| | US S@H Specials Nov 22 - 28, 1999
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I called today and was told the specials are the same as last week. I'm not sure about the 6490 Amazon Crossing, since others have indicated it was removed as a phone special. Here's the list from last week: 6497 Twisted Time Train $38.50 $19.75 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | new and improved(?) craigo-lego
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hi y'all ~ i just want to announce a couple of new things in the world of craigo-lego... first off, is the new e-mail address. i've activated an entire webtv account for nothing but lego. this gives me lots more storage (memory is a precious thing (...) (25 years ago, 21-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Global Explorer Website Finally Finished - Space Theme
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At the beginning of this year I build a large-scale planetary exploration vehicle called "Global Explorer". After much procrastination, the website for this project is finally up. It can be found at: (URL) site is simple, but contains over 100 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.space)
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| | Outlet Store Opening pictures are up!
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(URL) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | WAMALUG was NOVALTC
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This is to annouce that the Northern Virginia LEGO Train Club has officially changed it's name to the WAshington Metro Area LEGO Users Group. This was done in order to meet the varied interests of the train club and to foster new membership who may (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.org, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.dc, lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Specials Nov 18 - 21, 1999
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They're BAaAAaCK! 6497 Twisted Time Train $38.50 $19.75 2160 Crystal Scavenger $16.50 $ 8.25 2161 Aqua Dozer $27.50 $13.75 2162 Hydro Reef Wrecker $44.00 $22.00 4022 Sea Cutter $33.00 $16.50 6490 Amazon Crossing $16.50 $ 8.75 Scala 3115 Kitchen (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Enhanced Search
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I have added some additional search options for the instruction index pages. You can now search a given set on: Lugnet DB, Lugnet Discussions, Ebay auctions, Yahoo! auctions, and RTL via Deja.com for an example go to: (URL) there's even a listing on (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | NELUG Turns 50!!
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This is a quick message to announce that NELUG now has 50 members. The member breakdown by region is as follows... (Some of my earlier guesses were a little off. These are official numbers from submittal forms) 30 - Massachusetts 4 - Connecticut 2 - (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.announce)
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| | LUGNET Memberships
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I'm happy to announce that formal LUGNET memberships are now available. :) Things won't be very fancy initially (no map or other web-toys yet) but this gets the ball rolling and begins to pave the way for much more to come later down the road. At (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people) !!
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| | Stay tuned...
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Stay tuned for an exciting announcement later tonight... :) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Make-A-Wish
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Hi All, This message is of most benefit to people living in Perth, Australia, but I thought others in the LEGO community would be interested too. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Australia have organised a fundraiser for 8 year old Ben Hamilton who's (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO name change
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This is an important announcement for any LEGO fan who has a web site containing disclaimers. The descriptive phrase "the LEGO Group" has changed to "the LEGO Company." Its use applies to all LEGO companies, workplaces, and the organization as a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2000 catalog day stats
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Here's some fun statistics for the BrickShelf site the first full day after the 2000 catalog was posted (11-09-99 EST). By far the highest day of activity ever for the site. General HTTP: Unique IP's: 3843 Static Pages Served: 54645 CGI Pages (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | 2000 Direct catalog is online!
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(URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | 2000 Scans are Online!
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(URL) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | Chicago Legofest/Museum of Science and Industry Mindstorms event Dec 4
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Well, there's been a little interest in the Chicago Legofest idea. Its been brought to my attention as well that the Museum of Science and Industry is having a Mindstorms robotics competition on December 4th. It would be a good idea to couple that (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.org.us)
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| | 2000 catalog FOUND!
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Acting on the tip from the RTL post, I stopped by Target today on my way home from work and picked up a snow speeder. Jackpot! I'm scanning it now... KL (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickshelf.com updates for 11/8/1999
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Updates for 11/8/1999 (last update was 10/28/1999) New features: HTML page for each image with next/previous links New scans: [11/08/1999] 0365-1975 Wild West Scene [11/05/1999] 0334 {Truck with Flatbed} links: (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.cad.ray for LEGO ray-tracing
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A new newsgroup lugnet.cad.ray has just been created. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== -> lugnet.cad.ray (group): Ray-Tracing as it applies to LEGO: software tools and libraries; tips & techniques; in-depth technical discussions about element modeling, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray)
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