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Does anyone out there have any scans of the Castle minifigs. Even pictures from the instructions on how to build the minifigs is fine (you know, the first part of the instructions that you see)Please email pics if you have them. Thanks, K@RL (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: CLSOTW voting
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(...) The voting facility is a suggestion facility. 9 times out of 10, what gets the most votes is what gets used as that week's pick. Sometimes there are exceptions, like when Bram's LDraw & LEdit tutorial went up as the weekly pick last year (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cool Y2K set observations
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(...) Most definatly that would have been better. I personally will probably use a few of those for a real control center though. Oh well. -Lord Insanity "A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men" Visit me at: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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(...) God, I certainly hope so. You know, if they'd make for example a lynx-friendly version of your site, they could announce it on slashdot and freshmeat for a hell of a lot of extra traffic. See the recently published study on "the slashdot (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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(...) Doesn't webmaster@www.lego.com get read by the right people? Jasper (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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(...) Nah. Frames are _Evil_. The navigator team should all be shot, hung, drawn, and quartered for <blink>, <img>, and <frameset>. <blink> tag purposely left unclosed for those reading with extremely wonky newsclients. Jasper (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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(...) Correction - it _should_ be. It never is in practice. Java, in my experience, sucks solar masses through bucky tubes. Not to mention it's habit of blue-screening Win9x, and crashing Navigator under linux. And lynx doesn't exactly play well (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Opinions on the 4561
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G'Day I also never really liked this set, until I got one (on sale of course!), it does sort of grow on you. I had to LOL at the 'black box' included in the engine (which, yes, does need a lot of reworking. But that's what LEGO is all about, eh?). (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Coasters at the LegoLand parks
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Hello, Could anyone tell me which of the LegoLand parks have roller coasters? I know the new one in California has a custom Vekoma Roller Skater, themed in a castle with tire drive lifts... someone had mentioned also that another one of the parks (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: A BIGGER LegoFest?
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(...) Someone would need to supervise it - could you stand the noise - I couldn't - I can't stand young children. (...) I haven't got a wife. (...) That could be quite expensive, that would exclude all church halls which can be quite cheap to rent (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Enough already
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(...) Well... uh, I don't think I am advocating that, nor have I really seen anyone else DO that. I'm sure Brad is an ok guy. I'd like to meet him some day. Anything I say, good, bad, or otherwise, about Lego the _company_ isn't meant to "shoot" (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Canada Goodbye
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Yes Friday was a sad day. I just do not think that we are going to able to order a set on a Friday at 11:30 and get it Sat before noon, anymore :( In mourning Oliver And of course the timing (just before Christmas) is really bad. Tony Jang (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | CLSOTW voting
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First of all I don't want to take anything away from this week's Cool Lego Site of the Week winner. Second of all I don't care if my site gets selected as a future winner. What strikes me odd is why did the unofficial Star Wars design contest win (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: EuroFest Currency?
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(...) Although it was an unintentional pun it still reminds me of a good point. Many of the buy-sell-trades at a LEGOFest involve a bit of cash changing hands - what currency could you do that in considering Euros don't exist in the UK and only (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Re: Aggiornamenti
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iant <iant@libero.it> wrote in message 385BA1AA.2CA1268D@libero.it... (...) Veramente interessante!!! C'è qualche possibilità di partecipare al progetto, o almeno di capirci qualcosa anche per un "non addetto ai lavori" (studio architettura) come (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Cross posting in eu (was: Aaargh!)
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(...) Maybe we should try to persuade Todd to integrate some translation software into this newsgroup. I've added lugnet.admin.general (...) Unfortunately I can only do English, the French of an 8 year old and very limited German, probably aged 3. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Pubblicizzare ItLUG nei negozi?
