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(...) I went for lots of SNOT parts, as well as the parts to make big trees and the small baseplates that should be made available separately. Flex tubing is also a must! It's great for pneumatics (rigid tubes mean less balloon effect) as well as (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I'm sure this is the sort of thesting Coke did on New Coke. They wanted to come out with a product that tasted better than Pepsi. They may have gotten many unbiased testers to do a blind taste test and overwhelmingly picked New Coke over (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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No, I wasn't - I was asking him for verification. Where I used "organic" lower in my post, I was using it as in "organic tint". Completely separate from my request for verification on Jake's remark. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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You know, if they blew out the current run at 75% off, I'd gladly buy 20 or more. Then I could sort out the various purples, and build several buses, each a slightly different shade. But it would have to be 75% off to get me interested, as I (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) So it's no longer a good toy? What exactly does corporate wisdom and marketing strategy have to do with the value of those bricks as a toy? I for one will always be happy to see my children crouched down in front of a pile of LEGO exercising (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) That's true, because purple and magenta need a material that emits both violet and red light waves, thus having a valley shaped reflectance curve. Paulo (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) "what color is the sky on your planet?" was the first thing that came to mind when I read the above. When you read Jakes post realy, there are tons of newsworthy facts! -there were way too much different colors, -there were way too much (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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At least they didn't try to say the color variation is a "feature" rather than the "bug" it is! James Wilson Dallas, TX (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Incredibly well said! Furthermore: Today I was in Target, and a young boy and his mom were searching up and down the LEGO aisle for a set. I offered to help them out and asked what they were looking for: "the LEGO Optimus Prime" was the (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) There are people which still believe the above is true. Everything below is just my personal opinion so there is no reason to jump on me in these sensitive times (hi larry ;) ) The last 'true' Technic set is the Barcode Truck (1997). Then (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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