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(...) dude, your so banished to (URL) .duplo> for saying that. Try to be a little more friendly around here. (URL) e (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | The Blue Menace
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Hi guys, I've just been lurking for a while, and my dad and I finally took pics of my first BrikWars army. Well here it is. (URL) He Hee>> (go ahead and click me, punk!) ... He was a quick doodle (URL) My spider mecha. >> I made my mecha from half a (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.gaming.brikwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | High Good Duplo clone found in Sweden.
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FUT: lugnet.loc.se,lugnet...one-brands Hi all! I found this clone "High Good" in a local store called "Dollar Store". It costs SEK 30 or aprox. $4US. Did not bother bying one. Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (21 years ago, 2-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.duplo)
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| | 2004 American International Toy Fair Pictures on FBTB
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For those who aren't aware, FBTB is covering the Toy Fair in New York and pictures of new 2004 sets are starting to appear there. So far there are Duplo, Quatro, Dora, Creator, Designer (mecha!), and Technic pictures on there. I'm expecting Star (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.harrypotter) !
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| | Re: Duplo-name confirmed to be reborne
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(...) I thought the use of those prefixes goes waaayyy back to earlier times...like maybe latin? The main source of most of the romance languages? DU --- double/two QUAT - Four primo--perhaps coming from "prime" meaning "first"?? (or some (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Shya. Not lately. --D (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Yes. (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) maybe some guy at TLG are portuguese. DUPLO means "double" QUATRO means "four (4)" but PRIMO means "cousin" :) i think PRIMO means "first" in italian LBaixinho (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Hm...wonder if a 2 x 2 round brick will fit inside a Quattro stud? would be interesting if the quattro studs lined up with the tops of the creator buckets as well... Scott (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) I think LEGO QUATRO is a great idea! Smaller than PRIMO, yet bigger than DUPLO. And hopefully much more compatible with SYSTEM than PRIMO is. From the pictures, it looks like this is 4x the scale of LEGO SYSTEM (hence the "quat-") and 2x the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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Hi, have a look at the 'Duplo again' press release. There are pictures of new sets - they contain photos of new fig forms. 1) Different legs 2) Hands with 'fingers' 3) Manga-ish eyes 4) Maybe also possibility of larger degree of freedom of hands and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Hmm, sounds a lot like what PRIMO used to be....? Oh well, as soon as my wife and I have a little toddler, we'll be buying whatever toddler bricks LEGO will put on the market :-) /\/\ark "nop, nuffin' yet" de Kock (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) From another press release, about the second Mars lander landing on Mars: "Sandy Moondust is the second LEGO Minifigure on Mars. She and Biff will write a dairy during the journey to Mars, and in this way the exploration of space could be more (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) Good grief. And the dumb just keeps on dumbering. --D (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Duplo-name confirmed to be reborne
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From Lego: (URL) Company is positive about its pre-school business with plans to introduce twelve new DUPLO products this year and the launch of the new QUATRO brick. The new QUATRO brick is eight times larger than a traditional DUPLO brick and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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TLC has confirmed, that the name DUPLO is to be re-launched for pre-school bricks. The change from DUPLO to Lego Explore has costed the company about a billion Danish Kroner. The article (in Danish!): (URL) Copenhagen (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo) !!
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| | Duplo Zooters
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I was just at a local Bartell Drugs and came across Duplo Zooters for the first time. Goofy little sets, but my 2 year-old and my 6 year-old are having a lot of fun with them. They only had the green Goozle 3263 and the red Tez 3264, for $9.99 each. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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I'd heard that the change of name from Duplo had been received very badly in Lego's traditional markets of Germany and Denmark. It's a poor show though for any modern company that there's so much inertia (read: spent money) in a re-branding that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | DUPLO fig database
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Hi, I found this excellent database, made by Hanne Wiener: (URL) for info.....! Arne, Copenhagen (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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I can't tell you how many people I have helped in the Lego aisle this past year. People looking for Duplo size Lego were confused. These people were buying products for children that were not their own. (Individuals not familiar with the product (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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