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| (...) MECHES? AFAIK the import tax on toys is only 17% (I checked it when I started buying Lego on ebay) hardly enough to explain the 100-200% markup we're used to pay in Israel. (...) I suspect you are right :-( The chances are virtually zero, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LP POINT 1
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| (...) If you rummage around, you’ll find that there are plenty within the LP who voice decent at every thing from your sign up clause (“I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals.”), to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Brickshelf censorship policy rules.....
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| I just had a brief chat with a German co-AFOL (named Juergen), who deleted all his pictures in his Brickshelf galleries in a very angry mood some hours before..... What happened? Someone with admins-rights at Brickshelf deleted the 'me-picture' of (...) (22 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.general) !!
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| LP POINT 2 Larry If an individual were to find him/herself in your propertyist dreamland with no food, no water, no education, no money, no property and starving. What rights would he/she have? Which right would be strongest: 1. The right of the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LP POINT 3
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| (...) I'm hardly Libertarian, but I think I can field a few of these: (...) Sure, as one is able to discriminate now, based on race. Not currently in terms of employment or pay, but the right to associate or not to associate is spelled out very (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) As a point of clarification, are you speculating that recidivism might result from confinement-based punishment because such punishment is separate from actual guilt-consequences of the committed crime? (...) Escaping from what? I think that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Brickshelf scans - a couple of questions
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| Hi Pedro, or better: [ Ola Pedro, ] This is the readme file that was on a zip file that I downloaded from Brickshelf a long time ago ( when brickshelf had zip files of building instructions and catalogs ). However, I don't know if all rules are (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| Thanks, Gil! I always try to maintain sightlines and angles as close as the limits of the brick allow, so thanks for noticing! As for the storied past of my Lego ships, just wait till you hear what happened to the Falcon back before I won it from (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Thanks Stef Mientki for pointing me to this great thread you guys have going. People may wish to take a look at the Cricket work I've been doing the last five years. The Cricket system a modular brain & sensors & actuators construction kit along the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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| In China, as well as other third world countries, it's always easier to deal with those who ask for more pay, better working conditions, and more rights in general (witness Tiananmen Square). This method as of now, is politically unacceptable in the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lasting Toys STORE CLOSING! Up to 75% OFF LEGO sets!
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| Lasting Toys is closing! Visit the store often for sale prices of up to 75% off. Sales will change weekly. Many sets that previously were priced with .X5 are now 15% off as well. Most exclusives have been discounted as well to below retail. All our (...) (8 years ago, 28-Jun-16, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Construction toys non-returnable?!
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| Hey Y'all: Twice in as many months I have purchased sets at Wal-mart and TRU that had been opened and retaped at the stores. One sees that the item has been opened, but if it's the last item of it's kind one might be persuaded to purchase it anyway (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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| (...) At a guess by looking at the two images, the gold specular is set up to be shiny for a wider angle, which causes the studs to be shiny in the sample gold image. You'll note that the rest of the brick isn't really shiny at all from this (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | TRU sale July 8-21
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| No LEGO in the Superstore or Walmart flyers. TRU flyer good from Friday July 8 through Thursday July 21 (two weeks). 20% off two Disney Junior DUPLO sets (Miles something) 10824 Miles' Space Adventures $19.97 reg $24.99 10826 Miles' Stellosphere (...) (8 years ago, 7-Jul-16, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Newdow in the News (again)
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| (...) Ding! I think I see the problem. It's a mistake to frame this as an issue of whether any person's rights are or are not compromised by the presence of a religious invocation on US currency. Instead, the issue should be identified as the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jun-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto, the Road Ahead/VM Questions
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| (...) BOTH!! every game we do is more than just building a robot. there is some strategy involved. With project X I made the choice to scan the board first then solve. others had to solve on the fly. This game should offer those same challenges. as (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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