 | | Re: My own personal motherload of the month
|
|
(...) Curses, foiled again. (1) 1 - hoist by my own petard, actually. ++Lar (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG is loosing money!
|
|
Mark de Kock wrote in message ... (...) not (...) ol'days, (...) It'd be interesting to find out how wooden-train manufacturer Brio's finances are, I think. Rather than dumb down building in favour of playability, they've left their trains (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: My own personal motherload of the month
|
|
(...) Heh, one of my favorite pedantic pet peeves. "From from where" From down under. :) (...) Actually that would be kinda cool. Lemme see if I can feed them blue 1x1 bricks and have them produce 1x1 brown round plates. (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: My own personal motherload of the month
|
|
(...) From whence? (...) This would be a problem? Clarify! (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
|
|
Jesse Long writes: <<<snif>>> (...) <<<snipped again>>> Is this why TLG is loosing money? Because people like us don't buy as many sets as we used to? Perhaps TLG will get the message... Mark "Town Jr.; Tim got a job in the developersteam of TLG" (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
|
|
Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4501C.248EF8CE@l....bc.ca>... (...) Little. It's the same process that's happening to the entire line. As I mention in another post, Lego is becoming an action toy that requires assembly, not a building toy that (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
|
|
(...) I haven't seen the new 1999 Technic sets yet, but I would say that the piece selection in the 1998 sets where very good. Personally, I would find enough pieces to build many interesting things using a few 1998 Technic sets. (...) But there is (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | No way for a LEGO newbie to get up to speed? Unfair!
|
|
You know, there doesn't really appear to be much in the way of LEGO for wannabe enthusiasts any more. (By the way, I'm thinking entirely on the Technic line here). It appears to me that every set these days seems to be geared towards developing a (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG is loosing money!
|
|
Mark de Kock wrote in message ... (...) not (...) ol'days, (...) They're loosing money? I hope they funnel it into product development. Or maybe give me some... I think the fact that kids the world over are falling prey to the Nintendo syndrome, and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | TLG is loosing money!
|
|
This morning, I read in the newspaper that TLG Denmark will have to "dumb" 1,000 of its 10,000 workers due to bad commercial results! TLG itself is not in great danger, but it has lost a lot of customers to electronic toys and computergames. IMHO: (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: My own personal motherload of the month
|
|
(...) That's a problem with cats - they breed too much. You ever see those news stories where animal control and the health department have to go into someones house and clean up several years of accumulated excrement? At least that won't happen to (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | My own personal motherload of the month
|
|
Well, it looks like I won't be getting the tremendous quantity of good deals like I did last year (can you say 35-40 6099's for $5 each?) but I did get something in the mail on Sunday (I guess it came Saturday but I didn't check it until Sunday (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Attention Lugnet Philosophers! A quandry....
|
|
(...) There is a thread about this on RTL at the mo too. I think if you went for complete completeness, you'd have to get each set of the theme in every different package (that is, language) it was ever released in. And even the most fanatical of (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) I wouldn't consider these to be strictly Town Jrish they do have their uses. Consider A Modular building (Like the big Ninja fort) that you want to be able to clip together. You might design a clip that consists of a paired 2X1 brick with Peg (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) I don't consider it as a Jr one, since it is on use for a long time, mostly in freestyle type sets, but even in space sets. Selçuk (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36a36ccb.21427462@l...et.com>... (...) The Adventurer's Pontoon Plane (5925) uses two of these as well, to affix the propellers to the wing. -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) So _one_ set, out of I don't know how many, has _one_ smiley. Sheesh. You know what I want? Classis not-smileys, with the mouth reversed, for car-crash victims etc... :) Jasper (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) YES! Set number 6565 (The Construction Team) Comes with one standard minifig head. The other two are very simple as well. plain minifig heads with very simple moustaches. Tim (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: German Sales Levels
|
|
(...) Now _that_ sounds familiar.. I wonder why. Jasper (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
