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Geez, I'm skipping words again. To clarify: my follow-up was about the "LEGO Friends" software specifically, not Jason's posting of the information. Steve (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Other than the name in the title, what does this have to do with LEGO? Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Plus, _LEGO Racers_ is "based on on the Lego System Castle, Town, Space and Adventurers play sets". Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Whoops! For some odd reason, I read that as $20. I really don't know why... Sorry. Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I managed to get one of these at $33 from Walmoart Online when they were clearing some Lego out, and I am *SO* glad I did. I could never afford it normally, but it is a really nice set, and the secondary model of a dragster is sitting on my desk at (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Same here. Those were the good times. (...) Don't forget the radardish from set 6453 ((URL) That thing won't stay up! Great space-exploring... radar is looking at the ground. (...) Mark "If it ain't Lego, it don't count" (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) YM lose. HTH. Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's $0.05/piece. For Technic. Draw your own conclusions. Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I could. But in that life we wouldn't have the imagination we have now, because our imagination wouldn't be 'trained' by playing/building with Lego. Do you know of any other toy that would accomplish the same level of imagination-training (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the (...) slightly (...) Perhaps you should turn the visor upside down. This helped my Legonauts keep out the coldness of (Lego)space. Too bad it doesn't protect them from my cats, though.... Mark (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Eben Hill wrote in message ... (...) all (...) I have more than 150 sets, and most of them are from 1997 and before. I have no problems with my pre 1997 sets. But 6332 from 1997 Town Jr. line came with an extra diagonal window frame instead of a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36C01F00.880A33F5@v...er.net>... (...) I know that well. My inbox full of with messages from Gary, answering my questions, that arized here or there, in a way that very nice, kind, and patient, rangng from (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ? Gee, I wonder if you loose points in this game for designing your theme park around products your company no longer actually sells... :> Scott (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I can think of several sets that I have that could bring huge prices if I wanted to sell. I'd be THRILLED if TLG rereleased them either as exact copies or like what they did with 2150. I'd much rather have 50 6071's than 3 or 20 6086's than 2. (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wish I knew more about the CPI (Consumer Price Index) or whatever it is that tracks inflation across industries. It's interesting that gasoline prices in the U.S. are less today than they were 15 years ago, while the prices of breakfast (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) From the pictures I've seen, it looks like the right arm is movable, but not anything else. Sort of like the horses, but sillier. J (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) own summaries from the article: LEGOLAND: Design, build, and run a theme park with rides and attractions from the sets, including Western, Adventurers and Castle. For PC LEGO Racers: Design a race car and driver and drive on 5 tracks. For PC, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Is $40 a good price for Technic #8456 Fiber Optic Multi Set? (URL) I have an opportunity to get some unopened boxes at this price, but I don't know if this is a good enough deal to get two. Ben G. (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Seconded. I want a 6375 Grey Castle, or twenty. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Same in the Dutch catalogue. Apparently, they spend most of their time battling the elements - or in the case of City, trying not to run into walls (!) - But once a year, they meet in the Millennium Dome (well, some dome, anyway :) ), and (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Necessary, definitely! Could you imagine life without it? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Well, in Sweden, the inflation of the last 20 years has been more like 250%, so if it was here, it would _really_ be a price cut! I often use the price of a package of cigarettes as a measure of the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> If the set were old enough, it might make a difference if you were talking Cellulose Acetate versus ABS plastic. I bought a set #717 (Junior Constructor) from circa 1963 on EBAY recently. I was surprised to find that besides the pieces (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Peter Eio, the LEGO (US) President in Enfield has a real nice secretary, who will be happy to forward any documents to him. Gary Istok (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well as someone who has a lot of older sets, I wouldn't be upset if they reissued some of the older sets. When you think of the thousands of sets that were produced since 1958, they aren't going to reissue more than a few anyway. It would (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Looks like it doesn't have any movable joints or anything. I do see a crease but every pic I see has it locked in the exact same position. Hmmm. More Town Juniorization at work. It could have been really neat to see this thing with at least jointed (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Terry K wrote in message <36c12553.4089134@lu...et.com>... (...) <tim##NO_SPAM##@ams.co.nz> (...) see (...) Sorry Should have stuck a comma in there, Its a toyworld store in a suburb called