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(...) He definitely was an Infomaniac. I hope they didn't cave into some kind of pressure and change his name because when you say it aloud it sounds like... wait, how old did you say you were? :-) A typo that stuck was the infamous Sam Sanister. I (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) ...Or maybe they just changed his name, 'cause according to set 2181 ((URL) and LEGO Island (not sure about LEGO Island 2...) his name is the Infomaniac... (no R) (...) Hi. Matt C. (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What typos? "Informaniac"? This is not necessarily a typo, but possibly a pun: inform, "inform-maniac". If I'm missing something, let me know! :) Mike (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I seem to recall raising this point about a year ago, but with worse results then you'll ever get. (note, there was a lot of vitriol into my message, so no surprise.) Here's the logic behind your question. In order to raise a profit, like any (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Oh. I never really thought about that. I've seen many auctions for 6979 MISB that ended $12-36 USD. Too bad they were all from Europe and I didn't wanna have to pay the expensive shipping costs. Anyway, I still don't know about juniorization (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey I found two typos in a 2002 Summer S@H advertisement for 6740 Xtreme Tower -- this is what it said: Xtreme stunts start here! The Xtreme Tower is the center of the action on LEGO Island. While Sky practices her skateboard tricks on the railings, (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Oh, stint means something? I didn't know, but please keep in mind my b-day is in 1992... Matt C. (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Suzanne Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:HEHsJz.2F6@lugnet.com... (...) Have you ever read the descriptions for the firs Bionicle creatures? They're all mad-libs: With _adjective_ _noun_, _name_ are giant _animal_-like creatures. (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This could indeed be a very interesting project. Certainly I've some ideas about it and the 8466 could be a very good start to build such a Wrecker. But why not give it a try yourself? One reason why I build my cars is to show to others what (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It doesn't? I guess you never worked a stint as a grammarian... (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) When I was the editor of my college paper, I put in the quotation under the index key-- "Spelling slips and grammatical gaffs are purposely placed for the perfectionists to point out." I tried my derndest to get ridda all speeling misteaks, (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I have noticed this more and more in every branch of media: catalogues, magazines, novels, etc. I think it's due to the reliance on computer spell-checking instead of honest-to-goodness proof-reading. The biggest errors I've seen involve using (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) LOL! Ha ha! (...) Or maybe they're using a bad-quality laptop like me - It's fairly hard to type on this hunk of I-can't-download-3-M...s-anymore! (That's pretty sad considering I have only a couple things installed: StarCraft, (a computer (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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While visiting lego.com, I sometimes see incorrect words mixed in, here and there. I think it's kinda cute. But yesterday, I noticed -three- typos in one product's description alone. Now I'm beginning to wonder how this happens. Is TLC using OCR to (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Nathanael Kuipers" <kuipers_n@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HEBoHG.Ezu@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) I'll do. (...) I like the idea of instructions on CD :-) One idea did cross my mind for the 8466 and I think you'd be the guy to do it. (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dug, just to support you, you're not the only one who wants this. Bert PS I would also love to work for them in such a shop, so I'm queueing the line, who follows? "Duq" <lugnetpost@skipthis...tmfweb.nl> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:HEGtG4.11G9@lugnet.com... (...) :) (...) of (...) in a (...) I do admit I felt slightly ripped off for paying £15 (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Thats because they we're pants! (that's underwear to any non-brits :-) Steve (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) 6335, (...) Lego sets have an average life of 2 years, then they make way for new sets/new lines. If the line does well, more sets follow. The sheer amount of UFO and Insectoids sets I saw getting reduced down to virtually nothing in a vain (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, Why did you ever discontue some really great loved-by-children (like me :) pieces and sets? Like the 1994-1996 Town > Race/Rescue sets like 6337, 6335, 6598, 6625, etc. And the 1997-1998 Space > UFO/Insectoids? And the pieces, (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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