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(...) Are you referring to this post? (URL) need to cough about it -- it had some good ideas. (...) In a bee hive there are only two castes, queens and workers (drones don't really do anything except make sperm for the queen). Like the Martian (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I considered the caste idea, but as there are only two types of Martians, w/ ears or w/out ears, I doubt that is the case. *cough*please-see-my...an*cough*. That dealt somewhat with the issue. I believe there are Guards, Pilots, Scientists, (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) One informative reply and one reply that I am still disturbed by. Anyone else notice ears on their Martians? (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I only have one Martian, Altair. He has the little ear bumps on him. (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Not only that, Its getting v. difficult to get Lego in the UK now. Big stores only stock a few lines. Why do the Americans get privaliged sets. Does it cost to much to release the same set in the US and Europe. why do I have to import (castle) sets (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi, Yes I agree. However think on this. Last week my wife and I held a dinner party with 12 adults none of them AFOLs. After the meal we gave them a Bionicle each to make. The sense of enjoyment, wonder and achievement and sheer fun in making these (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) How about ShadowTron? Shadow Force? Stealth Force? Peter (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I've just spent a little time checking the history of Model Team (what else would you do at 1am?). Looking at the bare facts on a piece of paper a few things were very striking: Model Team has produced 14 sets(I don't count the ferrari as it's (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam)
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Lego should remember that to get today's parents to buy their children lego, they need to make the sets as interesting and as high quality as the one's the parents received when they we're children. Steve Lane (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Lou Zucaro writes: ... (...) ... Or, building a large set like the grey castles, and wondering why a certain piece was used in a certain spot. Then, 17 steps later, seeing why that exact piece had to be in that exact spot and (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I've read your posts about collecting the masks, and I can tell that they don't have the same tone to them. I enjoy seeing the pictures of all the masks laid out and sorted... it brings back memories. :D (...) That is kind of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree with all this, but I need more light and dark grey, so maybe they could intro something new. But please don't call it Greytron!?! The newer colors should be represented as well, like Life On Mars, but with so many specialized parts it (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Bionicle (...) secondary (...) Just in case there was any doubt, I fully intend to add a Bionicle Mask trading page to my website, which already has the same thing for Throwbot/Slizer discs and Roborider Wheels. I'll probably get the Bionicle (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Heck yes!!! But more like Blacktron I than Blacktron II. I had been building with Lego since 1979 when I was 5, but it was when Blacktron came out that I was really hooked, and Lego turned from a hobby into an obsession. I never really had a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dave- I love that last comment you made about Blacktron III, that would be awesome if LEGO would come out with a sequel to the previous Blacktron themes. There were by far the best looking and meanest Space themes Lego has come out with. Wish (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi Eric, excellent reply! I couldn't have said that better! The guys that complain about the "collectible system" itself won't buy the masks anyway (and nobody asks them to do so). I don't complain about that thing, I knew about that before having (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Collectability. It's the same reason that Baseball cards, Magic cards, Pokemon cards, Pogs, etc are packed so you can't tell which ones you're getting. Say, for example, that the Red Oni mask (I don't know any real Bionicle names, sorry) is (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What is the real purpose behind SO many different Town minifigs? (...) Why not make up your own game? (e.g. Brickwars) (...) Now *that's* a real question. (...) Maybe it's a fair representation of population in the Bionicle theme.[1] As far as (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Have a chat with Quentin Wilson. He got things moving for the UK car-prices rip-off. Organise LEGO shopping trips to the continent (or Ireland, slightly cheaper than Holland, which is similar to Germany. Don't know about other countries). ;-) Duq (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Old good, new bad. The rest is blah-blahs. I agree with all of it, of course. Aside: They'll never bring back the old expensive box styles. One reason 90-piece System sets are still ten bucks (the same price as in the 70s and 80s....Lego deserves (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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