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Sears is getting rid of their toy department, Zellers is pretty much gone. No LEGO in the Walmart flyer this week, but I did see some sets marked down when I was over today looking for series 9 (no sign of them, but I did get a Friends squirrel). (...) (12 years ago, 10-Jan-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well I found out some very interesting information on this set from the investigations of my Billund Archives contacts today. It seems that in Japan LEGO was always mainly a large city department store item only found in big cities... not (...) (12 years ago, 9-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Termination of LEGO production in the USA in 1973...
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(...) Thanks for the info Dave! By the way, I was off by 1 year with Samsonite of Canada... it was 1986 that LEGO reverted back to TLG. Here's the story behind Samsonite of Canada returning the LEGO license to TLG. It was an entirely different story (...) (12 years ago, 9-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: rtlToronto Monthly meet-up
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(...) Separate cheques??? Isnt the meals usually covered under the 'Chris-is-awesomely-...-everyone' foundation??? Huh. Dave K (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The Termination of LEGO production in the USA in 1973...
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(...) I got to tour the Stratford plant in '84 or '85. The VP of sales, Jack e. Chessman, got a copy of my LEGO Wars movie and invited me over for a tour of the plant. Utterly fantastic! The plant, even though the licence was being revoked, was (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Termination of LEGO production in the USA in 1973...
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1973 - the year LEGO Terminated the Samsonite USA LEGO License... For those folks who like looking at old LEGO catalogs... there's a big gap in the the American LEGO catalog lists... more like a 2 year gap. In 1970 TLG started legal action to revoke (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The 1980 Japanese catalog showing the basic sets produced that year shows the very unusual (and very rare) 1902 set (from my DVD/download chapter on LEGO catalogs)... (URL) Istok (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | rtlToronto Monthly meet-up
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For the start of 2013, I propose we all meet at our favorite Swiss Chalet in Etobicoke, and use up those free appetizers coupons we all got at the last dinner. Friday Jan 11 - 7:00pm Swiss Chalet Dundas St Etobicoke ON. Separate Checks as always. I (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Friday Dec 14th - not as bad as Friday the 13th
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Dave the medical term for this is called Some-timers (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGO announces latest MINDSTORMS verion: EV3
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(...) snip (...) Already mention the Mindstorms EV3 Press Release information in Mediawatch, General, Lego and Robotics newsgroup. -Abner (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) snip (...) Already mention the Mindstorms EV3 Press Release information in Mediawatcth, General, Lego and Robotics newsgroup. -Abner (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics)
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In case no one has noticed, earlier today LEGO announced their newest MINDSTORMS version at CES. This version is called the EV3, and will be released later this year. I'll let you do your own web searches for official announcements, pictures, and (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce)
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Another unknown LEGO set... this #1902 Japanese set of 1978-80. What should TLG do with all those early 1980s unusual Minitalia (Italian pseudo-LEGO) window and door molds and non-ABS plastic that they had leftover once LEGO sales were allowed back (...) (12 years ago, 8-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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With no response from the Klendathu outpost for months, the patrolling Galaxy Squad has decided to determine the cause for so long a silence from the important border-lying outpost. A full regiment has been assigned to inspect the site but an (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO® ROBOTS BEGIN WORLDWIDE MARCH: NEW SMARTER, STRONGER LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 UNVEILED AT CES Robotics Pioneer Releases More Accessible yet More "Hackable" Platform in 15th Anniversary Year of the Original Smart Toy Includes First& Ever Native (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | A Prototype LEGO Set That Never Made It To Production... As Planned.
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I love playing LEGO Sherlock Holmes... And I came across another thing that the folks in Billund don't seem to recall (in their archive records)... The only time TLG ever made a Church set was from November 1957 until 1962. And a LEGO lighting (...) (12 years ago, 7-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Anyone taken apart a 5600 RC motor??
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Trying to get it to self center, since it was not working at all, except to drive HARD RIGHT, and HARD LEFT - since it comes with ramps, I figured it should be self centering once you release the remote, but it doesn't anymore. SO HELP ANYONE????? (12 years ago, 6-Jan-13, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: January 26th, 2013 SMART meeting
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On New Year's EV3 I came up with a good challenge for our Build On The Spot competition. I just wanted to remind everyone that it will take place in just under 3 weeks, and look forward to seeing you all there! A line tracking driving base would (...) (12 years ago, 6-Jan-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | F/S Mindstorms NXT 2.0
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I have an opened Mindstorms NXT 2.0kit for sale. It is nearly complete and all the pieces are there and in like new condition. All motors and sensors are there as well as the control "brick" and everything seems to be working. The only things (...) (12 years ago, 5-Jan-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Unknown LEGO Set... (another one)
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Here's another unknown set... this one from 1986, and produced for Japan... (URL) checked with the Billund Archives folks... they have no records of this set either... so they're contacting the Japanese sales subsidiary to ask why that is?? Another (...) (12 years ago, 3-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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