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I finally found the time to upload my duplo sets database to the web. The database currently has information on 562 sets, with images of 344 of those. I believe that the information is much more extensive than Pause. Take a look at (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Old Dacta
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(...) 1980, but it was called the Educational Products Department until 1989. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.dacta, lugnet.general)
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| | BURP trivia (was Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?)
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(...) BURPs = Big Ugly Rock Pieces "BURP" is the most amazingly successful acronym coinage I've seen come from rec.toys.lego. Trivia question - who first coined the term BURPs for the Big Ugly Rock Piece elements? Answer: r.t.l user Mark Hornblower, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: #4537-4547-4549...6991 FROM DYA/QUICK SALE
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(...) I can't belive it's possible to be is such luck. Why does this never happen me? Well, maybe next time... Hugo (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Yuk!
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Indeed. --Tobias (...) tell (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) I don't see how you get that out of Brad's message. Specifically, he said: (...) Sounds fairly world-wide to me. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego de-lurks!
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(...) All I can say about Brad Justus' comments is WOW! This will benefit everyone. I'm just too excited! WOW! OK, one more time, WOW! A very happy AFOL, Robert Eddings (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new hit record
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(...) uhhh.. i think the jpeg DL's were me... teleporting the entire site to Jaz.. hee heh J (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) No, but in the case of splitting the group into subgroups, the original charter wouldn't have to change. It's simply lugnet.dear-lego: Open letters to the LEGO Group (not necessarily to be read by anyone at LEGO) and that doesn't necessarily (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | FA: 36 lots - Classic Space and Classic Train Bonanza on SeriousCollector.com
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Thanks for looking! Check out the Classic space and trains! Click here: (URL) Currently 6597 Century Skyway - unopened $200.00 8460 Technic Pneumatic Crane Truck - unopened $150.00 Lego #6334: Wave Jump Rebels--MIB--No Reserve! $9.00 Lego #6405: (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) This strikes me as a Good Idea. James (URL) WAAHOO! (people have been looking at me funny since yesterday afternoon - I just can' stop the occaisional WAAHOO! from coming out. :) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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A few years ago, the same thing happened in a Swedish LEGO competition. I hated it! --Tobias James J. skrev i meddelandet <37F7BC08.62F5CC0@me...is.edu>... (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Lures of 6,8 wide (was Re: 4561 sale at kbkids)
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(...) lol, don't be so sure;-) If you saw Bill Toenjes' latest 6 wide fire truck, you would forsake 4 wide forever. His stuff is wonderful, although AFAIK he doesn't have any pics posted anywhere at the moment... except this nugget: (URL) It's a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: #4537-4547-4549...6991 FROM DYA/QUICK SALE
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Hey I'll buy one for $51. Follow ups to www.ebay.com <grin> -Nick Russell Clark wrote in message ... <snip> (...) buy (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Thanks for your willingness to listen and to help us better enjoy our hobby. Much of what has already been said mirrors the general consensus of this group. People in this community like to build, display, organize, collect, and play. We love (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: #4537-4547-4549...6991...from Dya/QUICK SALE
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The 4547s and 4549s lasted roughly 2-3 minutes. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: #4537-4547-4549...6991 FROM DYA/QUICK SALE
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(...) If someone wants to sell one of their 4547 Club Cars that they bought, I'll buy one for $50. Russell (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Training OmniRemote for RCX commands
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(...) That's good advice. I forgot to mention to Ed that having the RCX on will confuse OmniRemote because of the return IR from the RCX. The problem I have found with using the LEGO remote commands to train OmniRemote is the final d2 command (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.palm)
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| | Dan Parker Please E-Mail ME!
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Dan, my server is being a butt trying to email you. Could you send me a simple reply with your address on it. Thanks. Adrian (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Membership
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(...) e come se non bastasse anche Giulio l'ha già ricevuta! INVIDIA INVIDIA INVIDIA.... La mia deve ancora arrivare. Vi prego non ditemi cosa contiene, non voglio sapere prima di averla tra le mie mani :-) Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Wowwww!!!!