Takapuna. (...) jokes! (...) They span two pages, the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) The 40% inflation is actually low. A 3.5% annual rate of inflation would cause a doubling of the price over 20 years. Considering the last 20 years includes 1979,80,81 with double digit inflation rates, I'm (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If the collector issue is a concern to TLG they could just release _Classic Space 2000_ or whatever with the same exact sets (or alterations as you've suggested) and the box would note the difference. I think that what that would do to the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is that relevant for selling old sets? How many of the sets on auction really have the original pieces - as opposed to the bricks having been mixed with bricks from other sets, and the seller has then picked out the appropriate kind of brick? (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm thinking very hard whether I wanna post this.... what kind of Billion? :) Jasper (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Has anyone noticed an increase in missing or malfored pieces in the newer sets? Within the past two weeks I've found the following: - minifig head in Space Port bonus pack missing face - 5 light gray 1x1 bricks missing from Flying Ninja Fortress I (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've gotten a few heads that look like they were double printed, they are all blurry. Also, it could just be me but I don't think the new bricks line up as well as the older ones did. -eben (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Nothing can ever replace the original, but there is a demand for, a market for and thus potential profit in releasing a classic series. If TLG just monitored this network, they could formulate a group of sets to produce. Based on the demand of (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree with you but doesn't the value of a set come mainly with having the original box and directions to go along with it. Sure I know that some sets are still worth is even without a box and stuff... just playing devils advocate. But I for (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I am doing this from memory, I don't have the article handy ... forgive me if I don't get the details exactly correct! On page 60 of the current issue of Business Week (2/15/99) there is an article on the the expected impact on several toy (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've read discussion about the desire for reissues of various sets, (apparently) especially the classic space sets. The only problem (other than Lego not doing it ;) seems to be that it would be bad for collectors, who would lose the value invested (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's on the low side, I'd say, especially considering that there are as lot larger pieces on the new one. (the dome appears to be usefgul in Mindstorms context as a reflecting m,irror for the IR port - haven't tried that yet, tho) jasper (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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They're called slizers in the UK as well. Oddly, our catalogue has two pages about them, but doesn't show any pictures of any of the sets at all. It just says the Slizer are coming. There's also no Mindstorms in our catalogue, although both Slizers (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Toyworld Takapuna? Love that name. :-) (...) 8 different slices? That is so lame it's funny. Bring on the bad pizza jokes! -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, mine have never closed completely. I have four, which admittably, isn't a large sample of all those out there. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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The picture of the 6463 looks like a space age hair dryer to me. Sit under the gold dome, and when you are done, you have a gold dome on your head. And with that....I'm off to bed. Julie (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed. Mine too. But unlike in LC (which used the same visor but the standard town helmet) the new helmet has issues. Either way for me is springy. One a little, one a lot. YMMV. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36C01F00.880A33F5@v...er.net>... :The Lego community as a whole, and the train sub community in :particular, has suffered a significant and profound loss with the :passing of Gary Louie on 5 February. ... :He was (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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No, it definitely fits better one way than the other. (...) | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... (...) see (...) Forgot to mention price RIS $550 Extreme Sports Expansion pack $149 Tim (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just popped into Toyworld Takapuna in my lunch break and was amazed to see a Mindstorms box on the shelf. According to the nice lady at the counter they've decided to to bring it here, and it arrived yesterday. She also showed me the 1999 NZ (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.robotics)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <36C0D850.CFA20769@m...ne.net>... (...) the (...) slightly (...) Try flipping it around. Mine had the same problem. It's not as obvious that there are two sides to it (like the motorcycle helmet visors). Or maybe it is (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well...I don't know about the inflation rate, but also consider that the newer set probably has parts that are more expensive to make - the gold-plated dome thingy and visor [1] for instance. That said, I think my ideal set would be a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Do we have to choose? I'd take both! (I have neither BTW...) Paulo (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ho hoo! That's it! That's the set that 6463 reminded me of, but I couldn't put a mental finger on it. The prices are interesting to compare, BTW -- this year's 6463 costs $3.99 for 35 pieces (11.4 cents/piece) and 889 from 20 years earlier (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I can get my hands on a few 6761's would anyone be interested? -- Asher (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Allen Carley wrote in message <36C05C85.2B75@ix.ne...om.com>... (...) Dunno about sets in general but yes, we do have cybermaster, but not mindstorms. Tim (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Colin wrote in message ... (...) I'd take the 889 over the 6463 any day. