Star Wars Micro Models!
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Very nice! I like the effect of the bright colors in the windows of the austere toy shop. Will this be coming to Brickworld Chicago? David (13 years ago, 1-May-12, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Welcome to Imperial Toys Ltd.: Your store for Star Wars Micro Models!
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Even the Empire needs toys for the kids... ;-) (12 URLs) All images are links to the related BrickShelf gallery. Thanks for stepping by! Have a great week, Christopher (URL) (13 years ago, 1-May-12, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | LEGO train displays in Halifax, Tuesday May 1st and Saturday June 2nd
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VIA will be hosting, for the 5th year, the "All Aboard for Safety" event. The event will take place during Rail Safety Week on Tuesday, May 1 from 0900-1600 hours at the train station in downtown Halifax. It is geared for kids, but the general (...) (13 years ago, 30-Apr-12, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | Simply awesome grader
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I have to give credit where credit is due. This is the best Lego grader design ever put on the net. Its pretty much perfect, clean, and does everything a real road grader does besides air conditioning and a radio in the cabin. I have to get this (...) (13 years ago, 30-Apr-12, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Autumnal Awesomeness!
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Steve Barile has created these great LEGO leaves in Fall colors, and I have been building with them, and wanted to show them off:-) I'm planning on swapping out all of the green trees on the TCLTC layout with "Steve's Leaves" every autumn, just as a (...) (13 years ago, 28-Apr-12, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Fan Survey (2012)
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From Surveymonkey and LEGO. Dear LEGO fan, The LEGO fan community is important to us. To improve and support the LEGO fan community we have partnered with Aarhus University, Denmark, and DePaul University, Chicago, to carry out this survey. The (...) (13 years ago, 26-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | TRU sale April 27 - May 3
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No LEGO in either the Zellers or Walmart Flyers. TRU flyer good from Friday April 27 through Thursday May 3rd. Online it now asks for your postal code, so they could vary it across the country. 20% off all Cars, SpongeBob, Toy Story, and DUPLO (...) (13 years ago, 26-Apr-12, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Re: AltBricks Fall Leaf Collection :)
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(...) They are awesome, I must say! Here are some of my initial creations; the yellow tree uses 98 of what I like to call, "Steve's Leaves" (URL) Thanks, Steve! (2 URLs) JOHN (13 years ago, 25-Apr-12, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6077 Forestmen's River Fortress
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Sent to find a missing noble, one notoriously brash and irresponsible Earl of Huntington, who has gone missing for nigh unto two years now, the knight apparently asked too many questions in all the wrong places. Caught unawares on a trail in the (...) (13 years ago, 25-Apr-12, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Store Eastview Grand Opening!
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(...) LUCNY's sending 5 members as volunteers - see you there, Ben and Dan! Ed (13 years ago, 24-Apr-12, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: LEGO owned by Mattel?
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(...) Well, there would be two options there. One would be to gain control of KIRKBI and use that ownership to force a sale of TLG. The other would be to buy TLG outright from KIRKBI...but I'd watch where you stand after pulling that off, since the (...) (13 years ago, 24-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Store Eastview Grand Opening!
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(...) I can't wait either. The mall is absolutely gorgeous, The lego store itself is quite small. My advice is get in line early on Saturday and Sunday if you want the store build or the minifig set. Ben (13 years ago, 22-Apr-12, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: LEGO Collectors Guide switched from CD to DVD (due to size)...
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Forgot to mention... discount group rates are available for LUGs that may want LEGO DVD copies for their members. There are several chapters related to trains... blue track era trains (1966-79), gray track era trains (1980-92), service packs and (...) (13 years ago, 21-Apr-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | LEGO Collectors Guide switched from CD to DVD (due to size)...
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For those of you who have purchased one of my CDs in the past, the new expanded (now includes 1980s and into the 1990s) LEGO DVD (Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide (1949-90s) is now available for purchase. For those folks waiting a long (...) (13 years ago, 21-Apr-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LEGO owned by Mattel?
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(...) Right you are David... it would not be possible to buy TLG without having a majority stake in KIRKBI, the family owned holding company for TLG... (URL) principal owners if KIRKBI are the 2 children of Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (son of LEGO (...) (13 years ago, 21-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lego Store Eastview Grand Opening!
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Just in case folks hadn't heard already the grand opening for the new Lego store at the Eastview mall near Rochester, NY will be April 27, 28 and 28. If you have met some of the master builders, Chris will be there : ) I also heard they are still (...) (13 years ago, 21-Apr-12, to lugnet.events)
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| | TRU sale April 20-26
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TRU flyer good from Friday April 20 through Thursday April 26. Sales exclude clearance and books. Selection varies by store. 20% off all Ninjago Building sets. Includes the TRU exclusive set 9457 Fangpyre Wrecking Ball $51.97 (after event $64.99). (...) (13 years ago, 19-Apr-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LEGO owned by Mattel?
