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| (...) As someone trying to hoard all of the werewolves and Nesquik bunnies that he can, I'd have to say yes. I have a project that I need these all for, but really can't progress untill I can get a bunch of those bunnies for a lot cheaper than the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Abimelech, King of Israel
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| Hey Brendan, How's this for turn-around? :) 69 Sons: The idol is really well done. I especially like the bug-eye things with the helmets. The floor idea with the turntable halves is also very nice. In 9:3-4 are those chrome silver coins? If so, (...) (19 years ago, 9-May-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Trains (and other stuff) found at Target!
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| Hi, We found two 4561s Railway Express' at the Vallejo Target! YAY (among other things) Unfortunately, they were still only 30% off (last week). But bought them both for two reasons: 1) They were on sale and still there 2) I was not likely to be (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: [MOC] Armazem
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| (...) Eu também acho que sejam realistas, mas olha lá que me vão dar água pelas barbas... e agora, tenho de converter todos os outros carros a 6-wide? Senão fica uma confusão do caraças, carros estreitos e largos na mesma cidade :-/ SE tivessem sido (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.br, lugnet.loc.pt)
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| | Re: what makes a legend?
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| (...) I would have to say that what made Lego such a great toy in the 80s was the level of sophistication in the design. That sophistication is why you have a huge adult follow up these days. This is how kids play: the get the toy, examine it (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | today's good and bad lego experiences....
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| I'll start off this post / rant by saying that I didn't have any funky (day) dreams / nightmares, visions, etc. etc. What this post stems from is two separate Lego experiences that happened today. The Good: I was looking around the on-line shop at (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Clearance LEGO at Rome-Hilliard Meijer
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| I was at the Meijer on Rome-Hilliard today, and noticed that they had moved an awful lot of LEGO to the toy clearance rack (in the main aisle on the left side of the store), and they had another cart of brickware that had a hand-lettered clearance (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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| | Re: Speculation on the nature of minifigs
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| (...) Spurred by a recent discussion in loc-Sweden, I'll like to take this 4 year old thread up again. I've identified 13 different kind of LEGO figs (not counting Galidor and Bionicle): 1974: The "round-head" big-figs without lower body (what do we (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Since there's a BI portal comp running right now, I think I may start on this sooner rather than later. It turns out the p.b. motors aren't modeled yet, so I'll have to model a similar shape with normal bricks, but it should be easy enough to (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.space)
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| After putting together the cool new 8010 Darth Vader "Technic Set" last night, I noticed that the box does not even say "Technic" on it. This got me wondering, so today, I took a closer look at the upcoming "Technic sets" here, (URL) low and behold, (...) (23 years ago, 15-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: the end is near
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| (...) In the late 1970s, TLC began producing a new kind of mini-fig and designed new themes and sub-themes based on its size and shape. This spawned twenty years of new elements and concepts of Lego building. Those of us who grew up on these toys (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO-Galidor Perspective In L.A. Times Article
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| (...) No, I think you'll find I quoted Cris, and said so, but I neglected to deleted the part of Cris's posting with your name on it (possibly in the same way that you accidentally deleted the bit at the beginning of my post which said "In (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Star Wars v. Harry Potter
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| (...) Just checking. ;) (...) Too bad you didn't stay. From what I've seen of Episode II, the Harry Potter movie will be more worth the time and money. :) (...) Egad! Herein lies the problem. A read through Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Re: End of Year Thoughts
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| (...) Ding-Ding! We have a winner. As an Assistant Manager at EB Kids, (some may recall, formerly at KB toys) at least one parent per day (usually two or three) has asked me: "Do have any Basic Lego sets? You know the kind with mostly bricks that (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | New Jack Stone Sets
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| Anyone noticed the new Jack Stone sets (4651--4657) on shop.lego.com yet? They're more Town-oriented then ResQ, and are branded "4 Juniors" (being for 4+). Apparently the Jack Stone sets have been rebranded as 4 Juniors as well. In the hilariously (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: most of us hate junorization but...
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| <clipped for length> I, too, am curious about what demographic is "appreciating" the juniorized lines. I have read many posts on LUGnet about the current state of TLC's product line, especially concerning fans' disappointment and confusion with the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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