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| (...) debate. (...) to (...) place (...) foreign (...) to (...) So if trade is bad, then shouldn't the Iraqis be grateful that they are sanctioned? Now they don't have to worry about American economic imperialists exploiting their labor and natural (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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| And another thing... Why is there so much secrecy surrounding any information coming from LEGO? It's like dealing with the NSA. Examples: #1: The recent "Train Summit". All of the particiapants were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Why? (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) I think the rerelease of old sets can be a step towards better new sets. One of the reasons I always wished LEGO would put out old sets is that it would raise the bar for current sets. I like to think that once people are exposed to older, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) Yay, Tolkien! If LEGO has to go after licenses, I really wish they would get a LOTR deal. I would like to do the Prancing Pony one day. (...) I have a wizard I made that was inspired by Radagast. I'll put up a pic. The other two wizards were (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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| (...) I guess I still don't get it. I'm trying to think of an example of how LEGO letting us know about something would hurt you. I mean, LEGO really doesn't have any competition (MegaBloks can only compete on price), so it's not like somebody would (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: The legend died (Re: The legend lives)
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| (...) LEGO is not a collector's item, like Beanie Babies or Elvis commemorative plates. It is a toy, meant to be played with, not sitting MISB in someone's closet accumulating value. Anything that LEGO does to make a great set more available is an (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| (...) As a card-carrying Libertarian, the foreign policy plank is probably the part of the platform I disagree with the most. Regardless of what domestic policies we persue (libertarian ones, I hope), our national interest doesn't change. Now, I (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Oh, yeah, this was definitely targeted at us. I don't think it's a coincidence that the first set they picked for rerelease was the highest-rated Castle set in the LUGNET database and one of the more expensive ones on eBay. I was just saying (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Sanctions (was: Libertarian Propaganda)
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| (...) So if a business, American or otherwise, trades with Iraq, selling food, tools, whatever, and they make lots of money -- is that bad or good? Are they economic imperialists? Are they exploiting the Iraqis? What about buying oil from Iraq? Does (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I only have 8 at the moment, but I have a 6038 waiting at home. 7 of them have the black peasant cowl, plain smiley, brown WP torso w/black arms, and red hips w/black legs. They are armed with regular swords. The eighth guy is sort of the (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Tim, I really like the helmet you built for the first ogre. Very cool! Glad you liked the ogre. -Marc Nelson Jr. (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| This may be a stupid question, but... Where does the black axe that appears in #4707 Hagrid's Hut come from? In the catalog picture, it is shown leaning against the hut near a window. Is it an old piece? It looks somewhat familiar. Thanks for your (...) (23 years ago, 19-Sep-01, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| (...) Ah - very good! I was hoping that it would be more playset than scenery. Keep us posted! Does anybody else know of any other good pyramid MOC's out there? -Marc Nelson Jr. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| (...) policies (...) and (...) Well, exactly what our national interests are is certainly a matter for debate. I was just saying that whatever we decide they are, it is fine to use force to protect them. But if by economic imperialism, you mean free (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) This is nuts! What are they going to do when some idiotic parent calls up and complains about a Harry Potter set that their child got for Christmas, saying it's devil worship or something? It would be nice if they were as responsive to their (...) (23 years ago, 22-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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| It was a fairly obvious idea but one I had to make and it was a lot of fun making the set. Thank god for bulk purchases of the B&W tiles 2x2 from LD. And some timely purchases of blue slope 45 2x2s. LMKWYT ! (URL) most fun of course was the rook (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle.ninja, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun) !!
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