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Luckily, I only have 3 other people in the office, so finding out who did something is pretty easy. Letsee ... I have the 8440 car and 8480 space shuttle, and 5591 as well. I like the larger sets at work, more of a talking piece. When I get my 8880, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Try this: for the last couple days, the high has been around 80F. Really pissing me off because I love the cold!! Sigh... We better get a coupl of inches of snow this winter, unlike last year. Jeff (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Isn't that book cool? My kids sat right down in the aisle at Meijer's, to look through it. But the price is not particularly cool. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahhh. I didn't know what to look for. Comes from never having seen a firing cannon. If anyone else is as confused as I was, look in the muzzle of the cannons. You'll see a light-colored dot. That's the centre-pin which holds the 1x1 cylinders (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Note that the pictures under the Scandinavia section show models very much inspired from Bergen in Western Norway. There's the harbour area, which is inspired from the 14th century German harbour buildings in Bergen, which are very famous. The (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The fan inserts are probably just the white dish from 1998 Cyber Slam sets, only in black, with fan stickers on. That's what I think they look like, anyway. Fredrik (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Didn't they film some of the scenes in the U.K. Maybe 'wizard' was an after thought. Alan (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It snowed in Vegas on Sunday. First time in 30 or so odd years. Alan (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Linc Smith wrote in message ... (...) Unfortunately I don't have the tools and the time right now to make a similar presentation for the other LEGOLAND sections (such as Netherlands and Germany). Also I didn't think of such a presentations when I (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is pretty obvious that the X-Wing wings move - it would be pretty pathetic if they didn't. But I doubt the snowspeeders wings move. They do appear to be attached via hinges, but I bet that they're attached in such a way as to be fixed at an (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin Loch has graciously agreed to host the JPEG files for the 1999 catalog. Image links at (URL) been updated to point to the new directories on Kevin's server www.kl.net, so this should be a mostly-transparent changepoint. The JPEGs do still (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Some of you may recall the news last year that an artist made a faux LEGO set of a concentration camp. I cannot recall that I ever saw a picture of it back then, but there is a nice looking (well, considering the subject matter, really sort of (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Franks wrote in message (...) I agree, the work you put into the airport section really shows... well worth a look. I sort of stumbled on to the zoom function. Really neat stuff. LINC (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Still more discussion is needed, I think. Crossposting is the sticky issue. Let me summarize what I believe to be the crux of the matter -- and I apologize in advance that this will be mostly stream-of-consciousness... If rec.toys.lego were (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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We have had thefts here, but never any of my Lego. If someone were to take any, there would be no crying on MY part. Maybe the relatives of the thief at the funeral.... I DID have some co-workers take one tiny creation from my cube once and set it (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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One thing I noticed about 8269 - TEAL RIMS!!!! YES!!!! Unfortunately only 2, so I'm going to have to buy 2 sets just to build one car, but the fan inserts in them will make a cool "hubcap" for the rims. And 8251 has the same rims in yellow. Well, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Roof Bricks!! (Was Re: Clearer catalog images of new 1999 sets)
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Now WHY did I know that Rob would chime in, and zero in ONLY on the slopes? ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wish we could get that here. It's 6:15pm and 60.3F outside right now. Pretty crappy December, if you ask me. I don't know the last time I sweated on my birthday, but it looks like I'll be doing it this year. :/ (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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WOW! Great models as you'd expect! But it has been put together superbly as well! Go to the airport section to see how all Lego dioramas should be presented. You start off with a rather disappointing shot that shows the entire thing in no detail. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Felix Greco skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Just to give some perspective: We have just had ~40 cm of snow (in 48 hours), and temperature is about -6 centigrade. Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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