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  1999 at the LIC in Orlando
 
Richard LaCalamito <docrich@gte.net> passed this info along... --Todd ===...=== The sets below were available as of 11:00 am this morning at the LIC in Orlando. 5936 Spider's Secret 126 pcs $13.49 This set has Aztec minifig painted elements similar (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: advent calendar greed?
 
Op een zekere dag, te weten Thu, 3 Dec 1998 02:05:16 GMT, klom Nicole Dente <nicole@heron.mv.com> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons: (...) They are really nice. I bought two of them, one for a co-worker (I almost have him Lego-addicted yet). But (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets
 
Jasper Janssen wrote in message <3669afd7.90148790@l...et.com>... (...) I don't think I've ever seen Lego with a translation error before, at least not that bad. Maybe someone thought it was a new slang word. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Met a LEGO rep...
 
(...) Hey, there are some young 'uns here (I'm 16) (...) Especially since my annual income is (far) below $1000 :( --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Scout trooper faces--what I think is under the helmet
 
Page 9 of the catalog shows Darth stage-diving onto some scout troopers or something--but one of the trooper helmets isn't on quite right. It looks like the "visor" is actually printed on the minifig head. But will they have smiles? Hmmmm... Derek (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Met a LEGO rep...
 
(...) Well, I'm emerginf from a mini-Dark Ages, so the number is a bit skewed but I made it over 1% just in auctions, and I think with the stuff I've bought for my niece & nephews (and me) new, the total probably is close to 2%. Regards, BOB!! (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Minifig trip to Carlsbad?
 
(...) I don't have them yet. Another person also offered me some of their old Lego, but still haven't received those either. I am thinking maybe they were just humouring me. Fingers crossed, though! ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Met a LEGO rep...
 
(...) what (...) I think that age might be closer to 30..... Another common factor is the fact that many people here buy for themselves, and for their children. The other, probably more interesting factor is that many people here could probably (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets
 
(...) Judging from the french and Spanish, they want to say - It's so magical, or something along those lines. Jasper (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets
 
(...) Wizard? Huh? What? Last I knew that was a NOUN. And it didn't mean anything that makes sense in that sentence. (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  New 1999 catalog images.
 
front page - on the front of the X-wing, there's a part that hinges up. Anyone think they know what that's for? page 2 - Vader,Luke, Leia, Han mini-figs in the Sw logo, at least, even if they don't turn up in sets. Personally I think We'll see (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Roof Bricks!! (Was Re: Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets)
 
(...) EXCELLENT! Just looking at the cover it is plain to see we are getting at least 2 grey inside corner medium slope bricks! Not to mention some 2x2 and 2x4 grey slopes. As if that weren't enough, the snow speeder appears to have 2 grey OUTSIDE (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bug in pause..?
 
(...) No problem. Bugs happen. I am just naturally a very, _very_ curious person, and when that happened, well, I got very curious as to what was causing it. And I figured I'd let you know in case you didn't know yet. You could, of course, just (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Bug in pause..?
 
(...) Any word that ends in 'er' is currently gacking it -- so if you search for "Galaxy Explorer" or "Pooper Scooper" it'll gack too. It's a bug in some low-level DB stuff that's going away soon. (I suspect a buffer is overflowing somewhere because (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets
 
[Crossposted to lugnet.announce & lugnet.general; followups set to lugnet.general] Richard LaCalamito <docrich@gte.net> of Florida is producing 150 dpi JPEG scans of the new 1999 catalog, which is out now at the LEGO Imagination Center in Orlando, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
 
  Bug in pause..?
 
Hi. (URL) me an internal server error.... Weird doesn't begin to describe it :) Jasper (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Technic Half-beam
 
Hi: (...) The purpose of putting all of the images into a large graphic had two reasons First, to have the element labels directly associated with the element and have similar elements grouped for easy comparison. I liked the idea of having no call (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: 3 more 1999 catalog pix...
 
(...) The Cherry Picker Truck set number 4541 is part of the Trains theme. It has both rail and road wheels. Grahame Reid (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Technic 1999
 
I live pretty close to the Lego Imagination Center at WDW so I went down this morning to pick up a set and get the new catalog. The scans currently posted to LUGNET are a little blurry so here are my descriptions: Tech Play: 8252 - Blue and white (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Top Ten Bumper Stickers I'd Like to See
 
(...) Getting there. :) Except for the burn I've been down all those roads as well. :/ (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)


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