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(...) LOL That's funny that you used "Tonka", because the Tonka factory is only a few miles from where I live (I taken kids there for factory tours). The factory is in a suburb called "Minnetonka". Perhaps now you can see where they got their (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8445 - Gone!!!
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(...) According to a friend who spoke with someone at LEGO Consumer Affairs a couple weeks ago, it was actually _recalled_ in the U.S. (at S@H & LIC, not retailers) due to a legal issue: the accidental unlicensed use of "Indy"[1] in the set's (U.S.) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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(...) Funny you should mention 10. I started work last night on a 14 wide box car scaled to Belvillians and using G scale wheels. I custom built the trucks out of LEGO, but will need to <gasp> glue a few pieces in order to hold the wheels in place (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BRICKS going offline soon, probably for good
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(...) Mike, Even though I did not use this site as a seller and only occasionally looked at it from a buyer's point-of-view, I was impressed by what I saw. This was a well-done site and you had a more than generous policy regarding selling there. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | a name for "castle world"
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hi y'all! pawel is here at my house for the DixieLUG meeting, and we've been scheming up plans for the mutual castle storylines site. we need a name for the site! ~"castle world" sounds ok at this point, but we'd like to hear some more ideas if (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Piece count of mib Samsonite set.
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Hi All Can someone advise where and how to get piece counts for sets onto a site that everyone can access. I just picked up a really nice Samsonite set from the early 70's MIB and have written a list of the contents. The set number is 005 and it (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Defense Archer at TCS!
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(...) Yes The Construction Site will ship (at least in the US). Call them with a CC number. Their tele numb is on their site: (URL) Ben Gatrelle (remove the spam dot from the yellowcastle to reply) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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Lawrence Wilkes wrote: <snip> (...) That may be true, but I think many non-AFOL parents (who played with Lego as children) would buy the re-released classic sets "for their kids." It might even bring alot of people out of their dark ages. --Colin __ (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Info / possible WTB grey loose link chain
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Thanks, Lindsay! I'll probably have to get a hold of you... I haven't figured out how I am going to cut them and reconnect them cleanly. Dave (...) WalMart (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 2951 repost
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When looking at this part in LDLITE, it appears to me that a lower section of the cylinder and the disc (but not the edge) is missing. Does it look like that to you, too? Fredrik (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Stone Tower Bridge FOUND
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I don't know if this is the message that you are referring to, but under Wal-Mart Lego Surprise and adventure (1/7/00) someone asked if anyone had found a stone tower bridge for under $39. Rose Mr L F Braun wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Has anyone inventoried the 8445 yellow race car yet?
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Let us know! I need to build some V8's and could use some extra cylinders! Dave (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Colin R Gutierrez (<3889BCC1.3C57@ultra.ccp.com>) wrote at 14:20:49 (...) Well, not *entirely*, as a BURP only has one wall/side, and is hollow. This makes it more like the thin wall elements, which look like bricks on the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Challenge (was Re: Train Control)
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, James Powell (<Foqo64.7Ax@lugnet.com>) wrote at 13:30:04 (...) Or you could use magic, and do it with mirrors :-) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<3889AFA6.279A1D8F@...ager.net>) wrote at 13:24:54 (...) The latter, I'm afraid :-) I don't think John's cheating: just playing to a different set of rules. I must confess to the attraction of 8 wide. Although (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New train page
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<3889ACFB.61D0EAD6@...ager.net>) wrote at 13:13:31 (...) I just checked. The hemisphere is held on from the inside, so you can use a 4x4 cross shape with the 1x1 corners taken out like this OO OOOO OOOO OO This (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FW: Controlling pneumatics
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C S Soh wrote: The solenoid valves look like a dream come true. I would like to get 6-8 of them if they can really work with the RCX. Any information on their pneumatic and electrical (voltage/current) characteristics? Hi CS! Well the valves (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Which recent sets contain yellow Classic 1x2x2 windows?
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(...) Actually, 6444 Outback Airstrip has two yellow _airplaine_ style 1x2x2's. They even have glass. They're not classic, but should look great in a train. --Colin __ __ __ __ __ __ | |_| |_| |_| | | |_| | | | Brick Engineer | | | Colin R Gutierrez (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8445 - Gone!!!
