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Did anyone catch the rock formation in the background on the cover of set 7115 The Gungan Patrol? I feel like Charlton Heston at the end of The Planet of the Apes;-) Check it out: (URL) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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Argh! And I JUST finished resizing and thumbnailing the first batch! (sorry, they were just so cool I couldn't wait!) <from my previous post on the mater> For those people that do not have fast connection or 21" monitors, I have resized and (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | Re: eBay Question
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I had the same guy contact me (apparently). My auction is ending tomorrow afternoon anyways, so I told him to bid on the item and win it 'else I'll soak him big time for ending it (more or less). I'd be interested to hear what you (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mindfest Photos!
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More pics up at <URL:(URL). Same disclaimers apply. Today's start at 1076. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering Allowed in USA!
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Not to be argumentative but, I think it is a little more difficult than you are stating. I think someone had already mentioned, the plastic is quite warm, (hot even) when it comes out of the mold. Thermal expansion may (I'm no engineer) be a factor (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) Hi, group. I've been reading messages on Lugnet for a few months now, but I rarely respond to anything. However, this latest hype over the new SW stuff for 2000 has given me reason to. First thing: A big, heartfelt "THANK YOU!" to everyone (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | LEGO knight at MINDFEST
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For those interested, I have posted a webpage documenting my recent LEGO knight sculpture for MIT's MindFest event: (URL) addition to the pleasure of sculpting, it was fantastic to finally meet many of the names behind the LUGNET emails (Todd, Suz, (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Photos Resized, Recompressed and thumbnailed!
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For those people that do not have fast connection or 21" monitors, I have resized and recompressed Matthew's wonderful pictures. They can be found at: (URL) you can link to both 800x600 and the original 1600x1200 version of the photos. They are also (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Photos Resized, Recompressed and Thumbnailed!
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For those people that do not have fast connection or 21" monitors, I have resized and recompressed Matthew's wonderful pictures. They can be found at: (URL) you can link to both 800x600 and the original 1600x1200 version of the photos. They are also (...) (27 years ago, 25-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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(...) parts to (...) I do not think that the concern lies in people buying the parts to make/sell official lego sets below retail. I believe the concern is that people will design their OWN sets using the bulk parts, which would undoubtedly be (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) #1 Walmart #2 Target #3 K-Mart There was just an article on this in Newsweek a couple weeks ago, concentrating mostly on Target and all of the new stores they just opened up. Of course, this is just for general retail. It does not reflect (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Pictures of 2000 SW sets
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(...) I sure hope so! I'm getting tired of chasing my wife's Airspeeder around the house with my X-Wing. Bring on the TIE's!! Peter Callaway (27 years ago, 25-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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(...) If Mega Blocks gets their quality control and tolerances worked out to within 90% of TLG's level, AND if they offer the type of bulk ordering service we talk about, I bet a lot of people will jump on it. I know I would. (27 years ago, 25-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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Hmm... (...) Is there anyone who is facile with LDraw or some compatible program and existing model copying, and who is interested in making some coin(1)? I'd be interested in getting a copy of my hopper in LDraw. If you are interested, drop me a (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <3813510A.B54BDB9D@gate.net>... (...) But that concern can be addressed. I don't think anyone here would complain if the price per part for bulk orders was structured so that TLG had a higher profit to expense ratio (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mike's Train and Launch Command Auction Update 4
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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, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | LDraw pieces printing
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Heya all ! Where is the best way to print the whole LDraw pieces catalog ? I mean I want print all pieces and I don't know from where may I print them. From VEC catalog in LDraw or from somewhere on Internet ? Thanx. Rene e-mail: (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new lego web site, microsoft, and trademark stupidity.
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in article <381305a8.86576575@l...et.com>... (...) each (...) the (...) [Allan sighs, remembering the good old days when he could still see the LEGO website at all....] (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: When is the next BayLUG meeting
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(...) I'll be bringing my train stuff. I've got a station and platform built so we can use that if we want to. I'm bringing my SD-40 diesel engine - not typical to pulling passenger freight but so what cuz I'm gonna try and have my club cars done (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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I've been following this group for a while, and I'd like to add my 3.059 cents worth (the exchange rate at the moment's a pain). If it is true that AFOL's requesting bulk orders would only make up a small percentage of Lego sales, then I cannot see (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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