From: Jim Wissner <jimbodean@netscape.net> (...) Yeah, it depends on which model you build I think. On the "main model" the hydraulics "power" the drop-top. On the other model, I think you are correct - it is the doors that are hydraulic. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) On the subject of Town Jr... Do you consider 6452 to be Junior? I can't quite make myself see it as anything else than good for parts :) The only Jr thing is the 1*2 brick with technic peg sticking out - that should've been a 1*2 Technic brick (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message F5rJKI.DLB@lugnet.com... (...) Well, not too many real automobiles have four wheel steering. I think that the new chassis is probably the most realistic yet, especially if it does turn out to be a 5 (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) The original minifigs, which had just slightly altered 1*2*1 2/3 bricks as legs and body (with arms legs molded in, not movable, no hands) had regulars studs. I believe they only produced thos for a couple of years, before switching to the (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
(...) Me too!! I wonder....what do you all make out of the phrase "new hydraulic system for smoother opening and closing"? It seems to refer to the doors. Might this be real hydraulics to open/close them, or just self-contained liquid filled (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
Mark Koesel wrote in message ... (...) What about 4-wheel steering? Eric (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
Wow, now I'm even more excited! I wonder if that is a 5 speed with reverse - I hope so, all though a six speed would be cool too. And, they final provided for left of right hand steer. I think that there will be little room for dissappointment with (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) This may very well refer to online ordering of Mindstorms ONLY, as is implemented meanwhile. (LEGO directs to an 'official' online supplier from the Mindstorms site). Eric Brok Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Lego Laundry
|
|
Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message <36A23228.7B23EFBD@c...ve.com>... (...) I did that too, and bleached them with no apparent ill effect. I had to poke a hole in my pillowcase to get the air out. It blew up like a balloon when (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Minifigs and Music
|
|
(...) black (...) That's neat. I'd seen it before but it was good to see it again. I might try this myself. I've got a couple of those white 1x4's with those vertical lines that came (I think) in the old Starfleet Voyager set. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
Carbon 60 skrev i meddelandet <36A24E90.D98DAE0E@b...ot.com>... (...) You had better make that (URL) little tilde ^ seems to be missing -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: NEW Super Car has SIX Gears!
|
|
Sorry - wrong URL: (URL) Carbon 60 ICQ # 5643170 (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: gender changers?
|
|
(...) You mean Tyco and Lego are compatible? *drool* why can't we get that here? anyway: Lego also makes.. or ahs made, at least, 2*2/1*4 hinges of 1 brick high. 375 comes with 8 yellow ones, and some other castle sets come wih grey ones... I've (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
|
| |
| | Lego Laundry
|
|
I know the lego instructions say you can hand wash Lego bricks, but in a garage sale buy recently I got a lot of very grubby white bricks which I was not about to start handwashing, especially when scrubbing one of them with a veggie brush had no (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
Online ordering...... There was a press release or e-mail I had seen from TLG recently, which stated that online ordering would be available soon, and introduced in stages. US first, Euroland, etc. Problems were preventing an initial global launch. (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Minifigs and Music
|
|
(...) There is an organ in the Choir Loft picture of my Cathedral. (URL) was very simply made with 1x1 side stud bricjs and a 1x4 white tile with black lines (form the old space and police sets). (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | New newsgroup lugnet.announce.lsahs
|
|
[Followups set to lugnet.market.shopping] -- A very special new newsgroup lugnet.announce.lsahs has just been created. Here is the charter: lugnet.announce.lsahs (group): Unofficial announcements pertaining to LEGO® Shop-At-Home Service: summaries (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) Thanks, Selçuk, but I think I will have a hard time buying a set with the name "girl friend" or "princess" on it. Just not "Macho"(1) enough. :-) -- Terry K -- 1. Slang term from the Spanish "Machismo", which is something to do with excessive (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) I have a bellvilian female child, but her head has a smaller connection for a technifig neck. It should be an adult female bellvilian if you want to try. In the current range, adults only comes with larger sets, so you'd better to wait for new (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) So does the Belville head pop right on like the Technic head does? Cool motorcycle as well. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: When is a set a set?
|
|
(...) Primarily, Element Count rules. Whichever set is larger, that's the complete set, and the set to which the Mini-Figure belongs. If the sets are close in size, or if the element is sufficiently rare, then a very rare element will of course (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Hi, and the meaning of life...
