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(...) The 2.3 million number is an estimate, but the people who did the estimating are several current and former LEGO 'Model Shop' employees - the people that work on the big creations you see at LEGOLAND parks, Imagination Centers, etc... So, they (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | (FS) Technic Double Whamy
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FS : Technic Double Whamy FS : MISB 8880 + MISB 8480 Price : $275 (inc shipping*) I will also consider good trades (trains this week). Scott A *To the USA/Canada. Most other destinations will be less. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Crappy Plates!
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz wrote: [about bent plates in McD sets] (...) I'd take the toy back to McDonalds and ask for a replacement, first. It's probably too late now, since the promotion ended last week. But they might still have some LEGO sets (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction?
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(...) It's a bit of a waste of time, but it is *open*. I can choose to deal with that person - I know exactly what they intend to do, or I can walk away. Being open is the best thing as far as I am concerned. If the seller, mentioned earlier in the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Sets for sale: 2556, 6543 ++
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I have a MISB 2556 Shell Ferrari for sale. The price is 80 USD including shipping worldwide. A 2556 are currently on eBay (not mine!); the price is now 76 USD + shipping from England. My total list of sets for sale is listed below. All prices are in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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That would be Conan (don't know his last name, but Larry P. does). He has 2.3 million. He is a member of GMLTC, but doesn't participate in LUGNET. But his collection is of rather recent vintage, if memory serves me correctly. In the number 2 spot (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Chains where? (was: Re: How long is a chain?)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:FM4JpJ.E54@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) (URL) 2. What kind of chain links are they? They're not... [gasping with hope]... (...) 779937 are the chain links. 779938 are the buldozer ones. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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My guess is that when the green light turns off in the tower, it is in power saving mode... But I think you still can get messages from the RCX. Phil michael yates a écrit : (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Slave1 .dat posted
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(...) D'ya think you could post or email(*) me the file "tlgbw1.dat"? It was not inlined into your first post. It is the cockpit section. (*) If you e-mail it to me, send it to < jeff.stembel@noaa.gov >. Thanks!! (...) Here is the AAT Entry in my (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Buying the 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade kit in the UK
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I want to order the RIS 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade kit in the UK and would like to ask if anyone knows how to order it by Internet or phone through a source other than the Lego-World-Shop (that ships its goods from the US and therefore is expensive because (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You could try the version which comes with Cynwin32: (URL) used Beta 20.1; it seems pretty stable. If you're not too keen on using the Unix sub-layer (slow), try dmake: (URL) it seems to have gone commercial -- you have to *pay* for the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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Well, I know Gary Istok has at least 500,000+ pieces, there are a few more that he knows of, one person has over 2,000,000! :) Gary? Scott S. (...) ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Work Page: (URL) Page: (URL) LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, if you take me, Lar, Tom, Conan and the train groups out of the picture it would be more like 12 bricks per person ......... heh-heh-heh ......just kidding. To paraphrase the famous statesman Everett McKinley Dirksen, "a billion here, a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Educate me!
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 20:04:17 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Guessing time. Transition from the "salt" standard, to silver standard? (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well, jeez. I only have 44,000 bricks. And yet every person who sees my collection has said "That's a lot of lego!" It makes me wonder, idly, who has the largest collection on lugnet. Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Great link Michael, thanks! Now maybe my LEGO 'bot will get sonar. - Nick - Michael Gasperi wrote: [snip] (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi Jenny, It sounds like you have two different versions of NQC. Make sure you get NQC 2 for both Mac and PC. Regards, Jonathan (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | RE: southern LUG name game
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I can't remember if I said what I liked or not. I like DixieLUG just fine, too. -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Mike Faunce Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 1:04 PM To: (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Partsref is Moving to LUGNET
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(...) Yep, I'm familiar with make. I even went to look for one once. Do you know how hard it is to search the net for 'make'? I never could figure out a decent set of search-words... Oh, wait. I've got a make.exe with my old copy of Turbo Pascal. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Buy LEGO trains on the web in Europe
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There is a new(?) internet site www.toycity.de based in Denmark which will supply "any" current LEGO set anywhere in Europe (only I think) at a very good price. For trains, 4560 is only £45.99 + £3.79 postage to the UK. They have the full tange of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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