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11 Jan 1999 17 Jan 1999 Duplo/Freestyle 2029 Medium Primo Stack & Learn 6.75 3.50 P100 Kids Polo 18.00 9.00 System 3200-1 16.50 8.50 4022-1 33.00 16.50 6836-1 4.50 2.50 6007-1 4.50 2.50 Technic 8277-1 44.00 22.00 CD100 Lego Island 39.75 29.75 (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.shopping] A special new newsgroup lugnet.market.shopping has just been created for sharing LEGO shopping information -- sales, experiences, tips, etc. It is intended mainly for information dispersal, but discussions (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.shipping] A new newsgroup lugnet.market.shipping has just been created. Here is the charter: Person-to-person shipping: Discussions, experiences, wisdoms, tips, warnings, questions, etc. about shipping methods (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | #5571 Giant Truck
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For anyone who is interested, LEGO S@H now has the Giant Truck #5571 for retail. I just ordered one and the lady said they have about 100 more. - Barbara (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Some Running Thoughts about THROWBOTS
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Howdy all, ...after spotting the Throwbots in the catalogue, and then coming across a post here that they were on sale at Target, I went and bought 8500 TORCH for $5.99. ( They were not in the computer here yet, but they had someone check the shelf (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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Just a reminder to those running auctions: There is a Postal increase that takes effect 10 January 1999. This will affect First Class and Priority Mail at least. I do not know if Parcel Post is also going up or not. Certified mail fees, Registered (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | First Night Lego Buildathon!
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Howdy All, Renee from First Night called me about two months ago. She invited me and my wacky team of staff to participate at Boise's FIRST NIGHT celebration...the family oriented version of New Year's Eve. "What a great way to ring in 1999" I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials 1/4/99 - 1/10/99 (human friendly)
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Item Name Original Price Sale Price Duplo/Freestyle 4162 6+ Building Set $27.50 $13.75 System 6104 Aquacessories $6.75 $3.75 4012 Wave Cops $22.00 $11.00 6829 Radon Rover $6.75 $4.00 2151 Robo Raider $13.25 $7.00 6037 Witch's Windship $8.75 $4.50 (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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4 Jan 1999 10 Jan 1999 Duplo/Freestyle 4162-1 27.00 13.75 System 6104-1 6.75 3.75 4012-1 22.00 11.00 6829-1 6.75 4.00 2151-1 13.25 7.00 6037-1 8.75 4.50 6982-1 88.00 44.00 (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.off-topic.test for test messages
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[Followups set to lugnet.admin.general] A new newsgroup lugnet.off-topic.test has just been created for test messages. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.off-topic.test (group): Off-topic, non-discussion area for testing and/or experimenting with newsreader (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New newsgroup lugnet.faq for LEGO-related FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) development
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[Followups set to lugnet.faq] A new newsgroup lugnet.faq has just been created for collaboration on and development of LEGO-related FAQ lists. Here is the charter: Discussions and collaboration on FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) lists for (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Halloween Design Contest Pre-poll
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Ladies and Gentlemen, This coming March, Matthew Verdier and I will officially announce the Halloween Lego Design Contest. There will be three main areas this contest will focus on; fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. In order to adequetly prepare for this (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Legoland California Admission Prices
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(...) LEGOLAND Park Admission Tickets Available through LEGO Shop at Home! Purchase your tickets today to guarantee admission into the park on the days you choose to go. It's quick - it's easy and there's no waiting in line! Order tickets today and (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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I've put up a web page as an experiment in digital publishing - not stunningly impressive, but I think it's worth a look. Mostly medieval-themed models on minifig scale, a few other things, including rules for Lego(r) wars. Having put it together, I (...) (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 1999 Dutch Catalogue Online
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Mirror Spock has got the new 1999 Dutch Catalogue which has many new models which were not in the USA inbox one. Goto (URL) 60 (26 years ago, 25-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | One last time
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Howdy, ...okay after playing with the files we finally got one to download. The animation is a set of turning gears. Nic did the original rendering in LEGOCAD, transferred the file to 3DCAD, which allowed him to drop the file into 3DMAX and a nice (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Compatible Play Tables
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I have received literature from Koala Corporation about Lego compatible play tables. These items are from their commercial literature: DELUXE BLOCK TABLE Solid maple construction with 3 1/2" side panels. Double storage pouch. Bright multi-color (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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Howdy, Reposted the 10M as a 7 M zip file. ( Okay what was I thinking ) Try www.weirdrichard.com...s/nic3.zip Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 19-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | A New Gear Animation
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Howdy all! I just posted a very cool 3DMax animation rendered by Nic P on the web! It is a 10M AVI file so be warned! dl it from www.weirdrichard.com...s/nic3.avi It is *very* cool! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 19-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Some new pictures
