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(...) Well, was that 100 minimum of EACH piece, or 100pc minimum for the TOTAL ORDER? -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Which would be: (URL) must admit I'm mildly interested. I'd be more interested if they were blue, and much more interested if they were black. As it is, I have tons of low slope red and I'm not sure the expense of getting European parts packs (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Went to see the place this morning, Bought a fee thing while I was there (they have a store open to public) and ask a few question. - No they don't carey all the dacta selection :-( - Yes they do accept mail order payable by visa/mc with (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Prices for Dacta sets and scans of the spare parts pages from Commotion, a UK supplier of Dacta, available on my website. Click on the link below! (And I promise, no links to my hard drive! :o) ) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) On plates and bricks and normal stuff it sure isn't much, but I heard a story on RTL a few years ago from someone who'd bought 100 brown horses back in the late 80's when TLG was still doing these bulk sales. 100 horses sounds like a pretty (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, a 100 of any given piece is nothing. I can think of a dozen pieces and minifigs (or just torsos and heads) I'd want more than 100 of. And if they started this up again I'm sure that those who only wanted 2 or 5 could arrange something (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, Does anyone know if there are any other sets that have the sliding garage door like that in set #6384 police station? I got this set as part of a lot of mostly old technic and space stuff, and it's a really neat door. I've never seen it (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Class act. Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message <36CB84E7.9F911002@b...te.com>... (...) thread. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi! A couple of weeks ago, a fellow worker came in to my office. "Here's something for You" he said, and gave me a little plastic bag with three 'maxifig' heads. Then he told me their story: "Back in the (mid?) 70's, we made some measurings for LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok wrote in message <36CC3E8C.74BB5646@u...ch.edu>... (...) asking (...) parts (...) They were in a box, not a bag like the US parts packs. If you look on the LEGO web site in the European catalog the box looked like the one shown for set (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36CB847A.4EECA659@v...er.net>... (...) Theories? I guess I would have to say that I like to get a good sense of the group dynamics before diving in. Too many times, I have seen people jump right into a newsgroup (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Back in the olden days (early 80's) when TLG did provide very limited bulk orders (it was not easy to do because they didn't want to do a lot of it), there was a 100 piece order minimum. Gary Istok (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the same question that I'll ask... 3x3 corner slopes!!!! In a Swedish parts packs? I'm assuming that we are talking low slopes in RED, right? And not any other color, right? If that is the case, are these only in the Swedish sets? Or how (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or just because those 'mild' flame-fests are the only conversations that one can see while checking for new posts in .general... I mean: one little posting-response to the original flower-addvertisement-post has created a discusion, that lasts (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) asked the author about the status of his site a short while ago. He has since replied that moving versions of the commercials have been made available. In his first response to my inquiry, Geoff noted that he had another site which had more (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Because they invariably produce a sense of camaraderie, us all against the "spammer"? Or possibly because flame-fests (mild as they are here) are the most interestig conversations we have? *grins very evilly* Jasper (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Because he's taking the time to flame the original poster? I mean, sure, you don't need to visit a spam-like link, but you also don't have to flame - in a public forum, no less - the original poster. Much better either to email or to check it, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm.. I can't sign that, but I agree that it's not restrictive enough. A few years ago, a somewhat similar law was passed here. However, it's a lot more restrictive. I believe the rule is that all cash transactions above $20.000 or so should (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is odd. The references line seems to be ok, yet Larry's post appeared as threaded to the original post in the thread, rather than what he was replying to. (...) Hell no. Just like with guns, psychos who feel they need guns to defend (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ***BAD, U.S.-ONLY JOKE AHEAD*** I thought they made Technic in Switzerland 'cause all the pieces had holes in them. I'm really sorry. Scott (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Fried with mayo on white bread is better. (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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My old pirate sets have firing cannons. I have quite a few of them... Jeff Johnston wrote in message <36C4D891.54CACD42@m...ne.net>... (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When LEGO is outlawed, only outlaws will have LEGO ?? :-) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hi Timothy!!! ... and welcome to the spotlite. Why is it that nice newbies always delurk when we're having these family spats? Interesting that you said you've never posted to RTL but lurked for a good 1/2 year. Any theories why? Glad LUGNET was (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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So! OK, everybody. Get this! I'm like away in NYC for a week. Havin' a fine time. I'm playing with toys, slurpin' beverages with other LEGO folks. MEANWHILE... this is going on (!!!!!) "Timothy D. Freshly" wrote: [snip] (...) Good heavens. That's (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, you should! I just emailed you and all the rest of my friends about something pretty serious that we aren't turning the tide against... see my sig. (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Yes. You're right. But so am I, in that the BODY of the post didn't. Just the URL. Some of us look closely at URLs and some of us don't. So we're both right. So's Todd, actually. I still say it's a cute alternate reality. Do minifigs KNOW they're (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well, my point is he still didn't make a mistake. As I said, I followed it, as I knew what was up. If you DIDN'T know about baseplate, and here's my point... ***Why should the reader spend their time to visit a link to verify it is NOT spam?