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| (...) Hi Ross, Welcome to lugnet.loc.au !! On a day to day basis, Big W is the best place for Lego, if there's one near you; sets are usually 10% less than elsewhere, and old stock can go on sale for 40-60% off. Target's just had a 25% off sale, and (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: Question about recycling Lego
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| (...) I have to concur with John. I've worked in the injection molded plastic business, molding lexan parts for computer chip manufacturing. (Lexan is a high strength GE plastic). Any time you reuse plastic, the quality does drop a little, as the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Infuriating
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| Hey guys, So, at the suggestion Trevyn Watson, I've been reading the controversy over the colour change stuff. Who the hell are these people? First, I long gave up on the idea that the "classic" colours were going to stay "classic" forever. Copious (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Why java is bad for Mindstorms
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| Let's face ist: LEGO wants to sell Mindstorms units. And they want to sell it to the illiterate customer. Now imagine how things where at the old Mindstorms: We opened the box, piled out the brick, installed the programs on our PC and found, that (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Yesterday I picked up a bucket of bricks from a thrift store ... (this is usually how these stories begin) and several of the bricks in there caught my eye. Any information would be appreciated. o Two large 10 x 20 lt-gray bricks. Studs on top say (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Old bricks and plates made from CA
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| Hi, I have added a large lot of very old blue and black plates and bricks which are made from CA to my bricklink shop. They have been produced until 1963. They look as they have never been used but I cannot guarantee it. I have also added blue (...) (22 years ago, 4-Sep-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Reviving old cybermasters with MacNQC
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| Hi all, yes I know, this group has been dormant for quite a while - however when digging through my older Mindstorms items last weekend, I also found two cybermaster units and became curious if they were still operational. The software is of course (...) (14 years ago, 10-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | Re: I Just Don't See It
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| (...) Peter I agree. I too have a lot of old bricks. Many of the white mint bricks I have from the 1970's have "tanned" as well, due to sunlight. Interestingly enough, I think that Cellulose Acetate white bricks keep their whiteness better than ABS (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Old Lego colors
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| I remember back in about 1970 when I inherited my sister's old Lego, there were lots of red and white basic bricks. I also recall there were some pinkish bricks. I recall being puzzled about them, and assuming they were incredibly old bricks that (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Fun OLD Bricks/History questions
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| I recently picked up this lot of printed bricks: (URL) wondering if anybody knows where the 6 larger bricks came from and approximately when they were made (Gary I.??). The "Baeckerei" and "Tabak" bricks do not have "Lego" printed on the studs; it's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: info on some old bricks ?
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| (...) I've got one of those large gray bricks (one of the bottom two) from about 1976 or 1977, presumably from set 111: (URL) was my first big set (I assume--box and all paperwork disappeared long ago). Bruce (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When is Lego actually considered old?
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| (...) Ahhhhhh yessssss...... old LEGO. Cellulose Acetate was the material used in LEGO from the mid 50's thru 1963, although I have seen a few pieces it in sets as recent as 1966. Here's a rule of thumb, if it doesn't fit well, it's probably CA. If (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Value of older bricks
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| Hi, I just buy a lot of used parts, and in this lot where old bricks. I don't know much about the different versions of the Lego bricks, but one small batch have the old Lego logo and the other batch also, but placed differently. They all have "Pat. (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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| (...) The uncolored bricks might be transparent bricks that have been very badly yellowed. I have some that are almost that bad. Note that these appear to be very old bricks, due to the mold release point on the ends of the bricks. --Bill. (21 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Information about old bricks?
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| Hello, One of my co-workers brought in an old brick that his wife had, and was looking for some information on it. I'm fairly certain I have seen another post about this type of brick in the past, but I wasn't successful in tracking it down. Here is (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Quality
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| (...) Although an interesting question is why the 2x4 bricks and only the 2x4 bricks are yellowed. Also, I've got plenty of old bricks which are not yellowed, so there definitely are differing effects. One factor in the yellowed 2x4 bricks situation (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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| Hi Guido, The problem with 99.9% of all old bricks not fitting together well anymore is due to one simple answer. And that has absolutely nothing to do with storage or heat (unless you're talking about a fire or oven temperature). It is because the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: color schemes on mecha
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| (...) Everyone else correct me if I am wrong, but I see what we create here and display with the world is our art form. We 'sculpt' these beautiful plastic pieces to have functionality and to look good. For me color is a BIG issue. I have every (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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