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(...) been (...) I think that the problem may be (IMHO) that all the attempts so far that i've seen have been made by "end users" or customers. Perhaps it takes a request from an actual retailer for something like bulk order to get through to the (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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Mike, let me be clear in case I wasn't, I'm not disagreeing with you. A number of people at TLG DO have rose colored glasses on. I'd rather just see if a well reasoned business case NOW could avoid the hundreds of millions in losses that would wake (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes: [snipped] (...) Larry, the prices quoted don't mean anything. When they got the order, they said not one item was available. A price quoted for a product not available is not truly a price. I have had to (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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Just some general comments: I. I know Larry P had something upwards of $10,000 -promised- payment for the bricks that (might have been/should have been...) ordered. If I was a company, and someone said, I have $10,000 worth of orders, IN MY HAND for (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nya modeller i BlockCAD-galleriet!
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Ja, skeppen ör verkligen imponerande. "Three models" -är det någon sorts skidort? Det ser ut som en liten snöskoter. Jag har en fråga: Man ska skicka en legobit om man använder programmet, va? Hur många bitar har du fått? Skulle de räcka till en (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: ***** MLCad V1.5 Released *****
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(...) Mike, I already downloaded it and I absolutely love it! Much kudos to you. The fractal landscape generator is pretty cool. The other major new feature, a gif to brick convertor looks interesting, although I haven't yet used it. Keep up the (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Diana's train auction, update 6
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Welcome to Diana's train auction. Updates are emailed to all bidders and anybody requesting to be on the mailing list. set condition varies. n = new in box. b = used with box and instructions. u = used with instructions but without the box. s = see (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Fred Meyer has 20% off Lego, todays prices
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Fred Meyer has 20% off Lego, todays prices. So if you are lucky enough to find a clearance set you get an additional 20% off. Rose (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Over 30 lots of LEGO bricks and parts on EBAY -3 days to go
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Hello, I am currently have over 30 lots of misc parts and bricks on Ebay. Many are still with no bids or run at opening price. Click here to see the details for items listed below: (URL) LEGO Tow Cranes with hooks 20 LEGO lt-gray round 1x1x1 (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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I agree. Anything that actually succeeds will have to be based on a sound business model. TLG needs to make money and see a positive creative outcome as a result. Perhaps we need a buying organization. A single point of contact with TLG, or a funnel (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 6276 Eldorado Fortress - final result
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Micah wins the set with a bid of $65. Commiseration to Zachary who's $60 bid was pipped at the post. Thanks very much to everyone who either bid or made trade offers. Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Purple buckets
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Anyone who might think that the purple bucket (2494) is an endangered species, should have been with me on my recent road trip. There seems to be many purple buckets still in the pipeline. At one K-Mart I counted 160+ purple buckets on the shelf, (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 8001 Technic SW droid found in Leicester Toymaster!
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On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 20:35:16 GMT, Huw Millington uttered the following profundities... (...) Let's hope that we get the 8002 before 2 Feb, then! Bought mine yesterday, in Beattie's High Wycombe. They had a few dozen of them, at 22 pounds. Don't know (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | One of the Mindfest pics
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I thought this one was funny.. (URL) it "Todd when he loses the bid on the last set he needs to be Space Complete"... :-) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Scan of current S@H catalog
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(...) And that gives me an idea. In the spirit of service to the community and all that folderol: SO giving you a hard time about the size of your collection? Did you promise to sell some sets off but you really don't want to? Well, I have a (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | TIE Fighter
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Hi all, I just uploaded my attempt at a TIE Fighter. It was more of an experiment than anything else, but have a look: (URL) "Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks'." Majewski (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | 6000 Idea Book for auction on eBay "Bill & Mary" book
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I have put a 6000 Lego Idea Book ("Bill & Mary" Idea Book) up for auction on eBay. Follow this link to see the item and place bids: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Picture of Falcon
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Is it just me, or does the fact that we have never seen (or at least to the best of my knowledge seen, I could be wrong) the cockpit/ canopy section of the Falcon in any other sets before. If that is the "final" product TLG is putting out in ?July? (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Regarding latest outerrim pictures
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(...) says (...) It seems to me that whenever TLG says something is "limited edition," the set will be released twice. I have a "limited edition" Explorien Scorpion Detector, and it is no different than the regualr one, except that the packaging and (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: mindstorms
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(...) Yep - desværre - men de har en kanon fed ca ½ kvm stor Lego Star Wars udstilling i en glasmontre - den er ikke stor - men jeg syntes den var fed...apropos fed - så er der endvidere en ret overdimensioneret Darth Vader i Lego - ligesom de har (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.dk.kb.kob)
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| | 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner w/shotting cannons on eBay
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I have placed a complete 6286 Skull's Eye Schooner up for auction on eBay. The set is in very good condition and comes with original instructions and the lid from the original box. Click the following URL for details, or to bid: (URL) for looking. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Regarding latest outerrim pictures
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Another quick question regarding those technic x-wing and tie-fighter. It says they will be Limited Edition? What exactly does that mean? I WILL have those sets :), but how will I get them? -Zak zak@mimir.net (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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Just a couple of points. That 20K order we had assembled was for less than 20 different parts in total, although across several colors. I agree with most everything being said, but I feel that we need tu build bridges to those in TLG that have any (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Colors that are just a bit off?