*** (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, but the point is, YOU know Suzanne. Everyone doesn't ;-) And I don't visit Larry's LP links now, DO I? <smirk> <duck> (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeeeoops! I should hope no one is harping on Kevin! :) I meant to write Keith. --Todd (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Why am I being misunderstood so much today? I must not be taking enough time to write clearly. :-( I was not condemning it as spam. I was explaining to Mike why it appeared like spam to one person (and probably to a few others who haven't (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) [...] (...) someone (...) the (...) long (...) Of course, let's remember where "here" is; namely LUGNet, a moderated (however lightly) private service where true spammers can not get to due to the registration (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) at (...) very (...) has (...) Just becuase one person thinks it looks like spam does not mean we should condemn it as such. One person is not enough to define what is and what isn't in life. Jesse ___...___ (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The word baseplate appears 3 times; both it and legopolis appear in the URL which stands out a bit. Combined with the effort it takes to be able to post to a lugnet group (making spam extremely unlikely), and the amount of time you have to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Selçuk skrev i meddelandet ... (...) be my (...) [snip] Well, _this_ message did not change anything in my OE, the other one did (and does if I look at it again). Is there some setting in OE I can change, so it never changes codepage automatically? (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) From the original post: (URL) ^^^...^^^ ^^^^ If you look, it does mention LEGO. Cindy (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think you're arguing whether or not it "should" have looked like spam...? That's a moot argument, since we know that it did in fact look like spam to at least one person. Again, we're all only human, and we tend to read things very quickly (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm sure I'm not the only person who doesn't look at web sites mentioned in posts which look like spam. If I do, that's just validating the spammers. (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I get for having my phone service go out for a day and missing a couple of days of work. Everyone else makes a topic moot before I get to it. :) (...) You're probably right. (...) Nope, Tom's opinion about usenet spam aside, I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Easy, Easy. The poor guy was flamed enough yesterday and the day before; let's let it drop. I think Keith gets the idea. It was a simple mistake. Careless maybe, but, well, we're all only human. Obviously it might've looked like spam to some (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Carbon 60 wrote in message <36C623FD.60C3648E@b...ot.com>... (...) I'm not fully informed, but some years ago I recall reading somewhere that many Technic parts are produced in Switzerland because they need extra accuracy. (Sounds like a joke put (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hunh? You're SO jaded against spam in newsgroups that you would ignore whatever reputation Larry and I might have earned over the past year or more, both on the group and via e-mail, and disregard any link we might post, no matter how we might (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Says you. I appreciated the reminder and made use of the service, which is FREE, by the way. Where would you say the reminder belonged, since you've suddenly elected yourself to the post of topic cop? (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Are Jill and Gary being held captive in Nerstonia Castle? Steve (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nah, it's probably because TLG changes the complete Space-line every (1-2)year! So they would have to change this minifigset also. But the older minifigsets were kept around for a lot more years. Ergo: in the new setup (every year completely (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36c9baa1.4738502@lu...et.com>... (...) Probably because they're not putting out any mini-fig sets that can't be composed of primary characters that everyone already has. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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OK - thanks to you and everyone for your comments. Good point about the newer bags that have sets printed on them. Perhaps I might start chucking out my bags - then I'll be able to save more space by putting more of the boxes inside each other. On a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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My news sending preference are set to plain text but the problem may be my code page, which is supporting Turkish (ISO something). Actually I use both Navigator (at home) and OE (at work). I'm not deep in those NNTP thingies, so I don't know (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Box count is 86. Pause has been updated as well. -- joshua (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, I'm updating my set inventory (1), and I need the piece count for set #8210, Technic Nitro Bike GTX. The Pause database doesn't seem to have this number, so anyone who can give a piece count will be improving at least two databases! If you (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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This is my first visit to your page. I really like the Knights of the Round Table in the Castle of the Littles. Neat work, I really enjoyed your page including the new castle. Mookie wrote in message <36CA01FC.C8599070@e...pc.com>... (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just wanted to let everyone know I did some reworking on my lego page, and I've added new pics of the my latest creation, Nerstonia Castle. If anyone wants to check it out (URL) of the new castle Tamy (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I personally throw everything except the set and instructions away, and I'm not too inclined to waste too much space on the instructions. If I buy multiples of a set, and I usually do, I only keep one set of instructions. (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:57:35 GMT, Matthew Bates uttered the following profundities... (...) Let us not forget the closure of the Brazilian factory! Even though Brazilian production would increase the distribution cost, it could presumably be started (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I picked up a duplo rabbit (c.1984) at a flea market this weekend. It has a zipper along the back, and two ropes that are handles. You can stuff lego inside. There is a duplo/lego plastic handle hanging from the zipper. Does anyone have any more (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a feeling it's this header: (...) which Outlook is handling in a weird way. Jasper (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They appeared in Grey in 6952 "Solar Powered Transporter. Also, they don't work too well with the Octagonal corridor elements. They DO work well with the Double-sloped windows, however. (think Alien Moon Stalker, 6940) Jeff (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hee hee... Well, look at the types of packs that were being sold -- brightly colored roof bricks and rectangular bricks and small plates and trees and windows, among other things. Great stuff, I don't mean to insult it, but it's no where near (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Selçuk skrev i meddelandet <36C8C2F6.A550AED9@n...ne.com>... <snip> Hello Selçuk! No offense, but how come Outlook express always changes the font when it comes to a message from You? The strange thing is, it doesn't change back when I go on to the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Rich Thompson skrev i meddelandet ... (...) So did mine! She almost got tears in her eyes (or was that 'When _are_ You leaving the computer???' tears?) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Minifigs. And their accessories. Stores would stock these, I'll bet. We haven't had a minifig set for Space in quite awhile. Steve (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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</rant on> You know, I don't even care about bulk brick packages from TLG personally. A greater variety of service packs would be more than adequate as far as I'm concerned. Look, even if TLG had only the barest discount off of what you would pay (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 1. Having a business license does not mean being a company. You can carry on business as a sole proprietor, under your own name or a business name. 2. If you carried on business under your own name, there's no way Lego would know whether you (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) i'm always glad to see a page devoted to pirates and it was nice to see the related links too ..jg (joseph, the guy who really likes the pirates theme but just hasn't gotten around to getting his sh**...er ship together to make his own pirate (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Matthew Bates wrote in message ... (...) interested (...) (supplementary (...) isn't (...) I was in Sweden back in December and in a couple of the stores I went into they had parts packs for slopes, doors and windows, and wheels. They were (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, but as soon as you do that, you are making purchases on behalf of your company, and they are no longer private purchases. I was originally suggesting that TLG restrict membership of the club to private individuals only, and not allow (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I'm not sure what your comment about taxes has to do with my comment about arbitrage. If I can get 1% an hour consistently, I will declare the income and pay the taxes. Gladly. (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I really don't see what all this fuss is about, toy stores aren't interested in selling bulk bricks. You used to be able to buy bulk bricks (supplementary packs I think they were called) in UK toy shops but not any more, there isn't enough demand. (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But there's a federally imposed limit on the amount that you can make per year before you have to A> declare the income, and B> either have a business license or be on a payroll. This limit is not really that much per year (only about six (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) any real flowers [1]! Mark [1] He, it was a sunday! No stores were open!...and I completely forgot about Valentinesday..I admit! (now going to the corner to stand there for a while) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah. We're refering to two different LU's. A Lehman LU (you brought it up in this thread first) is 1/2 plate-height. So the on-center spacing of studs can be expressed: 1 Gyugyi LU 5 Lehman LU 8 mm 10 Gyugyi dLU 20 LDU I would say the Lehman LU (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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My wife liked her flowers too! I think it was a fine general announcement. Rich (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Tom Stangl, VFAQman Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 12:34 AM To: (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh? It's a way cuter post without mentioning LEGO. That whole site is an alternate reality in which the brick is never mentioned. Very effective and sweet. And I don't believe you would not have followed the link if it was me... you're just (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I will. If you can point me to a scheme that is legal, and guaranteed to return 250 an hour for a capital investment of only 25,000 I am THERE. Only takes 100 hours to double your money at that rate. Lots of arbitrageurs make a nice living on (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed. <insert standard stump for the Libertarian party here. (URL) > (...) If you need to move money to or from Australia, New Zealand, the UK, or Germany (and I hope the NL soon, Hi Jasper) drop me a line. I may be able to help you. I have (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36c8a217.6212706@lu...et.com>... (...) Because presently, if you want a thousand of a particular piece the only way to get them is to buy umteen sets (4x2 bricks etc excluded). Donning my devil's advocate hat again (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But how often do you post a public reply to a message containing a prominently located URL without checking out what's on that URL first? Anyway, no harm done. Anyone could've mistaken it for spam, as you point out. (...) Hmm, good idea for (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm - I wouldn't have said two years in the UK, because they weren't released here until August 1997 - so here it was little more than one year before they were down to - in the case of the second biggest set - less than half price. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, yeah, sure... I'll betcha you and Todd just cooked up this whole thing together just to get me all riled up and see how much of a fuss I'll make, right? ;) Seriously though, I was never thinking that TLG would have to police anything. (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark Tarrabain wrote in message <36C86BD7.DA07F3E8@l....bc.ca>... (...) markup on (...) 100%. (...) It must be different in the States. I have a copy of the Lego UK retailers price list and even with all the additional discounts, it's impossible to (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well, in his defense, he was right.....sort of... How often do you see spam in a newsgroup? And how often do you follow a link in a spam to check it out? I sure as heck don't. The ONLY reason I followed it to check it out was because Suzanne posted (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) this. (...) Just because you two agree to disagree doesn't mean one of you isn't wrong. Not that I'm going to tell you which one it is (if either). Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Keith, I thought that too, but NOPE! Go to that URL, you'll see what I mean ;-) I mean, I suspected something when I saw it was Suzanne posting it ;-) Suzanne - THANKS for the idea! I made a 6 rose vase for my wife for VDay, she loved it! (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) Easy, shoot first, ask questions later. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Blink blink. How so? <quoted from the lugnet.announce charter> lugnet.announce (group): General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news about products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.); also, important LUGNET (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Keith: Actually, it was like totally ON-topic. --Todd (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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this was like totally off topic here.. Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I tend to keep the outer shell, and inner tray - which I use for storage of my parts. Plastic bags are easilly substituted with ziplock type bags if you were trying to recreate a set. Plastic trays I used to keep, but these took up so much (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Exactly, bulk parts are unlikely to be economically viable for TLG, especially if they were cheaper than sets on a per piece basis. Bulk parts should demand a premium which those building huge models (castles) would be willing to pay in order (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry :) (...) Ok. No problem, no grudges. (...) No, I don't necessarily disagree with that...(and I probably don't want to be making guesses as to what motivates TLG :) My major disagreement was with the assertion that it would be possible to (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Todd, I think you and I are just going to have to agree to disagree on this. I don't think that TLG would have any motivation to sell to individuals in the bulk amounts that you are suggesting, but if you think otherwise, well, hey... maybe (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Common for most of the points. I only keep one copy of each diferent catalog/brochure, only the outer shells for smaller sets, but also trays for bigger ones, and certainly none of the bags (except at least one copy of not-boxed, I mean (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd & All; Excellent discussion regarding bulk brick sales. In certain political circles, I know if say corporation A gives 10 people $1,000 each to give to a candidate that supports them, while the maximum contribution is $1,000, it is illegal and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Think. Toystore writes $25,250 cashier's check to individual. Individual deposits check and writes new cashier's check to LSI for $25,000. LSI delivers bulk elements to individual. Individual delivers bulk elements to toystore. In other words, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I bought a few sets on E-bay, I bought them for the pieces and mini-figs, but I don't expect the plastic piece holders (You can buy the material for it at a very cheap rate), nor the cardboard container either. I just figure it is a waste of time (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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OK, Richard. I have heard many interesting tidbits on the Unification and the currency situation, from the EU spawning the Antichrist, to the benefits of American business and so on, so it is good to hear information who is in the thick of it, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've only recently begun saving the bags since TLG has started printing the set pictures on the bags. Usually though, I only expect to get the pieces and instructions with auction winnings. Duane (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It wouldn't (and that wasn't the implication). The question was a rhetorical one, in response to Mark Tarrabain's comment "Further, there could be little incentive for a person to purchase from any individuals who were to try this because they (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's only 1% profit. Who's going to bother spending that kind of money to make so little? Further, I would never suggest that TLG charge club members prices that are below what retailers could get their stuff for. I, for one, would be quite (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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