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| The online newsgroups are quiet today ..... the "Dog Days" must be here. (For those non-US folks we in the USA call late July and all of August the "Dog Days of Summer" because throughout most of the USA it is HOT (32-38 degree Celcius) and people (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Josh, While I build mainly in the Town System, I have to agree with you on one thing. That is some of the new colors are nicely muted. I especially like the tan color. It is a much more sympathetic color to build in than the bright ones. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| Ooops, I forgot clear bricks (Ben Rochow reminded me). See below. Gary Istok (...) Clear - Only the regular clear bricks were produced. The CA clear bricks have a yellow hue to them (probably yellowed over the years). Warping is common. The ABS (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Weird and Unusual stuff
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| I would recommend you breaking up the set of items into smaller groupings. Keep the space stuff separate, and possibly even sell the gold bricks individually. As for eBay versus LUGNET auction, I am partial so I won't comment. I would be interested (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Counterfeit Lego?
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| (...) Since I also collect coins, the name coin collectors use for trial pieces from genuine dies are "pattern" pieces ("muster" in German). That is different from counterfeit, which are "unauthorized" pieces from fake dies. Even pattern pieces may (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I've been playing with some of those log bricks lately (mostly tan or white), and when you stack them up, they give a nice "Art Deco" appearance that a lot of old buildings in the 1920's and 1930's have - sort of a "Terra Cotta" sculptured look that (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| Eric, It looks like you have some Lego that goes as far back as the 1960's. The 4x4 yellow corner brick was an 1960's item that has been discontinued for over 30 years. The 1x6 & 1x8 white signs are probably from a European parts pack (it may be (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I don't think you would want to force it out of the frame. Those pieces are glued in place. Once you take it out it, and try to put it back in - it won't stay in. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Whew!!! This whole thread has left me spent and exhausted. I'm glad its over, and I'm glad you guys settled this amicably. I like both of you, and certainly don't like to see bad blood over Lego. For a moment there I thought I was on RTL witnessing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) I have about 20 of those roof support hinge pieces (in about 4 different colors), and none of them have glass. I doubt any ever did. As to whether the glass will fit it, I've wondered that myself, but never pursued the answer. I do have some (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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| (...) Glad you liked the letter, My first thought was to have us all sign (typed names?) it and list the total number of sets and pieces represented by this group of signers. How about that? Gary Istok (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Well, I've done a lot of digging, and I've encountered more Cellulose Acetate bricks and plates than I thought I would find. First of all the 751 Architectural set I purchased from a gentleman in Belgium earlier this year contains all Cellulose (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| OK it looks like Mark let the other shoe drop...... Yeah I knew about both New Zealand and Australia, but I saw no good in telling everyone. I kept the rage bottled up inside. Hey Mark, tell them the story about the bulldozer and the old Lego parts. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) If this is blasphemy, then burn me at the stake...... .... because I've done this a lot with the 1x4x3 windows. I reverse them too, but in an inside corner, the notches are in the way .... so off they come. About 10% of my 1x4x3 windows are (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Shell Promotional Sets - Autumn 1999
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| It is intersting to note that Shell and TLG have had a promotional "relationship" since 1966, when Shell superceded Esso as the "gas station of choice" for Lego Town system. That year set #325 (one of my all time favorite sets!) Shell Station came (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Wow, thanks for the praise Jeff ...... (swelled head now going back to its' former size) .... one thing that the Deja News item doesn't cover is the sets that some of these windows come in. As to the 1x4x2, it came in a lot of different sets. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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| (...) Hell, me and Larry would gladly rent a dump truck from Michigan, drive it to Enfield, count out the pieces and drive it back ourselves, just to get the opportunity to "make it easier on TLG" and satisfy our Lego urges....(10,000 windows for (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History of LEGO Plates - Part 1.
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| (...) I sometimes have a hard time telling the difference. The pips on the 1x2 aren't a good indicator, because I have ABS 1x2 plates with that pip. Here is an overview of telling the difference: On new or hardly used pieces it is much easier. The (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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