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(...) I actually work at a K-Mart Customer Service Desk. Official policy is to match any non-clearance price if we can verify it. ('Verify' generally means a call to the other store or a sale ad from the other store in hand. Management doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What some people will buy!
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I think the price is OK. I know who bought it; he seems to be cornering the market.:-P I only know three people who have this set (with or without box), including the new owner of this one. It was on Matt Chiles want list and Todd Lehman's want (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: TAN castle walls? It CAN'T be! But what IS it?
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I believe they were printed in white, though the stone patterns were in red not grey. I have to admit they look tanish white to me on my screen also. I'm guessing they have to be grey and it's just a bad bad picture. I'd mail the seller if you (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: firmdl3 problem? - Tower not responding
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(...) "Tower not responding" really means that it can't write to the tower. Check batteries and the range. (...) Weird. As far as I can tell, exit is called correctly in all circumstances where "tower not responding" could be generated. (...) Again, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: HELP - Yellow brick castles
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(...) I've got good news/bad news. The good news is that the Yellow Castle WAS available in the USA in 1981. 6075 was the USA set number, while 375 was the European set number. Check the LUGNET database: (URL) bad news is that I cornered the market (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: What some people will buy!
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It appears that for the buyer, this set was one of the last 2 sets need to complete his space collection. Given that the set is supposedly rare, I can understand paying a premium for the set in order to complete the collection. I wouldn't have paid (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: TAN castle walls? It CAN'T be! But what IS it?
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(...) that (...) The section in the middle of the second column from the left seems to be white on its underside, or at least a lighter color than the rest. Perhaps it's a matter of bad UV contamination; were these printed wall sections available in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TAN castle walls? It CAN'T be! But what IS it?
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(...) Nope. Definately grey. They're either severly yellowed, or the scan color is off, but they're grey. How's the RGB on your monitor? ;) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | TAN castle walls? It CAN'T be! But what IS it?
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Check this out-- looks like TAN castle wall sections! (URL) say they were a yellowed white, but white castle walls didn't come with those brick patterns! Could it be some bizarre lighting that's making them tan? But there's another set for auction (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 6332 (Qty 1), 6559, and 3290 at Potomac Mills Outlet
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In case anyone is looking for the town Police Station (6332), the Potomac Mills Outlet store has _one_ for $44.59 (MSRP $59.99). I think Buffie would like to move it out since it's hard to find a good shelf spot for a single set. When I mentioned (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?
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Just some minor nits...I putting this into .debate because it feels confrontational to me, and I'm responding in kind. Even if it's not confrontational *at* me. (...) The only rants I saw were people jumping on the "dictatorship" bandwagon. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: When will Lego Racers be out?
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It´s out in Sweden now. --Tobias (...) the (...) that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.games)
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(25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | firmdl3 problem? - Tower not responding
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Hi.. I am having problems making firmdl3 work.. I have compiled it on a Linux box (Mandrake 6.0) and I get 'tower not responding' but the LED is coming on.. Also, after that error message, control does not return to the terminal. After playing (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Burp 2000
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I like them. My dream-creation is to build a large volcano-island made of BURPS. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?
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(...) It's a question of trying to do the right thing. Most of the people who are hosting the pictures will probably not have read the entire thread, or skimmed it. So we can't expect them to *fully* understand the situation, or even do the right (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Burp 2000
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(...) I like them for large scale mountain building, or a good facade on a tunnel entrance. It depends on what they are used for, some people love them, and some people don't. One of the reasons I love LEGO items is to use different pieces for all (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BURP Adventure set #666
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Tan. --Tobias (...) colors? (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Burp 2000
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(...) Let me help clear this up a little bit: You are confused. =) People dislike Big Ugly Rock Pieces, beacuse: 1) You can't reuse them, except in structure fortification 2) They look silly 3) An equal amount of that many dark grey bricks would (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Burp 2000
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(...) Yes. ;) There are people on both sides of the fence. On the one hand, people don't like BURPs because they're big and ugly and take the place of several more useful pieces in a set. On the other hand, they're useful in building big things of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2000 Dealer catalogue Removal Request Backfire?
