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(...) I wondered that, too. It makes some sense--Lucas can pick and choose their licensees. So if they contract with LEGO, it's because they want to see Star Wars in LEGO form. So why make it in a watered-down, Star Wars, Jr. style? Steve (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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John and I had a great conversation on Friday and one of the topics that came up is what exactly we would want out of a club. We agreed that too much structure can be detrimental as people get sucked up into the structure aspects instead of the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) That probably won't happen, because if it did, a grey market would quickly spring up. I certainly would have no qualms about making a certain Turk (1) very rich if it meant I could get sets for far less than retail with a little "smuggling". (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Probably Shockwave Flash files, and I would imagine you do need to either view them with a browser with the plugin, possibly coming from a server, or maybe within the Flash creator program itself, which I doubt you have (or want to fool with (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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[followup set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] (...) We went through this in the robotics group; it was a mess. But I believe the US usage is derived from the French, so blame them. (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm with you on this one. With the previously noted exception of the town junior double-sloped piece for the x-wing rear landing gear, I'm very impressed with the construction and new piece selection of the SW sets. I'm going to have to buy (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi. I just downloaded the entire directory of (URL) now I have some .swf files that I can't seem to open locally. However, from the website, it works just fine. Do I need to install/run my trusty local webserver? Should I be getting sound, btw? (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe the way to go is pricing them considering the "purchasing power" of the individual countries. Software companies done that in turkey, and works well againist piracy. It's awful paying 10-20% more for the same lego set while earning 1/5 (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's exactly what came to my mind, while reading Larry's dear lego post, stating that a clueless "brainy" from TLG expresed that "juniorization" is the way to go for all sets, and TLG is happy with that. Selçuk (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How typically US centric. Tsk, Tsk. Jasper *tongue firmly in cheek* (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Light gray and light blue! What a wonderful set! Please LEGO do it again! Paulo (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Didn't work for me on Nav4.5 on NT4.0 WS until I shift-reloaded for about the 10th time, so it's obvious something is broken at their end. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Almost makes you wonder if Lucas made some sort of demand that the sets be more traditional and less like the crap TLG is making for the other themes now. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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<follow-ups set to off-topic.debate> (...) 8, (...) Part of that is the age thing. My two younger nephews are by far more inclined to build something to play with than to simply build something. My older nephew will build and rebuild something until (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You weren't. I was trying to be funny. (...) Isn't it funny (and a bit sad) how the SW sets are more "LEGO" than the regular System sets (ie, Adventurers, Town Center, etc.). The new pieces are less specialized, the sets build reasonable (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You haven't been following lugnet.robotics.way-off-topic. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm.... as much as I don't like either TC or TT, I think the point could be made that the entire line is nothing but alternate models. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Really. So where's the image? (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Mike Stanley skrev i meddelandet ... (...) In Swedish it makes perfect sense! If a job is 'loose', You are threatened to lose Your job, but it hasn't happened yet. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jesse Long skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which (...) Depends on the part of the world! Here in Sweden (and most of Europe?), a thousand million is called 'miljard', and a billion is one million million. Sweden US ---...--- Miljon 1 000 000 Million (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Worked fine for me (Navigator 4.5 on NT 4.0). Greg (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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OUCH! 292K Flash file! Still, it's pretty cool. Greg (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Uh, yes. That was what I meant to say. Sorry for being unclear. Some sets the last years have come without any alternate models at all, so I'm happy to see that the Star Wars sets have. Take Time Cruisers as an example (no alternate models), (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Dollars to 2x4 bricks that this was ghosted for KKK. See my rant in dear-lego just now. I had some time to think about this after my meeting with the manager at LIC last night. (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 23:38:26 GMT, James Brown uttered the following profundities... (...) I live far to far away to be able to observe such trends, sadly. Though during the 2 days he had them, the games to which he kept returning were not the Lego, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ...OK then, so if it's not a crisis then maybe could we call it a "Crisis Jr."