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| According to my out of date peeron.com inventory, I have over 100 sets (40,000 parts), probably almost half of which are MIB. My sets tend toward the more detailed, larger technic sets. This doesn't include many parts bags (I bought 10 or more of (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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 | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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| (...) <snip> <snip> <snip> <snip> <snip> and <snip> (...) Hi Dave, just wanted to report back, that I enjoyed this very unemotional look on Lego and the fan-ship-being (at least you tried to keep emotions out). So Lego wants to cut down costs. One (...) (12 years ago, 27-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: New LEGO room
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| (...) Hi Dave, thanks for posting your LEGO-room here at Lugnet! I like that as a very compact storage and building room. What happens with models? All in diplay around your house? Another storage area for sets and MOCs? **** On topic of (...) (12 years ago, 10-Nov-12, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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 | | The strange case of 1975 Eaton's Catalog Sets...
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| Hello Canadians.... Since I live only 10 miles from the Canadian border (across from Essex County Ontario)... I've always had a special affinity for Canadian LEGO... but there have been a few LEGO mysteries peculiar to Canada that I have never quite (...) (12 years ago, 17-Nov-12, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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 | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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| (...) Hi David, just by chance I came across your loooong article and found it very interesting to read, even if you mention North America and I live in Europe. But maybe I can comment from the distance as a person being in the community of LEGO (...) (12 years ago, 10-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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 | | The Oldest LEGO Sets
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| In my LEGO DVD/download I show the 4 oldest LEGO boxes, all Automatic Binding Bricks boxes. Well in 6 months when I ship out my next update (free to people who already paid for or own the DVD/download)... there will be 2 additional old box images. (...) (12 years ago, 25-Oct-12, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: Cleaning old Lego
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| (...) It's entirely possible. I've noticed that there are two distinct versions of the old classic brown when produced in ABS (just the harder plastic used for 2x4 bricks, not the softer plastics), but they only really show up under blacklight. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: Cleaning old Lego
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| (...) Lego has produced different shades of white and I always wondered if they were experimenting with additives. Some of the white bricks are just milkier, less brilliant, out of the box. One commercial product which absorbs UV (mainly for plastic (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: Cleaning old Lego
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| (...) I am using a mesh bag that I purchased at Linens 'n' Things, a store similar to Bed, Bath, & Beyond. The ~$5 bag is designed for washing lingerie, and it has pictures of pink undergarments as decoration. The nice thing about this bag is that (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: Cleaning old Lego
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| (...) Bleach is great for dirt, but yellowing of ABS is caused by a chemical breakdown of the plastic molecules, not surface dirt. ABS is not UV-stable, and natural ABS (which has a milky beige color) will turn brown and brittle/powdery over time. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Lego and SoleRebels say customer feedback is vital
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| 29 August 2012 - When Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu, founder of Ethiopian footwear company SoleRebels, travelled 3,500 miles to Denmark to meet Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, the chief executive of toy company Lego, she was excited at the prospect of the two (...) (12 years ago, 30-Aug-12, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| Hi, Do the new Friends sets have a "different" dark red, and if so, what is it called? The new Friends sets advertised many new colors and I noticed that when I got 3061 (City Park Cafe), it had a different dark red color. It seems to have a bit (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jul-12, to lugnet.color)
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 | | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) They are a great way to express my imagination. The elements can be used over and over again for different things. (...) The high quality of the bricks, and the interconnectivity. LEGO pieces from my childhood (mid 70s) work with what I can (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Block-letter LEGO logo on old plates
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| I have posted a (URL) at the LEGO Answers group at Stack Exchange. I am wondering about a variation in the LEGO logo that appears on the top of the studs which I have only seen on one particular piece - white 6x8 plates from the "pat pending" era. (...) (13 years ago, 29-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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