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A discussion with a LEGO Archive employee last year about wooden box sets, came up with a previously unknown use for LEGO sets... the fact that TLG was marketing the wooden box sets in the early years of their production to Beauty Parlors and to (...) (11 years ago, 18-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | How LEGO Service Packs got started...
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Service packs and individual parts sales are relatively new (only last 20 or so years) to the USA and Canada. But in Europe individual parts sales started in 1950 in Denmark, and Service Packs started as individual sales either from mail-order, or (...) (11 years ago, 15-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Red Coats Beach Defense
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The British soldiers shore up their formidable beach defenses ready to repel any invaders. The artillery crew man the cannons from their firing positions as more soldiers beef up the shore line. (URL) Clickthe pic for more details... AC (11 years ago, 14-Aug-13, to lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Price Guide for Finding old LEGO at Garage Sales and Fleamarkets
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Many folks have seen old LEGO sets a Garage Sales or Flea Markets, or as they say in Britain, at Car Boot Sales (where they sell items from the back of the car or truck). But you may have hesitated because you had no clue as to the value of the item (...) (11 years ago, 12-Aug-13, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | The Very Rare and Strange 800 LEGO Universal Set
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One of the chapters in my LEGO DVD/download lists the story of very unusual LEGO sets, that really don't fit in any other category or type. The old 800 LEGO set, only sold in France, Denmark and Norway, fits the bill as one of the most unusual sets, (...) (11 years ago, 10-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO DVD/download available for i-Pads and i-Phones as well as PC/MACs.
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For those of you who have my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide as DVD/download... if you only have it on your PC/MAC, but not elsewhere.... it is also available for your i-Phones and i-Pads. If you can't download it, send me an EMAIL for (...) (11 years ago, 8-Aug-13, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | The impossibly complex LEGO Promotional Sets!
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I just wrote some information about several 1980s promotional sets... such as the Dutch #1966 Repair Shop set (a Unox Soup promotional set there by Unilever Corp.). Or so I thought it was a Dutch exclusive... until I was shown some German catalog (...) (11 years ago, 7-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Adults only - Restricted
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(...) ;) (...) It was probably worthy of winning the Manure Spreader. ;) (11 years ago, 6-Aug-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | August rtlToronto dinner
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The August monthly meeting is soon upon us. I decree that we shall all meet, and dine at Swiss Chalet in Etobicoke at 7:00pm. Friday August 9th. Bring back the MOC's of the other guys you "accidentally" packed. What happened at Brickfete, stays at (...) (11 years ago, 5-Aug-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | sales Aug 2-
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No LEGO in the Target or Wal-Mart flyers this week. ---...--- TRU flyer good from Friday Aug 2 through Thursday Aug 8. 20% off all Ninjago and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Building sets. 20% off selected Star Wars and Technic building sets. "FREE* (...) (11 years ago, 3-Aug-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Adults only - Restricted
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(...) It was a nice contest entry, but I don't think it won. ROSCO (11 years ago, 2-Aug-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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(...) (SNIP) While the Lego soccer balls are nice, I've utilized the power of my 3D printer(s) and am printing up a copy of this. Playing with my Lego balls is fun, but when this is done I will play with Steel Balls. 7/16" steel ball bearing will (...) (11 years ago, 2-Aug-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Adults only - Restricted
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(...) someone-who-shall-re...n-nameless entered a Lego personal massager. ahh those were the days. If only Steve H were here to reply. (sigh) (11 years ago, 2-Aug-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Adults only - Restricted
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(...) Return of the Bonktrons? Frightening what I end up remembering... (URL) Brian Davis (11 years ago, 1-Aug-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Adults only - Restricted
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Due to some paint-everyone-with-...same-brush rules at Merlin Entertainment, Adults are not allowed at the Lego Discovery centers without a child *1 To appease the folks who do not have children, Merlin has a once a month "Adult-Only" night where (...) (11 years ago, 31-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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(...) Thank, I like to tell anyone who will listen how much fun it is to play with my balls. (...) Well, with the Canadian Dollar so close to par with the greenback, Janey and I have thought that with a few bucks, we could buy a block or two of (...) (11 years ago, 31-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGO Iron Man's New Suit (animation video)
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LEGO Ironman New Suit The Ironman New Suit video was created by Keshen8 on YouTube.com. A very creative animation of stop motion using LEGO elements. Video time: 1.04 minutes of action. YouTube.com channel: Keshen8 (URL) LEGO Ironman's New Suit> (...) (11 years ago, 27-Jul-13, to lugnet.animation, FTX)
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| | Re: The LEGO Wire (2012)
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(...) Here is another link to the video: (URL) The Wire - LEGO Style!> -Enjoy! (11 years ago, 27-Jul-13, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.animation, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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(...) Now that is some impressive endurance. Or staying power. Very nice. (...) You need to move down here to the States. Here, we've even been known to send pictures of our balls from our smart phones, and if you do it right you can even get on the (...) (11 years ago, 27-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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I should point out that due to reasons that were beyond my control, I could not be with my GBC MOC. Someone else was left to play with my balls. For the Saturday, the GBC worked for hours, when the ball pump stopped. The person who was the GBC guy (...) (11 years ago, 26-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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