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Hi everybody !! As promised, even if a week later, here is another program update. ---...--- Before continue: if someone downloaded the program on September 2, 2013 before this announce, probably got a wrong version. If this is the case, download (...) (11 years ago, 2-Sep-13, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: RCX plus parts for sale
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(...) I forgot to mention the RCX Remote control (URL) It is of course also in the package... :-) Ardjan (11 years ago, 2-Sep-13, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | RCX plus parts for sale
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I've not been here on Lugnet for a long time, so please bear with me if I violate the Netiquette... The Mindstorms EV3 is hitting the shelves around these days, and I am thinking about getting the set. My son (now 10y) had a 'robots for kids' (...) (11 years ago, 1-Sep-13, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Rotating a 6629.dat Technic Beam 4 x 6 Liftarm Bent 53.13
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Using 3.40 - Why can't I check Rotation Vector in the Rotation & Orientation window on a 6629.dat Technic Beam 4x6 Liftarm Bent 53.13? Seems the inability to check the box to activate this option has been problematic in the past. I've searched posts (...) (11 years ago, 1-Sep-13, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | BrickCon - Call for Presentations (Due 9/14)
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BrickCon still has slots open for presentations. Please submit your proposals as soon as possible. What would be a good presentation? Here's a list of possible ideas: (URL) something there looks interesting, or you have another idea, you can make it (...) (11 years ago, 30-Aug-13, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Change in News Display
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All, following an increasing number of requests, I have today disabled display of the "From:" field on the News article pages. This means, while the author's name will continue to be visible, the From: header line containing the author's email (...) (11 years ago, 28-Aug-13, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | LEGO DVD/download 1 day sale...
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Just found some extras that I'm offering as freebies for 3 LEGO DVD/download orders.... only on August 28.... (free shipping of these paper items in a Christmas card + envelope)... 1) a 1969 USA Samsonite Catalog (not folded in superb condition) (...) (11 years ago, 28-Aug-13, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Buffalo Bill Wild West Roughriders
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The Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World shows created by William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, can be credited with helping to create and preserve the dramatic myth of the Rough Riders and the American (...) (11 years ago, 26-Aug-13, to lugnet.western, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | LEGO sold in Asia.... from Lebanon to Japan...
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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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| | First LEGO Plastic was Cellulose Acetate and....
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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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| | sale Aug 23-29
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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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| | LEGO Wooden Box Sets sold to Beauty Parlors/Barber Shops
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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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| | Re: Brickshelf hacked???
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You are right. I see: Views: 1724578787 and that is odd. I wonder if it is a scripting there, where like Y2K, or some such a number rolled over and the system populated that 1.7 billion number? (...) (11 years ago, 26-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Clearance deals at Target and Walmart
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Just a heads up on some of the deals I've seen at Target and Walmart in Ontario this past week. (prices shown are approximate due to bad memory) Target has 30% off on some sets. Oddly, there was no signage or price stickers indicating this and I had (...) (11 years ago, 25-Jul-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | TRU sale July 19-28
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Neighbours had some painting done on their house last week so I wasn't on my computer to see this last week. No LEGO in the Target or Walmart flyers for next week. ---...--- TRU flyer good from last week through to July 28th has 20% off select (...) (11 years ago, 25-Jul-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Brickshelf hacked???
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Take a look at the "most popular" folders on Brickshelf and you'll see five new folders at the top of the first page. (URL) folders seem very suspicious. • Each folder has more than billion hits. • However the individual images in each folder have (...) (11 years ago, 23-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Classic castle and pirates - figures, weapons and armor
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Hi there, These classic castle parts are still available for sale. Feel free to check the post above for some high-resolution photos of the castle parts. For those interested, please email me at m.aaron.hein AT gmail.com. I'm also glad to answer any (...) (11 years ago, 23-Jul-13, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Cartoon Network, LEGO Group launching Mixels for 2014
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Cartoon Network, LEGO launching Mixels Cartoon Network partnered with Danish toymaker The LEGO Group to start “Mixels” A new concept involving small creatures that can mix and combine with one another in creative and unpredictable storylines. Mixels (...) (11 years ago, 22-Jul-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.licensed, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | New lego "cabrio" ropeway
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Dear all, it's been a while since I didn't write here. But now I have a proper content to post to your attention: I realized, together with Paolo (administrator funivie.org) and Marco Chiappa (great italian model builder and former Ambassador) a (...) (11 years ago, 18-Jul-13, to lugnet.technic) !
