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(...) *A* basic bucket? Well.... depending on your situation, maybe, and maybe not. As it was, I bought my boys 4 buckets of LEGO with about a thousand bricks in each. This seemed to solved _their_ housing problem. I don't know what it would take (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Since I was the one that brought up the question about whether TLC no war toy policy was possibly based on WWII and the Nazis overrunning Denmark, I wasn't asking for any explanations from the family. First off, KKK was born well after the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) How is that going to help me, or the average child builder, build everything I mentioned in my note? I wasn't *just* talking about houses, you know. Please read my whole note: (URL) what kind of roofing do basic brick buckets have? Do they (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Has TLC ever thought of publishing a LEGO calendar? As I was browsing at the mall yesterday, I saw a calendar for almost every other hobby, but none for the LEGO fanatic. I sure would like one for my office wall. -Duane (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Element Count Trivia
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Well, I was just trying to cut them a break, but you've pretty much convinced me. Things are awry somewhere, and it's more serious than I thought. Thanks for the in depth analysis. I was familiar with the newspaper process, but not with the process (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) No way, Larry. I worked in magazine publishing for years (I can tell you about pressure to get things out fast) but a mistake on the first page like "23nd" is simply inexcusable. The document is part of their PR kit. Facts & Figures is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brad: A way for almost ANY piece to be sold...
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote in message news:389fc259.966608...net.com... (...) I don't think so. If someone is working for a company, it should be paid, it should have its social insurance, etc., etc. Same here. Training wage is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | My wish list
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I wish Lego would bring back or make similar set like the following.. 4558 Metroliner 4563 Load N' Haul Railroad 4551 Crocodile Locomotive 4554 Metrostation 4536 Hopper Car 4563 Twin Tank Transport (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Nephilim wrote (...) The technical term is fluted (?) And I agree. If they have to do it, go at it with style. Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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People! No doubt many of the people that write this copy are E2Lers and didn't spot that mistake. Me, I'd rather they rushed it out and got it out sooner. It can be fixed later. (although it does detract from the image to make obvious mistakes. Not (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) oarsmen. (...) Technic axles do allow very stable columns. I can imagine appreciating the 11-tall column elements for their smoothness (rather than having their clean lines interrupted every brick-height) .... but having a bunch of 2x2x1 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Question How do we know if Brad is for real?
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(...) like (...) Lego (...) Yeah, but we're FANS! We're supposed to have unrealistic and selfish expectations. <GD&R> James (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Question How do we know if Brad is for real?
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(...) I have work e-mail that I'm not going to bother responding to until I get back to the office on Monday.... (not that I'm neglecting my duties - my entire university is closed right now, so responding to the e-mail would be a little silly since (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think we may need to take a deep breath here and realize this is the holiday season. I don't know about you or anyone else, but I haven't been at work (officially) since a few days before Christmas. Why should we think Brad has been? (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Gosh... Someone needs to get their employees better chosen... (I'm starting to understand how come TLC always does the weirdest things... ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I nevber realisewd they had had that many editions in the first place. Twenty thirdond edition.. Wow. Jasper (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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(...) I'm not sure that is an accurate or representative metric. PPB when breaking up buckets is a combination of rarity and desirability, and as far as I can tell 2*4 bricks are less expensive than most others, because there's not that much demand (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Suggestions for Lego: My two cents
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 17:37:30 GMT, Brian Lanning uttered the following profundities... (...) Prefer 2x2x1 column pieces. Use Technic axles for stability, if that is why you prefer 2x2x11's. (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 19:24:28 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Based on the ~$10.00 retail price of the 3025 Silver Brick Bucket, and using the number of studs per brick as a guage for measuring the price per brick, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Element Count Trivia
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(...) I'm sitting here laughing, had to share this. When I read Jasper's comments I went to check the official LEGO Facts & Figures book, thinking the trivia was probably pulled from there. I wanted to see if it matched in the book. Well, I don't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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