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(...) As of Thursday morning, there were 14 copies of 8480 at a local TRU. This number has been virtually unchanged for over a month. Too bad they're still at full price. :( Jeff (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The hoses you have received may have come from 6882 Walking Astro Grappler. (URL) 6941 *should* have come with yellow hoses w/ black ends. I would suspect that the seller substituted the hoses for some reason. Duane (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I always thought that "microfig scale" refered to anything that was too small for Minifigs. Jeff (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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i recently acquired a blacktron I battrax (6941) in used condition and the hoses that came with the set were translucent as opposed to the opaque hoses pictured in the instructions. it isn't a big deal, i'm just curious if some of these sets (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Yes, that would be sets 487 & 987 for the letters, and 488 & 988 for the numbers (the 400 series came in early/mid 60's, the 900 series came late 60's-early 70's). All of these sets were printed on 1x1 white bricks. I've got both of the number sets (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Because it *is* Technic, my friend! :) (...) Don't the new ball & socket elements count? It's a whole new form of 3D polar-coordinate movement. (...) 'ay, have you built any of the models yet? Not only are the new elements fully (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 21:30:34 GMT, Laurentino Martins uttered the following profundities... (...) Tough one. Isn't it typical that you have to choose between the two best Technic sets? I guess to determine which is most desired, is to decide which (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hmmm. I have an old set of letters and numbers (incomplete now) that were stamped on the sides of white 1x1 elements. I understand about the need for a "pure" LEGO solution, but it's amazing what a bit of Letraset or even an inkjet printer on sticky (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Hey Larry, We can split a set of these, if you'd like? I am working on building a few 1920's Movie Palaces, and these letters would be great for using on a large marquee. Let me know if you're interested. Gary Istok (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Since I have both, I would say that the 8480 is better part-wise. Many more gears than the 8880, and the 8480 also has 2 motors. HOWEVER, if you have the choice right now, get the 8880 ... the supplies are dwindling fast (especially for an unopened (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Spend some time at the Shell website -- it's a very weird experience. They don't even pretend to present an image of a single operating corporation (like TLG does). Apparently, there are *hundreds* of Shell companies. Many of them are shell (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And RTL is full of "Looking for Throwbot XXX...XXX" crap. I think I've seen all of the TB sets on local store shelves in the last few days. If anyone is crazy enough to be 'collecting' these sets, I'm willing to help out. Just $10 +shipping (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks. Construction Site ((URL) has them as well, same price, per an offline note I received from Crispin and I'd rather give them the biz... but I can't decide if I need them badly enough to spend 40+ bucks given that they're huge. ++Lar (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36B3A559.708DCE83@v...er.net>... (...) they are 2x2 duplo eric (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That's just a decision based on availability, not on the sets' merits. Personally, I'd take the 8480, because it's such an ingenious and beautiful model. More funky general-purpose parts too. 8880's just a big car. (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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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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I don't recal seeing the Bears in Belleville but Bellville adults and technic fig are almost the same scale if not (sorry I can't check now ) (...) round (...) Martin (26 years ago, 30-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What scale would you call it if you were building for the little Belleville bears that stand up? Are Belleville adults the same size as technic adults? (I'll check this tonight at home.) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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FOTW nothing, more like a FOTY. You wouldn't by chance be interested in selling the 0918 Space Transport, would you? -John Van Mark Harrison wrote in message <36B1BB36.E6FFBDD9@o...net.au>... (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (Whiping the drool from my face) Congratulations! Any chance of an auction? Mark (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi All, Just picked up a collection that appears to be complete and in excelent to near mint condition, which is great as the majority of the sets were released between 1973 and 1982. It contained plenty of classic lego sets, with instructions and (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) These are the new 'Amazon' ones. Details and pictures of all Adventurers sets at: (URL) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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For any of you interested, here's how I came up with the slopes formula: Layer 1 and 2 have no 2x2 slopes, they start at layer 3. Layer 3 has 4, layer 4 has 8, 5 has 12, etc. (add 4 to each layer). This gives the series: sum(0,0,4,8,12, ... (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Michael Ulring wrote in message <36AE9BC8.CC361301@e...uc.edu>... :2. My preferred bidders will bid higher than they would otherwise :because they are always mentally including their discount in their bids, :thus driving the price higher than it (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Great job! You knew all that algebra and geometry had to be good for something someday. Sure enough - for building toys. Rob Farver wrote in message <36b1be61.7834646@lu...et.com>... :Incidentally, while writing Tom on this subject today I came up (...) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (Gasp!) You forgot 6375 Gas Station! ;) BTW, it had a clear pane. Jeff (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Stembel wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks Jeff Stemblel and Mark Koesel!! Now it looks like the rare 1x6x5 Windows are (were) available in 4 colors. Yellow (from the old Schoolroom set) with clear window Blue (from old 80's space LEGO) with a (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Great tank model.(1) I like the ornamental suspension idea - good use of that piece. And the color scheme is surprisingly good, given the limitations of Lego colors. Very well done. And I noticed on the turret inner workings pic that you have (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in (...) This is what I've done in the past and it seems to have worked fairly well. As a rule first I offer stuff to Larry P, then to a list of others, then I'll run an auction (and Larry will bid :) Moz (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) plus: (new in germany) 1182 same as 3020 1183 same as 3021 they are differently packed. and huw speaks of four sets available in the uk. 5901, 5906, 5936 and one more. rufus t. (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry, Sorry, forgot to change the salutation when I reposted to lugnet. The studless rendering was drawn in Adobe Illustrator. Took me about 45 minutes. Thanks for the nice comments. -Michael ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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Copy of a reply I made to a post on RTL: ---...--- (...) Incidentally, while writing Tom on this subject today I came up with the following formulas for figuring out how many slopes it takes to build a pyramid (assuming all 2x2 slopes as Tom is (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I offered bidders in my first auction a discount in my second, and I think I even did something weird like offer the highest bidder in one a discount on the next one (parts auction - highest amount of parts bought). I stopped doing that not (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is lugnet, but whatever. WOW! How did you do the studless rendering that is the "heading" of the tank page? That is very nice looking. (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) This shouldn't be an issue at all. I am almost ALWAYS at a monetary disadvantage in auctions, especially if I am bidding against Tony, Larry, Rob, or Gary ;-) (...) THIS one might be an issue. (...) | Please do not associate my personal views (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would agree that this would be considered unfair - regardless of why you're doing it, you are tilting a (theoretically) even playing field, which is one reason people run auctions rather than straight sales(1). (...) What I have considered (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> Michael, I was really impressed by your creations. As far as I know, you're the first person to make original Ninja-themed sets and they are beautiful. I can't wait until more of the project is done! Also, you have really good pics up (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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This is a great tank. I am looking forward to seeing some of your other work. Keep it up. Bob (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) James has a point. Regarding your idea of giving a discount - I can say that I would definitely feel it was as unfair as any other tactic that would drive up the prices in an auction, and if I knew the auctioneer was going to do so, I'd be far (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Stop trying to tailor reality to fit every nuance of your sensibilities. An auction is the fairest way to dispose of things in return for value but it is incompatible with certain other goals, e.g making everyone happy. Let auctions be (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just as a sidenote: this is Lugnet, not RTL. :P Jasper (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) *has a Jerry Sp..puke flashback* (...) Or without reason: if th bidders don't like it, he sells at a lower price or not at all. Ultimately, it's self-interest that keeps auctions fair :) Jasper (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark Koesel writes/wrote/has writen: (...) Try the 7130 snowspeeder. It has orange pieces. Also the 7140 X-wing. Both can be found at (URL) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey RTL, I have a new lego web page featuring my creations. Currently I have two categories of images, Ninja Themed images and a theme I call Military. Please feel free to browse around. I'm not finished with the site, but there are quite a few (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'll first say that I have a small number of fellow Lego enthusiasts who are somewhat closer friends than the rest of you [1]. This group of individuals, some local and others who are outside the US, have either been very generous in their dealings (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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I came across someone who knows "LEGO LOGO". Up to this point, I've never heard of it. I've asked around, but haven't found much details on the subject other than elementry age kids can build washing machines and mary-go-rounds out of LEGO and then (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not american, and I'm not a amway dealer. But my mother uses their products..:-) (in Turkey) Selçuk (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Starwars Snowspeeder has Orange pieces, so