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Howdy all! I just posted some new pictures of Lego models I have been working on in my spare time. www.weirdrichard.com...lipper.jpg A picture of an old style grain cutter-mechanical sickle. www.weirdrichard.com...hopper.jpg A series of levers that (...) (26 years ago, 18-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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Hi Yet another Lego page has been uploaded to the internet: Mine! You can find pictures of some of my models and the new year will bring even more great pictures! The adress: (URL) do you think of it? Send me an e-mail. Esben Kolind, Denmark (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | IMPORTANT - RTL Geek Code - Please Respond
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I know this isn't RTL, but I have had trouble posting there, even w/Dejanews. I would like permission/feedback on this: The Lego Maniac's Webring is getting a new members' area in a few months. It will have interactive message boards/commerce, etc (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Legoland Carlsbad Annual Pass
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I got a mailer from Carlsbad. The short version is Annual Passes are $99.00 for adults. Call 1-877-534-6767 Ext. 101 now. First 5000 are invited to a soft opening on 14 March 1999. Order before 15 January 1999 and get the Legoland California truck (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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I know this isn't RTL, but I have had trouble posting there, even w/Dejanews. I would like permission/feedback on this: The Lego Maniac's Webring is getting a new members' area in a few months. It will have interactive message boards/commerce, etc (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | 1999 sets found
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Dropped into Skopko today (Eau Claire, WI) and found a selection of 1999 sets. Space port, town center, adventurers. And the best part is that they are all 20 percent off!!! (26 years ago, 11-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Wall Street Journal on Lego Mindstorms
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The Wall Street Journal has a nice (albeit technologically simplified) article today on Lego Mindstorms' popularity among adults. It's not, to my knowledge available on-line, and for copyright reasons I won't post it all here. But here's a couple (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Legoland Carlsbad Job Fair
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Heard on KNX Newsradio on 4 December 1998 at about 11:15 in Los Angeles: Legoland Carlsbad is holding a Job Fair 13-14 December. Open positions include Food, Security, and other departments. Builders was *not* one of the positions mentioned. The (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | Merry Christmas All!
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Just did a quick POV rendering! <A HREF="(2 URLs) Looking forward to presents! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Article on Legos, constructivism and PCS!
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Howdy all, ...Mike Rosenblatt at the Colorado School of Mines just posted an article about PCS and our use of Legos! Check it out at: (URL) feel like somebody now! Yeah! Richard rwright@pcsedu.com www.weirdrichard.com (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Usenix/LISA BoF on Mindstorms
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Anyone else at the Usenix LISA conference in Boston? There's a BoF session on Lego Mindstorms Wednesday night at 8 -- you should come. Actually, people not at the conference could probably get in too... I don't think security is very strict for BoF (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets
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[Crossposted to lugnet.announce & lugnet.general; followups set to lugnet.general] Richard LaCalamito <docrich@gte.net> of Florida is producing 150 dpi JPEG scans of the new 1999 catalog, which is out now at the LEGO Imagination Center in Orlando, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | MODEL TEAM 1999
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Heya ! What are the two new Model Team sets for 1999 and how looks they out ? Thanx ! e-mail: virsik@USAF.org Rene (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | 1999 catalog discovered in Orlando, Florida store
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[followups set to lugnet.general] Johnny (last name not yet known) <jhncooker@webtv.net> discovered a 1999 catalog tonight in an Orlando, Florida store (the LEGO Imagination Center)! He posted a cover shot to RTL and e-mailed some more photos -- (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Pictures of LEGOLAND park Billund
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I finally got to scanning +100 more pictures I took in LEGOLAND park Billund. About 25 were added today to LEGO ON MY MIND and more will come during the next days. The Aiport was already there, now the Germany theme is too, including impressive (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego Contest on my ISP
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My ISP is having a Lego contest! I have no idea what is on offer, and who can enter, as my ISP is rubbish at the moment, and I can't find out! Anyway, go to (URL) and click on the Lego logo!! -- ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Grotestque LEGO pictures
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Someone pointed me to this site. I'm not sure if you will like it, minifigs are dying! (URL) I think it'll only be there this week. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New LEGO Newsgroups!!
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I found some new newsgroups while Netscape was messing me around (*). They are news.admin.toys.lego and news.misc.toys.lego Why they were created only them news people know. Now we have somewhere to put the binaries :) No-one cares if they get (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Received this e-mail from Lego
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if you are a member of the web-club, you'll get it too. Hello LEGO WEB CLUB MEMBERS Thank you for making (URL) one of the best sites on the Internet. We have a great Holiday season lined up for you - so don’t wait any longer - check out some of the (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Collector's Items
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I'm a minifig nut... I'll admit it. I collect them like action figures. I've thought TLG aims for my kind to a certain degree. Let's examine the facts: 1)When I got my last S@H catalogue, they advertized an Insectoid set (2965) that pushed the fact (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Software Catalog from Lego!
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Hi There! Last weekend the 'Spielemesse' (Play Fair) happened in Vienne. You can borrow board games there, and try them, before you have to buy them. Anyway, at the Lego stand there where some computers running the four actual Lego Software Program: (...) (26 years ago, 23-Nov-98, to lugnet.announce)
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