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John, Why not use the current LEGO offerings and make you're own race layout? Such as we've done with the Rail Racers(tm) ((URL) you could build the train track to look like a road and build the trains to look like NASCARs if you wanted. jt ps. I (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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You mean like "Scalextric with studs"! What a great idea! Maybe TLC should forge a link with Scalextric instead of all these odd movie companies! .... waiting and hoping .... hanging on in quiet desperation ..... JB (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You forgot that the train/town folks would use the track sets as animated roads for their layouts...likely finding a way to control the system with RCXs or their speed controllers, to have cars and trucks moving around. Sounds neat, though. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, Since TLC is dead set on selling racers as sets, why not give us something to race them on? Make a slot track along the lines of tyco etc. except lego compatible. Give the cars chassis's with motors, like regular slot cars, but also the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Ben Roller" <lugnews@rollerfamily.net> wrote in message news:GrH7ot.Kx9@lugnet.com... (...) Hey Ben - I could not agree more with the things you say here. This is sad. I guess this is what you can expect from a former Nike executive. Next up, LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dear Lego, Please fire this guy and hire someone who realizes that these kinds of products (Bionicle, Racers, Galidor, even the Throwbots) are the wrong direction for your company. You make great contruction toys and the best bricks around but (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Benjamin -- I agree -- the hard plastic integrated tire/axlehole things do not represent Lego's finest hour. They're just cheesy, the kind of thing you'd expect to find on some $.99 Rite Aid toy. Aesthetics aside, I haven't yet found a surface where (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I guess that is the most scientific way... and what might have prompted Lego to start putting out the legends, to get some of the market of "rare" but awesome and highly demanded sets. (...) good point....but there is two points to look at (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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A scientific method would be to take the original RRP and apply the inflation factor of the years since release and then divide that into the current average ebay prices for that set. If you believe in the supply-and-demand equation, the sets that (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) XFUT lego.direct as I believe it may be more appropriate (and it's where you may get an official response... hopefully you're more than just *wishing* the catalog were fixed :-) ) ++Lar (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) What? No pirate sets?!? And only one space? *Everyone* knows that the priorities TLC should have are - 1 - 6285 Black Seas Barracuda 2 - 497 Galaxy Explorer 3 - Every other Pirate set 4 - Every other space set (made before '93) **List (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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hey steve, thanks for your efforts on the inventory.... (...) useless parts if you ask me... I was very upset that this set came with these... it brings juniorization to a whole new low!! loved the red tires, and wished it came with a set of large (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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I am puzzled about the lack of legends as of late.... sure I am happy about the blacksmith shop being made into a set and widely available, but somewhat displeased about the new sets put out in general small AND pricey.... enough commentary on (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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On 13 Sept 2001, I noted that the Fall 2001 Shop At Home catalog contained an error concerning the image of set 7000. The same error persists in the January 2002 Shop At Home catalog (bottom of page 27). Please fix the erroneous image of set 7000. (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I would tend to agree. I've been expecting add-on packs akin to Mindstorms, and so far, all we've seen is the inclusion of new licensed product into the line. My thought is that Studios started as a great idea, but was bastardized into a (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) not to sound critical....but what about your ingenuity.... I think TLC expects (us,) the adult enthusiasts (or enthusiasts in general) to come up with something better... you are right about the extra "useless" items... and getting into the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I've had Lego Studios for a while now and have been patiently waiting for TLG to release some sets that would actually help me to make my own movies, instead of sets that let me film a movie about dinosaurs. Where are the working lights, camera (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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My apologies if this has been posted before. I'm not much of a Bionicle fan, but every now and then I check them out when I'm looking at other LEGO. I've bought a few different Bionicle sets and several mask packs for my younger brother (who loves (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Mike Poirier" <mike.poirier@attbi.com> wrote in message news:... (...) Actually to finish this thought on a "snow" idea... how about a white baseplate for some winter scenes. And I think this would come in particularly handy for a nice Battle of (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: How about Light Gray Assorted Roof Bricks???? Lego Direct/Brad
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"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:Gqt1x7.LoC@lugnet.com... (...) How about slope bricks in white? I'm wondering if I can get a snow-on-the-roof effect... (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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