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| (...) It is a little strange, especially considering that those sets come in a cardboard box and not a plastic container. The higher prices for basic bricks do seem to be in line with the (URL) LEGO Factory P@B prices>, though. If this is a (...) (18 years ago, 17-Jan-07, to lugnet.year.2007, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) I wouldn't be buying this set anyway, but I'm really getting tired of TLC's excuses to AFOLs. "New molds cost too much" was the old refrain, but now it's "an inability to produce new colors of those parts in our current financial state". Where (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Ogre
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| (...) Wow! I'm glad so many people like the ogre. I'd be honored to see it in someone's CW story, or better yet, squashing minifigs in a game of BrikWars. I put up a picture of the ogre's interior: (URL) you can see, it's just two of the 1x1 bricks (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| I recently noticed the color 'Fire Yellow' in both LEGO Digital Designer and the (URL) color list at Peeron>, where it is listed as LEGO Color #190. It's very similar to regular yellow (#24 Bright Yellow in LEGO terminology), although it's a little (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jul-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Purple problems persisting?
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| (...) I noticed the same variance in the X-Pod click hinges. And what's the deal with the 1x1 clips in (URL)? At first, I thought it was another mistake, but it's a real LEGO color (I have some DUPLO parts in that shade). (URL) Bricklink> lists them (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: malicious behavior
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| (snip everybody) Here's the thing, Dave: you're totally right. But there's no point in worrying about it any more. There seems to be a consensus that it's OK to bully Eric on LUGNET. I've (URL) protested it before>, but apparently the admins and the (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: general session starting.
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| (...) I don't think anyone is accusing Jake and LEGO Direct of lying. But Jake can only tell us what he knows. He was completely in the dark about the color change when it happened. Who knows if Denmark is giving him the real story now? The best (...) (21 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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| (...) I still haven't heard a good rationale for moderated forums other than "I want to be the boss". A good bit of the support for moderated forums seems to come from moderators (or those who want to be moderators). Is it that difficult to listen (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) FYI, the train wheels and any Factory model including train wheels is currently showing up as "Not Available". See my post on 'Trains' parts from LEGO Factory: (URL) About the contest - excellent idea. This is a great point: It will give us an (...) (18 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Command Bunker SN45 MOC
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| (...) Good stuff! I like the army of faceless slobs led by a band of weird-looking misfits - very GI Joe. Their guns are great - the first thing I did when I opened (URL) 4790> was connect the click-hinge and the gun piece, but the technic pin on (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Suspension of Chris Magno and Terry P
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| (...) I really don't think dragging contemporary politics into this discussion is going to be very productive. Actually, LUGNET is supposed to be an oligarchy (for a while at least) - see Todd's post (URL) "Taking LUGNET to the next level"> from (...) (16 years ago, 5-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: What was the question?
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| (...) The question was: who, if anyone, will be profiting from this event. I started with the assumption that no one would be profiting, since I was going by David's message. After reading Bryan's email, I thought he was saying that he and Adam (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickWorld 2007 - who's getting paid?
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| (...) I have no problem with attending a for-profit event as long as I know that it's a for-profit event. I would have a problem attending an event that gave the impression of being non-profit while actually being for-profit. I would not volunteer (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Company announces poor performance in year 2000
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| (...) HALLELUJAH! LEGO has finally admitted that getting away from made them great has failed - and miserably. Now that the non-brick and garbage-brick ventures have been exposed as unprofitable as well as unpopular, they can get back to the good (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Announcing new Legend!
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| (...) Had you read (URL) this post> by Greg, you might have noticed this: As far as leaving, keep dreaming. Just because I am no longer a Lego customer, on a retail level, doesn't mean I am giving up on my enjoyment of what I have or the hobby in (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Status
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| (...) Why haven't I contributed to Brickshelf? The owner has threatened to shut it down several times (this last time without any notice), does not respond to emails or posts, and can shut it down again at any time without consulting anyone. It just (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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