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| (...) Since no one else is speculating, perhaps I can give it a try ....... One of the major stumbling blocks for bulk orders in the past (prior to the USA discontinuance of bulk sales in 1987) has always been the LEGO inventory control system. All (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) If but it were so simple! There is one thing I don't understand about TLC. That is the "consumer spare parts inventory" versus the "model shop inventory". I would love to know the procedures involved for maintaining these two. Here are some (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| It has been a rather dull month. I thought I would rehash some old stuff, and wake up some of you people - cranky from being cooped up for the winter...... What LEGO pieces are rare (in regular colors), what pieces are scarce (note: scarce can also (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Sorry. It kinda was a bitch and moan session, but not above everyone's heads I think. I've been noticing that websites are a lot like radio stations. Maybe I should have posted to off-topic.geek - that could include radio geeks, right? I'll (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Hmmm, I never realized they were all that scarce. I think I must have purchased about 20 sets of these, including multilples of 6390 and 722. I also have these in trans-blue. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) WOW!! I have that set. I'll have to check my minifigs. (...) And some new set must have a lot of these (1x2 half pyramid peak) in blue as well. Just recently I obtained about 12 of these in a parts sale. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Scott Edward Sanburn (ssanburn@aeieng.com) wrote: : Sounds like a question for Gary Istok.... I see he's moved to the front of the line for Samsonite era reference :) In Gary's absence, I guess I'll answer. : Scott Sanburn : Lee Jorgensen wrote: : > (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| For those of you who were hoping that LEGO Direct might be able to sell rare LEGO pieces (like light blue bricks and plates), this info from retired LEGO employee John Kelly sheds new light onto this. I hope that Brad Justus is able to get rare (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is it possible to have too much LEGO?
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| (...) I agree with Tom, sometimes it can take weeks. It took me 7 years to realize that I had a duplicate of a 1962 wooden box set from Germany! But sometimes someone will as to trade/sell for something that will take me a long long time to find. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Historically, the 10x20 (thick) white baseplate was made from the mid 1950's until 1982, when it and the 10x20 grey baseplate were discontinued. But that is the older type of baseplate. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Thanks Henk, now I have to go digging thru over 100,000 LEGO bricks just to find this hair piece. I went checking last night, and I found that I had 2 sets of the sticker sheets for the 365 sets, but only one box, so I must have had 2 (got (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Frank, It's great! / Es ist ausgezeichnet!!! A few things for you to add: --System in Play / System im Spiel -- The 10 items that Ole Kirk Christiansen said were the criteria for a great toy (found in the World of LEGO Toys).. --Town Plan / Stadt (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ooops, Todd just reminded me to put this in PUBLISH. I just went out there and checked all 1586 message headers (I've never gone there before, who has the time!), but none were related to this topic (as far as I can tell). So I'll cross post (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| (...) It is interesting to see that others are also "improving" on some original LEGO concepts. I took an old LEGO blue castle (from 1961), and made it from a 2 tower castle into a 4 tower courtyarded castle. I am working on taking the old '57-'65 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| This week I came across a new revelation. LEGO used to sell pieces via "bulk sales" back in the 1950's. But that was only in Denmark around circa 1954-56, and it was from RETAILERS!!!!. I came across two old 1950's LEGO retailer boxes for 2x10 white (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I received (on loan) a set of 30 postcards from a USA collector recently (I won't divulge his name in case he minds me doing so). These postcards are from the "L'Architecture... c'est un jeu magnifique" (Architecture is a wonderful game) LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No, these are not TLC creations. These were created by European architects, and I don't believe that there are any pictures in The Ultimate LEGO book, but I'm not 100% sure. But they are found throughout THE WORLD OF LEGO TOYS book. All (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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