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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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| (...) Hi Jake, I just bought a Doc Ock's Hideout Spiderman set, and I am very impressed with one specific aspect of it. That would be the (7) 1x4x5 gray windows that come with it. The window sticker sheets that come with it are awesome. They turn a (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | The #309 Church set revisited...
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| This followup was sent to just lugnet.inst. However, I am reposting it to lugnet.general, since my reply is of a more general nature..... G. Istok (...) This set was produced from 1957 (when classic Lego windows first came out) until about 1963. The (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone have instructions for set #309 (Church)?
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| (...) This set was produced from 1957 (when classic Lego windows first came out) until about 1963. The set had one tree, one of the 1950's style flat Pine trees with a flat bottom. One interesting thing is the named beam (sign). On the box it shows (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.inst)
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| | The first Lego color change of 1962-70
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| Well I see that the color change of 2004 has generated some strong emotions... The first color change (of modern Lego starting in 1957) was that of 1962-70. TLG replaced Cellulose Acetate with ABS Plastic, and in doing so the colors red, yellow and (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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| | Been away for 3 years, asking a lot of questions...
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| OK, when you've been away for 3 years like I have, there are a few questions that bear answering. Like where do the Bricklink folks get their parts? I assume that they get much of it directly from TLG. Otherwise how could one come across so many (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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