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| (...) in (...) selling (...) that (...) returns I (...) returns (...) Didn't know this about France. It explains why it's so difficult to find old sets in France. (...) LEGO (...) Yes, they definitly will be unhappy, though I suspect that direct (...) (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Yes but the contract with the shops/agents/etc may preclude LEGO from selling sets direct - this is pure speculation on my part. As for France, I know that LEGO operates on a "sale or return" basis there (DYA, BB etc buy the returns I expect) (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) That's what I liked best about the Bat Lord from FK. Aside from the weird hair bits, he was just a regular smiley with the smile inverted. No weird snarly mouth. I could live with that kind of bad guy face. Steve (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Is the LEGOLAND at Ontario Place open during the CNE?
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| G'Day <Horrible waling , whining type noise > THERE IS NO LEGO STORE AT ONTARIO PLACE THIS YEAR !!! AAAAAHHHHH !!!! </Horrible waling , whining type noise > <whine> Brad , why not ? </whine> <beg> Please bring it back. </beg> "Bradley Dale" (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
| | | | | Re: LEGO.new is coming
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| (...) messages, (...) they've (...) Shipping (...) off (...) at (...) want (...) I'm not very competent on the matter, but I suppose that if Amazon can Lego could as well (Amzon just to mention one among thousands of English-only websites that sell (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I assumed those left out were due to exsiting distribution agreements in those countries. Scott A :-) (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Is it legal to sell to an Italian resident if you're not speaking Italian at the time? I dunno. But maybe that's what is holding them back, they don't want to lay on Italian speakers (and spanish, portugese, french greek, etc.) Just an idea, I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) wonder (...) I'm sure they've nothing against us, but still don't see the point. Shipping from any EU country to any other EU country requires no special care. There're no more customs, no custom forms, fees are unified... I really don't see (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project)
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| (...) I believe their use of the software is cumbersome and limited, because even though they have state of the art CAD systems, they still print out LARGE sheets of brick graph paper (~6' wide plotter) with images on them and trace the studs. Plus, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) Well, Entirely possible, but not necessarily... I know of many Industrial Designers & Architects who use very state-of-the-art CAD/CAID software at work, but use very cheap & limited software at home for their personal creativity... Why? (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) I think there's enough out there right now that you should be able to do some simple customizations and achieve what you want. Amongst the many sites you could check out would be these two if you wanted to see "eviler" lego: (URL) to the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Some TLC folks use LDraw, MLCad (Was: The Artemis Project)
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| (...) Well, its clear that the LCAD advancements are the BEST we've seen of any 3D Lego design program, with the exception of the illusive TLC instructions program (which, from what I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if it was VERY limited). So, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) Wow. Somebody pinch me. This is about as close to unofficial endorsement as you can get! Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| (...) ...Or at most plain smileys and 'plain frownies'... Good guys smile, bad guys and girls frown. Much nicer than all these pesky weird heads we have out there now :-/ -- ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| James & All, (...) live (...) Of course the world is not perfect. However, LEGO sets are geared for kids, and they do not to be bombarded with conflicts from all walks of life instantly. A little friendly conflict, as depicted in various LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) live (...) Indeed. I don't mind some character designs for certain minifigs, but this bumper crop of mutants we have now are just getting silly. The bus for the Soccer sets are a good example. Why oh why did we need more Timmy heads, and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I disagree completely. I'd like nothing better than for LEGO to return to making only plain smileys. Steve (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Juniorization
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| (...) They are seriously misinformed if they believe that. Everything I've heard, from parents, kids, numerous toy store employees at various stores have said that parents and kids unanimously *hate* juniorized sets. Sure they buy them anyway (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I'm not much for villans, besides opposing Space subthemes, etc. *evil* characters just don't do it for me. (...) We're not being realistic, we're playing with Lego. (...) Violence is not what TLC is about. The only reason in my mind we see (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Formal Letter to TLC?
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| (...) Well, here's semi-news which I wasn't too public about beforehand. Yesterday I got a tour of TLC's Special Events Dept. (aka the Model Shop) in Enfield. Robin Smith from their legal dept. met me there, and we discussed many things about TLC (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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