|
|
(...) which (...) Well said Jim. You make a strong point. If TLG did not continue to make new pieces and themes it would have lost sales a long time ago. The Lego we knew is just what you said... nostalgia. With the addition of new pieces we can (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Mad magazine & LEGO
|
|
I discovered a reference to LEGO in the Feb. 1999 issue of Mad magazine: In the "Slam's End catalogue of pro wrestling merchandise," there is an "advertisement" for LEGO tables and chairs that are less damaging than real chairs[1]: (URL) and that (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
|
|
They are in the back of the Spring 1998 S@H catalog. (...) look (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Hi, and the meaning of life...
|
|
Hello all! I'm somewhat new to the group(s), and I must say, lugnet is most excellent! I tried to follow RTL many years ago but just couldn't manage. I have to commend all of you on the high level of both quality and tone in these groups! Anyway, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Argh! I waited too long
|
|
... I feel your pain ... a couple of weeks ago, I tried to get a 8425, but not no avail ... What would really be nice, is a listing of tentative release dates, and tentative 'retirement' dates for sets ... of course officially from Lego. So one (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) That'll teach them to mess with the mob. "Mr. Bricks doesn't like it when a guy walks outta the room when he's talkin'. You ain't gonna be walkin' nowhere no more!" Regards, BOB!! (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: German Sales Levels
|
|
Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) <snipped reference that says Steve is paraphrasing someone else....> That's funny. I was born in Germany, and have definitely inherited the follow instructions gene. But since I married an Irish-Canadian, and had (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Argh! I waited too long
|
|
Drat. I just called S@H, and the Diving Expedition Explorer, #6560, is no longer available. Double-drat. In somewhat better news, the nice S@H operator said there is some hope that they will be getting more Giant Model Sets, #8277, so I ordered 4. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Bug in pause..?
|
|
(...) Well, it doesn't handle it at all well if you have your hands shifted over one letter. It returned no matches for: hs;scu rc[;ptrt Not that I expected it would, or think it should. Regards, BOB!! (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Bug in pause..?
|
|
(...) Actually, it did find it along with 18 other things; it just didn't find one thing like the first example. I must be fair about this, though it did include Saucer Scout in one of the possible answers. -Tom McD. (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Bug in pause..?
|
|
(...) Airshort Puttle was found Cuper Sar was NOT! Got 19 responses. Thanks for playing our game. We have some lovely parting gifts for you. -Tom McD. We'll have more, right after this... (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) Hah! That was great! Every once in a while I consider buying a Belville set, but I can't seem to justify the cost for the very few pieces I want. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and do it anyway and give the unwanted parts and figs to my (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | FOTW- sail 'n' fly marina & the way things were
|
|
On my way home yesterday I stopped by the little local toystore, kind of a mom and pop place, and guess what they had sitting inside? A brand new sail and fly marina set. It was still list price but I didn't mind. It had apparently come from the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: German Sales Levels
|
|
Steve Bliss wrote in message <369f3f93.3082410@lu...et.com>... (...) I'm not sure, but I think in recent years sales have been disappointing in Germany, even before Town Jr was released. See www.lego.com for the annual reports on 1997 and 1996. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
Beaker wrote in message ... (...) the (...) They did for Paradisa, I've got a few sets... Steve (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | German Sales Levels
|
|
Odd train of thought for the day: Germans are well-known for their orderly, follow-the-instructions approach to life.[1][2] According to hearsay, Germany is LEGO's biggest retail market. Town Jr. presents a reduced level of building in LEGO sets. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... (...) Hair.... (...) For a female Technic Fig, have a look at (URL) you want it with full navigation frames: (URL) select 'bits and pieces' from menu Eric Brok Visit LEGO ON MY MIND: (URL) Control section: (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Bug in pause..?
|
|
(...) Okie dokie, searches ending in "er" are no longer broken. I rewrote the character trigraph indexer...it's a bit simpler and even a bit faster. I'm still not truly sure why the script was getting a segmentation fault on large stored lists in (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
|
| |
| | Re: gender changers?