? :> Scott (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks :-) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Adult fan 'o Lego. (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not completely their fault -- the page uses Shockwave Flash, so complain to Macromedia. (They created a Navigator for Linux plug-in.... enough pressure and they'll create a Mac one.) Check out (URL) for high-res versions of all the images (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Could anyone lit my light on what AFOL means (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I guess it's a matter of degree. They keep making Town Jr and they alienate what, a thousand or so known AFOLs? They don't support IE for the Mac and they alienate a fairly small percentage of an already tiny percentage of computers (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What would 1,000 loose jobs be, anyway. Maybe a thousand positions that you'd really like to fill but can't? Maybe a thousand employees who run rampant in the street because you left the office door open? (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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What a disappointment! I go to this page, and I get the message "We do not support Internet Explorer for Mac." Lego, please continue to shoot yourself in the foot. -Michael ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, according to the next thread, that's from where they are now, to where they were in 97. So that should deinitely be doable - of course, up usually takes longer than down :) Jasper (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, I liked Titania's Palace when I was in Billund 15 years ago.. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36a8c26e.21838254@l...et.com>... (...) One billion is a thousand million. A million million is one trillion, which you never have unless you're talking about the US Debt. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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This is the third time in a week I've seen this problem, so I have to bring it up. Loose is not the word you want here. Loose means not tight, or not secured in one place. I lost weight, now my pants are loose. I left my front door open and now my (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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For those who have never had the opportunity to visit a LEGO Imagination Center (LIC), I was in Orlando recently and took a few pictures and posted them on my web site: (URL) - mike_walsh@mentor.com (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Let's hope they listen and start making more construction-oriented sets and less silly 'play-only' ones. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, and in the case of the hovercraft thing with Luke and that old dude, you can make a really goofy-looking one that doesn't look like much of anything. :) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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The 'Mech that you can create with the alt-XWing seems pretty interesting. Might have to pick up a couple of these to have several models built at once ... (...) -- Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It wasn't. The apparent point being that you can use these sets to make non-Star Wars models. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Steve (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 1BN? Is that a million million, or a thousand million? (...) I don't know -- I almost always get charged by CA for parts replacement. Which is OK with me. Free was wonderful, but it is a service worth paying for. Especially when they send the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you go to Huw Millington's promotional set database at: (URL) search for set number 1651, you will be able to see a container lorry from the Maersk Line that uses the light blue bricks. This set is from 1980. Grahame Reid (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I hoped that their 1999 plans would hinge on improving their core product... Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. too bad. the half-price SAH should have been a clue to me :) Anyway, I bought 2 in the last couple days - 20 16x beams, like 7 or 8 #12 axles,veritable holey-bag-loads of small parts, including a handful of friction pegs, and plenty of (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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[redirecting discussion to lugnet.starwars] (...) I've noticed that the questions change each time you take it (had to take it twice because I tried Netscape and MSIE to see if the java applet worked). (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Today's episode of Morning Edition had a story about Lego laying off folks during the business news part of the show. It should be available via RealAudio at (URL) this afternoon. I didn't hear all of it, but they were mentioning that Lego wanted to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Also, There is a really easy quiz that will allow you to see an Episode 1 set, but the Java Applet for the set image is broken! Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You also need to have Java Script turned on, and you need Shockwave Flash. *ack* The catalogue entries for Star Wars seem to focus on the fact that the sets can be used to make alternate models too. I like this. (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Update: The Snowspeeder *Does* have orange pieces, and it has a "smokey" colored airplane windshield for the rear cockpit! Cool!! Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indented material quoted from the press release: A DKK 1 billion improvement We have to sharpen our demands for our business system, but there also has to be room for both development and new activities. The Executive Team has therefore (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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How can things be so bad? The ZB in my area never can keep legos in stock. The had ~30 Mindstorms on Oct 16 and they were gone by Nov 10th. never to be seen on the shelf again. Is lego just not making enough of the items that people want? I would (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jesse Long wrote: <lots of good stuff> (...) This os one observation I disagree with. This is a privately owned firm. Therefore it can have whatever values the owners want. If they choose not to focus on bottom line, they can do that and not have to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I read this, and as you know, I guess I feel I have a bit more exposure to companies undergoing change than some of you, as that's what our firm does, help companies change. I found a lot of positive things in the message, but trying to get the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark de Kock wrote in message ... (...) more (...) Good: They realize they need changes. They realize they need these changes in corporate structure and function. Bad: Even their "review" appears to focus only on internal structure, and not product, (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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snip (...) photos (...) bunch of (...) (cyan?) (...) An employee told me LEGOLAND has had light blue as a regular color from the beginning, because they needed it for the airplanes of Maersk air, the Danish company. Eric Brok (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This message is both threatening and reassuring: TLG admits that they're in trouble, but they also decide to do something about it. I hope they will get through this crisis and get out of it stronger and more customer-orientated. Mark --- (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello to all. I was in the Big KMart near my house this evening, and spotted two Technic 8022 sets on the shelf. (These are from 93-94, I think). They were stickered at $14.59, but I've been in enough KMarts with old stock to know better than (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Probably not, but wouldn't it be cool if they did? (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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My advice for your trip to Billund is double check to make sure the outside areas of the park are open, as the official opening date seems to change from year to year. I think the outside part opens last weekend in March or first in April. Yes, (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's your lucky day! Check out Huw Millington's Promotional Set Reference: (URL) select "Shell" in the Keyword box and click "go" -- and bingo! --Todd (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Heya all ! Where can I find list or pictures of all LEGO Shell Promo sets ? Thanx ! Rene (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I visited in 1989, and took what was supposed to be a day trip out of Hamburg, Germany. Because of the train ride into Denmark and bus trip from the train station to Legoland, we knew our time at the park would be somewhat short. We took the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Brok writes: [snip] (...) I just looked through your photos of the "German" section. Fantastic photos and captions, by the way. Why oh why won't they make some sets with a bunch of those brown bricks?! And some of those gray pieces in that (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Forbid yourself from going overbudget. I made that mistake when I went to Windsor (not Billund, but it still applies) When you hit the store at the end, definately buy things you can't get at home, but don't just buy things because you're (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) mean, (...) in (...) You may want to have a preview: (URL) Displays by LEGO from menu Eric Brok (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I can only think of three things: 1. Take plenty of film. ;) 2. Don't let a non-enthusiast have control of the video camera. (1) 3. Have Fun!! Does That help? :) Jeff (1) My sister didn't even fill up a tape when we went! :( (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The 8277. It's discontinued this year, or so it seems. (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi there. I am planning a trip to Europe in April, and plan on visiting Brussells and Amsterdam. I would also like to talk my traveling companion into a day (or two) detour to Legoland Billund. Can anyone who has been there in the past, or done (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) XXL set? (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:47:44 GMT, Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca> wrote: How about the Technic XXL set? That has lots of, especially long beams, and also some other useful stuff. I think I'm gonna buy me another one :) Jasper (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In that case, why doesn't TLG make one or two Jr. sets in every theme? That way, young children wouldn't just be limited to Town. And leave non-Jr. sets alone. I don't mind the existence of Town Jr. as much as I mind the loss of (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) Point well made. I guess I should have elaborated on what set is his favorite set is versus what sets are easy for him to assemble himself. Setslike the the Recycle Truck (6564), Race and Chase (6333), and the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Bates writes: [Snipped a lot of good