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(...) That's actually what was said. :-) Nice try though. (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) One would rather this 'penchant for accuracy' led you to transcribe what was said at the time... Hey! What? He started it! :) Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Thanks from JAPAN (Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis)
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Hi, Larry ! Thank you for a great efforts. I enjoyed all your quick_keytyping news, and translated some of them for community of Japanese LEGO fan-site. (Though we couldn't join there this time B-) ) Especially, the Surprise !!! Wow,wow,and wow!!! (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Please remember I (a train aficionado with a penchant for accuracy) was transcribing this. To me it's their "ATSF model" as it is wearing ATSF (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the corporate name of the Santa Fe predecessor component of BNSF) (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I have one in my hand as I type this. It's glued up... so you can't disassemble it to be 100% sure, but it uses 28 stud train bases. There are 2 2x6s stacked (or a 2x6 and 2 1x6s, it varies from car to car and end to end) in dark grey at each (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) By day, a mild mannered reporter Larry P. It's a brick! It's a Train! No it's LEGO Freak-natic!!! Thank you for the excellent delivery of the news by wire. You are truly faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a LEGO Locomotive. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) They are no longer able to manufacturer them. LEGO found some old molds and produced all of the cypress trees that they were capable of producing (i.e. "We used all the shots in the molds"). Molds have a finite life. There were never any plans (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis (Thanks Larry)
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(...) I too would like to extend my personal thanks as well! I really value your dedication to get the Q & A session to the community! Appreciatively, --==RïçhårÐ==-- (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Looking at dsc01309.jpg in that gallery I see 2 plates on the end, most likely 2*6's. 2 of those on both sides would make it 32*6 with the right height. Jan-Albert van Ree (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Interesting point here. I would have always assumed that BrickLink was a cottage industry sufficiently small to be below LD's radar screen. Apparently not. eBay I can understand, seeing as how it has household name recognition, but BrickLink (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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