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| | The Making Of LEGO Marvel Iron Man (video)
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The Making Of LEGO Marvel Iron Man From Spike.com website. Video link: (URL) Standing at 6 feet and 5 inches tall, the LEGO Marvel Iron Man is simply a masterpiece. Erik Varszegi, the model designer/master builder behind the magic dishes out the (...) (11 years ago, 18-Jul-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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(...) I love the fact that the GBC, which was created as community-building, cooperative activity... can immediately sink to the lowest common denominator when placed in the hands of rtlToronto. :) On the flip side, pictures? Video? Documented (...) (11 years ago, 18-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGO Historic Anecdotes... retelling the stories that got lost...
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(...) Thanks Chris, Very strange! I'm no stranger to Shaw Cable... since I live in metro Detroit, Shaw Cable picks up the Detroit PBS (WTVS) TV station, and broadcasts it across 1000 cities in Canada. I don't know where Youblisher originates or how (...) (11 years ago, 17-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | The LEGO GROUP EXPANDS MINECRAFT COLLECTION
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THE LEGO GROUP EXPANDS MINECRAFT COLLECTION Two additional models based on the popular virtual 3D world make their debut at Comic-Con International and will be on shelves this September. COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO (July 17, 2013) - (...) (11 years ago, 17-Jul-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | LEGO set 10235 Winter Village Market
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LEGO® set 10235 Winter Village Market The set was officially unveiled at BrickFête in Toronto. Ages 12+. 1,261 pieces. Collect and create a fun festive scene with the Winter Village Market! Prices US $99.99 CA $129.99 DE 89.99€ UK 79.99 £ DK 799.00 (...) (11 years ago, 16-Jul-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | LEGO Group Builds Creative Merchandising Program for “THE LEGO® MOVIE”
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LEGO Group Builds Creative Merchandising Program for “THE LEGO® MOVIE” -First of 17 Building Sets, Playable Video Game Demo to be Displayed at Comic-Con- SAN DIEGO, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL - The LEGO Group today (...) (11 years ago, 16-Jul-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.animation, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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(...) Dave, I'm detecting a hey mister, your GBC sucks vibe in your post. Good job with your GBC entries and your Classic Space display. Ben Thanks to Chris "I put the Chi in Brickfete" and Janey for another awesome event. (11 years ago, 16-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Brickfetes Great Ball Contraption
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(...) Even with the double posting... Let's take a final tally from the show, shall we? Dave's 4 (FOUR!!!!) GBC's build a week before the show (A WEEK!!! ALL 4!!!) worked the entire convention. No problem, no worries, no losses, no issues... Chris's (...) (11 years ago, 15-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Even with the double posting... Let's take a final tally from the show, shall we? Dave's 4 (FOUR!!!!) GBC's build a week before the show (A WEEK!!! ALL 4!!!) worked the entire convention. No problem, no worries, no losses, no issues... Chris's (...) (11 years ago, 15-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Ladies and Gentleman, LEGO fans of all ages...
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I've said in other places but I'll say it here, too-- ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC TIME!!!! there, said it. Here's the pics-- (URL) exhausted and I'm missing my LEGO friends already. Dave K (11 years ago, 15-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Ladies and Gentleman, LEGO fans of all ages...
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I've said in other places but I'll say it here, too-- ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC TIME!!!! there, said it. Here's the pics-- (URL) exhausted and I'm missing my LEGO friends already. Dave K (11 years ago, 15-Jul-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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