stuff] (...) I second that! Lego is still the best construction toy around. However, this is more and more due to the lack of quality you get from the 'other toys' where it used to be due to the quality (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Snip (...) How illustrative, 6550 not being a Town Jr. set :-) If Town '98/99 was like 6550, the Town Jr. debate would never have come up. Eric (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I was interested to see the topic of Brio trains come up during this thread. My son (just turned four) was big into Brio trains for about 18-24 months. He stopped playing with them when he was three. I am not sure why his interest wained but they (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Alex Wetmore wrote in message <916762648.707732@phred.org>... (...) Ah. Seems I've only seen old Brio about then... my mistake. I guess I see the inside of my doctor's waiting room too often! Steve ---...--- Why not visit Llegogogoch? (URL) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) 8, 8, (...) regularly (...) that (...) that (...) things, (...) I just got done ranting about this in .dear-lego. TLG is about to lose that always-come-back-to-Lego thing if they let their product and service (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But would LEGO actually do it? (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I have been thinking about a similar concept recently. What about..... <drum roll> Technic Buckets? I would have loved to have had a couple of silver technic beams... Greg (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I am proud to announce, the release of WebSpirit, which enables you to control the RCX Via the ActiveX Control, and JavaScript, got check it out @ (URL) Ickna / Nick H. | (URL) Ickna@-nospam-aol.com | Remove -nospam- to send | You're not really (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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(...) I guess it wouldn't be. Unless the plates were soft. Kittens digestive systems are fickle. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lacking children of my own so far, my test group is my three nephews(aged 8, 8, and 10). I have also noticed the attention deficit problem, but with an interesting twist. They keep coming back to the Lego. Other toys regularly get abandoned in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) AFAIK round brown plates never existed. There where ever these? Paulo (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'm quite happy that my 5yr old son is into Legos. He comes up with some pretty interesting ships. Though (by MY standards) they might be cheesy, they are very creative. He does like to play with computer games/Playstation. I think the biggest (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:16:06 GMT, Jesse Long uttered the following profundities... (...) Had just purchased the two silver freestyle sets for my nephew. He enjoyed the two puny Shell sets and Santa set I gave him, and thought that some more bricks (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 03:24:56 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) still have 600 messages to wade through over there. Go away for a week, fall very far behind. I have only read 20 or so of the other 800 messages disposed (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, in '96 there was at least the Briefcase set, a Universal fiber optic set, and the Technic Control Center II. There may have been more, but these are the universal sets in the Technic line that I know of. (...) You may be right on (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> (URL) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4D43D.EA1EFA19@l....bc.ca>... (...) At (...) to be (...) universal (...) be. (...) of (...) Has there been a time when there have been multiple universal sets out at once? From my memory (which is missing much of (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mindstorms has something like 720 pieces or so. 8485 had over a thousand. At any rate, I don't think any single set, universal or not, is really going to be enough for a die-hard enthusiast. A combination of 3 or 4 different universal sets, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4B9E1.9FAFDE89@l....bc.ca>... (...) of (...) 9719 seems to replace 8485 to me (8485 also includes a bunch of "unnecessary" electronics). It cost the same amount as Mindstorms does as well. I don't understand what (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I read in the WSJ a couple of weeks ago that the big toy stores like Toys R Us and WalMart etc also had a bad season, people are getting really bored with all the junk they sell, whereas the smaller speciatlity toy shops improved sales. Items like (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How about 8020, 8022, 8054, 8064, 8094, and 8485? (especially 8485!) All of which are now discontinued. Which is my point. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay. You are definitely right on this one. However, the RIS is about $200 US for 700 some odd pieces. Clearly a great deal of the expense is going towards the electronic components which are not, strictly speaking, necessary for a universal (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36A4501C.248EF8CE@l....bc.ca>... (...) The Mindstorms set is basically a Universal set with a microcontroller and two motors. Even if you don't want the computer the set is a very good deal just for the pieces and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... (...) in (...) While this is true Brio hasn't kept everything the same. When I was a kid Brio trains didn't have any plastic parts (mostly wood with metal for the magnets). Today's trains have a lot of plastic and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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