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(...) I find this to be very cool, if it actually works. I say this only because probablity dictates that there is not a 100% success rate. But nonetheless if TLG is anything like the Amway Corp., that's great. On another tangent, wouldn't that be (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've got a little bit of authority to speak to this. My employer, Amway Corporation, has (from the organizational side of things) some similarities to TLG[1]. They are family-owned, multi-national companies. They have both been in a slump (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. In all likelihood, no. They are very protective. But I find it very interesting that TLG has let LDraw hang around this long - it obviously copies their own pieces, not just 2x4's: IMO, a flagrant violation of their copyrighted (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Muhahahaa...This damned typos.:-D I prefer leaving my english spell checker off, since I also use Turkish, obviously much more than in my messages. I'd better not to..:-D Selçuk (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) government (...) I won't call it snuggling if you won't... but the ladies might have a different opinion. As a U.S. citizin, I won't even get into the topic of government & snuggling :-) -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm, I saw that in a very (hopeful) different way. Maybe a semi Lego-sanctioned parts source? Nah... (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm, while I admire your convictions on this subject, I have to admit that I am rather pleased that my toy habit is almost self-sufficient, given enough time. Well, maybe not almost, but I bet my sales and auctions have paid for at least (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <quote> Help with their future careers and help, if they so wish, to establish themselves a business. </quote> That might prove interesting. Could we see TLG's competition picking up strength after some folks are asked to leave, that is if the (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You could have been pretty right about that, considering I'm the only Turk here, but wrong about me. I'm not a "trader" type of man. I never wanted to face the hassle of the whole thing for an additional amount(1). I had some occasions during (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I had expected when the whole SW-LEGO thing started. An X-wing made out of maybe a dozen pieces. Steve (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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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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