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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To truely see how lego has evolved over the last 20 years compare the following two sets: #889 - (URL) - (URL) I can say is: The more things change, the more they stay the same :-) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey guys, Did New Zealand get any new sets yet this year that are unavailable in the us? Also, does New Zealand have CyberMaster? Thanks for the help. Allen Carley (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Is there any reference to the 8482 CyberMaster set in the LEGO 1999 catalog in the United States? Just curious... :-) Laurentino Martins [mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt] [(URL) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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The Lego community as a whole, and the train sub community in particular, has suffered a significant and profound loss with the passing of Gary Louie on 5 February. Gary was a number of things to the community: He was always of good cheer. I don't (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Thomas Main wrote in message (...) I was very shocked to hear the news. Gary and I first started trading 2 years ago and that advanced to him obtaining for me lots of sets that are not available in New Zealand. He would go out of his way to get the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Thomas Main: : I was just catching up on some rtl news today when I saw a message : posted yesterday (2/7/99) about Gary Louie's death. I had limited : contact with Gary - he once participated in one of my auctions - but I : always read (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message <47C58C0CC8E2D111873...lc.com>... (...) Greetings, and thanks for lurking first. I hope your stay is a pleasant one. We (read I) try not to be too annoying. Do you have an RTL roll-call you can post? I don't think (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Seeing as I've just sent my first post to the list, I may as well say *HELLO* to everyone. I've been lurking around for about a month, but had some difficulties registering - which have got sorted out thanks to help from Larry P and Todd Lehman. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well - at least by including 'son' and 'daughter' they've recognised that parents might play with it. Actually I was quite impressed by the fact that the survey did let you choose from different age ranges for yourself, including ages going right (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:16:32 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) I do believe they had them at Legoland Windsor, so you should be able to pick some up when you go to Carlsbad! They had lots of other stationary-type items as (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Sat, 6 Feb 1999 23:13:42 GMT, Mark Tarrabain uttered the following profundities... (...) Some of us on ICQ chat from time to time. I have 20 or so RTL'ers #'s. Go to (URL) it, and post your number. I'll send you those which I have, if you are (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) ??? as evah, John C (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe the term I'm looking for is "grumble grumble bitch bitch" :) I went to my local Walmart this weekend (and a couple others, besides), and found the great, amazing, fantastic clearance item: Twisted Time Train had been marked down from (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) You might want to check out the Cool LEGO Site of the Week Archives (1) A text search for "amusement" brings up the URL for Iain's Lego Amusement Rides. (2) Incidentally, Iain has inserted some tutorial on how to make your own rides... Cheers, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, sure... if you want to think sensibly. ;) Actually, the only real thing a real-time chat would provide that can't be done right now is a greater level of interactivity. Response times could be measured in seconds or minutes as opposed to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What kinds of things would it enable you to do that you can't do now? (...) Currently very low. Maybe higher a year from now. Here's an older thread discussing the subject... (URL) think a chat system could be a lot of fun... But there are (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That would be too cool! :) What're the chances? (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I find my purism wavering enough to accept this, especially since TLG doesn't make fresh spares (rubber DOES age, even in the package). I also bought a decalled engine from Steve B., and I recently prised the window glass out of one of those (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Hi all- Robert M. Dye found, back in late December: (...) It's time to start combing Wal-Marts again; they're clearing things out with alacrity. While Princeton's was just on "normal" half-price schedule, having one of the 6479 Res-Q base ($35), (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | I Start Working for LEGO Tomorrow
