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LEGO sales were started in Asia in 1962 and thereabouts in Japan and other countries... Hong Kong, Lebanon and Singapore... and later other countries. In Japan LEGO was first imported from Denmark by the Asahi Corp. from 1962-69, from Fujisho Corp. (...) (11 years ago, 25-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: First LEGO Plastic was Cellulose Acetate and....
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Whooops.... goofed on that 2nd link in the previous post... (URL) way this can be mistaken for a non-licensed clone! Cheers, Gary Istok (11 years ago, 25-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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Well the first LEGO plastic produced for Automatic Binding Bricks (LEGO bricks from 1949-53) by TLG Billund Denmark were made of Cellulose Acetate. And anyone who has seen very old LEGO plastic can tell how much it warps. Just doing some research (...) (11 years ago, 25-Aug-13, to lugnet.general)
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No LEGO in either the Walmart or Target flyers this week. ---...--- TRU flyer good from Friday Aug 23 through Thursday Aug 29. 15% off 3183 Stephanie's Cool Convertible. $16.97 (first time I've seen a Friends set on sale) 20% off select LEGO city, (...) (11 years ago, 23-Aug-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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