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Imagine that you have an infinite amount of Lego which you never have to sort ;) Jeroen Alan Shutko <shutkoa@ugsolutions.com> wrote in article (...) There's one question that we'd all like answered that you can probably tell us: Is it as cool as (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) i've counted at least four different versions of the german catalog in 98. weird thing. rufus t. (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jereon, As for what we want, I would think it would be better for you, and us, if we simply used the lugnet.dear-leog newsgroup, as then you wouldn't get BURIED in email, and we could publicly discuss ideas that you would otherwise only get in (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Jeroen Ottens <ottens@get2net.dk> wrote in message 01be56c6$f3c15680$Lo...@ottens... (...) Hey Jeroen (You lucky son of a ... :') [snip] (...) Sorry, I can't really say on those. But, I guess you could consider Lugnet and RTL virtual clubs. Todd (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There's one question that we'd all like answered that you can probably tell us: Is it as cool as we'd think? (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi everybody, My name is Jeroen Ottens. I work at Lego Futura Technic Billund (the development department of Lego as you will probably know). ... Yes I am one of TLG ... My job is to design some of the new Lego Technic models. However I am also (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Yes, the red spoked wheel is from one of the early-mid 1970's sets that came with those wheels. Most of the sets came with red wheels, but some had them in white. They were common in some of the Model Builders Sets of the 1970's. One such example is (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) think I saw those once just before Xmas in Canada (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And in the Netherlands, they were shown on TV just before the holidays They looked great! There was also an add featuring the Insectoids Mark (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I saw them in a toy/souvenir store chain, from a tv/video set just near the lego shelves. Selçuk Mark Koesel wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Cool. Whe did these ads air? I've never seen them. -- Mark Koesel koesel@umich.edu Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message m3r9rwc7dj.fsf@sade.uio.no... (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I have a few mutilated technic beams that won't "lock" onto anything at all... In fact they are only good for the custom beam w/a hacksaw. Unfortunatly they were 16 stud beams in black, my favorite ones. The bigger the chasis the stronger the car. (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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$40 is worth it, my wife paid $80 at x-mass for mine. And yes... The dragster is most cool motorized w/power steering and all. Scoots around my living room real well too. Definatly get 2 if they are only $40. I would, the fiber optic and green hinge (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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This webpage shows some details from how the 1998 Technic ads were made. It's nothing much, but perhaps some of you'll find it interesting: (URL) Oh, and there's some "LEGO adventure" details as well: (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Robert M. Dye (robdye@writeme.com) wrote: [...] (...) See <URL:(URL). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message <47C58C0CC8E2D111873...lc.com>... (...) In Turkey, we had two (slightly) different catalogs, too. In February, the first 1998 catalog was released. Than in August a second one with the same cover except a little (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Last year in the UK, we had 3 main Lego catalogues: One in January with the Adventurers on the front cover. Then in August they redesigned it and put the Insectoids on the front cover. Then in November we got a slightly different one that had the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's for sure. I couldn't believe that crap got past R&D. No wonder they had financial trouble last year, they're slipping. Dave (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lots of old sets had the 4x4 spoked wheels. Of course, having said that, I don't have much of a list to offer... :) Here's a starting point: (URL) (...) 1x1 Tile, Top Compartmented, 1x1 Top, 6H (in Black) Qty Set U.S. Set Name Year Theme --- (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, all. I was over at the ECDC (Early Childhood Development Center) in the parish today, and asked to quell a disturbance in the LEGO corner. While there (heehee) I found a piece of monorail track (will have to go back and search more carefully (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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