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Paul Davidson wrote in message ... (...) Reasonable question ... My son (who just turned five) received two copies of the Ultimate LEGO Book for Christmas. We returned one copy to TRU in exchange for a merchandise credit (used to buy LEGO of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Perhaps he meant *centigrade*. ;) (this would be a trick--those newfangled coffee machines that produce coffee under 12 atm pressure...) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Ooops! 6086
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This is not the first time I have done this. The title should read 6086. (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Well, that's part of the catch. You see, Michigan's not really much of a socialist state--so this kind of comprehensive coverage does cost me. However, it costs me less to have full coverage with all the bells and whistles from Michigan that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | GMLTC Module Construction
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A while back I saw a post about how the GMLTC modules are put together. (As far as internal supports, ect) Does anyone have that info handy? (link, photo, or other) A few of us here in St. Louis are exploring something along the same lines and a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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Set #: 5848 Price paid: $44.00 (1) My sister finally opened her birthday present, after a month of hiding it in the closet and ten more days when she "couldn't find time". (Being a 10-year- old, she's *very* busy ;-) We built it together (I let her (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Results Revealed
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Good spotting. That's the bank set from 1988, #1490 sold only through Shop at Home in the US. If you think you still have it I suggest you hop on the next train/plane/bus back to Mordensville and get it as it's worth quite a bit now. It's one of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | My city plans
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12 January, 2000/LRNewswire-“Fun World announces transit alliance” Fun World™ Enterprises and the government of Hills Valley County have announced a new alliance today. The alliance has to do with mass transit. In the first have of the deal, Fun (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) Thanks for those corrections. (...) Since it was a design and not a real animal, I did not include that one. (...) I can't believe I forgot that one! It is one of my favourites. (...) I did not include these animals because I don't think of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Price at local Value City Store
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(...) I live in Southern Indiana, just a few minutes north of Lousiville KY. The value city has only a few lego sets. But they all seam cheap/ I was thinking of buying that set to make peasants for my Castle themed Kingdom. I haven't checked any of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Most wanted color other than those in the brick packs
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(...) Tan. And Dark Gray. Oh, you said ONE color. =) Also Transparent. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jonathan Wilson writes: Even more at fault are several (...) screen (...) wire (...) wont (...) makes a (...) rosco (...) Random aside - so Mario and Pikachu are Nintendo mascots, and Sonic is Sega's mascot. What's Sony's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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It was a Belville set. John Neal answered this question for me before, and the set number is 3117: (URL) Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Simmons wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) A set with stolen pieces? Only once. A returned set with missing pieces? A few times. (I consider this a different affair if the set is OBVIOUSLY a return (ie the pieces aren't in their plastic bags).) I usually don't ask for replacements in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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(...) [snip] (...) Hi there, I'm a little surprised that this thread wasn't at least cross-posted to lugnet.dear-lego. I'm sure that TLG is capable of reading the entire newsfeed, but I'm not sure that they are actually doing so. So, I'm making that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Parsing Pause database
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(...) Done. I wrote a little C program, which grabbed everything I needed from the bynumber.txt file almost instantly (for 168 sets). For some reason, it couldn't handle 3 digit numbers, but there were only three of those, so I copied them manually. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | FA(eBay): Slope lots in green, light grey, brown, clear, orange, more!
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Auctions ending on 20/01/2000 ---...--- 28 ORANGE medium roof slopes (URL) 48 CLEAR medium slopes (URL) 96 GREEN! medium roof slopes (URL) 72 lt grey medium roof slopes (URL) 38 BROWN medium roof slopes (URL) 48 yellow medium roof slopes (URL) 166 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Updated Want List
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Here is an updated list of parts I need to complete sets: Set # Qty Description 369 3 complete blue minifigs with non-moveable parts 1 gray TV antenna 1 blue 24X32 baseplate 2 clear 1x6 bricks 373 2 red minifig torso with non-moveable arms 2 blue (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA(eBay): Technic parts lots and Adventurers Zeppelin ending Sun
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Auctions ending on 16/01/2000 ---...--- 550 connectors, many kinds (URL) 440 Technic Axles many sizes (URL) 55 Technic plates (URL) 4 White wheels, puffy tires (URL) Adventurers Zeppelin airship (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Brad - TLC needs to minimize packaging
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Let me add my voice to this chorus. Small is beautiful -- particularly when it comes to cardboard boxes. Consider too, that smaller boxes would allow a toy store to stock more LEGO sets, providing more retail throughput in the same amount of space. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Useless parts?
