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Robert M. Dye wrote in message <3664B9E7.6C9C@writeme.com>... (...) time (...) month. (...) This sounds like a good idea - I only have around 10000-15000 bricks about half technic. So I am interested in the idea of only using a specific set of (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think this sounds like a fun idea, but it would be difficult to have a level playing field. We would have newbies with maybe $50.00 worth of bricks going up against folks with who knows how many. It doesn't seem fair. One way around this (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Todd and group, I need your help. Are my posts showing up on your newsreader or only mine? I have posted numerous times to RTL lately, they show up in my reader but not on dejanews. I posted the following note on 12/8/98 at 10:30pm with no (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) that was possibly the worst pun i've read on lugnet yet! rotfl--i love it. :) --nikky (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Yesterday, when I was at this big department store at the Lego section. I saw a mom and a 7-8 years old boy. He stopped in front a big Ninja set and ask his mother for it. She said: "No, it is expensive and the pieces are scattered around the house (...) (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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They are used for triggers in the set 8257 Cyber Strikers. (URL) Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message 366EFB54.C1D4C937@ne...ape.com... (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) piece (Thanks Jim Hughe's for the pic). Note that it says it was available in yellow in 98. What set?!? I need 2 in yellow to fully finish a project, and I'm to the point that I'll buy the set for these 2 pieces (For Technic, I can afford it, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Thank you and have a merry christmas yourself (...) Jorge Rodriguez rodriguez.136@osu.edu (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Possible. never used either. Going by their history, tho, Lego'll have taken all the best features of K'nex and avoided the mistakes. Jasper ' (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message (...) The humor is there... perhaps for me alone (not unusual). Anyone else grinning? :-] LINC (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yah, like it's... LUGGING AROUND?!?! HA HA HA HA ha ha heh heh erm... *ahem* Sorry, I had to put that in there. We now return to our regularly-scheduled panic. Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you! --Todd (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I would like to wish You all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! My 'Christmas card' can be seen at: (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think you're seeing a net.clog somewhere rather than the server itself. Let me check the load average logs for the past 72 hours... Hmm, nothing unusual. Do you remember what time of the day it was slow for you? There was a small spike of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nah, but they are planning a "Death Star Trench" set. It will consist of 10 copies of the new CRAPP[1], colored in light gray, dark gray, and black. Steve [2] See Adventurers set 5986 (pg 15) and Rock Raiders set 4990 (pg 13). (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) :p (...) OK, 'cog railway' is a term I know. Thanks for straightening me out. Seems like someone has done this in LEGO. Maybe if I followed trains more closely, I'd remember who. (...) Cool. Sounds like a "the yesterday that never was" sort of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Todd, The link for page 29 is incorrect--it points to page 28. Not a big deal, it says right next to the link "nothing new". ;) Steve (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Jasper Janssen: : Znap is K'nex with a Lego stamp. correct me if I'm wrong. It looks better than K'Nex to me ... more fuctional ... / _ _ / _ _ Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes. ()(-(//((-/ ===...=== Jim Baker -- Weather (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Beaker wrote in message ... (...) It was slow yesterday, but it is good today. LINC I hope some gets that besides me ;-) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Todd Lehman: : There were something like ~16,000 hits on the JPEG images, from ~2000 unique : IP addresses... <boggle> / _ _ / _ _ I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all ()(-(//((-/ nervous and give the wrong answers. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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lugnet seems slow today ... is it just me? / _ _ / _ _ If all of the Spice Girl CD's sold to date were laid ()(-(//((-/ end-to-end, it would be much easier for me to run over them with my car. ===...=== Jim Baker -- Weather Weasel Extraordinaire (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, duh. It's a railway with a rack. Seriously. :-) More detail... these are sometimes also called "cog" railways. They are so called because in addition to the two weight bearing rails there is a central rack (linear toothed) that a powered (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I got thinking earlier about the feasability of a lego design contest... The internet ratracing organization has a contest where every few weeks a topic is issued and then later submissions are collected and posted. People then vote upon the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... (...) everything (...) to (...) That's interesting. TLG always adds exactly one extra piece of each 1x1 part (thinking tthey may get lost easily) and appearantly this also holds for each seperate subbag in the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Znap is K'nex with a Lego stamp. correct me if I'm wrong. Throw bots at least include a 40-tooth gear, so we can finally use those. Jasper (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I just finished reading the article, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Does anyone have any other suggested reading selections? I am sure that, as mentioned here quite often, there are other papers written on the architecture of a Lego brick or the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Are you saying you saw the address, say "2360", and saw "LEGO"? :^) (...) ---...--- Steve Piehler | Replace "spamless" with "spiehler" before replying. @cas.org | LEGO: TO++++1(6542) TR+++2(4554) TC+++3(8880) Columbus OH | MT+(5590) MOC+ #+ S++ LS++ (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Like Throw Bots, this looks to me like another response to K'NEX, and maybe Construx. Steve (...) ---...