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| | LEGO's Worst Mistake Ever!
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| When I came home from reading week one of the first things my younger brothers did was tell me how ugly and blue the new dark gray was. They came and showed me the new light gray on my brothers mini imperial shuttle, and my brother had already (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | The Bricks Of Education
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| THE BRICKS OF EDUCATION ARTICLE: APRIL 26, 2013 By Tess De La Mare Education that revolves around play may sound like every kid's dream, and for some children in Billund, Denmark, it is about to become a reality at a new school founded by LEGO. The (...) (11 years ago, 6-May-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: PRIMA... the Swedish LEGO Connection...
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| ... then in later 1955 the REAL LEGO came to Sweden. GEAS KONSTHARTS likely had their license revoked to produce LEGO like bricks (using real LEGO molds without the logo on the studs)... and another firm started producing actual LEGO. That company (...) (11 years ago, 4-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | My 2nd Find Of The Year!
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| A few weeks back, I won some auctions, 1 of them was a large number of 1xN bricks. I was figuring, "Wow, a ton of parts to build with!" I got the parts today, after a week & a half wait, & discover about 50 Old, & I mean Old lego bricks, the ones (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO OLO... the Japanese Connection....
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| Unlike Italy, where politics played an important part in the creation of a LEGO "clone"... in Japan it was economic and cultural forces that produced another LEGO "flavor" called OLO... Unlike in Italy, where Minitalia started out as a locally (...) (11 years ago, 2-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickcreations.com is now online!
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| (...) I wouldn't worry too much about the new guys! There are still way more bricks available to them than they could possibly imagine! I was talking to one of the guys the other day and he was quite pleased that of instead of looking at the 5-10 (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.build)
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| | LEGO Minitalia... the Italian Connection...
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| Minitalia was recently discussed on Bricklink... and there is still a lot known about the reason for its' existence... In early 1970 the Italian Parliament passed some toy import restrictions that affected the importation of LEGO in Italy. So by May (...) (11 years ago, 1-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Discounted Lego sets: Beverly Center Kay-Bee
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| {text snipped for quoting- EM} (...) Hey, along these lines - I saw similar items for sale (and a KB store closing) in the Brea Mall... orange county/ 57freeway & Imperial Hwy. Another location I saw some stuff at 50% off lego/list (which I hesitate (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: Cleaning? Advice
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| (...) You can use the metal polishing product called "Brasso" along with a cotton polishing cloth (I use old t-shirt bits), and then wash the Brasso residue off of your bricks in some combination of liquid detergent (I use "Simple Green") and water. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My 2nd Find Of The Year!
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| (...) maybe the decorated ones. I love my old bricks, but it's not as if you can "collect the whole series"... bowing CA, vertical ribs, horizontal ribs, side injected, top injected, innies, outies, slit tubes, 80s crossbar, octagonal tubes, round (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | LEGO set 10234 Sydney Opera House™
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| 10234 Sydney Opera House™ Ages 16+. 2,989 pieces. Recreate Australias architectural masterpiece! Price: US $319.99 CA $379.99 DE 279.99 UK 249.99 £ DK 2499.00 DKK Recreate one of the 20th centurys most distinctive buildings with the Sydney Opera (...) (11 years ago, 16-Jun-13, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Faster Firmware/Motor Control
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| (...) Thanks for the link! (...) The documentation on this page (URL) mentions the following: "new wait1Msec opcode to perform program waits using one millisecond resolution" Maybe that is what you are looking for. (12 years ago, 18-Jul-12, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Faster Firmware/Motor Control
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| (...) Hi Dave, Thanks - I tried to send you a note, but your email bounced... I found this site: (URL) downloading the 100x firmware, I can tell that it is a different firmware (different clock, tone on button press is different, etc.) - however, it (...) (12 years ago, 18-Jul-12, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Another great find!
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| (...) The one kind of old brick which might have a noticeable different value would the the original tubeless bricks. I'm not sure I'd pay much for them, but I do now have some in my collection, though few of them are really useable due to warping (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.appraisal)
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