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What?!? Indy Storm has been discontinued already? Sheesh, it seems like it's hardly been around. Dan "rhendrix" <rmhendrix@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FnsEIA.BBz@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Lego Therapy (was: Re: Lego On Chicago Hope)
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If I get a duplicate of a set, I leave it sealed until a rainy day, then if I'm bored or down or whatever, I open it up. Kind of like a second Christmas. Many times lately, however, I've had to open up sets before the rainy day because I needed a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MGLM competition and website update
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David, Please don't get discouraged. I just think the guidelines are just a little strict. It seems that the entries must be of a Model Team scale. I think that if this is the case, the subject matter should be more general, like "Star Wars Space (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Builders club cards?
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Seen on eBay (URL) are these? Where did they come from and are there other ones? What was the general idea. Thanks! (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Turbowolfs Construction zone comes to life
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(...) I like the Arctic theme. I just haven't purchased any of the sets yet. Not only do I like snow in general, but I LOVE the movie John Carpenter's The Thing. Anyone else seen it? It's probably my all-time favorite re-write of a 50's sci-fi (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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So a BURP is a POOP and the Leg of a Bug is a SPUD. Gotit. :] --Colin (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FA:[eBay] - Lar's custom hopper
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(...) I get 241. Depends how you count though, I guess. But if you're buying it for parts, you're kind of missing the point. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Some Important Questions regarding TLG Policy?
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Attn: Mr B.Justus Dear Sir, I was wondering if you could clarify some issues for me. (i) New Concepts- Sugesstion and discussion of Given that some ideas for new theme crop ocassionaly. I am asking whether it is alright to put these up on the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Trade 4561 Railway Express (+more or other stuff) for Mindstorms RIS
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With the recent clearance markdowns at Target, I managed to pick up a couple of 4561 Rail Express Sets for about $33. Unfortunately, none of the Targets that I had access to had any of the Mindstorms RIS sets at the $50.00 clearance price. Anyone (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: My Giant? Castle in progress
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(...) castle (...) as (...) such (...) figured (...) ones - (...) their (...) bottom - (...) Let me tell you, make sure your creations *fit* into the plastic containers, don't put them with one side in the air! I once took my lego town house (er, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Challenge (was Re: Train Control)
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you'd need to deal with the (...) etc. Only if you want the train to stop in the tunnel. IR (can) have good propagation, my IR remote for my stereo works fine bounced off the wall, but it has to be pointed in somewhat the right direction (1 bounce (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Defense Archer at TCS!
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(...) Yeah, the store doesn't have any other sites, I think. (More the pity - I'm sure there are a lot of lego fans wanting to get here) (...) I live in the northern Galillee, in a small village called Kfar Vradim (you might realize that means Rose (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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(...) Do you mean his 8wides? I tend to agree, and it wasn't till recently that I realised it... 8wides make modeling too easy, you get more room to work in. That's fundamentally what bothers me, he's cheating. Or do you mean the fact that US proto (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Challenge (was Re: Train Control)
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(...) Theoretically you need it only to change a setting... so just make sure that all your potential crashes happen in front of you! :-) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Defense Archer at TCS!
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(...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: train fans, please help me...
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Too bad we have to choose between LUGNETters. What I think would be a powerful message to TLC would be if some LUGNETter won the contest each and every month. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Veroordeling tot LEGO-aanschaf
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Als dit er maar niet toe leidt dat alle negenjarige jongetjes zodanig gaan klieren dat ze een d.m.v. een draai om de oren legopaketten proberen te bemachtigen. ;-) Arjen "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message news:FoIwvo.Mru@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: New train page
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Wow, using that half sphere is BRILLIANT! Per Tony's comment, it is going to be hard to get rid of the round to square transition, though... (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego Media: RTS with Castle Lego!
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(...) Me Too! Alex (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | New Product Suggestions, Concepts & Themes
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ATTN Mr B.Justus TLG,Billund,Denamrk Lego(R) UK Ltd, Wrexham. Lego Futra. LUGNET Readers. Dear Sirs, (With apologies to any Female Readers.) In a followup to my existing post( which has caused contetion over what ideas WERE original.) NB Note to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Nosepiece
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Hi Douglas, sorry I have no black nose-piece as spare, but is set 6473 already discontinued in the US? Here it's still in the shelfs. After my first view on James Mathies gorgeous "Starlight Express" engine, I also bought two copies of that set (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO outlet store?
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Ryan- The LEGO Outlet store in virginia is located in the Potomac Mills Outlet Center just off of I-95 in Northern VA--about twenty minutes south of the capital beltway. I believe it is exit 156--there are plenty of signs. As for the shop (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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