|
|
(...) Oops, got the first two round the wrong way. Never mind, its makes them all the more interesting :-) Grahame Reid (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Hey CO, it was nice...
|
|
As a reminder, please don't seny anything to my voyager account. If you did and you didn't hear from me, I probably deleted it. That account gets 95% spam so I sweep it out. Decode the spamblock, it's not that hard. Thanks. (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
I told my daughter about this Luggage thread, and as a Terry Pratchett fan she right away built a Luggage. No, you can't stick minifig legs on a chest directly, but you can stick them handily into a standard 2x4 brick, plunk the chest on top of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: gender changers?
|
|
(...) them (...) name) a (...) and also (...) found (...) Tyco made the 2x2 flat with studs on both sides. I have a few, they are cool pieces. Tyco also made some 2x2 hinges that are 1 brick high (I think, don't have them here with me). They can (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) I appreciate it when other do what I call "bodymonopoeia" :) I guess I should have been clearer: I don't think TLG is ready to retire minifigs so I thought such a message might get them back on the minifig track. But speaking of track, if (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) Well, no, but they do make them in yellow, which is 'flesh color' for the LEGOverse... J (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) The Technic Figs aren't too bad, apart from the fact that they aren't modular. Wish List: Modular Technic Figs so I can swap leg secions, Arm Section, Heads, Hair.... Some Female Technic Figs. The guys are getting lonely.(1) Cheers Tim (1) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) I'm not so sure we want Lego action figures. Chances are, if they give up on minifigs, they'd use some other existing doll for the action figures -- and the choices are Scala and Belleville. In other words, *oowhuwhuwhuwhuwhuhuhu* (body (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) *wrbrldrbl*wrbrldrbl*wrbrldrbl* (head shaking sound fx) That was a bit of a wet slap, albeit, IMO, a correct one. Don't forget to nicely .dear-lego your point Jim. Maybe that'll wake a few TLG folks up! -Tom McD. (that was too close to an (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
What do you mean? They DO make minifig legs in pink. But 8 legs on Luggage wouldn't be NEARLY enough... (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Those bastards...
|
|
The new Model Team dragster, 5533, is called the Red Fury. This, after I have been calling my red 5541 copy the Red Fury. NOW if I mention Red Fury, it's going to confuse the hell out of people. I'll tell you what, if they use the name Yellow Fury, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) the (...) :) I knew there had to be some Terry Pratchett fans on here. If TLG is licensing Starwars, what are the chances of them licensing The DiscWorld? Now that would be a coooool theme. Rincewind minifigs? like the witch but in red? The (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Toy Fare magazine: Twisted MEGO theatre
|
|
The latest Toy Fare magazine has a Twisted MEGO theatre featuring: Legoville! Yes, the Legion of Doom (made up of Doctor Doom, Bizarro, Reverse Flash, and Lizard (yes, it's supposed to be silly)) decide to search for greener pastures and find (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Odd trivia in a LEGO set
|
|
(...) Hey Todd - is there a need for a lugnet.twelve_step_program? ;-) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
Yes, you are correct... If you go to this URL, (URL) , there is an item for "Internet Shopping." But all it does is assemble an on screen list for you. Internet shopping for Legos would be great! My wife and I did the majority of our Christmas (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Hey CO, it was nice...
