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| Today we (Information Technology Division of the University of Michigan) are celebrating the successful implementation of Y2K from a few months back. And I am bringing in the centerpiece to the luncheon buffet table..... my 24 story Art Deco LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: First appearances of colours
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| (...) And lest we forget the original colors..... Red, white, blue and yellow and clear bricks have been around since the 50's. The first occurrance of gray was the 10x20 gray baseplate in the 50's. But the first occurrance of gray and black bricks (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Stephen, I do hope some of the "LEGO Bigwhigs" (Peter Eio are you listening?) read this. I've said long ago that we AFOLs are TLC's "LEGO Ambassadors at Large". Gary Istok (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Michigan Legofest pics? What did I miss?
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| Gary Istok confirmed that: it never happened. Kind of a shame, but on the other hand I'm glad I didn't miss anything. Gary told me the rumor is now that it might happen in early fall. -Greg Larry Pieniazek wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| Heh-heh, thanks Colin. Luckily those Cypress trees would leave a larger bulge in your pockets than, say, rare slopes and classic windows. Interestingly enough, the only AFOL that has ever visited is Larry P., although others are welcome, yourself (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Tom, I guess we always knew you were "one slat short of a complete garage" :-) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Mike, I concur. If you look at what is not easily available in sets, then some of the items I listed on a previous post are valid: clear slopes - rare in most any set, 2x2 windows - great for making skyscrapers (1x4x5 or 1x4x6 are too large (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) <major snippage> (...) Perhaps some exclusive architecture sets are a possiblility. Here are a few examples: Ancient Greek/Roman Set: 2000 pieces: 400 2x2 white round bricks 200 1x1 white round bricks 100 assorted white arches 200 assorted (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Thanks Brad, We know you've been busy. Glad things are looking bright for the future of LEGO Direct. Now for some further digesting of what you have just said about Bulk Sales. No availability of pieces that have been out of production for a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes, of course you are correct Kevin (my classic scale bias showing through). But as one of the few people who currently has the LEGO windows (but yes! that will change!!!) to build tall skyscrapers, I have to tell you that a 25 story (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) be answered: If everyone gets one vote, and if 90% of the people are NOT train folks, I would assume that the train people are going to get out-voted. If voting were done by say - how many parts do you want of a particular piece, then you may (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : Well I'm back now.... and Bill did a great job in answering in my absence : (smirking profusely). All kidding aside, there are about a dozen people that I : would consider among the best in the world (in the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Old style clear windshields
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| (...) J.D. Are you thinking about set Universal set #733? That had a lot of blue slopes and other blue pieces (along with a lot of red bricks). That set had the 2x2x2 "minifig dress" type clear slopes. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I don't know about anyone else but when I see a Gary Istok post I feel the urge to grab a cup of tea and a biscut, make myself comfortable and indulge in a bit of nostalga while I read his posts. I would have said make myself comfortable beside the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| Recently there was a discussion about the clear slopes, specifically 2x2x2 steep slopes, which some of you folks call "minifig dress" pieces. I checked my clear parts box, and came across a bunch of those. But in addition I came across some old (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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