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(...) Isn't that how QA works in the LEGO factories? Each baggie of parts is weighed as a check that it contains the right pieces (because the correct total weight is known). If weighing small, heterogeneous bags works, weighing large, homogeneous (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For a lot of people, this is true. A lot of people seem to complain about the lack of basic bricks, and also the use of decorated/specialized bricks that are only good for very special uses. However, some people also think that many old sets (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the attention to detail/duplication on the applicator models is very impressive! ..jg (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I am not sure if anybody has made this comment regarding bulk prices yet so here goes. In order to make this worthwhile I think you have to look at the auto part industry example. Car X retails for $Y. The part price for all parts in Car X would (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lego may develop for kids, not adults, but Lego still spent the time, money, and other resources to make us Lego Maniacs when we were kids. It doesn't seem to make much sense to give up on a valued customer just because they reach a certain (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lets see, there was the Ice Planet 2002 Large Ship, there were several in the 1984 model year, the shipping yard, the newest airport from 1994 model year, there are a lot of them over the years, look through Pause for town sets, and it should (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, but conversely, why should he _post_ a response to something he thinks is spam? Totally pointless, and just increases the disruption caused by a spam. Anyway, people should think before they post. They sometimes seem to forget that they're (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jeroen, I think this (lugnet.general) is a good place. If it starts taking up too much of your time to read this general group, however, or if other people at LEGO Futura would like to join in or follow along and really turn this into an (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36d93a07.86778262@l...et.com>... (...) black, (...) Something tells me trying to tell the difference between pieces that small and light would really suck. HTH? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi everybody, Thanks (again) for your overwhelming responses. I have had over 100 responses within 4 days and still counting... A lot of questions have been asked, most of them I can't answer unfortunately. All questions regarding comments to be (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Just like counting out coins: Just weigh 'em. HTH. Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe they were old parts packs? I have one or two roof parts packs from before my Dark Ages, and I happen to have 8 or so, I think, 3 * 3 low corner slopes (in red). Not the reverse slopes, unfortunately :) Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Your town layout especially blew me away. I'd love to see more pics of the trestle, the larger buildings, and the (artificial?) ski-slope-lift - does it actually work?!? Could you stop by lugnet.publish & tell us something about your (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Joe! You da man! That's some of the best LEGO photography I've seen in long time. (Incredible models too. :) What kind of camera do you use? --Todd (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) He! I got that set a while back in some obscure little shop. It still had the original price (Nlg 3 = approx. USd 1.3) and the box was unopened! Saddly, I had to ask my girlfriend for the money, cause I just spent my last guilder on a Coke in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Barry, try this link: (URL) of super pics of the '17 Joe, all I can say is: W O W ! ! ! Really great models. I especially liked the Burlington Northern diesel. Any chance of more pictures? Mark "if it aint Lego, it don't count" (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) from (URL) joshua (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice stuff Joe. I would like to see more pix of the B-17. How did you do the nose and tail guns? I couln't see from them in the angle of the current picture. Barry (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) AHhhhhh (spoke as that sound you make after a cool, refreshing drink) I was starting to get RTL flashbacks from this thread. No insults intended, as the good natured, warm, fireside type flames here are mostly family spats with well recognized (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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We've been talking about it in the loc group but I thought I'd say it a bit more loudly. A group of us will be meeting at the CTP Cambridge office, 304 Vassar St., right across from the Cambridge Hyatt off Memorial Drive, at 7 PM on Monday the 22nd (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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