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(...) Good: Since the X-Wing is (about) 32 studs wide, the 'Trench Set' comes with 1 gray 32x32 baseplate, 6 rectangular BURPS, and enough bricks to fill in the gaps (and maybe even build a turbo cannon[1] tower). Bad: 1 gray baseplate and 10 1x6x5 (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) More likely you'd get one CRAPP and a handlful of pieces with instructions for x sections of the trench, meaning you'd have to buy 10 or so to get the set! I'm sure TLG isn't that bad yet :) Richard (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I didn't get it either the first 10 times I read it! :-( It wasn't until I repeated it aloud that I got it -- and then I really really groaned -- and then I really laughed hard!!! It's a great pun. [followups set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Your point? Nothing actually _wrong_ with that, is there? Jasper (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Nicole Dente wrote in message <366F3482.70C6@heron.mv.com>... (...) Star (...) But I couldn't understand anything...:-( Selçuk (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Janet Zorn wrote in message ... (...) You cannot see the messages posted to Lugnet in anywhere except from Lugnet itself. Lugnet is a privately owned disscussion group, and not connected to usenet in anyway. The only technical similarity is they (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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More completely random thoughts... (...) Ain't that odd? Appears in the main catalog, not in the 1-sheet. Also, the Snowspeeder is slightly different (flat vs. canted wings, plus a spot of red on the front in the 1-sheet version). Maybe the 1-sheet (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LIS in Orlando does phone orders-- credit card payment, UPS shipping. Just call and ask. 407-828-0065 Kevin (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Paulo Caparica Junior wrote in message <366F2F7B.1C3959C9@h...il.com>... (...) I did, but I killed them in the name of all that is holy and good and Lego (is that redundant?). Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote in message ... (...) Maybe that has something to do with the fact that it's SUMMER down there? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I think you both need to move this off-topic... :-P Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Anders Isaksson wrote in message ... (...) Snow? Over here we're starting another sunny day. At 7am it's about 18 degrees Celsius heading for probably 25 this afternoon. Burn time a good 20 minutes I expect. Moz (actually, I'm not that fond of hot (...) (27 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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Lee Jorgensen wrote in message <366D507E.E2A15714@u...st.net>... (...) I took an 8880 to work once. A cow-orker took it apart and built the alternate model. Moz (27 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That probably leaves out a lot of the kids...no? I know it leaves me out, pretty much. True, I can get LDRAW to run on my Mac, in emulation of a PC, but it is slow as cold molasses. Really, I think keeping it as low-tech as possible would be (...) (27 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or you could make it all virtual - use LDraw or BlockCAD or Leocad. (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (27 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 (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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