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| | | (...) Just throw in set #4930 for some dwarves. ;) (...) The light-pink fairy in #5823 also has the moon pattern. Can someone tell me *why* they didn't use minifigs for the fairies? These non-poseable SPUDs are terrible! (...) And this fairy has a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Don't ask me - I stopped searching for reason in TLC long ago... :-) BTW, SPUD stands for...? (...) Yeah, I mentioned those faires in the other posts. (...) Is it just me, or does that wall look like it could rotate? That would be cool. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | | Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) Looks like it to me. I wonder if it is a better piece than the System secret door? (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | | | Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | (...) time (...) red (...) radar (...) that (...) a (...) old, (...) No, it prolly isn't - it doesn't look too secret... -Shiri (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | Shiri wrote in message ... (...) Just got my 5824 today, and on the back of the instructions it has pictures of 5823, 5825, 5826, and 5827. The picture of 5826 is different from the picture in the Pause Data Base. It definitely shows the wall (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | | | | | definition of SPUD (was Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com) —Jeff Thompson
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| | | | (...) SPUD = Single Purpose Unlegoish Decorative element. Coined by Paul Gyugyi in an r.t.l post on 12/27/1995 to describe the big barrel element that was introduced in the 1996 Wild West sets. The "U" seems to have mutated over time to "ugly" or (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.faq, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: definition of SPUD (was Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | [snipped .belville and .faq] (...) I like the way the U can stand for all of these things. Poetic overloading of the meaning. :) (...) Especially the US cannons. Talk about useless and decorative. SPUD-ness is in the eye of the beholder. For some (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: definition of SPUD (was Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com) —Tony Priestman
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| | | | On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Steve Bliss (<2WlzOPtb4LRF+A+DyP...@4ax.com>) wrote at 16:11:38 (...) Hmmm. Not sure about that. Can you build the current horse with bricks? Nope. Therefore it can't be a POOP. It does depend on your POV as to whether it's a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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