|
|
Thanks to all the friends I met in CO, it was a blast. Wish I could have stayed longer! I should be on the road within 30 min, headed for MI. So probably not all that "in touch" for a while... ++Lar (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
|
|
I bought two. At the time I called, they were out of the larger child sizes. The largest size they had was childs 7. I was not sure what that meant but I figured if they didn't fit my kids there were always babies coming up. I was told that this was (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
I wrote... (...) I just checked it again. It's _not_ an online shop, it's an on-line (limited) catalog, where You can pick up things, and in the end You have to print out the order and send it by snail mail! (And You have to live in Sweden!) For (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <369d0ff1.9442059@lu...et.com>... (...) slow, (...) catalog. (...) There is (or was? haven't been looking lately) an 'alpha version' of an on-line shop in the Swedish Lego pages (don't remember the URL, got there (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) This is very true, but it didn't need minifigs to get it. There were no minifigs when I was Lego-ing as a kid in the 60's, but we still had people: one round 1x1x1 was a child, and two of them stacked was an adult. Different color combinations (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
|
|
>P100 Kids Polo Shirt $18.00 $9.00 (...) Does anyone know which shirt this is? Has anyone bought it? What does it look like? Matt (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
When I placed an order over the Christmas holiday by phone, I was asked for my e-mail address. IMHO Lego is just working out any last security details, etc.. but should have an online ordering system in North America by the end of this year. Maybe I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
|
|
(...) Credit card or prepay with check or money order, I guess. I always use a credit card. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
|
|
I was wondering... How dow you pay for a S@H special. Is it credit card only???? Dave :-) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Odd trivia in a LEGO set
|
|
(this should really be directed to lugnet.obsessive) I was just opening my first-ever set #6441, Divers Deep Reef Refuge. I noticed that the minifigs in the obligatory plastic view-tray had their head gear installed, but the associated leg-parts (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
Also sprach Tim McSweeney: : Yeah, Yeah I know, I was talking about the philosophical start. Is that when : the rot first set in but it's took a long time to reach critical mass, : (Which it did just recently :) I don't think so. Having people to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
Also sprach Tim McSweeney: : I guess I'm also miffed because I wanted to stick for pairs of legs onto the : bottom of a treasure chest and make a Luggage(3) LOL! I'd love to see that ... too bad TLG doesn't make minifig legs in pink ... :) / _ _ / _ (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | www.zacktron.com is online
|
|
Greetings all: Tonight I have just uploaded the first public release of www.zacktron.com. It is far from complete, but I wanted to get it up as soon as possible. Currently, the only section available is the Zacktron Alliance, and the new Lego (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
|
| |
| | Re: RTL offline???
|
|
Thanks for the info. James (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: RTL offline???
|
|
This is the third day in a row that I get "connection to the server has failed". DJ Zorn To locate scans of official instructions for discontinued sets only go to: (URL) wrote in message <369D513C.519FC977@vci.net>... :I have been unable to access (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) New for '99! LEGO aeroboids. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the health club... 8) Rob (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: gender changers?
|
|
(...) Now that I've spent the last couple days exploring plane rotation, I realize that these pieces are not really any different for plane changing that 1x8 Technic bricks, where you could insert 1x(x-1) bricks on each side, with studs facing each (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: gender changers?
|
|
(...) Are there other pieces that will allow (...) Aha! Steve comes through again! Thnaks, Steve. I know I bought a couple of those on clearance this past year, but mostly just for the parts...they were rediculously cheap, and I wanted the corner (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: New Space ship model added to site, check it out!
|
|
(...) Neato! Nice looking shtp, but the pics are a little dark...any lighter ones? (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Postage Rate Increase
|
|
(...) Try (URL) - has US domestic rates. For international rates try (URL) McD. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | RTL offline???
|
|
I have been unable to access RTL for two days now. The other newsgroups I subscribe to on that server are operating normally. Is anyone else having similar problems. Any info would be appreciated. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | (canceled)
|
|
|
| |
| | Re: gender changers?
|
|
(...) Cool! Thanks Grahame. Those pieces look sooooo interesting. Must get some, when the dang things show up. BTW, the element links seem to be mixed up. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
|
|
(...) Yeah, Yeah I know, I was talking about the philosophical start. Is that when the rot first set in but it's took a long time to reach critical mass, (Which it did just recently :) Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: [FAQ] Post vs. mail, claimed topics
|
|
(...) Did we get buy in on that idea? (...) <snip> Still claiming them but haven't actually done anything yet. ++Lar (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: TLG - Online Ordering
|
|
(...) As far as I know (I'm not exactly tapped into any rumor-sources from TLG), the only indication of anything is on the catalog page. I quote: (...) "For now", eh? Interesting... Steve (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | New Space ship model added to site, check it out!
|
|
Check it out! Tell me what you think! (URL) up is a Gravwell Micro-fig scale cruiser. Later, pat (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
|
