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(...) I don't believe this. Why would someone go through all the trouble of making a fake box just because they wanted to keep the special pieces from that set? If they wanted to just get the pieces, they could auction off the rest for parts and I'm (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't think the seller is trying to deceive anyone! In his email to me, he stated that he didn't know much about lego. He was also upfront in telling me that the pieces didn't have the lego logo on them. I think that he was convinced that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Tom Reed <Merthyn1@webtv.net> schreef in berichtnieuws FntEHn.LoG@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) You're thinking the same thing I am, aren't you? Trying to find an easier way to get those castle sets and bricks! J/k :o) -- Arjan Brugman - (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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D. Jezek <danjezek@REMOVEaloha.net> schreef in berichtnieuws Fnt3v2.H6H@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) It's (...) arabian (...) If I recall correctly, "Lego" is Danish for "play" or something similar. Just thought I'd let you know. :o) -- Arjan Brugman (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have no idea where that big clone come from. Recently I saw some small LEGO clone sets in Toronto. They were inside one of those "insert coins to roll a toy in ball" machines. All of them are older small sets like 1733. There is no LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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According to the book, "The World of LEGO® Toys,1987, the Word LEGO, was coined by Ole Kirk, founder of LEGO, based on the danish phrase "leg godt" which translates to 'play well". Interesting side note is that Ole found out later the Latin word (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, of course! %^/ What I meant to say is that the name of a company cannot be different in another country especially used as a logo on the box of a product. But someone else already said that and I'm not going to repeat it. :-x Seeing this (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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John Morgan <trees@utk.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws Fnu594.851@lugnet.com... (...) out (...) Yes! That's it! I knew I wasn't completely right. Sounds like Lego was meant to be. :o) Thanks for refreshing my memory! -- Arjan Brugman - (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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