--- Steve Piehler | Replace "spamless" with "spiehler" before replying. @cas.org | LEGO: TO++++1(6542) TR+++2(4554) TC+++3(8880) Columbus OH | (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) After what I considered to be a dismal 1998 lineup, my expectations for 1999 were low. However, I'm not really a Star Wars nut, but the sets look awesome! Rock Raiders looks interesting. When I saw the words "Space Port" I don't know quite (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Jonas Marcho wrote in message ... (...) I know it would be pushed back, but wouldn't it be cool if the theme was launched on May the Fourth? =) Steve (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A) What's a rack railway? B) What're the details on the one in Houghton? Did they run it up the side of the MEEM? Nah, then the ROTC's wouldn't have anything to rappel... Steve (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The main SW sets will be out march/april, but the Episode one series models, of which there was a preview in the catalog, will be out july. Or at least, that's what I gathered. Jasper (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's a bit of confusion on the part of the people who gave you those dates. The /regular/ catalog lists the SW sets as being available at the earlier date. The /direct/ catalog (i.e. Shop@Home) will not have SW until July. Hope that helps. J, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I would be a fool to insist on this, given only one picture. But if you look closely on the center of the piece, you'll notice that it's just the same as the white dish we had this year. Besides, I think you can see the outline of the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry, I spelled the name of the sailing wessel incorrectly. The proper name is "Statsraad Lehmkuhl". Here's a picture of it, for those who are interested: (URL) even has the German harbour in the background, just like the LEGOLand images! (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The snow fell on The Strip. News broadcasts showed snow in front of Caesars Palace, and the Los Angeles Times had a front page photo of snow in front of the Mirage. Alan (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It would have cost ~$500/month if it had continued at that bandwidth rate. Obviously it would be going down after the 1999 catalogs appear in more stores, but on the other hand it could also have gone up by 5x or more if the readership of (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ya, me too. I heard offline that this bandwidth bill was not that much scratch, it was just the trendline that was worrisome. Or so the rumor said. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been willing to pay my dues for a while now. :) Especially if I can go ahead and lock in a prime piece of baseplate. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow. All I can say is thanks a bunch for hosting them while you could. Do we need to pass the hat? :-) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There used to be one of these at Niagara Falls, somewhere, and I rode it when I was about 7 or so. Pretty neat, especially when you get to the middle and the other car passes you. I think there is one in Pittsburgh too. What I like better, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <366cc340.28054619@l...et.com>... : :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 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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These new 1999 sets are nice and all, but I am confused. I thought the Star Wars theme would be out in March/April. Now I am hearing July. What am I missing? Also, when does Shop-at-Home usually start carrying new sets? I don't live anywhere near (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) future to lego newbies: "The set seems to be >complete as I built everything in the instruction book, but I seem to have lots of pieces left over." Oddly enough, I had a lot of pieces left over from the three (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) It is cool. And I just bought one at the B. Dalton bookstore. They have it for 25% off, $14.95 Which considering the size of the book, is still a little high. Guess what my nephew is getting for his birthday? :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You think so? That would suck. I got all excited when I saw those fans. That would make a cool piece. A good specialized piece with a lot of interesting applications. I sure hope you're wrong about this. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No way! I was based in Vegas from '83 to '90 and I remember it snowing (lightly) at least once. Unless they mean _downtown_ Vegas. I was at NAFB (outskirts of town) -- Terry K -- From Phoenix, where it also snowed (lightly) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, hrmm. I see what can go on in .debate as being fundamentally different from even the same discussion going on here or in RTL. People who have no interest in controversial subjects need not see them fill up their general discussion group. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Heard on KNX Newsradio on 4 December 1998 at about 11:15 in Los Angeles: Legoland Carlsbad is holding a Job Fair 13-14 December. Open positions include Food, Security, and other departments. Builders was *not* one of the positions mentioned. The (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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Alan Liu wrote in message ... (...) in (...) after (...) According to Mariam Webster's Deluxe Dictionary (Tenth Collegiate Edition), with all the appropriate TMs: Wizard: adj. 1. archaic: having magical influence or power 2. archaic: of or relating (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well.. It is. at least in the catalog I've seen. heck, I know it's in the free fall-98 22*22 catalog here. Jasper (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I can see these individual instruction booklets causing confusion in the future to lego newbies: "The set seems to be complete as I built everything in the instruction book, but I seem to have lots of pieces left over." From Tom McDonald (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Take into account that a lot of those hits probably were from Star Wars fans that are not necessarily lego fans. I sent the 1999 url to a friend who appreciates lego, tho doesn't own any sets yet, but loves Star Wars, and plans to buy SW lego (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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There is a new lego system called ZNAP (URL) is this not listed in the new catalog???? Dave (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, a bit of a joke. I make my observations