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My job with LEGO NZ Ltd starts tomorrow (Monday). To all those who responded to my recent posting regarding a local toy shop closing, I hope I have got all the items sorted out correctly and haven't missed anyone off the list. The response was (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Got my passes today!! Certified mail no less. The sneak preview ones too :) I guess they ship the legoland trucks seperately since is was not included with the tickets. Barry (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Do I see irc.lugnet.com in our future, Todd? :-) (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Is there a #lego channel on some irc network, or some realtime chat facility available to people who want to discuss LEGO and who are *NOT* on AOL? I haven't been able to find one on irc, but I only know a couple of the major irc networks. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indeed it is. I'm pleased to realize that I'm not the only neurotic person here. :) (...) Which 5 catalogs are those? (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorms survey - Collectors Items
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How about re-releasing a classic set like the 8880 Super Car. I am late to re-discovering Lego and would like to pick up one of these sets at a normal price. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Awhile back, I saw a page that had amusement park rides built out of legos on it. I thought I book marked it, but cant find it. Does anyone know of the page I am taling about, and if so, can you send along the link. Thanking you in advance, Dave :-) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yikes! Is that still there? I had forgotten all about putting that up. I guess I should root around and see what other forgotten bits & pieces are still at that site. And yes, your eyes do get stuck. ¥) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nifty! One of the very first threads I remember from when I started reading RTL (fall '97) was on stereo images. Terry Keller did this: (URL) my eyes supposed to be stuck like this for good now? ¥) Scott (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree that a classic sets line would rock, and probably do real well. But just because a handful of desperate AFOL's would pay $100 for 6074 (I wouldn't) that doesn't mean many other people would. Granted, though, they could sell them for (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, 50 pounds of ABS better bring in SOME coin alright. It would have to be one heckuva coin to make the deal worthwhile. :) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Actually, that question didn't even show up in my survey. Didn't have a suggestion box area either. Weird. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah... I checked Friend as a substitute for Spouse. I had a lot of fun with the suggestion/improvement section, listed things like more inputs, more outputs, more memory, a stack for the default VM so subroutines can call subroutines, RIS was (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Martin Legault wrote in message ... [misc deleted] (...) to (...) When I contacted Lego last year, they only pointed me to the Spectrum people, who while nice enough, don't nearly have the selection that is available. I was planning on contacting (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One mans trash is another man's treasure. I bet an auction would fetch you some coin.... (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Only the white plate and the black stick are. (...) I was actually thinking of making my owhn H-plate/stick combination. Jasper (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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(...) the LEGO MINDSTORMS with... Who do you use it with? Please select all that apply. [ ] Father [ ] Mother [ ] Brother [ ] Sister [ ] Son [ ] Daughter [ ] Other Relative [ ] Friend Where's the Spouse / Fiance / Fiancee / S.O. checkbox?! I guess (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Lego needs to change the way it sells sets. Theme collectors(like me with castle sets) I begin to drool everytime someone offers older sets for sale. And I always seem to miss them. I called England and Germany about limited production runs. If lego (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I got an email message asking to take an online survey about Mindstorms. It wasn't from a Lego email address or Lego URL but claimed to be from Lego so I was concerned about giving them my address (for a free Lego keychain) even though they said it (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well I can certainly agree with you in regards to the smiley faces and wheel assortment. And there are never enought windows in these sets (or for that matter in any LEGO set). And yes, I probably have about 50 pounds of useless pieces that I have (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Rod Paananen wrote in message ... (...) ('90 - (...) Well, I don't recall seeing sets from '88 to '93 when I visited Billund but that Legoland store certainly has a better selection than the big department stores I visited in Europe. The stores (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, Todd, I have TWO identical LEGO bookmarks...if you drop me a line, I'll send you one. I came by both of them honestly...the one I'll send you would have been in the trash withing hours...I'll explain when I hear from you. Rob (26 years ago, 28-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I found and on Lego Website an adresse here in Montreal that I still have to check. Will give more info after seeing what they have. Do you accept Canadian Tire money for your train set? ;-) Martin (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been to both. The LIC@MOA has holes in the current line (no Model team, for instance) but has stuff that is not available many other places in the US (playing cards, the most different keychains I've ever seen, rubber brick erasers, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I (...) stages of learning Photoshop. Thanks for sharing! Scott (26 years ago, 5-Feb-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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