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(...) <URL:(URL), actually. "Worldwide Number 1 for Military Construction Bricks" doesn't sound exactly where I want to be going. :) They do have some interesting set designs. But from what I've heard, they suffer from quality issues. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, Gary. I was trying to build Guarded Inn without having the red castle walls needed to do it -- although I do have a pair of red corners without the tudor design on them. But if one wants to replace castle walls I quickly realized that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Oooh, that's a dangerous path. I can just see it now -- Jrized versions of all our favorite classics. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) One reason that LEGO is constantly inventing new pieces is to make sure that as many elements in a LEGO set are patent-protected. The re-released old sets would not have that advantage. I wouldn't mind if they modified the sets to make them (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: No 2000 stuff yet
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(...) This may be the wrong week to ask me this... ...the other day some kids were getting their jollies breaking out my windows with stones as large as an adult's fist, when I went downstairs to capture the culprits (being home at the time), a near (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Re: Advent Calendar Fun!
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Great Job Hari, I like them alot! keep up the great work!!! Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) The knights vs the moo-men. The knights come with a king, a princess, and a warrior babe, steps to make the sets girl-friendly? The moo-men are much more boyish, testosterone-poisoned sets. (...) Right! A horse with a hole in his head for a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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And in fact when I was a child (not that long ago, born in 1974) Lego sets weren't all that conflict oriented either. The space sets of the time had no weapons for instance. The first set with a fighting theme that I can think of is the yellow (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Check out www.bestlock.com (?) Erin -- (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) But that doesn't seem prohibitive to me anyway. They're certainly inventing new pieces all the time these days, and that takes new molds. And at least they'd still have the basic engineering done for retro pieces. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Or to put a different way: Are the molds (that were used originally to make those parts) compatible with the current state of the art molding machines used by TLC ? A negative answer would imply the need to make whole new molds. Ray (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lego capable CAD software for the Mac ?
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After searching lugnet, I'm still not clear on the current state of Lego-style CAD software that runs on a Macintosh. Can someone tell me... Is there a Macintosh compatible program that does something like what LDraw does ? (I thin kI saw something (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I *so* agree. I, as a "girl", like the royal family, pegsasii (plural pegasus, right?), and unicorns (1), and would enjoy stuff like that in LEGO. I also like soldiers and guards, and would enjoy seeing a feudal system line of castles, with (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) "Only You, the LEGO Maniac, can determine what color dress Shala will wear to the dance." -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There's a link to it from the front page of www.lugnet.com, since it's that important, in the "News Flash!" section. Here's the link: (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
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(...) Well I am jsut on the other side of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and we have no new legos. I am in Kenosha just 60 miles north of Chicago. I am about ready to pull hair out for my new legos. The shelves are bare in the TRU by me but no new (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTW!!!!
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Una anche per me, se c'è ancora, grazie :-) Ciao Giulio Marco Beri ha scritto: (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Bill Katz <billk@wald.wald-kramer.com> wrote in message news:944898283.20338...mer.com... (...) Brad: Bricks, slopes, plates and tiles are the place to start with bulk ordering - all colors, all sizes (personal plea - gray 1x__). Next, I would (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I guess part of my point is that not only are the Lego Company's current efforts not a part of the solution, they are ACTIVELY a part of the problem. Their "for girls" line is their least problem-solving/building oriented, and conversely, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | replacement construction for 'obsolete' narrow steering rack
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It appears that the 1x6 plate with round ends with holes, as used to hold sterring gear together since the early 80s, is no longer made - at least the fee current sets that use standard (new) steering gear don't include it. (See "plate with (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic)
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