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| (...) I agree, how Ameri-centric of them. I saw the show, and thought for sure that LEGO would be #1. Play-doo beat out LEGO, get real. Lincoln Logs beat out LEGO? Yeah, when was the last time Lincoln Logs could build any thing except a Log Cabin? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm definitely no expert on train scales, since I don't get involved with any model railroading. But I do find it interesting that the original LEGO Scale (Town Plan scale) where the classic LEGO door is 3 bricks high is very close to 'HO' (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Oppps, I forgot to mention (for those not on the newsgroup for very long), that this letter is about getting something resembling bulk orders from TLG. Wow, the "COUNT ME IN" emails are pouring in. YES!! Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The 50x50 was available from the late 1960's until probably the middle 1970's (not sure about the exact dates). I think that the reason they switched to the 48x48 was due to the fact that 4 of the 48x48 are the same size as 9 of the 32x32 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) sets in clear, except they were hollow (no tubes on the inside). Big truck set 722 had 3 of these for the windshield. A lot of other sets had these as well, also in clear. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I finally bought THE ULTIMATE LEGO BOOK over the weekend. And here's my 2 cents/pfennig/centimes worth.... This is a book by and about TLG. It shows many of the models built by the model shops. It gives a brief (yes brief) history on LEGO, as well (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) QE1, when she died in 1603 was well into her 70's. It's not quite the picture of her one conjours up when you think of all those portraits of her in her full regalia, with bejewelled gowns and ruffled collars that showed no exposed flesh (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) stay focused, as hard as it sometimes is. If I sometimes go off on a tangent (as I sometimes do), I always try to remember to relate the topic to LEGO before finishing the post. If I can't relate it to anything in LEGO, then I shouldn't be (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ah ha! A keeper of the Royal Anecdotes..... LFB, I too love British history. Maybe since I was born less than a mile from Schloss Rosenau near Coburg Germany - the birthplace of "dear Albert", Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, and the the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Folks, The letter for the LEGO President and the Executive Committee has gone thru 8 rewrites. I finally think I got it right. I have to appoligize for not getting it out sooner, but I've been real busy these last 2 months, and the letter runs to 5 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No, I was just making a weak analogy about the fact that if grow up with certain things in your own environment, you become sort of "jaded" to it. Like Cowboys & Indians for American kids. What I would like to see in LEGO is a cross between (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Interestingly enough, Europeans just love anything to do with the American West, be it Cowboys and Indians, or any other related topic. Back in the 60's and 70's one of the most popular TV shows in Europe was Bonanza (Virgina City Nevada - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| The Castle pictures also look slightly color distorted. The arches on the right side actually look blue (1x6 and 2x6), but the side away from the viewer looks grey. Hmmm. Colored lights do make it difficult to tell. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) There is a movie (a comedy) that came out in recent years called "What about Bob" staring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss about a neurotic man following his new Psychiatrist on vacation ..... and in that movie Bill Murray followed the advice (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics.events)
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| From a purely "parts" perspective, 2000 sets will be nice. The large castle set has at least 16 of the 2x2x3 blue corner extreme slopes..... horrray. The Soccer set has 4 of the gray corner extreme slopes... yes! And someone said orange concave (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| As someone who uses all sets as parts packs, I have to say that I am relatively pleased with the additonal pieces. The large Castle set has 16 blue corner steep sloped bricks. Wow that's probably a record. And the 4 in grey are another great (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Based on the color pallet of Crayola Crayon (supposedly one of the top 10 toys this century from A&E TV show, yeah right!), I like to call the lighter pink "PINK", and the darker pink "MAGENTA". Now does that mean we have 2 shades of magenta? Gary (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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