with an attempted bit of humor however small or non-existent. I know you like good heady discussion Mike, and you're good at it, especially keeping it to the point and bringing it back to lego when (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There were something like ~16,000 hits on the JPEG images, from ~2000 unique IP addresses... --Todd (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Todd Lehman: : Anyway, I sure didn't expect there to be 2000 people per day accessing these : 1999 catalog images -- pushing the bandwidth out of the hundreds-of- : Megabytes-per-day range and into the Gigabytes-per-day range. And still (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Robert M. Dye wrote in message <36622B99.4774@writeme.com>... (...) (URL) some photos, it looks pretty cool although some of the photos make it look as though the artist did a little cut and paste with lego bricks <Blurk> check out the close up of (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, I added a note to that end. Eric (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I think TGL will get the sets as close as possible because I'm sure Lucasarts, film, or the man himself George has to approve all the final designs (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote: <snip> (...) That's still illegal in most states, partner! :) -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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I would say you ought to be forwarding all this info to the people at LEGO, whatever contacts you have there. You are essentially providing them with free advertising, and with this info in such hight demand, they'd have to be fools not to consider (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm? I know this is probably a joke, but one of the main reasons that group was made, afaik, was to provide a place where people could take the somewhat inflamatory discussion that naturally evolve from time to time. I'm having a good time (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Todd, maybe you should rename that group to lugnet.off-topic.devisive or lugnet.off-topic.crematory. From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) what you can, but behave yourself. We'll have more, right after this. (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Wright wrote in message ... (...) about (...) University (my alma mater). Its located in Pittsburgh, PA. alex (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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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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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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(...) thats my (...) today? (...) It's too warm here too - about 70 degrees yesterday. I want it to snow! ObLEGO: I got Mindstorms yesterday! I'm planning to robotize my 5571. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) in (...) It is, according to the dictionary, but I haven't heard it used during my lifetime. Wicked is/was a more modern form. ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Site: (URL) Instant Messenger: RJD88888 ICQ 13177071 (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Recent thefts at the office, (fortunately, not my Lego), has led me to not bring in stadium elements for a set-up, as they are a bit problematic to bring in and back home repeatedly. At work, I have the Shell pitstop, a Hovertron, Postie on (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Haven't looked at the Darth fig too closely yet, but from the reflection of light on the speeder-bike figs, looks to me like it is a black mini- fig head, a lá the ghost, under there. (...) Bit upset about the light and sound element. What (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) rub (...) Thanks for that. I had to scrape two thick layers of frost from my car this morning..... 2? Saturday's frost, then Sunday's on top of that...... ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Site: (URL) Instant (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Just added another 50 pictures from my LEGOLAND visit to LEGO on my mind. Featuring the Netherlands, Scandinavia and monumental palaces and churches. Magnificent buildings, boats and trains. Note the details! (URL) Displays by LEGO from menu Eric (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indeed. Those are the kind of finds that Lego should be famous for. A piece can be a flag for a (Guarded) Inn, or just the drapes on a ladies' carriage. A piece can be a flagpole, or a standard for a parasol, or a Space decorative part when in (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooops sorry! They are there on page 18 - three cannons wif centre-pins. (...) Yeah, I thought of that after posting :) But then again - the Throw-Bots seem to bring up the Lego-Projectile issue - so perhaps after further lawyer-consulting they (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) Also, anyone noticed that the yellow Episode I spaceship seems to have a typical Town Jr. baseplate ( A two-level trailer plate). Eric (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote: <snip> I know that Robert's Rules of Order do not completely apply here, but nonetheless: "Call the question!" That is, we've talked about it for a while now and I think many stakeholders have stated their positions. Key (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36699c8d.85210180@l...et.com>... (snip) (...) That's LEGO at it's best: when I first saw the brown triangles on the Star Wars bikes, I thought it looked fine but was a typical 'single purpose' piece. But as it turns (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Maybe I missed information about this -- are pages 9 through 12 (the LEGO Mania 1999) a foldout centerfold spread? It appears that pages 6 through 8 and 13 through 15 are each three-page spreads, which would be consistent with a double-foldout (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I didn't see any firing cannons in the the catalog scans. Oh, well. Even if they are there, I'll bet it's just an artifact of the pictures being taken in Europe, and Enfield not bothering to redo them to leave out the non-NA elements. It would (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe 'wizard' is (or was) British slang for great, terrific, spiffy, etc. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't remember seeing the Hoth lookout post before. I assume that either comes with the Snowspeeder, or is not actually available (but LEGO doesn't seem to put not-for-sale decorative stuff in their catalogs any more). (...) Hugely tall (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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