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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn855j5l.1bu.....bu.edu... (...) Hmm, I wonder if the mispelled word was supposed to be "fanciest" or "fascist"? ;) (...) building (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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"DaveG" <peagreen@intergate.ca> wrote: <MASSIVE CHOP WITH LARGE CLEAVER> (...) ...An excellent parallel I can note here is Games Workshop and their Outriders groups. GW actively supports these groups to basically go places and champion and talk up (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) issue. If TLG were to go to the expense of reissuing sets they'd have to: 1) begin production of parts that haven't been available for some time 2) print instructions and boxes 3) sort the parts into poly-bags and the poly-bags into sets 4) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) For the architectural stuff, we would need a second TLC motto: 'build well' :) (...) TLCs motto (IIRC) is 'play well', not 'build well'. A large portion of the existing sets have to do with battles or adventure (Castle, Pirate, Star Wars, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The Pyramids at Giza are some of the most fascinating relics in human history, IMHO. James, have you ever read any of Graham Hancock's books? (URL) If you are a Pyramid fan, you will be *completely* absorbed in his works and ideas. For (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Point 1, he uses IE on Windows NT (if we can believe the first message, at least). So no remote breaking in. Which leaves physical access - which is IMHO rather unlikely. (...) Break into a high-security FreeBSD box? Highly unlikely, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego: Regarding the Adventurer Series Egypt tile maps, a small nit that I, as a geographer, feel compelled to make: The Pyramids of Cheops are on the west side of the Nile, not the east. This may seem trivial, however, the Pyramids were built (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Why would they want to prevent it? Complete sets would almost certainly be cheaper than purchasing the parts directly, so there's not really an issue. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Actully, I think your last sentence captures the issue more than the first point. The problem with Paradisa isn't that it was marketed for girls. The problem is that it was a weird pink and has strange architectural stuff going on. I think (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) [Snip] Now that I have had a day or so to mull over what I would like to say here it is... Open Letter to Brad, TLC and the LEGO Direct Staff Many of the posts and letters from AFOLs and others that you will see have requests for solutions to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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