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Without any great surprise, the requests and subsequent rants to have Huw Millington remove his scans of the 2000 dealer catalogue only drew even greater attention to them. As a consequence, a quick look around the newsgroups shows several sites are (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Alte Sets - brandneu!
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Hallo Mitmaniacs, (ich finde es übrigens besch..., daß Lego sich "Legomaniac" jetzt gebrauchsmusterschützen hat lassen, aber das am Rande...) Ich war gestern mal wieder in meinem geheimen Tante-Emma-Lädchen. Sie hat immer noch viiiiele Lego-Sets, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: FS: Train Parts, Most 30% off!
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Sorry to amend the post, but I wanted to make it clear that I have 100s of all items except motors, of which I have dozens:-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Burp 2000
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(...) Wait I'm a bit confused.....do people like burps? Or do they find them incredibly annoying? Erin -- (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: GMLTC shirt sighting...
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(...) These are not the usual cheezy shirts either. Very solid shirt with thickweight cotton. If it was a name brand you'd be paying 40-50 for the shirt, unembroidered. I have two. Recommended. (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 23:09:59 GMT, Kevin Loch uttered the following profundities... (...) In that new section,you could include scans of job adverts from Lego, perhaps, too! ( I have somewhere a scan of a recent marketing advert) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Need 6x3x1 trans-yellow windows (ala Galaxy Explorer)
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Hi, I'm in need of two 6x3 1-high transparent yellow windows, like those found in early space sets (Galaxy Explorer, etc.) I thought I might have seen some in the recent rummage pile. Anyone have some to trade? (Roger?) -gyug (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LUGNET Memberships
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(...) Thanks! And glad you enjoyed it! (...) On most pages, there's now a thing to click on in the upper-right corner of the screen. It's labeled "Sign In" and currently (but subject to change) shows a yellow key for the icon. Click that, and then (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Lego op TV
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Zojuist gesignaleerd in de Man Bijt Hond op Nederland (waarschijnlijk is er morgenochtend/middag nog een herhaling?): "lego-lady" Ilona Peeters, met een huis vol lego, veel oud Legoland spul, maar ook Technic ed. Verder niet veel interessants, an (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: 4561 sale at kbkids
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Thanks for pointing this out! I bought 1 while they were on sale at Target. Maybe I'll pick up a second at KBKids.com. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | College Park?
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Out of curiosity, anybody from College Park? Mike (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.md)
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| | Re: The Angriest Lego Collector in the World!
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(...) about the Angriest Dog in the World... Nice site! eric (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Yet another Hybernation chamber...
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(...) C'mon, give me some credit here. Same parts, same placement, same file? I'm afraid to say that this is *not* your own design. (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Duplo Trains the start of something
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I was looking at the new 2000 catalog scans and noticing how much DUPLO train stuff there was (ie station, tunnel, extra cars). I don't remember there being that much stuff for DUPLO before. I wonder if this is TLC priming kids for a bigger push in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Nuovo iscritto ItLUG
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Vi presento ufficialmente Gabriele Bellumori, residente a Scandicci (FI), 22 anni, studente di ingegneria informatica, già registrato per scrivere su Lugnet. Benvenuto Gabriele! Mario Web page: (URL) member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Brasso?
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(...) I've got some blue parts which are noticeably discolored, though you do have to look close. (...) Hmm, I've never had a problem with washing the chromed parts, the only thing I've ever had a problem with is the thin plastic sails and flags (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dreaming of a European Legofest
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In lugnet.robotics.events, Mario Ferrari writes: [snip] (...) Keep up the posts guys! I'm hoping to be in the Germany/Austria area sometime next late Spring/Early Summer. If its reachable, I'll be to it! I would love to see some of the faces that I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Jot and Jab's Space Auction
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(...) Reminder: Auction announcements and updates only belong in .market.auction, not in other groups. Please re-read the Terms of Use if you are confused: (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
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(...) Well I've been sick all weekend and just read all this Monday AM. I'm not going to respond to any specific details, but I did want to say that Todd & Suzanne are correct, and in one specific area (I won't get into the legal-ese). We don't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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