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I have pretty much put immediate Lego purchases on hold based on the notion that Lego will be releasing new train items soon. Even with some of the bargains going around right now, I would much rather have new 9v train items than a bunch of $10 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Crossword Puzzle: 003
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Thanks! I can't wait to do it. (And I thought I was getting ready to go to bed :) Thomas (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: new trains
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(...) Chris, what you are referring to is what's known as DCC or Digital Command Control. And given the recent alliance between Microsoft and LEGO, I also think we can expect to see this trend in most upcoming LEGO products. I only hope that they (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.trains)
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| | New Crossword Puzzle: 003
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Hi all, I've made another interactive crossword puzzle here at LUGNET. You'll notice by the clues that it's made with the LEGO enthusiast in mind. It runs in Java and has features for checking your puzzle as you go and for help filling in words that (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: funny Lego auction on ebay
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(...) There was another funny thing I noticed recently! One seller had stated in his description that the auction included all that was in the picture. Well in half of his auctions, he had a dollar bill in the picture to show the scale. I was (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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OK, so we have lots of really strong hints (basically statements) that there is going to be a new/changed line of Lego trains coming out soon. As one of the people who doesn't know what it is, I'm darned near dying of curiosity. So, it ocurred to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: funny Lego auction on ebay
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(...) Heh, I don't think I would have caught that without your 'joke'. :) Perhaps I'm slowing down. Wow, imagine a town set that takes as long as the UCS X-wing to build! What a find! Maybe I'll win the auction and then complain to him that it (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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Take a look at the description for item 542518100. Search "lego 6543". Tell me if you find out whats funny. I think the seller is 'slow'! (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| | GINGER is revealed...!
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To be an at home device which manufactures all the LEGO elements anyone wants, custom made as to color, with manufacture of MODULEX blocks as an added plus. Millionaire Bill Gates, recently partnered with the LEGO companies, is reported to be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: What's with the attack of the Jell-0 Monsters sets?
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in article G71GGD.HyL@lugnet.com, Aaron West at maniac@netwebb.com wrote on 1/12/2001 1:21 AM: (...) Absolutely. I thought I hated Timmy, but my reaction to Timmy was nothing compared to the way I reacted to the Jell-O men... Rob (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: What's with the attack of the Jell-0 Monsters sets?
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(...) Racer, right? Them things need to be sold with fireworks (i.e. cherry bombs) so I can blow 'em sky high. Aaron :o) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| | What's with the attack of the Jell-0 Monsters sets?
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The subject is self-explanatory. If those damn things aren't Jell-O molds, I don't know WHAT they are... What were the people at LEGO design THINKING...? Rob (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: LegoPlinko!
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(...) Ahh, that's cool! Any chance for a .dat file? I'd love to build one of those myself. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Turntables (was: The Royal Train Website)
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(...) last (...) I don't think it counts until you have your first motor/engine and some track. :-) Besides, I swapped those useless train parts into a J-box along the way some time. :-( Chris (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Err, I thought you got your first train set back in June at Brickfest :-) FUT lugnet.fun (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Crossword 002
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(...) slang. (...) I think he's right they're probably not a problem. If it makes you feel any better about it I just worked a Sunday New York Times crossword in the last week (not their current puzzle, but #36 in the Sunday NYT Collection V.22) in (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Ah! Those are great ideas. thanks. It is commonly misspelled (I think), it got by three people. But heck, with such a grid you get two clues per square and the other one is easy. My x-word software has acronym help built in. I'll try that too. The (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Bummer. I hope you saved it! I don't suppose the word is one where the misspelling is a common variant or common mistake? I once saw a puzzle where the clue was of the form "common misspelling of the word that means x", which means to me that (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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I agree. I would like to be producing these once per week. I took up quite a bit of time in building an American-style crossword as 003. Such a grid is much more difficult to fill. Then I wrote up all the clues for it (about 75). Just as I was (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Hi Suzanne! I love the crossword feature, though I think it's time for a new one. I was wondering: When we can expect to see puzzle #003? Especially since it is located in a prominent spot on the LUGNET site, posting a new puzzle about every (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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