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Hi all, I have a question regarding color rendered on my webpage. It seems that sometimes different sections of color are just a bit 'off' from each other. An example might be a background with white in it and an image set on top of the background (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Does anyone own the 6901 Mobile Lab?
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See scan at (URL) it a good set? It looks awesome. I´m looking for classic space sets to put on my "want" list, and I´m not sure if I should include this or not. --Tobias (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Microfig 928 Galaxy Explorer
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That looks good. I never knew that it was possible to "microfigate" TLG sets (or any sets). --Tobias (...) 928 (...) I (...) great. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | reading sensor input?
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I've got a strange problem that probably has an easy solution, but I've been trying to hard to figure it out and am afraid that now I'm missing the obvious. I brushed the dust off my Handy Board to build a robot for my middles school robotics (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Nya modeller i BlockCAD-galleriet!
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Hejsan! Äntligen har jag fått ändan ur vagnen, och uppdaterat BlockCADs Galleri! Bland 10 nya modeller från olika användare är jag framförallt imponerad av Frank H. King's stora skepp: (URL) väl, Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | New models in the BlockCAD Gallery!
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Hi! The BlockCAD Gallery has been updated with 10 new models sent to me by different users. You're welcome to take a look: (URL) especially impressed by Frank H. King's big ships) Happy building, -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| | Microfig 928 Galaxy Explorer
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Hi all, A while ago, I posted some stuff about microfying official sets. I have finally found the time to upload a page for my first microfied ship, the 928 Galaxy Explorer: (URL) let me know what you think! Sorry about the quality of the pictures, (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 5
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1. This is a Once, Twice, Sold auction. 2. To bid send email to mdarnett@nycap.rr.com. I will try to post updates daily. 3. Minimum raises: 0-$50 by $1, $50-$150 by $2, $150 and up by $5. No proxies please! 4. Advancing will start on 10/26. Bids (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Launch of new site: SimiLego
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My new website is online at (URL) now the site includes the Brick Exchange trading section, a sneak preview of my PlastiCity town layout, and some snap shots of a few MOCs, and Kansas City's Great Create. Feedback is certainly welcome. Andreas (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Asda Update - I was in there Today!
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All, Just happened to look in an Asda near near in the east of London, and i found they had quite a bit in the sale. No SW stuff but a reasonable amount of the following sets. All were 50% off! If anyone want anything please mail me today!!! UFO (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: new lego web site, microsoft, and trademark stupidity.
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(...) Whoa, wow, yeah, they're using a raw 8-bit value 168 there, rather than the HTML entity "®" (tsk, tsk) Welp, if they had a feedback button or something, it'd be possible to let them know, but... :-/ --Todd (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: H8 tools problems on Linux
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(...) I'll let someone else address the rest of your question, but: there is no "Linux 5.2". The latest stable version of Linux is 2.2.13, and the latest devel release is 2.3.22. Perhaps you mean Red Hat 5.2? In that case, I'd suggest upgrading -- (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Greatest Adventurer Movies
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(...) mark ~ congratulations! you are the one millionth person to ask me that! your "prize" is that i've added a "tips & techniques" section to the main page of my craigo-lego site. (it's the final page link at the botom.) i genuinely liked "J vs V" (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Regarding latest outerrim pictures
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(...) They are Model Team. I have a pic of a LEGO-built Model Team X-Wing on my web site - they look very similar. These are pics from a LEGO Club magazine: (URL) on the third picture. These pics are big but detailed. Carbon 60 (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | H8 tools problems on Linux
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Hi all! The H8 tools on Linux won't work for me - it's Linux 5.2 and the C compiler complains about "null char when parsing input" for anything else than a comment... I tried with both the old and new tools form the legOS site.... any ideas? thanks (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Regarding latest outerrim pictures
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Jason Fabisch <jfabisch@alphawire.com> wrote in message news:FK3774.HME@lugnet.com... (...) Droid. (...) at (...) no (...) much (...) prototype (...) Agreed. All 3 of the droids shown here are completely different to the final versions. The ATT, (...) (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | ***** MLCad V1.5 Released *****
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Hy MLCad Fans! I just released MLCad V1.5 which has various bug-fixes and new picture generators.... Fell free to download this release from (URL) bug-reports, suggestions and comments send mail to mailto:m.lachmann@xpoint.at Regards, Michael (27 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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