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(...) Oh. Hmm. Oops! I guess I was so excited, I just replied without thinking! :-v --Todd (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Top Ten Bumper Stickers I'd Like to See
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(...) I BRAKE ON TIMMY (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Todd -- I'm curious why you didn't crosspost this to .announce, as well. First place I went. I only stumbled across this very hot reference because .robotics was timing out and I was using .general as a "refresh" choice. No biggie, just (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Johnny (the guy at webtv.net who discovered the 1999 stuff at the store tonight) just sent these -- 3 more photos of the '99 catalog -- (URL) (drool!) --Todd (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | 1999 sets: Orlando report
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I just phone ordered from Orlando. S@H doesn't appear to have anything in stock yet, though in their case I had to give them specific numbers for them to check, whereas at Orlando they knew what new stuff had just come in. Orlando LEGO Imagination (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "1999 sets are out" message on RTL
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That cover is so cool!!!!!! We've got tons and tons of disk space and have an area set aside for 1999 catalog stuff, so if anyone wants to upload more scans to: ftp://ftp.lugnet.com/incoming/ go right ahead! --Todd p.s. Are those BURPs we see on (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks legit; it includes a scan of the catalog cover, with a SW theme (Vader TIE chasing an X-Wing... very classic image, plus very classy appearance as the design is very uncluttered). Here's the text of the message itself. Kevin ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would hope that they conduct a focus group for a $1Billion company. If they didn't, they would lose touch to what kids want real quick. (...) Unfortunately, could this be the 'Dumbening Down' of Lego? Hopefully not. Though my interests lie (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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... but it's in binary and I cannot read it. It sits there and mocks me. Perhaps it's the read deal though... I guess we'll have to get the initial rush under control and see what happens. I've e-mailed the author asking to repost it in non-binary (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Hmmm ... I would think that our (small) segment of the market brings in more dollars per person that kids do ... we have jobs. :) Also, I would say that our purchases are larger sets or higher volume on small sets. Also, on the same thought ... I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Im running FreeAgent 1.11/32 and I have 3 news servers configured. Just make new directories under the agent directory and create a shortcut for each server you want to reach. In the properties of these shortcuts, you leave the program (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Hi. Can somebody maybe explain to me what a Technic half-beam is? Thanks, jasper (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would rather do the voting method but it seems like with Email there would be too many ways to get lots of votes in. Not to say I don't trust anyone, but I would like to set this up as fair as possible. (...) I don't see why that would be a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorrry, but physically, this don't hurt. It hurts to feel one very special peice being crushed, but that's different. I'll amend this to: You don't know pain till you've stepped on a microcontroller at night. (and yes, it had lots of sharp (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Top Ten Bumper Stickers I'd Like to See
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(...) Cool. Just thought I'd say that :) Jasper (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) I have the above as a personalised (vanity) plate for my car. I also have ALLANS A local toy shop has LEGO and also LEG0 (zero instead of oh) A bumper sticker I would like is LEGO...WHO NEEDS A LIFE it was on (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In New Zealand, you are allowed personalised plates for your car, the only limit is that of 6 characters. My plates are LEGO 1. These are mine for life (and beyond I guess). There is a small charge to switch them between cars when updating (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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How about: LEGO ON BOARD MINIFIGS ARE ALIVE TOO HONK IF YOU HATE TOWN JR. YOU DON'T KNOW PAIN 'TIL YOU'VE STEPPED ON LEGO AT NIGHT I (Heart Symbol) LEGO I WENT TO LEGOLAND AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY BUMPER STICKER GO LEGO WORLD TEAM! I (Heart (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Top Ten Bumper Stickers I'd Like to See
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(...) LOL!! especially #2!!! --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think a prize would be neccesary to get people to participate. I'd just have to stop procrastinating first. ;) (...) I like the voting idea myself, but you'd need someway to make sure people only vote once (1). What about multiple (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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