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Gabriele Bellumori <bellumor@dada.it> wrote in message (...) Avere un contatto tramite internet al posto della "obsoleta" posta o telefono lo trovo molto più efficace e veloce. Più che del problema dell'esclusione di parte dei probabili LEGOmaniacs (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Two points for a European Legofest
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From a UK perspective, Paris must be one of the best options - easily accessible by various means from the south of England where many AFOL's live, but also from the central belt of Scotland via the Ryanair flights from Prestwick (between 29 and 60 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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| | Update Auction 9 Volt Train Sets
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* * * Auction 9 Volt Train Sets * * * L Set Name St Bid Bidder 1 - 9v Trains Start Set - 50 min. 2 4537 Twin Tank Transport SD 34.5 Scott Arthur 3 4544 Car Transport Wagon SD 25 Mark & Milissa Millere 4 4548 Speed Regulator SD 20 Jan-Albert van Ree (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mandtal -- Roll Call -- Medlemsförteckning
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Ska väl presentera mig också, så ni vet vad jag är för en. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: train patterned parts
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(...) Visually these patterned parts look good, but does the pattern really have a black edge around it ? My examples of the rail logo do not. IMHO we only code type 2 lines at surface intersections, not at changes of colour on the same surface. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Solo 48...
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"Giulio Ferrari" <giuliof@iol.it> wrote in message news:385D2431.E1A6CD...@iol.it... (...) Cosa è il LegoCenter di Parma? -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Enough already
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I agree with you. No one can disagree with what you said. But why "shoot the messenger"? I prefer to be outwardly optimistic, and reserve cynicism. Just my personality..... (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Vintage Wheel Set 021
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I have this set at home. I believe its complete (but can't be 100% sure, since its older than I am). I will let you know what is in it. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Summers wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Enough already
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(...) Right. But let's not forget that many of us are FAR more enamored of Lego the PRODUCT than Lego the company. Aside from some recent slips in quality control (colors, mostly) Lego the PRODUCT has never let us down. Lego the COMPANY, though, has (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Availability of new castle?
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Nephilim wrote in message ... (...) bother (...) I see. If I would open these things I would know, but if its not Castle, then what's the point?! -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ritocchi al sito ItLUG
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(...) Non scherziamo. E' vero quello che dici, lo standard GIF è protetto da copyright, ma la faccenda è nota già da qualche anno, e milioni di immagini GIF continuano ad essere usate in tutto il mondo, pardon la rete, senza che si siano posti (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Solo 48...
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(...) Mi sembrano francamente pochi, visto che hanno fatto un'edizione in Italiano apposta, e lanciato il prodotto per Natale, con tanto di pubblicità in TV... (...) Mi hanno detto che al LegoCenter di Parma ne hanno alcuni, a 487.500 lire (molto (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Nope, not going to follow up, as it's obvious that you are hopelessly incorrect about this ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: varie ed eventuali
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(...) Ho studiato il problema per svariati anni. Il risultato è che la posizione standard è quella con la parte più grande in alto (rappresenta il pollice) e la parte arrotondata sotto. Ovviamente possono ruotare di circa 90 gradi per parte, a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: lego.com hopelessly out of date?
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(...) No this cant be the case as Lego themselves are selling the sets, in their UK store at least. regards lawrence (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Catalogs, Justus and Lego
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(...) Bull ;-) TLC will just price the bulk pieces high enough so that this is not economically viable. I just can't imagin them selling bulk parts for less than $.10-.20 on average, as that is what they cost in sets these days. -- Tom Stangl (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Vintage Wheel Set 021
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I am new to collecting Lego. I played with them a lot as a child, but now want to collect as an adult. Anyhow, I came across a large amount of old sets (Gears, Small vehicles, Windows and Doors, Building sets, etc.) There is one set that I cannot (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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On Sun, 19 Dec 1999, Jasper Janssen wrote: [RE: my hopeful dreamin' that LEGO will redesign their site for better usability and not for better security with obnoxious bells and whistles] (...) Well, to be honest, with the crew of designers they (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: General Box #5
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I now have GB 5 in my possession, and have sorted through it. I'm going to figure out what to put in it and repack it in a sturdier box later today. Once I get Thomas Main's address, I'll send it on. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Minifig box 2
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(...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: DixieLUG gathering
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(...) you bet we could, todd! if only such a thing existed... ;-) i had trouble trying to crosspost this tho'. when i typed lugnet.org.us into the follow up box, the message wasn't acceppted. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us)
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| | Re: Enough already
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(...) Yah Rose! I'll add my support behind everything she said. Three cheers for Rose for the courage to write it! Kevin Loch has done wonders with his site, and his self-imposed restrictions make perfect sense to me. When I read Brad's note, I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Enough already
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <385ce0d5.267874625@...et.com>... (...) Well put, Todd. After reading all this, including my wife's post, here's my "boiled-down" philosophy: 1) Brad (and his employer, TLG), have begun a dialog with us. Hasn't this been (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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