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(...) Then they come out with minifig excercise sets and aerobics classrooms! :) -Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Well, like they say... If your not going to be a part of the solution, be part of the problem. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? Cool. Rob, could you try to describe the piece a little? And which set(s) they come in? So far, I have not seen any Throwbots, and this news has piqued my curiousity. This could be really useful. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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(...) Or fanny packs. :) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hello & introduction
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Hi Tom, and thanks for the welcome. (...) I don't have a website yet. There are at least five I _ought_ to have up, but I have RSI already from too much computering (I develop software) so setting up websites comes below putting food on the table in (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... :I have noticed that lego has lost the "construction toy" lead. A lot of :the sets seem to be toys in themselves, rather than a mechanism for a child :to learn about construction. The sets are intended to be used (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... : :>Fun Scorpion Fact: Add one of those 1x1 black levers to the top of one :>to make a "Martian Scorpion" :) : :Fun Scorpion Fact 2: Add a pair of minifig binoculars to the top to make a :scorpion bookworm. =) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... :Why do MiniFig legs have such long studs on top to attatch them to bodies? :What's wrong with Normal Studs? sure they'd be a bit weaker but it works OK :for the witch minifig. :Why break the standard in this one (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <369B9CFD.E4607AE6@m...ne.net>... :In any case, I happened across the Mega Bloks Viking Ship while poking :about, and despite the incredibly cheap price tag (~$8 for 350+ pieces) :I just couldn't bring myself to buy (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Matt, does this mean that you (a) don't currently get lugnet.announce via e-mail, or (b) feel that the S@H specials don't belong in the .announce group, or (c) would like to receive announcements of S@H specials via e-mail but not other types (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Tim asked: (...) I've often been annoyed by this too. (...) Actually, Karim Nassar has come up with a great use: stick it the sutds into the bottom of a 2x2 slope brick and you've got a two-fingered hand perfect for a mech. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Like the great Holy bag mystery here is another strange Lego observation. Why do MiniFig legs have such long studs on top to attatch them to bodies? What's wrong with Normal Studs? sure they'd be a bit weaker but it works OK for the witch minifig. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I noticed that too, right when the model came out (even though I don't have an 8880 (I do have a Diablo :) ((URL) Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Kevin, welcome aboard. There aren't enough "mates" here. You'd probably have something in common with the Pirates legoheads around here. If you have a website with pix of your creations, we'd like to see them, so post your URL if you've got (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I agree that TLG is spreading itself too thin. The CD games are marginable from what I've read about problems installing and playing them. Z-Nap is a flailing attempt to debunk Kinex (something they have always wanted to do). TLG should just stick (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've been reading the LUGNET groups for a few weeks now and thought it's time to say Hi. I'm 40, always loved Lego as a kid in the UK and have played with my daughter's sets at intervals over the years, but for some reason this Xmas I just got (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lego seems to trying to play toy-world domination recently at the expense of their core product line. Some examples... RC Car - LEGO takes on Tyco & Nikko Znap - LEGO takes on K-Nex Duplo Winnie the Pooh - LEGO takes on various Disney (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I'm home from work taking care of my sick gf, (I don't get sick, so I figure I might as well use those sick days for /something/), so you all get the benefit of some ramblings from my diseased mind. On the way home from the clinic, we passed a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi recently when I digged through my bookshelf I found an old Lego sticker album. There is no stickers in it. I have no idea what year it was printed. On the cover there's a picture of an old space theme probably from the 80's and on top of that it (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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The subject is under discussion in lugnet.build, which I would posit as a better group. The 1x1 with side stud is capable of changing direction in just slightly larger than 1x2 brick space. (it technically takes two of them plus a 1x1 plate) (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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