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(...) While I also have some misgivings about the apparent decrease in the use of studded Technic bricks, probably money is the way to talk - instead of buying sets without studs, go buy multiple copies of the ones with studs, a good starter is (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Dear LEGO, I just opened my new MindStorms NXT, and my first impression is that this is a really cool system with a lot of potential. But I've gotta ask - where have all the studs gone? A 577-piece LEGO set that has a grand total of six pieces that (...) (18 years ago, 4-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) !
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| | Teaching NXT - Engineers without Boarders
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I started teaching an NXT Robotics Club at the High School level today. In tandem with the Engineers without Boarders Challenge. I must say how impressed I am with the new NXT! The documentation, the parts found in the kit and the up and running (...) (18 years ago, 9-Nov-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Does anyone from LEGO read these posts?
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Well, I am curious. Does anyone from LEGO read these posts? (18 years ago, 3-Nov-06, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Possible idea for The LEGO Company
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(...) Another update on the MB basic bags: I saw a big display of them in a (URL) Five Below> at the (URL) Arundel Mills Mall> in Maryland. They were arranged by color in tall cardboard boxes, and were priced at $1.50. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's (...) (18 years ago, 21-Oct-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Hi! I, as many of you, am on the mailing list og TLC (shop.lego.com news), but I have a problem. I get all mails 3 times, when trying to adjust anything, I see that I am only subscribed once. Whenever there is something new, I am told 3 times. I (...) (18 years ago, 28-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: TLGs wasteful box sizes?
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com>: (...) Another problem with these big boxes is that they're hard to get home if you don't have a car. I've been looking for the 4896 (black Saab-like car) set for a while, AFAIK Lego have had some supply (...) (18 years ago, 30-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | doin' that wishin' thing again
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2 years ago, i did some really wishful thinkin' and not much came of it. i can only still hope that lego is lookin' and thinkin' cause i'm hopin' and dreamin' again. i've just added a few more pieces to my (URL) wishin'> folder. when i posted 2 (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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In lugnet.general, Josh Breese wrote: .... (...) Getting pissed is our business, and we can do it how we want. I suggest not getting mad at us for protecting our assets and profits. Cheers, Selçuk (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) By an amazing coincidence, I just got an email from LEGO.com this morning that says that they have free shipping on orders of $75 or more, and when I go to (URL) they have the free shipping promotion right on the main page. That would take (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I knew the price of the parts and that there would be shipping however I didn’t know about the new shipping price structure or the sales tax thing until the second page of checkout. (...) If I did, I would, but that is not the case. I am after (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What do you have to complain about? If I place the same order on S@H I get a final price of 1182.25 SEK ($165.379 according to (URL) the fact that the average US person has 30-70% more money to spend than a Swede doesn't make the equation (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wait, you are pissed because of their prices? Did you buy this without knowing, or did you see everything up front? If you already bought this and then realized what happened, then be pissed at yourself for not reading the quoted price properly. If (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Also, news from the Burlington store indicates that you can order from Shop At Home *from* the store, which can be used towards the loyalty cards (yum!). Hence, they likely changed the system around to accomodate this. Actually, since loyalty (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ondrew: Lego switched to a fixed percentage for shipping a few months ago. As for sales tax, they only seem to charge it for states with actual Lego stores. Ken (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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This sucks. So today I was going to finally order the windows I needed for a building I’ve been building for a while now and I ran into a couple snags. 1.) The lego.com and it’s shop.lego.com sites are not loading properly. I had to refresh and (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Technic, what happened to the good old days?
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Hi all me again. Earlier in the week I posted this: (...) Well I have posted some pictures on brickshelf of the synchromesh gears and differencial with a crown gear. There is some other new parts I'de like to see lego put into production. (URL) (18 years ago, 26-Jul-06, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Technic, what happened to the good old days?
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(...) I agree. A space themed technic based line could really showcase some cool stuctural building techniques and could be tied in with lego system quite nicely. These should be completely new and not limited to designs in a movie franchise. (...) (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Technic, what happened to the good old days?
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(...) You know, I still have never owned that set, and would still like to at some point, maybe if I can buy a mint one on brickshelf or ebay I would. It was one of the best. You know, I always thought that a massive crossover between the space line (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jul-06, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Technic, what happened to the good old days?
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I grew up during, what was in my opinion, the golden age of technic (1992-1996 was the best). I remember seeing a technic model in those square catalogues and thinking WOW. So many functions and new functional pieces. I remember staring at pictures (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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