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Dear LEGO, This question is on my minde all the time, and I do not know if anyone else asked before but: Why is there no Plate 1x5? This could be IMHO so usefull! The same goes for a Brick 1x5 and Tile 1x3. There are probably a dozen or so more (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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Hi, all, I know this might just be a shot in the blue sky, but anyway: Lego is most propably working on a new RCX system. At the Legofan site, there is a discussion about things that should be in a new RCX, and someone mentioned Bluetooth as a (...) (19 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: MegaBloks
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(...) All of this information is correct. Please note than when I posted on this thread in early July we did not know when the sets would be released in North America and I was pestering Jake for more information (which he did not have yet). Check (...) (19 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | When will the Vikings raid the US?
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I've been away on vacation for a couple weeks and a little out of the loop. Does anyone know if/when the Viking line will be available in the US? I searched for info on Lugnet but didn't find much. The Brickfest 2005 keynote speech mentions the line (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Vikings
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Here's the full answer: Erik Olson: Why did Lego wait until 2005 to explore a Scandinavian theme with Vikings? Jørgen Vig Knudstorp: There's several answers to that. One is I think there's some Scandinavian humbleness-- we did not think anybody (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MegaBloks
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(...) Heh. Actually, they had a handout at BrickFest created especially for TRU having Vikings in October. It was a pretty cool ad with some neat graphics. If I was really cool, I'd post pics of it. But I am not cool. I am lame. ;o) Vikings ROOL!! (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: MegaBloks
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(...) I'm not positive about this but I heard the other day that LEGO Viking Sets could be found exclusively at Toy's R Us.... ah here it is Eric Olsen: Q:Why did LEGO wait till 2005 to make vikings? A: scandinamvian humbleness... we did not think (...) (19 years ago, 19-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) Yes I did. As usual Jake was thinking about 10 steps ahead of me and gave me a lot of food for thought. The Steering Committee will be discussing these thoughts and will keeep you posted (this will however be delayed a bit due to my in (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) So, did you talk to Jake and hear anything? I spoke to him briefly about it and told him you would be asking him about it. I think a conversion tool would be extremely beneficial. Although, it sounds like they are updating elements on a (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Factory suggestions
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Jake et al I am very excited about the new factory, especially the train factory I would like to suggest that TLG take a serious look at the moonbase module and castle wall standards. By this I mean that you should consider making some reference to (...) (19 years ago, 18-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) I think I've already commented on that. I've partially reverse-engineered the format, but since the libraries are incompatible (the 'rotation' point of brick in Ldraw formate is somewhere else than the rotation point in LDD library), you'd (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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(...) I'm already on this issue. After last night's (Sat 13th) annoucement regarding LEGO factory, I'm looking to at least pull Jake aside to talk while I'm still hear at Brickfest. -Orion (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | attn Jake/TLC/whoever, about Lego Digital Designer file format/SDK
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When Lego Digital Designer was first announced/released, the community was told that the file format specs or a SDK so that people can read and write the LDD files would be made available. What is the status on this? I am sure that if this was to (...) (19 years ago, 14-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Vikings in North America... Please?
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Dear Lego, I can guess that the Lego Group has probably heard the old rant by now of Adult Fans of Lego and Adult Lego Enthusiasts who would love very much so to partake of the new Viking Lego line here in North America. Yes, we have been told that (...) (19 years ago, 30-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Being critical of LegoLand Günzburg
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(...) Wow, I didn't expect a reply so fast. Thank you, Jake. And... don't worry, we did have fun too otherwise we wouldn't have visited the park so often (queues were not extremely long off season and because of the bad weather, so we had plenty of (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Being critical of LegoLand Günzburg
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(...) Oh boy, sorry you had some many issues with the park, Maarten. That's a bummer. I've routed your notes to the General Manager of the LLD park. I'm not sure what the follow-up will be, but rest assured that your comments are in his inbox. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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| | Being critical of LegoLand Günzburg
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From July 1 until July 11, 2005 we stayed in Germany. With our seasonpasses we paid several visits to LegoLand Günzburg (nine to be exact: we had planned many other excursions in the area but the kids didn’t like to sit in the car for hours every (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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| | Re: Why not smaller & more affordable for all? was Re: LEGO Factory sets
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(...) SNIP (...) I think the grouping together of designs reduced the company's risk of getting left with shelves full of the least popular one. I'm not sure how many of you buy for parts like I do, but if I were just out for sand green bricks and I (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: SKUs (was: Re: Why not smaller & more affordable for all?)
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(...) I, for one, like some TLC's non-brick offerings. This one sticks out in my mind: (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | SKUs (was: Re: Why not smaller & more affordable for all?)
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(...) Just looking at <shop.lego.com>, I find: 13 keychains 4 pens 4 backpacks 15 books 1 watch and 55 'other' - mostly Bionicle shoes, t-shirts, and costumes Even this listing leaves out tons of other items that can be found in a Brand Retail store (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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