hopefully not. :) Also, Did you notice that the Trailer has a 1x6x5 Window? With Shutters? You can add that to your "History of Windows", Gary. Jeff (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message 36AE24D3.73F5E078@umich.edu... (...) It could but I think some other new sets for 99 use orange too (but I admit I can't think of a single one right now). Plus, a couple of the throwbots use light (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Does this mean that Orange LEGO could become as rare as the light blue LEGO that was made in a promotional set (like the Target Store Orange Buckets) for Maersk Line Airlines (Danish) in 1980, and hasn't been seen since? Gary Istok (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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What about a Megafig scale 6 feet tall (192 brick high) with feet 12 x 30 round (I forgot the name) !! (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general)
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(...) This should probably go into the faq. It's smaller than minifig-scale. (1) Browse the thread that started at (2 URLs) for some excellent Star Wars models. Also, see the recent postings to lugnet.cad.dat. Cheers, - jsproat 1. Bigger than (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, I live in the Netherlands :). So.. how many of the readers of this group do Amway, and is that representative of the American public in general? Jasper (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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"Minfig scale"? "Microfig scale"? "Technic scale"? "Technic scale" makes sense to me. Or at least, I think it does. I presume it means to scale according to the size of the LEGO Technic team, assuming that the characters are around 6 feet tall, or (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jesse Long writes: It's like Mary Kay wihtout the pink cars. Just to keep the record straight, sale reps now have the choice between the traditional pink Cadilac or a red Grand Am. Louise Belles (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow. There's someone we haven't reached... Steve (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Selçuk Göre writes/wrote/has writen: (...) Sound to me a typical lugnet.off-topic.debat... Anyway, we have this kind of think also in the Netherlands: Tupperware. (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I know this thing, and I also agree that it is teasing. They also combine the whole thing with bells and whistles as "friendship force" or the like...sounds stupid. Selçuk (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Selçuk wrote in message <36ACE300.53C090DD@n...ne.com>... (...) in (...) your (...) a (...) ...that tries to get you to sign up under them to sell Amway stuff, hence my original comment. Every person who has tried to push Amway on me has always (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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It's the name of a special cleaning product manufacturer (or distributer), in other words, simply a detergent brand. The special thing about Amway is its distribution and marketing system. You can not buy any Amway product from your favorite store, (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Can someone explain just what amway is? I'm not familiar with the name... Jasper (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Didn't you guys try to look at the Time Cruisers models through the special glasses included in each set? The Twisted Time Train looks like the Metroliner with the green glasses and the 7740 Intercity train with the red glasses. Notice the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What he said. Leave Amway alone. They manufacture and ship billions of dollars of product each year, and they pay my school taxes to boot. :-) (...) Whoops. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yikes. If they could have come up with an alternate model for most TC stuff which used most of the pieces, I'd have been quite impressed. Those are some really weird things! (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've now done it on both NN for Win32 and Linux. I believe that it was broken at first but was fixed, so try reloading. (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I don't want to get into depth with this, since I don't consider myself an Amway apologist. But I do have to say: Amway is *not* a pyramid scheme. If anyone wants to discuss this further, let's take it e-mail. Steve (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, the outplacement stuff is standard practice when firing in Europe. I think the Unions might get upset otherwise... Jasper (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, in the area of browsers I guess I would tend to choose Communicator over IE. But, in general, Mac users are more accustomed to getting very little of anything and paying more for it when they get it, so wouldn't it make a lot of sense (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Michael Hopkins: : What a disappointment! I go to this page, and I get the message "We do not : support Internet Explorer for Mac." You have a Mac and you use Internet Explorer? Why? On a system that offers you as much freedom as (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right. It was just a thought, albeit not necessarily a good one. MLM wouldn't work with lego because as you indicate, it's a toy: it couldn't generate enough cash to float because the product line is too narrow. Amway is really for people who (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36abdc17.2168556@lu...et.com>... (...) Sure, but TLG isn't a pyramid scheme, so there's a big difference. Amway has to hit a slump, because there's only so many people willing to sign on as salespeople. TLG is a toy (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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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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