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(...) He used to. (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 8880. Snap it up now. Those are getting pretty scarce. 8480 is still available at times, but the 8880 is just about gone. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So Kjeld runs what? A brick supremacist movement? :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just a smart-alec guess here, but would they be called.... Modulex scale? -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, that's a relief. (...) The scale itself is not fixed, per se. It's really very arbitrary. I suppose the Micromachines example was valid; the MM Star Wars Imperial Death Star is the same length as the MM Aliens APC. One's big enough to (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Reporting Throwbots gone in the Provo, Utah area. 'Course, I took almost 1/3 of the shelf at Target -- one of each -- when I first saw them. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do with the pieces! Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) they're basically gone here too! (southern new hampshire) i've been meaning to post to this effect and ask if this was a nationwide thing. for what it's worth, the town center town junior stuff was *all over* the shelf, so at least maybe (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, it's a fan-based term. (...) (URL) ath=(URL) Those are also good examples of microfig-scale. Well, compared with the Star Wars models they are huge so what is micro-fig scale? (...) Well, I only have a few basic bricks at the moment so I (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, excuse me. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steven Vore wrote in message ... (...) Ku Klux Klan, if you mean the American side of it. They're a white supremacist movement based in the southern states. Kirk K. Kristiansen on TLG's side. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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If you had the chance to buy a 8480 Space Shuttle or a 8880 Super Car for approximately the same amount of money, what would you choose? And why? I can't buy both, so I have to decide soon. Laurentino Martins [mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt] [(URL) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) runs, (...) American (...) I agree. For what does the acronym stand? -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wasn't aware of them. I thought usage of "microfig" (as well as "minifig") is pretty much unofficial. Has "microfig" been used in Lego marketing already? (...) It's my understanding that physical scale is variable and up to the modeller. (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I suspected as much. Is TLG, then, the family-owned comany that KKK (1) runs, or does TLG own that company? Cheers, - jsproat 1. What a horrible acronym! At least, for those familiar with the American cult labelled such. (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Lego Group (a.k.a. "TLG") is a multinational conglomerate (if that's the right term) and is the "parent" company of approximately 40-50 companies. Companies in the Lego Group have names like LEGO Systems Inc., LEGOLAND California Inc., (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If they are micro-fig scale then what are the small non-minifig promo polybags then? Do I have to invent the term milli-fig scale? Millifig scale proposal: Uses a 2x2x1 45 degree slope piece as a window Uses the inverted piece as part of a (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Folks, What is the difference between the Lego Group (TLG) and Lego as a company? The latter (I assume) manufactures Lego products, while the former sounds like an investment group. TLG seems to hold all the copyrights, etc. Isn't Lego privately (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Pitsco in their new catalog has a set N779816 which is 276 tiles with sans-serif single letters. The description says they "connect to Duplo building plates and bricks". Anyone get these? How big are they? If they are 2x2 duplo studs that may be a (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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This page is art! I think we have a Cool Lego Site of the Week contender, here. Todd? Greg (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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All the throwbots in this area have sold out. Beside the throwbots display were all the discounted half price sets. I know this event does not affect regular collectors or does it? If Lego knows they can sell these sets easier than regular sets, I (...) (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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