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I just bought my plane ticket to Brickfair in Washington DC. Now, I need to find at least one roommate. The room is about $100/day so it would be nice to be able to share it. I have a room reserved for both Fri & Sat nights, Aug 29-30. Hit me up if (...) (17 years ago, 20-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | Last chance for BrickFair name badge!
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(URL) Last Chance for Name Badge Today, the 18th, is the last day to register for BrickFair and get a LEGO name badge. Tonight we send off our final order to the engravers. After today, registrants get only a paper name badge :( And that's no fun! (17 years ago, 18-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Quality Control
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(...) Actually it is WoodStitches(tm) soon to be WoodStitches(r). It is "Cross-stitching" for men (and women for that matter) who like wood and LEGO. It is bad when cannot even spell your own product--but senior moments are cropping up here with (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Is it "WoodStitches(TM)" or "WoodStiches(TM)"? Hmmmm.... (URL) uses "WoodStitches TM" and "Woodstitches TM" - and even a "WoodStitches®"! Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) My WoodStiches(TM) have been duly blessed as pure by the high priest of LEGO purism--philospher extraordinaire, Prof. Roy Cook of the University of Minnesota. . After careful analysis and examination of the pertinent documents, he has deemed (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Imagine that piece in new brown...mmm.... Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux FUT .color (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Assuming you weren't a purist 1 like me ;) 2 Tim 1 Well apart from BBB wheels but I'm yet to work out a decent pure LEGO way of making flanged wheels of other radii and am not rich enough to buy the older bigguns. 2 Not that there's anything (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Or you could simply use my real wood veneered "WoodStiches(TM)" instead for an even more realistic look. lol Tommy Armstorng brickengraver.com (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) It's directly affected (URL) one of my MOCs>... for the better. The mixing of old and new brown 1 is a nice effect on its own but with the extra variation on the parts it's even nicer. Tim 1 Not my idea but a fantastic one I recommend (...) (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) mmm, (URL) pitchforks> ... (URL) ... I'm sorry, what was being discussed? (17 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) (URL) When I got the good news that Bjarke will attend BrickFair and will host this seminar, I considered saving the information as a "surprise" at the event, and not announcing it. One reason was that I feared too much foreknowledge would (...) (17 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Brickworld Pick-a-Brick quality
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/pokes head into .events, looks around... A couple weeks ago I sorted out the cardboard box of Pick-a-Brick I purchased from the Northfield Lego store at the special Brickworld event on Friday night. As I was sorting, I found a half-dozen 1x1 (...) (17 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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(...) I think it's kind of cool that BrickFair is offering people the opportunity to actually talk with LEGO about these things. I suspect LEGO's quality control dept will be happy to listen, and the more people that comment, the more weight it will (...) (17 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Great that you and Lego know about it, Just a shame nothing has happened to improve in the last couple of years. I am still getting boxes crushed and sets with damaged parts. But of course, everyone knows about the problem, so I guess we (...) (17 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that they're aware of them. What else do you think a Quality Engineer spends his time doing? (17 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure why you think any LEGO Ambassadors will see questions in a thread which has nothing to do with LEGO Ambassadors but since I've spotted it I'll respond with my LA hat planted firmly on my head. The quality control issue has been (...) (17 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX) !
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(...) Well, I wish I could come. I thought that the Lego Ambassidors were there to bring concerns to Lego. Perhaps I am wrong on this. These problems have been brought up many times in the past. John P (17 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) John, Well, I think that one of the following things should happen: 1) You and/or David come to BrickFair and ask for yourselves... it is always best to ask directly from the party you wish to get information from. It all could get lost in the (...) (17 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | BrickFair Announcements - Bring Trains
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(URL) Hey all! BrickFair is just 2 weeks away. Just in case you didn't think about it, I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm bringing trains to set up. If you are coming to BrickFair, and you want to see trains and a train layout... please (...) (17 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Could someone ask him about mold allignment? I've often heard that the part tolerances are so strict that you can't see the difference with the naked eye, but I own bricks where one wall is twice as thick as the opposite wall. If they're only (...) (17 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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