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(...) On the other hand, the three times I've been there, I've come away with plenty of stuff. The scratch and dent table can be one of the best deals (also, if you're polite and ask nicely, they might go look in back and see if they have a (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Actually the handling of Magic in the early days carries a few messages that I think Lego might do well to study carefully. The problem with Antiquities was an over-abundance of common cards and poor planning of how they would be inserted into (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I always viewed outlet stores as places where one expected something of a "bargain" on odd stock, older stock, etc. I realize that a whole "outlet" industry" has grown up to feed these huge "outlet malls" - I rather doubt that most of what shows up (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) :] :] :] KDJ (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego! Thanks for making the 2x2x2 white Classic Windows (Item#:3446) available at Shop@Home! I really hope it's a commercial hit. I will buy lots of them later on. But I also wish that they could be available in red and that the other sizes (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Bah, believe me, *every* booster has a rare, and one in three is a holo. With a lot of time, money, and diligence I was able to complete three sets of Pokemon cards. For this reason I know how it is to open 5 boosters in a row to get (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Also sets like this: (URL) most of all: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'd dearly love it if they would use 1651 as the basis. 6-wide, using the 1x6x5 window (usually seen in space sets with trans yellow glass) with shutters for the doors (of course it would also be nice for them to also use these windows with (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hear, hear! (yeah, I wish they would come out with new roadplates with roads slightly wider than 8 studs (since vehicles are not supposed to be as wide as the lane).. maybe 2 lanes of 8 with 1 stud either side of each lane for stripes (so 19 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.town)
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(...) ...Related to Magic though was the big disaster they had with Antiquities (at least I think it was Antiquities), where the distribution of cards was not random. Apparently someone at the card plant screwed up and the sorting didn't work out (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) 8-wide containers are even more impressive[1]! :) However, then you have to come out with new roadplates that can handle large trucks... Please FUT .town (or lugnet.8wide-vs-6wid...-vs-J2...) --Bram 1) <plug> (URL) Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.town)
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(...) Er, make that <set:3442> ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip excellent suggestions> Yes, please do. And your yellow <set:2148> and red/black <set:3443> tractors are a good starting point, too! (check the ratings, we LOVE those sets, all 80's 90's and 100's) Just redesign the frame to allow a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) how the quality of the Lego brick is way down. Anyone that has old Lego can put it sid by side with the new ones and can see that there are huge differences in the quality. Here are a few: 1. The old Lego were much brighter and had a better (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Dear Lego, Please look at producing a series of minifig scale semi-tractor/trailer trucks (in the USA these are commonly referred to as 18-wheelers). Make them is various color shades. The colors could represent (or be promotional to) the various (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ok, what is up with the S@H site? I can't get past the gateway.asp page at all anymore on any of my browsers sans Netscape 6 and many of us know what a burden on our system that beast is. Navigator 4.08 (latest version of the standalone browser) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I believe it's true for Magic. I would not be too surprised if it wasn't true for Pokemon, though. But I suspect it's against the law in at least the US, as it would be false advertising to claim something is available if it is not ever (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Oh, whoa, hang on a sec. I'm not disputing your claim that all the wheels weren't produced- I wouldn't know, I didn't try to collect them. It's entirely possible. On the other hand, when someone complains that they got many of the more common (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.technic.roboriders)
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(...) Eric, I also love collecting all these things. I enjoyed when I saw LEGO coming out with disks, then wheels and now masks. I spent a *lot* of money on the disks, then I had them complete one day. A little later, even more special disks came (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.technic.roboriders)
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(...) I used to collect Magic cards (and play the game). I can assure you that you *can* collect a full set of these cards. It just requires patience, and a lot of money and/or hard trading. There's nothing uneducated about it. If you enjoy it, you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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