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(...) Except I am expecting that there will always be a large number of parts which will not be offered through bulk sales. I don't remember the exact number, but between all the product lines (if that's the right term -- System, Technic, DUPLO, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Dear LEGO, I think every AFOL does have influence on the company, although not necessarily as much as Stephen did with these sheets. Well, whenever I am checking a toy store for new LEGO sets (at least once a week) then there is someone else who is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) How many motors do you think you'd need to pull that? <G,D&R> James (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) John Neal won't stop until he's working in 12"=1' scale... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:38BC1E99.39A872...est.net... (...) With us[1] discussing the possibilities of running 8 wide trains, one would think we would hear a different tune from you, John "I can't build better, so I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Gary Istok (<38BBF30F.5B5ABBE@umich.edu>) wrote at 16:25:52 (...) From a commercial pov, the overheads on distributing to 20 people have got to be less than doing it for 80, so I know what I'd be tempted to do. But then again, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Steve Bliss (<ld7obsggkqkh3cuh77...kh1hsj2@4a x.com>) wrote at 19:38:49 (...) Or we could do it. I can see the potential for cooperatives/syndicates being set up to buy the bulk volume that LD will want to sell, and then (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) <major snippage> (...) I think this would be a successful product. This would be a fun idea for children and adults. My son loves the trapdoors and anything else that is hidden or a surprise in a LEGO set. And adult fans might find some useful (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Right. BUT, I'd also like to see a low-volume purchase option, where we (the insane) could purchase any current parts which aren't availble in service packs (or bulk purchase). This would be buying in small volumes, for a premium unit price (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) UNLESS we could get better doors. The 1x4x6 door frames and doors (used in the McDonald's Restaurant) would be very nice to have, IMHO. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ALMOST!???? <ripping clothes> -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote: <chop> (...) ...I long ago mentioned Games Workshop's 'Outrider Program' as a model that should be copied by LEGO. GW actively encourages and helps out local groups and individuals to go out and champion their (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) So BAYLUG *and* NOVALTC are chopped liver...;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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This is a RE-Post of a previous message Subject: Re: Just imagine... From: "Farlie A" <ba124@city.ac.uk> Alex Farlie Newsgroups: lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego Followup-To: lugnet.dear-lego Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:02:08 GMT Dear Mr Justus - Some (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) NOVALTC is gone, WAMALUG rose from it's ashes. -Chris (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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My request for a nonstandard item: When you change plastic colors in a mold, I understand there is a small set of bricks with mixed colors. Don't throw them away, sell them to us! Pat Shepard P.S. Thanks to Chris Weeks for the idea, from a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Although what I'm about to mention here is almost certainly not be a "purist" solution, one that I've found that works reasonably well is using ordinary oil-based hobby paints like you'd use on plastic models. Most of the ones I've found are (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ??? That's right, there are many. What do you call: GMLTC WAMALUG GMLUG PNLTC NGLTC BAYLUG BayLTC GFLTC NOVALTC NELUG Chopped liver? (Well, okay, the BAYLUG maybe...;-) <g,d,r> -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, I think this list should be titled "Parts that town builders use a lot of on just one building." I'd vote for this list. Now I'll quibble with it: 1x4x3 window frames shouldn't be overlooked. The rest of us have been using them. (: White (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Stephen, I do hope some of the "LEGO Bigwhigs" (Peter Eio are you listening?) read this. I've said long ago that we AFOLs are TLC's "LEGO Ambassadors at Large". Gary Istok (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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