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| (...) Hi Jamie, I think that LEGO can be great therapy for depression. Last summer my father passed away, and my mother was diagnosed with cancer. Needless to say I was depressed last year. LEGO helped me cope with that depression (as did a lot of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Lucky for me it is all storm water. But I worry about humidity affecting the LEGO boxes/catalogs. I keep fans blowing around the basement for weeks to keep any dampness from building up. Time to get a new dehumidifier. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The Art Deco (also Streamlined Moderne) style of radios from the 30's-50's was usually made out of a plastic called BAKELITE. Today these are highly sought after. I have a reproduction right here at work. These usually have a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Get enough town window parts into Lego Direct production, and you will be seeing some Town folks will wow the "mundanes" with "show stopping" skyscrapers and downtowns as well! (Or do like I do and build a European city with a castle, city (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Gary Istok: What about the old green 2*4 roof bricks my grandparents have? They look roughly like this from the side: |\ |\ Despite the look of the ASCII art, the dimensions are the same as of a 2*4 brick. The sloped side is "wigly" like a tiled(?) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Recently we had 3 inches of rain in metro Detroit. And I had 2 inches of water in the basement. Fortunately only one box got wet (a non-LEGO cardboard box full of LEGO parts). But in the cleanup, all my LEGO boxes got moved around, and I am having a (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well that is a tough question...... LEGO, the brand was produced in wooden toys from 1932 until the Wooden Toy factory fire of Feb. 4, 1960. The Automatic Binding Bricks (forerunner of LEGO today) was first produced in 1949. The LEGO bricks (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I was just wondering, with all the LEGO profiteers out there, how long it will be before we start seeing EBAY items that originated from LEGO Direct? For example, 2x2 white tiles or 2x2 white windows. I expect someone to sell a batch of 100 or so, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Gary Istok: (...) AFAIK. They are with the LEGO, and both my parents and my grandparents say they are LEGO. I must admit that I have never checked them for a LEGO imprint. I will do that next time I have a chance. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Thanks Jeff. Looks like this arch has been around since 1986. I don't pay either Bellville or Fabuland much attention. But it looks like I will now! I also like those 1x4x2 (or thereabouts) fence pieces with the cutout hearts. You could (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Well you guys caught me. Yeppers, 1975 was the year. Here is the 1974 catalog (German) shows lots of sets with the new doors, but not a stiff in sight (from Horst Lehner's wonderful catalog website): (URL) is strange though, that they would produce (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Steve your on the right track....... If I had my choice, here's what I would like to see as the next group of items offered by LEGO Direct: 2x2 round bricks in white 2x2 quarter circles (macaroni bricks) in clear, white, yellow. 2x2 windows (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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| Mark, I think that LEGO was undergoing a philosophical change in building designs. Prior to the 70's, all LEGO Town buildings had 4 walls and no interior access. After the 70's all LEGO buildings had 3 walls with the 4th being open for access for (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Great Job Eric!! Yes 148 (Central Station) is one of my all time favorite sets. I was lucky to find several of these sets in Germany in the 1980's. It has a wealth of white windows, and both types of older doors. Universal Building Set #400 - (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Good luck trying to find them. The half arches in red and also in yellow are the hardest arches to find (IMHO). I have 5 pair (currently used in my Cathedral), and have always been on the lookout for more. The inverse red half arch, on the (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| I recently won some LEGO parts in an EBAY auction that included some light pink and light green pieces (I believe they are parts of a Bellville set). Among the lot was (IMHO) the most interesting architectural element LEGO ever produced. It is a (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I was just looking at Jason Catena's "LEGO Direct Wants Page" about what we would like as our first orders from LEGO Direct. I know some folks might find this process a bit premature, but I intend on adding my name to this list, just as soon as I (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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