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(...) L'inizio di una nuova era!!!!!! Altro che nuovo millennio (o presunto tale)! Proporrei di fondare un nuovo sistema di misurazione del tempo, un nuovo calendario che parte dal 9 dicembre 1999, nuovo 1° giorno dell'anno zero :-)))) Mario (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: RIS 1.5 help!!??
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I believe you can run the software at 800 x 600 (not a problem for most) at 256 colors. It supports _up to_ 16-bit color. There also may be DirectX issues which might be your actual problem. Will it run at all? --Doug Wilcox WordSmith Digital (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Geez! LUGNET is just too exciting!
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(...) My wife and I have a different problem: We're *both* into Castles. Sigh. This has its own unique accumulation of side effects... ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RIS 1.5 help!!??
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Hello all! I have just received my upgrade to version 1.5 in the mail and I'm having trouble with the software because it requires so much from my system. I believe it needs 800x600 and 16 bit high color which my system cannot do. Why would they (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New 2000 sets in Lego.com European catalog!
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(...) This is very odd, as they're still there for me. Maybe because I'm in a European (.co.uk) domain when I'm surfing? Mind you, doing all those reverse DNS lookups must be costly. (Added .off-topic.geek for technical discussion, if it (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Nono - FOUR Stormtroopers, ONE Tie Fighter pilot ;-) Or release a Stormtrooper pack, and other minifig PACKS - yes, plural. The SW universe has plenty of characters to support several packs, all would sell well. Suggestions: 5 Stormtroopers (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Just to clarify, my suggestion was meant to inspire the idea that a new hierchy be established (ie, "lugnet.lego-direct", "lugnet.lego-direct.bulk", etc), rather than skipping straight to segmenting lugnet.dear-lego. If the main group in the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Excuse me, but what are 'BURPS'?
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(...) MIB=Mint In Box MISB=Mint In Sealed Box Neither refers to the actual condition of the box... other than the fact that it is/is not sealed. Most people will mean that a set is complete and with instruction when it is described as MIB... but be (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) I did not mean to imply that TLC should get rid of pink. All I meant was that pink or any other color should not be the primary marketing influence for a product. I think pink is great but it should not be a requirement for a set to me (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: #4537-4547-4549...6991 FROM DYA/QUICK SALE
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If I ever see another complaint about your monitory situations when it comes to your car, I'll replace your turbo, IC and ECU with Lego versions!! Laugh. Congrats. Tom Stangl wrote in message <38512777.1BA0E755@n...pe.com>... (...) do 10 (...) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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I would think as a minimum we'd need: dear-lego.bulk (requests to add a part to the service) dear-lego.rant dear-lego.sets (discuss what sets to rerelease, if that is ever a possibility - by rerelease, I mean the original set OR a remake like (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Wow, what great news! A lot of people have mentioned that they would like to have bulk ordering of parts and less juniorization of the sets, so I'm not going to say anything more about that. I would like to say that what I really like with the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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3 Points 1. Well, I'm not surprised. By speaking to "LUGNet" Brad appears to think he is speaking to only US AFOL's. 2. Before promoting the Lego "brand", I'd sort the product out first 3. "we’re not yet able to handle a deluge of incoming e-mail". (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Shuttles at Zainy Brainy
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Do they still have the Shuttles on sale? wasn't it 79.99? Todd (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Train Creations
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(...) When do you get back in town from the holidays? I'm returning the evening of the 26th, so New Years weekend would work for me to get together. (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 2000 Technic Problem
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Man, the tires on the 8457 look like they would make a wicked monster truck! Adrian -- http:junior.apk.net/.../lego.html (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Train Creations - Updated
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Just put up some more creations. (URL) out my water tower in Town Creations, pictures of my bedroom, and underside detail of the tank car in Train Creations. (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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"Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:FMHtE5.Kp2@lugnet.com... (...) Well. I saw your message, read it, and then sat here in a funk wondering if this could be true. So, I'm going to go on the assumption that it is. That some (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Metroliner Club Cars for $31, MISB!
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And I missed the sale! AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGH...H!!!...!!! Why does Emmanuel post his sales at 5:30 AM PST? Mike (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lugnet Loves Cats!
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(...) That reminds me of in "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish" where Man thinks he's the most advanced species on the planet because he builds cities and cars and nuclear bombs and such, and the dolphins think they're the most advanced species on (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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