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| The single biggest complaint I have about TLG is that unlike 40 years ago, today there is no "system" for windows. Yes they have 2x2 windows in white, 1x4x5 windows in black, and other sizes in other colors currently available. But there is no (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Samsonite LEGO - 005 Discovery Set
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| (...) Eric, The 005 set you are talking about probably came out around 1967 or so. The 001, 002, 003, and 004 sets first came out in 1965. (I have the Samsonite catalogs for 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 and the dealer catalog for 1970.) The 005 set (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego WIndows Complaint (still)
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| (...) Well, I stand corrected! Some of you folks did an excellent job, even with the handicap of not having windows! My hats of to you guys! By the way, although I don't have a ready picture of my 35 story Esso Tower, or 25 story One Shell Plaza, I (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Say YES to Michigan!
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| Hi Jake, Just an FYI for you to pass onto your Lego Stores folks. As is often the case the 2 coasts (east coast and west coasts) seem to get a lot of the attention, and when there is some attention given "middle America" it usually goes to Chicago. (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Modified Lego and new uses for old pieces.
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| Although I don't condone modifying Lego, I have to say I don't discourage it either. One example that I use, is removing faces off of Minifig heads. A few alcohol wipes do nicely. I get some nice 1x1 fat round bricks this way. I have already (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Announcing new comprehensive book on Lego on CD.
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| OK folks, Here it goes..... I have spent the last 11 months writing a new book on Lego. It will be released not as an actual book, but as a CD (IBM and MAC compatible!!!) It is about 80% done, and so far has 105,000 words on 300 pages. There will be (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Gary Istok's Lego Book Feedback...
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| OK, I won't be posting this in any other newsgroups..... Here is how the Insurance Price List portion of my book will look like (pending suggestions by AFOLs): The examples I will use are #396 Thatcher Perkins Model Set (1976-77), the Yellow Castle (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need help identifying printed bricks...
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| (...) Mark, Here is your answer...... parts pack #226, which was sold from 1957-65 in Europe and USA/Canada. This parts pack came in many different languages. The Lugnet database shows the Italian series. I am not sure, but yours could possibly be (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need help identifying printed bricks...
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| (...) And your garage door/floor mechanism...... If it is white, then it comes from either parts packs #235 or #236 (only #236 has the named GARAGE beam that goes with it).... although come to think of it, the #235 and #236 series of sets continued (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Friday Surprise
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| (...) Nice Surprise! But it is only 9 out of 12 regular sloped brick styles in the regular roof brick "system".... What about the 2x2 gable connector, the 2x2 double concave and the 2x3 ridge bricks??? (Although this last one is not necessary.) But (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Completing Lego "Systems"
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| When Lego sloped bricks came out in 1958, TLG created an entire system of slopes, namely 13 different ones. The only one of these 13 that was discontinued (in 1972) was the 2x2 peak with an "L" ridge line (back then this was made in addition to the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gary Istok's Lego Book Feedback...
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| (...) Thanks Eric, There are also: Complete with instructions, no box, no stickers Complete with out instructions, no box, no stickers Complete with stickers unused, no box, no instructions Complete with stickers applied, no box, no instructions.... (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego in a Smoking Environment
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| I've read a lot about Lego from "smoke free" environments. Have a lot of AFOL's had problems with "smoky" Lego? In the cd/book I have come to the conclusion that there are 2 types of "smoke" environments (just the legal ones ;-) ). #1 When I was (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego in a Smoking Environment
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| (...) Hi Lar, Long time no hear.... :-) I'll send you a private EMAIL... But back to the smoke topic.... OK, the process for removing smoke from ABS was told to my by my brother-in-laws's brother-in-law, who is a chemical engineer. Since I probably (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Other Lego CD tidbits to tantalize and titilate.......
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| I was just working on the CD on the other computer.... and here are a few more tidbits for those who might be interested in purchasing one when it comes out: 1) A chapter of 18 pages devoted to the 1:87 scale (sort of Matchbox size)metal wheeled (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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