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(...) As Bob already noted, by the time I got to the article, it had already been corrected. However, I believe there was a teeny nugget of truth in there. At the time, I recall hearing some noise about either Hasbro or Mattel making an attempt to (...) (13 years ago, 17-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 1949-1990s Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide FOR SALE
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(...) I don't want to speak for Gary, but he did post this message on BrickLink today: (URL) "Well I'm done with all the running back and forth... The LEGO CD.... er I mean DVD will go out starting this evening... There was just not enough room on a (...) (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO owned by Mattel?
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(...) You are correct that the original article was incorrect: "(In a previous version of this article, it was incorrectly stated that Lego was purchased by Mattel in 2004. The current story has been updated to reflect this change.)" The comments (...) (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO owned by Mattel?
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I've been out of the LEGO loop for a while but I'm 100% sure that this article has it wrong. Right? (URL) According to that article back in 2004 Mattel bought out LEGO? ROFL!!! Yeah Right! -Ahui (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | AltBricks Fall Leaf Collection :)
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Hi All, AltBricks (Brick Link Store) has released the "Fall Leaf Collection"... • 100 Mixed Leaves (20 of each color): Brown, Dark Tan, Dark Red, Yellow, & Orange. $20.00 ea • 100 Brown leaves • 100 Dark Tan leaves • 100 Dark Red leaves • 100 Orange (...) (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: 1949-1990s Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide FOR SALE
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Gary - Have these shipped yet? I have tried e-mailing you but get bounced by your spam filter. Don (13 years ago, 16-Apr-12, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New non-standard scale LEGO figures book
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(...) Cool! Does it include older figures from the 1950's Town Plan lineup and 1970's maxifigs? DaveE (13 years ago, 13-Apr-12, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | New non-standard scale LEGO figures book
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Maybe this book is of interest to some true LEGO fans: The Complete LEGO Figure Catalog. (URL) It contains photos of all the non-minifigures, such as duplo, belville, fabuland and scala. (13 years ago, 13-Apr-12, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: Raspberry Pi and Berry Box – The Transparent Case
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(...) Initially (at least) the Pi comes without a case, so I expect it is just a matter of building around it so it doesn't rattle too much. I haven't received mine yet, but I'll take a moment to see how well a pure LEGO case can work. It feels a (...) (13 years ago, 13-Apr-12, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | TRU sale April 13-19
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TRU flyer good from Friday April 13th through Thursday April 19th. Six sets (5 LEGO, 1 DUPLO) half price. 7213 Off Road Fire Truck and Fireboat $26.87 (after event $54.99) 4643 Power boat Transporter $24.87 (reg $49.99) 8639 Big Bentley Bust Out (...) (13 years ago, 12-Apr-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Raspberry Pi and Berry Box – The Transparent Case
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Hi all. I don't know how many people around here have heard of the Raspberry Pi, but I saw that someone is working on a Lego compatible case for it. The Raspberry Pi is a computer on a chip that is really cheap. This would seem to be an inexpensive (...) (13 years ago, 12-Apr-12, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Friday - monthy dinner
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So, I am sitting here in the waiting room of a Dentists office and the only thing that makes it ok is that its my kids who will be sitting in the chair, not me. The dad-of-the-year award goes too..... Envelope please.... ME!!!! The other thing that (...) (13 years ago, 11-Apr-12, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LDView and snapshots (Windows 7 64bit)
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(...) For anyone stumbling on this thread, the beta for LDView 4.2 is now available in 32 and 64 bit flavors. (URL) assume that future releases will continue this trend. I tried the 64 bit version and it fixed the delays I was experiencing. Thanks (...) (13 years ago, 10-Apr-12, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Mosaic for Bayer HealthCare
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Hi all, A brief webpage about a recent 90" x 90" mosaic I built in San Diego for Bayer HealthCare. (URL) Harshbarger (13 years ago, 9-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | LEGO DINO movie
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The LEGO® Group offered three North American LUGs the opportunity of displaying three complete collections of the LEGO DINO theme sets in an innovative way for spring 2012. QuéLUG (Québec LEGO® Users Group) was one of the three LUGs selected for (...) (13 years ago, 9-Apr-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.org.ca.quelug)
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| | Re: Question about LEGO minifigure trademark
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(...) I asked an attorney friend who studied intellectual property law to provide an answer to this. Her reply: "Trademarks are (basically) stylized words, graphics, or objects that create a mental association with good or service that is used in (...) (13 years ago, 6-Apr-12, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Question about LEGO minifigure trademark
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In the footer of lego.com is this text: "LEGO, the LEGO logo, DUPLO, BIONICLE, MINDSTORMS, the BELVILLE, KNIGHTS' KINGDOM and EXO-FORCE logos, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group." What do they mean (...) (13 years ago, 5-Apr-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | CS Engineering bay (mostly) complete
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Hello everyone! After 2+ years in teh making, and various broken promises that "it'll be done for the next show! Honest!!!", the Classic Space Engineering Bay is ready for public display! YouTube vid-- (URL) Pics-- (URL) started off as just a proof (...) (13 years ago, 4-Apr-12, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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