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(...) Oooh, Yeah! Way Cool! (forgive the preppy talk, this just sounds "totally rad" ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) Don't worry, I won't tell anybody ;-) (...) I used NoteTab for a while. I actually liked it, but it stopped working. I liked the fact that you didn't HAVE to know the language, but if you did, you could use it for more complex stuff. Since I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Cowboy hat - not a Town Jr. thing!
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Frank Buiting wrote in message ... (...) from (...) you think the hats were easy to find - that set is a really tough set to find. I am glad they brought back the cowboy hat. In Idea Book 250, there are some Cowboy hats and other weird pieces that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New policy for LS@h
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(...) How is TLC responsible for Canadian taxes? I think this is something you should take up with your federal and provicial governments. -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) 3117, a scala flashy pool set. See here: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) Thanks for the list. I've noted some difference, including adding s'more animals. (...) Not discountinued, appears in 7161 Gungan sub. (...) Not discountinued, appears in 7161. (...) More animals follow. I haven't put extremely full details (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) I believe it was closer to 190 degrees. Doug (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New policy for LS@h
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Hello, I'm very desappointed about the fact that TLC has decided to close the warehouse in Ontario, Canada. Now when I want to buy from LS@H, I have to pay the US$ price + 15%HST (harmonized sales tax)! At least, before our prices were lower than in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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What about people without ID? (like kids) -- Paul Davidson Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FoCq40.JFK@lugnet.com... (...) receipt, (...) the (...) returns (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Scoop what?
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(...) Neat. IS there such a piece? I thought that there were only round 1x1 *plates*. and the only round tile was the 2x2. Can't comment on scoopability but these are used a LOT by GMLTC for stuff like "spilled coal", "dirt clods", "animal waste" (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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Where are we going with this... Does this herald the advent of the one-piece Lego model? Just think of the latest BURP and imagine it with many (printed) colours... then some stickers and moulded-in features - you could even provide moulded-in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) lawsuit. (...) That (...) it (...) which (...) at (...) Only 150 degrees? That shouldn't be a serious burn -- anyone who frequents coffee shops (as I do) knows that the "normal" temperature for a latte is 160 degrees. I myself order them at (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) And one that I (really!) would not like to see implemented, for two reasons. 1. automatic crossposting is, in general, a bad idea, as has been discussed here at length before. Too easy to get unintended results, too hard to maintain the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) One problem that I see with that is then people on those loc-groups who don't want to see org-info get it anyway, and threads are spread over multiple groups messily. I think the newsgroups for LUGs idea is cool though :) Richard (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) Well, I use Frontpage 2000 and I love it. But, I would like to point out that knowing at least some of that "HTML rubbish" can help you out a great deal. Like when you need to copy the HTML FP or any other editor/program creates for you to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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You collect Lego catalogues and fliers and stuff? Is there anything you're looking for? As a kid, I never threw any of it away so I still have stuff going back to '83 or so. -- Paul Davidson Frank Buiting <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Meltdown.
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This afternoon my wife was feeling a little cold. We have a little woodburning stove that does'nt get much use except as a landing platform for Lego models. She came into the shed to get some wood, lit the fire and latter told me there had been a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Useless parts?
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Ooh, thinking of The Hobbit just gave me an even better idea. Have a mountain (or hill, depending on how many BURPs you can scrounge up) with a cave in it as a dragon's lair. Then your dragon, who undoubtedly hoards treasures as all good dragons do, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Has anyone used the Naboo soldier torsoes with castle lego?
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(...) i love this 'fig! it's one of the best in a while, in that it introduces old elements in new colors (the cap and hands in brown), has a classic smiley (yes!) and can be used in town, castle, pirate and space themes! in castle, as is, he could (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | My robot exploded
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The other day I was carrying a nearly-complete robot from one room to another when I accidentally dropped it - on a tile floor. The thing exploded into hundreds of perfectly undamaged individual pieces, which went every way possible. It even made a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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