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| (...) Well... I wouldn't know, them buckets being unavailable here in the Netherlands. The best you can do as far as buckets go here, is BASIC buckets that don't even have 1*x bricks, let alone any plates :( However, they do all have an inventory (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl)
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| | Lego Loss details, from BBC news....
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| Apologies if it has already been posted. To view it on the site, go to (URL) do a search for Lego, they are the top two returns. Monday, January 18, 1999 Published at 15:01 GMT Business: The Company File Red brick for Lego Lego has been slow to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Ultimate Project
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| (...) Try putting some bricks together using your knuckles - that is with pressure feedback, now try doing it in a dark room :) It's a cute idea but I think you'd have *real* trouble with anything smaller than 2x2 bricks, or is that what you meant? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Advice for trip to Billund?
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| My advice for your trip to Billund is double check to make sure the outside areas of the park are open, as the official opening date seems to change from year to year. I think the outside part opens last weekend in March or first in April. Yes, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, Last week I was thinking about ways to get convincing Gothic tracery without making a huge window. I hit upon the idea to rotate the wall plane 90 degrees and then use 1xn plates to create the tracery. The idea worked out very well, but it (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) ...which reminds me of the 3x6 tile, that happened to be introduced in the Scala series (?). I don't like it to be put in a category; it's so basic. (Well, the measures 3x6 aren't). I would be surprised if it doesn't show up in a totally (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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| (...) For a lot of people, this is true. A lot of people seem to complain about the lack of basic bricks, and also the use of decorated/specialized bricks that are only good for very special uses. However, some people also think that many old sets (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More Star Wars coolness
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| (...) Don't Forget new Colors! Dark Gray & White "Backpacks w/Bedrolls", a Brown Visor, a WWI Flight cap in White, and masses of Brown Pieces (esp. 2x2 corner bricks)! (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Lego CNN article - 1000 loose job? Whats UP?
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| How can things be so bad? The ZB in my area never can keep legos in stock. The had ~30 Mindstorms on Oct 16 and they were gone by Nov 10th. never to be seen on the shelf again. Is lego just not making enough of the items that people want? I would (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | More Star Wars coolness
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| OK, OK, *yes* I'm spending too much time poring over these images... The speederbikes have a "kick stand" in the front. Compare the box cover image against the set image with a bike parked on the tarmac. So cool! The Y-Wing engine domes are the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Play "I can name that piece..."
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| (...) Me too! If only they'd appeared in white a few times (because of all the white corridor elements). I think they only appeared in black & blue. (...) In that nomenclature, how do you write fractional plate measurements? A plate is 2 LU tall, 1 (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: This is why TLG lost money
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| I'm not sure what you mean by Freestyle containing "dopey" pieces? Freestyle is the mainstay of a lot of RTLers who refuse to pay exhorbitant prices for sets that contain very few bricks and a bunch of highly specialized pieces that have no/little (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| It really depends on your goals. My wife and kids got me the Mindstorms and BOTH expansion packs for Christmas. The main thing I like about them is the parts. Green and purple bricks and beams are cool. I'm working with my kids with doing the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Well, our silver brick hunt is over. I am offering for sale the regular bricks from 25 anniversary buckets, 5 tubs, and 10 purple buckets. I don't have all the greens up for sale, but most of them. Anything that doesn't sell will eventually make (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Success! (Argos). No success, TRU
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| On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 18:51:31 GMT, Col uttered the following profundities... (...) The 1st one I had nearly bought was the same, and as such refused to purchase it. Good that I had done so, considering they lowered the price further. Mine I purchased (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 12 silver 2x4 bricks, starting bid only $15
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| The following item is now up for auction at eBay, with no reserve: 12 silver 2x4 bricks - $15 FREE SHIPPING within USA with payment by money order or cashier's check. Go to eBay and search for "silver Lego" or use this URL: (URL) also have several (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: New Service Packs for 1999..
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| (...) Yes, and they'd make for great door edges, allowing for easily opening flush-mounted doors without large gaps. Right now, I'm shaving some 1x2 and 1x3 bricks for this purpose, by beveling a corner so that it's roughly like 1/4 of a 1x1 round (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.build)
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