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(...) modifying (...) Hear, hear! The FX-Star Patroller was one of my largest sets as a child; it influenced years of my own spaceship creation. (And just take a look at the parts that went into those lasers on the bow of the ship... around 13 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Brad Justus wrotes: (...) I've been cogitating on this from a technical standpoint and I think I have come up with a general workable solution, all things considered. I agree that if something can be done, it should be done. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmmm... when I worked at a plastic parts plant in Fowlerville, Michigan, we had some new molds come in for the Dodge Neon Battery Box. The molds where around a 2 foot cube (2'x2'x2'). They cost the company around 500,000 each, and we had two (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yes, TLG does imbed worn out molds in buildings. No, the molds are not hard to make. It is the pattern making that is hard to do (the first mold) I would imagine that the LEGO molds have been done on CAM for quite some time...since the best (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think it's fair to say that LEGO's plans with regards to juniorized sets are world-wide. If LEGO wanted to offer juniorized sets for one market, and nonjuniorized sets for another, they would, just as they have released Europe-only and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Me and my big mouth! For the record...I AM NOT AGAINST REISSUING OLDER SETS OR SIMPLY MAKING OLDER PARTS AVAILABLE TO ORDER!!! I'm simply pointing out that there's more involved in this than many people seem to think. My major point is that, from my (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I just want to thank 2 people here. One is Brad for trying to clear this all up as quickly as possible. I find it sad that some would want to disrupt something that we have all been hopeing for for a long time. I too thought that Brads appearance (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Fantasy sets! (was Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog)
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(...) So do we want AIVAS playsets, and "Three Sisters of Dawn" spaceship sets, Hatching playsets, Weyr sets to huge scale, etc? I knew you could shout "yes" very loudly. Jasper (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, it depends. One, if they update their machines. Most molds can be run on different machines, it is just a matter of setting up the machine for the specific mold (core temperature, shot size, etc.) I know somebody posted they put all (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) I have a few comments on this theme as a mother of a 3 3/4 year old that likes to play with LEGO. The town jr. sets are easier for him to put together but they are very unstable when compared to the older sets (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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James J. wrote in message ... <snip> (...) Europe. (...) our (...) European (...) WHOOW! We Europeans tend to say that about US kids (juniorization to make the US market), but only jokingly so... Eric (Hoping this will not trigger an endless (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) trouble is I dont think people are thinking demand and supply. The reason people are willing to pay so much, is because they are not available. If they were freely available, then they would not be in so much demand. Evidence is that when they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear LEGO, I would like to build a 6' foot tall model of the Empire State Building with LEGO bricks. Thank you for being the greatest toy of the century! John Matthews P.S. I am an architect, so I'm partial to the following colors: white, black, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in article <FMpE99.Jos@lugnet.com>... (...) But correct me if I'm wrong... If LEGO not longer holds patents on the old parts, then that means that no one else does either. And yet.... We don't see Megablocks (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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More of my two cents.... I think this makes about 4 1/2 cents so far: (...) time (...) So long as this were the Rock Raiders sets.... then things would improve in two ways. Regards, Allan (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Here's my two cents on the whole thing: (...) Why not simply substitute for newer parts. Great thing about LEGO is that it's entirely modular. (sarcastic remark, I apologize in advance.) Put another way.... if need be they could easily redesign a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego... I only have a small number of wants: 1) More train cars: Such as twin tankers, blue hoppers, etc. 2) A new train crossing 3) A new airport: something like Century Skyway would be nice; could call it Millenium Skyway heh. 4) Revive the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Fantasy sets! (was Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog)
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And to reply to myself (losing it...)... Let's bring up the OTHER Fantasy stuff discussed before. Dragons - gimme a break. The current ones are TOO SMALL. Bring out dragon SETS - bricks/slopes/plates/tiles to build a *DRAGON* - i.e. 100ft scale (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think you're allowed to use a magic bridle though. (You have to ask Athena nicely.) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) ...and this would give rise to a new piece - 1x1 round TILE, to cover it, as they could switch to ONE mold for horses ;-) And they could make a grey war spike for horses, along with the horn. (...) SADDLE? On a PEGASUS?!?! How DARE you! ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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