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(...) Ah, you must mean the (URL) Lame Parts> contest. (...) Don't forget the Throwbot discs... (...) Yeah, Allister did set up a webpage for the winners at one point, but the link he posted is dead. (...) It still pops up from time to time. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure it's the one you're talking about, but I've seen your mini-Vader walker (I'd love to see instructions for that, BTW), and I've also built one MOC that uses it (DTotS was just a one-time modification of a pre-existing MOC): (URL) I (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Speaking from experience bulk buying of LEGO can be quite economical in that shipping becomes next to nothing, lots of suppliers will discount huge orders, so having 100s or even 1000s of units of LEGO sets is not unrealistic or that strange. We (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) I remember the Stupid Parts building contest a while back. Some of the entries were quite good even though they used such things as the manta ray and the pirate dingy (parts that are commonly thought of as one use only). I Googled it to see if (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Orion Pobursky wrote: <snip> (...) Orion, Have it with Darth Vader's helmet. Its a tough one. I've only seen it in one non-LEGO design. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I just want to point out that Jake was just poking some good-natured fun at me, atleast that is how I took it. I am well known for my pictures of large purchases. In this case, unfortunately, the limits and my lack of funds have prevented any (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:Hy2oyM.yyy@lugnet.com... (...) item, (...) (URL) > (...) (URL) (...) but (...) get (...) and (...) way, (...) sell (...) You're (...) be my (...) suckers from (...) Hmmm - (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Funny, I was looking at that seller's Bricklink store earlier, and thought it odd that he/she is already selling the ships at $140 (15 of them). I can believe 15, just have 2 friends also order their limit of 5 each. Certainly a possible (and (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Yeah I get a bit of a disgusted reaction reading about this. I don't have much of a problem if you wish to get a large quantity (10+), for your own personal use. But getting a huge quantity, with the sole intention of taking advantage of other (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) YES! Spotlighted! What this person doing is horrible. It is amazing what greed can do to a person. How did Lego let this happen? I can see getting 15 or so with little or no problem, but OVER 100 of these things? C'mon now guys... lets have (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) 200 copies? at 200 each? With no mention that you can just ring up S@H and get it yourself? Not very community friendly. Dear LEGO, If you want us to respect the capacity constraints you placed on this set and not try to circumvent them, (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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Sure, I'm not too happy about the change of greys, though I think in the long run the new greys will prove to be a better color. But I wanted to offer a little reality check here... If Mattel suddenly changed Barbie's hair or eye color, would they (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.color)
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Not only is Playmobil creatively generic, but the boxes only picture the contents in a variety of ways. The pictures, as they say, speak a thousand words. I find myself saddled with a huge LEGO collection, but often wishing I had invested the money (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think that's why most of us loved the sets from the 80-90s period. There were only a handful of themes (Castle, Town, Technic, Space, Train, Basic) and there was so much room for creativity. Not saying that we can't be creative now, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You're right, but that's not quite the point-- An Alpha Team set can still be integrated into the rest of your collection. An onion dome piece can still be used as an engine on a space ship. And a Harry Potter head can be any other figure with (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ah, would that this were true. EA publishes the Lego software. We do not develop it. I wish we did!!! .Steve "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway!" (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I mostly agree with your post, but you omit to mention that Crunch isn't always gonna be crunch... It can be a pair of legs for another Minifig, a torso with different arms for a spec. ops. cop in your city, a head for a thief in your castle (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:HxKEsp.tHy@lugnet.com... (...) know how (...) audience (...) there (...) reacting (...) <Snip some exellent points> (...) I agree with you totally on this . I think one of the reasons the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Depends where you look. In Western PA, sales appear to be steady, but not overwhelming. I understand that the Power Rangers and other Bandai licenses not yet available in North America are selling quite well in Asia. But Aaron is a little (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HxID5M.1C8M@lugnet.com... (...) My little brother, 11, reacted in a simular way. Once he'd found out, he simply said "That's stupid." Now, instead of buying LEGOs, he had saved his money to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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