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The cord that connects the Trains speed regulator to the wall outlet is made in China for the LEGO Group. (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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Greg Perry wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] I noticed that many of the Belville and Scala cloth items were made in China. (Send me email if you need me to check a 5890 to see if those earliest Belville sleeping bags fall into this category.) /Eric McC/ (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I experienced two LEGO "firsts" a couple of weeks ago - I visited the local Zany Brainy store for the first time to check out their LEGO selection and while there I discovered the first sets that I had seen stamped with the words I cringe at, "MADE (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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| | Re: I can't tolerate this *juniorization* Either
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(...) <clip> (...) I have to agree with Tim. If the Shop@Home prices were more reasonable, more bulk (Sam's Club) prices, then I would spend my money there. Now I wait until sets at the retail stores go on deep discount to buy Lego. 50%-75% off (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: ??? New Theme Proposal ???
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(...) I was not aware of this, and I must say that I'm VERY greatful for the link (sincerely... thank you Mike). This will come in very handy, but I can still see the possibilities for larger sheets (sizes that most home printers are not capable of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: I can't tolerate this *juniorization* Either
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"Jonathan B. McKay" <vebblejm@aol.com> wrote in message news:GJ4Ito.DnJ@lugnet.com... (...) Yup. My one gripe about LEGO Direct is the bulk brick prices. With the 1200 pc retailing for 20.00 originally, 1.6 cents/piece was a STEAL. It helped out a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Sean Harrington" <harrington@macgenius.com> wrote in message news:GJ5Dyy.50L@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ...] (...) LEGO (...) packs (...) model (...) [ ... snipped ...] The LEGO graph paper has been available on the LEGO web site for quite (...) (23 years ago, 5-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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| | Bionicle: Juniorized?
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(...) Yes, I have made some great original creations by combining multiple Bionicle sets. It's fun and there are many possibilities. Have _you_ tried building something with Bionicle? (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Agreed. With the four sculptures that are out there, I think that this is a concept who's time has come. But I think the current sculptures are WAY overpriced, i.e. the 3724 Dragon is the closest in part count, and they have it priced at an (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) My name is Jonathan Mckay, I am also 13, with many of the same gripes. (...) Bulk=3033 1200 piece brick bucket. When you buy these wholesale from lego they are 12.99 for 1 brick bucket. That's roughly 1 cent per brick. Buying the same bricks (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) No. But they were far more tolerant then the subsequent christian kingdoms, they even allowed other monotheist (spelling?) religions to exist in their own land. And it is not one-sided historical revisionism, it is commonly accepted in (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | DUPLO® Battery-driven trains
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It would be nice if LEGO® were to produce their DUPLO® battery-powered trains to include a switch on the engine that turns off the two-minute timer, therefore the train could run indefinitely (until you turn it off, of course) Anyone share this (...) (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Military Lego Sets
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(...) My response sits at: (URL) Keep followups there. LFB (23 years ago, 3-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Um did you forget the Arabs came to the Iberian peninsula via war and rape? Talk about one-sided historical revisionism. (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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heres my idea evil ogel's brother comes to take over the world and alpha team cannot stop him. Earth has to esemble an army to fight this evil force. So TLC could make military sets based on this they could also releace a couple of new games aimed (...) (23 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I dunno. If a crusaders set were available, I'd consider buying it. There isn't a clear distinction about good-guy/bad-guy in that conflict, both sides had similar reasons ("Jerusalem" should appear in the dictionary below "reason"...). As (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | ??? New Theme Proposal ???
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??? New Theme Proposal ??? `Here’s an idea… (Perhaps an old one.) Instead of always commenting or complaining about what Lego ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ do with regards to its new or upcoming themes, how about we (the AFOL) offer some genuinely New (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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(...) That would be my guess. I believe they want to avoid anything that is classified as "In living memory". They're really pushing the boundaries by producing the Sopwith Camel, but of course that's not available via mass-distribution. And "ILM" (...) (23 years ago, 1-Sep-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Double sided plate
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(...) Which, if they had any sense, they patented! ++Lar (too lazy to go search and see if they did or not) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Military Lego Sets
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Marc Cook writes: (snipped) (...) The Knights and swordsman theme portays the kind of "romantic era" that we are faced with when we hear fairytales. The times of chivalry, you know... The difference is quite obvious, the 20th (...) (23 years ago, 31-Aug-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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