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(...) The star is the Quirk Books logo. Congratulations, Brandon! I can't wait to get the new book. Marc Nelson Jr. (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) I guessing it's the QuirkBooks logo. jt (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) Cool, but what is the star? Is it just random, or is there meaning behind that? (I find it unlikely for you to do anything random, but maybe.) Anyway, I guess I was expecting a star made of Lego! :) (...) -Alfred (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) Easter? ;-) --Bill. (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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I am very pleased to announce that there will be a second book in the (URL) Brick Testament> series released this Fall. My publisher, (URL) Quirk Books>, is very excited about the prospects for this new book, and asked me to design a cover for their (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX) !!
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(...) one thread. It's late on a Friday and my brain is dead. That last post should have been from me at home, not me at work. Sorry! Jake --- Jake McKee Author - Getting Started with LEGO Trains Webmaster - (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) FYI, No Starch just provided me a few extra details: 10 of any combination of titles gets the discount. You can order 1 copy of 10 different books, 5 of LEGO Trains and 5 of Virtual LEGO, or whatever and get the 40% off. Jake --- Jake McKee (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) I know that the first printing of 15,000 copies was sold out by Christmas of 2003, and then there was about a two-month delay before a second printing of 7,500 more copies replenished bookstores in late February. I'm not sure if a third (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.books)
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All very good news. I am very pleased with the copy I got from Amazon.com in English. Great stuff that will last beyond the Computer Age!! This book is a necessary part of any collection of Far-Too-Much-LEGO. My son (age 7) even liked reading it for (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) VERY cool news, Brendan. Can I ask a question, namely: what have sales figures been like for the (original version of the) book? They must have been quite good thus far, to inspire translation! (...) Hey, that's the least they can do. all best (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.books, FTX)
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Oops, must have done the FTX links wrong. Here they are in trusty ol' html: (URL) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.books)
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I am very pleased to announce that a German translation of (URL) The Brick Testament: Stories from the Book of Genesis> will be coming out in Germany this August. In Germany the book go by the title (URL) 1. Buch L.>. I got my first look at it just (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.de, FTX) !
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(...) (2 URLs) Hi Tim and all others, a few weeks ago I started organizing a mass order for the 1000steine members. The total order is about more then 60 books (40x Trains and 20x Virtual LEGO). The contact to Alex from No Starch Press was allways (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.books, FTX)
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Greetings, No Starch Press would like to extend to you an offer that might help support your user group. No Starch is willing to offer you books at a discounted price which you can then sell for full price to the general public at shows and events. (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, lugnet.org, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) !!
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I admit to being the secret owner of a real treasure: The LEGO Publishing comic Den ukendte galakse (The Unknown Galaxy for the non-Danish reader). Here is the cover, Copyright 1986 LEGO Publishing: (URL) You might recognize the gray robot on the (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.books, FTX)
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I bought a couple of books today at a model rail show in Derby, UK. Model Railroader Cyclopedia Volume 1 - Steam Locomotives ($49.95) and Model Railroader Cyclopedia Volume 2 - Diesel Locomotives ($37.95). These books contain scale drawings of their (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.books)
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(...) I too regret the fact that studded designs are hard to find. There are plenty of situations where studded bricks are the way to go. Kevin (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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(...) Has anyone noticed all of the rich variety of parts available to the modern stud-free system that have no comparable equivalent in the old stud-dependant system? Take, for instance, these parts: (URL) triple liftarm> (URL) 1x2 flat liftarm> (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books, FTX)
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(...) Sorry for replying to my own post but I've just had another thought. Has anyone else noticed all the ancillary junk needed to build a studless creation? Compare it with the basic studded version, all you have is beams, of varying lengths, 1xn (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.books)
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