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Hello all, Just this past weekend I finally purchased the Lego RIS and DDK. While unpacking both sets I was intrigued by one fo the pictures I saw in the promotional information included in the package. The picture was of the back of R2D2 with the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets at local Targets
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[FUT lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou] (...) I checked the Target on I-10 near Echo Lane here in Houston, and -- nothing as of Saturday. :-( (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | New Home Starts
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I built one of my 1854 Velux House sets this weekend. I thought it would look neat on the end table with the LEGO Santa and sleigh I got from S@H. [A picture of this set can be seen on Huw's site ( (URL) )]. I was impressed with the complexity for (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Enough already
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---...--- (...) And you got what you paid for. Bricks. And instructions. Paying the price of ingratitude could mean seeing ALL copyrighted material come off the web. It could happen, and LEGO would be well within their rights under copyright law to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | SW 2000 LEGO in Canada
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Hi, Finally have a chance to post...I was Xmas shopping and thought I would check Zellers for new Star Wars LEGO last Thursday (Dec 16) and was surprised to find Slave I and Desert Skiff at Zellers in Burlington, ON (Burlington Mall) last Thursday (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The updated PARTS.LST online?
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(...) Sounds like a good idea. Would /download/updates/ be appropriate for this? And does anyone have a non-butchered current parts.lst (unlike mine) they'd send for this? I'll get it up at least by Thursday, when I update the MOTM voting. -Tim (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Leo's castle-- number mix up?
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An oddity- I was putting away my instructions for my new 2000 sets when I noticed something VERY bizarre! I usually put my instructions in order, so I was putting my Leo's Castle instructions away-- and thinking all this time that it was 6091, I got (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2000 sets
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Bones Dragon <necrobones.nospam@i...bones.com> wrote in message news:Fn1nnC.2pG@lugnet.com... (...) It's based on the X-wing and Y-wing, which are considered quite close to scale with the height of a minifig. -John Van (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Enough already
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I said what I said, and I stand by it. The fellow (I have not gone back to look up who it was) who took the tack of "Oh, yeah!?! PROVE it!" came across to me as a moron. I do not say that he is one (although I admit that this is a very small (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Quick 4565 Q
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(...) NO! Thank all lego saints it does not come like the 4560 et al. It predates 4560/1 by quite a while (3 years) and is much better of a set. James Powell (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Olive Lego?
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(...) Hence the name I gave it: "Puke Green". ;) Jeff P.S. I have some pieces in this color, and while it isn't horrible, I wouldn't want to have a car or building in this color. :) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Availability of new castle?
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(...) However, I do believe that the new castle sets are the first to feature printing on the *waist*! They actually have the belt buckle printed where it's SUPPOSED to be now.... Which means unfortunately if you put a new waist together with an old (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 sets
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(...) What is the scale based on? Height or Width of a minifig? Minifigs clearly don't have human proportions, so you'll get drastically different numbers depending on which you use. (in some cases, width may be the more limiting factor, such as in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Enough already
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(...) Hmmmm...could be...I see a conspiracy developing...Brad Justus... Brad "Just Us" (as in, "just us playing around...") Brad Just "U.S." (no bulk parts outside of the U.S.) Brad "Justice" (we're finally going to be judged by TLC) Or, how about (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 sets
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(...) Yup, see this thread: < (URL) > (read the *entire* thing to get the whole picture) The A-Wing is about 5 studs too short and the B-Wing is about 10 studs too short. Jeff (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 2000 sets
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(...) Then again, those *are* all Star Wars sets. They are much better than the standard lines are, cunstruction-wise. ;) Jeff P.S. The Flash Speeder is my favorite of the current new releases. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2000 Lego hit Cleveland Ohio
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FYI: I was able to pick up a lot of the new Lego sets this past weekend from the Macedonia, OH WalMart.. Sets they had: 7115 Gungan Patrol, 7124 Flash Speeder, 8001 Battle Droid, 8000 Pit Droid, 7104 Desert Skiff, 7134 A-Wing, 7180 B- Wing, 6094 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.cle)
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| | Re: The "Which Set Should I Buy" FAQ
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(...) This clutch gear is a 24t thick white gear. The axle hub can slip (turn) if there is too much torque on the gear. Very cool. (...) Jim West NIC Team Lead NIC Oracle Developer and DBA in Training NIC Chief Cook and Bottle Washer MCI Worldcom (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Enough already
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Todd Lehman wrote: <snip> (...) It saddens me that this "backlash" is taking place at this time...as a community made up of many individuals with strong opinions there have always been voices opposed to Lego Company practices, but it's too bad that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Saint Louis Club
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(...) I like it. Andrew Reynolds (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
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