 | | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) Once upon a time, it was a very special and unique thing to offer free image hosting. Once upon a time Kevin was a regular participant on LUGNET and an active member of the AFOL community. And once upon a time, Brickshelf was a state of the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) No interest in providing a useful service? ...apart from the providing free image hosting, unlimited accounts, unlimited access to images, unlimited directories, thumbnails, fast moderation, unobtrusive moderation, deeplinks (even before (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) No interest in providing a useful service? ...apart from the providing free image hosting, unlimited accounts, unlimited access to images, unlimited directories, thumbnails, fast moderation, unobtrusive moderation, deeplinks (even before (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) "Whom". (...) You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. (...) Get thee to a dictionary. (...) If anything is clear, it is that the whole situation is markedly unclear. You really have no idea what you're talking (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) Apparently you're forgetting that all those years of providing free hosting have somehow put him beyond any criticism in some people's eyes. I wonder how they'll feel when they're paying for more of the same. (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) Respect, what for? Kevin has disrespected the LEGO community for years. He rarely if ever replies to any inquiries about the site, has not added any new features in years, and then suddenly threatens to pull the plug this summer. Now he is (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) Show some respect and exercise some restraint. Sheesh. JOHN (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) What gives is that this is Kevin Loch we're talking about. Use Flickr. Brickshelf is a waste of time and energy. (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors)
|
| |
| | LEGO World Denmark - February 2008
|
|
(Posted on behalf of Jan Beyer.) Dear all, I would like to let you know that LEGO Denmark is planning on doing a LEGO World Event in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2008. The event will take place in Copenhagen and the event dates are from the 13th of (...) (17 years ago, 11-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX) !
|
| |
| | Castle Team: The New Role of Fan Feedback
|
|
(URL) My name is Ben Ellermann and I am a huge LEGO Castle fan! This article will tell you how several lifelong Castle builders and I contributed to the new castle line. I first joined the LEGO Ambassadors in Spring 2006. Soon I found out that a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
(...) Hey Jean-Marc, HOORAY!! Wonderful news!! Thanks very, very much for your earnest and civil reply! I hope that the reversal applies only to sloped bricks which had been textured previously, as it would be bizarre for all the new curved slopes (...) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
There will be a little while longer with some smooth slopes coming out because they haven't quite got the new moulds ready yet, but they will be switching back to texture for the foreseeable future. hooray! Steve (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
(...) Hooray! Good work, guys. I'll sure be looking forward to the textured slopes coming back. Now, just bring our 9V Trains back, too! -Jordan Schwarz (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
(...) ... Well, as said, we asked again, and here is what we've been told to answer: TLG is switching back to textured slopes. So it turns out I was wrong about molds wearing off (and as some poeple pointed, it didn't quite fit anyway); apparently (...) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
In lugnet.ambassadors, Ross Crawford wrote: snip (...) If mold deterioration was the case, the "pits and mounds" would appear the same, just "flattened". The parts of the mold that makes the "pits" would be in contact with the molten plastic first, (...) (17 years ago, 11-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
(...) If you look closely at your photo, especially the corner slope, you'll see that the surface is mottled, not smooth like bricks. This seems to confirm that it is a consequence of the deterioration of the molds. But note also this (URL) pic (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
(...) I have noticed that too. I do not expect Lego to pay much attention to such a complaint or should I say as much attention as they did to the change of colors. They will probably tell you that in their research the kids liked the smooth rather (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
(...) I think you'll find that there has always been variation in the depth of the texture on slope bricks, it's just that the variation is now greater. I'll hazard a guess and say that TLG are using their molds for longer to save money. If you (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.off-topic.debate) !
|
| |
| | Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
|
|
Why have textured slopes been arbitrarily abandoned? The last few retail purchases of Lego sets that I made disappointed me greatly in that the pieces I'd most desired, 2x2 medium-slope corners and 2x2x3 extreme-slope bricks, both in dark red, were (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.dear-lego)
|
| |
| | Re: Brickshelf Status-- any update???
|
|
(...) Well, there have been (URL) issues>, and a vacation in the between time.... Patience, grasshopper. :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
|
