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| Hello Train Fans Some of you might know me as a builder of heavy equipment like cranes or mining shovels. Here I would like to present my first train MOC, an EMD F7 of the Australian Mt. Newman Mining Company. (URL) The real loco has been hauling (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest 2005 Keynotes
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| Posted for Larry P. Please forgive spelling mistakes... I'll be posting an .MP3 file of the notes sometime later.... ---...--- Keynote presentation notes 13 August 2005 Joergen Vig Knudstrup focus of talk is where LEGO is going. LEGO is going (...) (20 years ago, 13-Aug-05, to lugnet.events) !!
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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| (...) I don't know any of the technical specs of bricks now or then, but let me share my feelings on the subject. I know that by comparing my old childhood bricks (20 - 25 years old) to bricks I've bought in the last 5 years there is a distinct (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | The largest assembly of LEGO Display Models....
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| Several LEGO fans have recently offered the use of the images of about 150 display models covering the last half century of LEGO retailer displays, for my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide next edition (free to current owners of my DVD or (...) (11 years ago, 3-May-15, to lugnet.general)
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| | Beauty
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| It's been ruminating in the back of my mind for years--nay, decades... It bubbles to the forefront every so often but I didn't get the perfect vibe to write it down with clarity. However, whilst trying to find a completely different quotation, I (...) (11 years ago, 27-Apr-15, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| It's been ruminating in the back of my mind for years--nay, decades... It bubbles to the forefront every so often but I didn't get the perfect vibe to write it down with clarity. However, whilst trying to find a completely different quotation, I (...) (11 years ago, 27-Apr-15, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) They are the quintessential Schrodinger's cat. A big pile of bricks is *everything* waiting to happen. (...) Lasting interconnectivity. There's are very few parts that can't be connected to every other brick produced. Bricks made 20 years ago (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) It's an eternal toy, I have bricks that are 30 - 35 years old and they are still compatable with the modern stuff. Lego creations are only limited by the imagination of the creator and as a result they've crossed galaxys, explored uncharted (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) Open-ended play; that is, the ability to create what I want, limited only by imagination and the physical limitations of the bricks. Durability; I have Lego elements in my collection that are at least 30 years old, and they still work as they (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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| Very old topic I know, but here're my comments. Initially I was stumped as to what to do with the new colors. It didn't make sense to segregate them totally from the rest of the collection, but I also didn't want to mix together brick colors that (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) They are toys that stimulate creativity and they helped me develop mathematical and spatial skills as a child. The toys are a connection to my past (I am still playing with the bricks I got 28 years ago), yet they still allow me to look (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Rulers 4 Pirate Game
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| (...) Yes. I've found that having 2 basic sizes will serve you well - a relatively long range (say about 20 inches or so) per player or (less preferable) pair of players, made of 2x4s, with 4-5 layers of bricks/plates so that it's pretty sturdy. Use (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) The are a great toy and I believe they have educational value and are just great to let your imagination run wild (...) The fact that no matter what I build if I dont like it I can change it and the fact they are so cool most of the times. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) I've had LEGO products since I was a little child, and they've shaped my way of thinking. I'm a programmer, and bricks taught me how to think more efficiently about object oriented languages. (...) I like the concept of bricks, I always have. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| Wow, David Eaton just pretty much hit the nail on the head... Here's my $0.02: (...) They're fun to play with, and they'll never go "out of style". I can pass them down to my kids in the future. (...) Best quality compared to other building blocks, (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sorting Bley and Chocolate Brown
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| (...) I, too, sort by shape and have given the new colors the same treatment as any other color. My big problem comes in quickly identifying the two close colors. A large pile of new greys looks different to me from a large pile of old greys but (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: The LEGO Revival Survey
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| (...) 1. I can build anything I can imagine. 2. No matter which "set" the pieces came in, all of them can be used collectively, to enable me to build whatever I want. (Exception: Special decorative pieces, such as Bionicle, I find to be too (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ABS... but which one?
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| In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva writes:> (...) I fail to see the logic in this statement. These stories talk about how older bricks *today* click differently than new bricks *today*. But I have seen no reference to how well old bricks were when (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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