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| Two of the thousand eyes of the LUGnet beast were operational this morning. I visited Toyworld in Queen Street and the Myer Centre, Brisbane. I saw lots of things on sale (some 50% or more off): 8008 Imperial Stormtrooper (Star Wars, Technics) $25 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: End of Year Thoughts
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| (...) Definitely not nostalgia. I still have all my original LEGO sets (including boxes and all instructions) going back to the mid-1970's. I'm not looking at pics on the web, or just running old memories over and again in my head. I can sit and (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Happy birthday, Minifig!
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| (...) I'll drink to that! In lugnet.general, Scott Costello writes: (...) Yes, I'm sure it's every female's dream to live in a society that is made up of 90% males. @8^) (...) Granted, the pirate theme is rooted in history, but also in legend. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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jack, stone
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| | Re: Roll Call time again!
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| (...) Here's mine: Name: John Porter Gender: M Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: A bit more than my shoe size / wishing there was room to get its' LEGO out of storage Location: Glengowrie, South Australia E-mail Address: (...) (22 years ago, 12-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Markets and juniorization
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| (...) Not that they would spend much R&D money on such products, but I see your point now. (...) I guess I try to look at it with both my kid brain and my adult brain. Neither one likes it at all. :) (...) We're not their target market for only one (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fantasy group?
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| (...) Build.fiction, fantasy, what's the difference? In the long run, I would consider both to really fit in the same categoory, since, they're both fiction, and of course, fantasy can really fit into any genre is you stop to think about it. (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Rants about Bricks
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| (...) Some people inside LEGO may be aware of the existence of AFOLs, but most of the company does not seem to care about this potential market. Learning new paradigms is something especially large companies are more or less incapable of. For years, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Thoughts from setting a Lego asle
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| Hi all Earlier this week I set the Lego asle at the major retail store I work at. Out of the 24ft of conctruction toys 16ft went to Lego, while the other 8ft went to megablocks and knex. This setup is our holiday set, so I'm going to talk about what (...) (23 years ago, 19-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization?
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| (...) hmm. I don't think anyone is actually celebrating this, although ther does seem to be a faction that supports savvy market decisions as long as there is a percieved benefit to them personally. ie: bulk packs, advanced model sets alongside (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The inevitable leap into 10-Wide Trains...
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| (...) Hey, Dano! Long time. Ah, 10 wide. Reminds me of the very first loco I started to build with GMLTC bricks (never completed). It was a 10 wide BN as well. Well, yours looks terrific-- just keep those smallish wheels shielded. Now, another (...) (18 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Say it ain't so...
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| (...) Definitely. If they ask the kids on the site what they want in a short enail message, and pick random petition signatures and read them, perhaps thy will get an idea that sets like Castle and space are still as popular as ever, and that kids (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: too quiet.. so a survey...
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| (...) When my parents gave my sister and me some Fabuland sets, around 1980-1982. Let's see.. I have 132 Cottage (1979), 3629 Barney Bear (19??), 3635 Bonnie Bunny's Camper (1981), and 3669 Fire & Police Station (1982) (...) I think it was a great (...) (23 years ago, 14-Aug-01, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Lego assortiment in small stores
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| (...) Have you read the latest Q & A Session with Brad at Brickswest? Get it here: (URL) the brad_justus_qa.pdf It will give you some insights as to your questions. <snip> Jean you must also remember that LEGO Direct is a very young business unit (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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