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(...) But not entirely. Some AFOL's might participate in auctions to be theme complete, but others also do it for the parts. Some parts are no longer available at all or in the color I want. (...) It sounds like you work where I do :) We have two (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I inquired about bulk parts many years ago and the minimum order was 100 pieces and you had to increment in 100 pieces. The prices they quoted for common bulk bricks was extremely cheap, but specialty pieces were another matter, but considering I (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) pretty much a kid, and I would like to see old sets brought back, and bulk orders made available. I mean, I know lots of kids who would love the old sets brought back, and bulk ordering. If you think that kids would rather have flashy sets (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I bought it: in fact it was the first set I bought after my Dark Ages. (I'm sure this says something about me psychologically, but never mind!) It does have some neat stuff - I turned the ship into a rather more realistic looking cog or carrack, and (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Shrouds. But since the lego ships frequently have almost no other standing or running rigging, you might as well just call them rigging. Kevin (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's an even better idea. (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Could anyone with a scanner post it some where on the web. There is more than one AFOL in Canada that would like to see all the line of Dacta set. Martin (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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[This followup was posted to lugnet.general and a copy was sent to the cited author.] Hello Jeroen! Many of the things that I would desire/like to see from TLG have been stated by many in the community, and far more eloquently than I could ever hope (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 02:46:13 GMT, Tom McDonald uttered the following profundities... (...) An MT set. Say that again. That is what a set with many large, preformed, specialised pieces is! Empty! Uninspiring, lacking in design and function. (Not (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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[This followup was posted to lugnet.general and a copy was sent to the cited author.] (...) Hello! Introductions and my story first.....(apologies in advance, too, as I tend to have a very disjointed writing style...) I, too, am an AFOL. My first (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:23:18 GMT, Tom Stangl uttered the following profundities... (...) I'll do this. Just send me an e-mail entitled "Black roof bricks." I will post the results in a few days. If someone could tell me the price as well....... (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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It is OK for parts, it has some nice starter parts if you are into boats (Pirate ships, masts, those brown rope ladder things (Name?)). The train canopy is cool, as well as the gray airplane wings, and it has some great mini-fig accessories. I got (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Has anyone bought the 6493 Flying Time Vessel? I saw these on a clearance for $25 the other day and while I don't care for the model, it looks like a decent source of parts. I would have bought it for $10 but couldn't justify $25. What is the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Linc Smith skrev i meddelandet ... (...) of your (...) to. (...) visible (...) go to (...) several more (...) By (...) rather (...) Sometimes I feel like a ... (insert favourite words here) ! The only defense I can think of, is that I'm running the (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, yes, yes! I had been griping about this very thing just a few weeks ago on here! I was beginning to think I was alone in that regard. Thanks for speaking up. (wow... that's two things that we've agreed on in one week! This is getting (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Good for you! So I guess you're BLISSfully happy? Ha! Couldn't resist.(1) Julie (1) Sorry if that line has been used before by you old timers ;-) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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There is a LEGO exhibit at a local Wal-Mart featuring a Cowboy on a horse. Anybody know how many bricks are in it? Mike - mike_walsh@mentorg.com (URL) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) more Can't get much better than that :-) -- Steven | svore at mindspring .com | kf4fbk | TC++MS++#15LS+M+HalYB64m (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That is probably the case, yes, so long as increasing the set design level meant producing things that adults actually take a widespread liking to. Designing sets that adults enjoy doesn't necessarily mean designing things specifically for (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks. :) (...) I played most days, but not all. Maybe 20 of 24. Steve PS. One thing was kind of funny -- there was a letter in the shipping carton. It was just a short note, basically it was, "here are your sets, congratulations." But it was (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Me, too. (...) Not any more than anyone else, but thanks for saying so. Steve (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The way the wishlist works is you go through the online catalog, and click a button to add an item to your wishlist. There's no way to add anything which isn't in the online catalog. However, you can add sets from any of the regional catalogs. (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in article <snip> (...) numbers (...) older (...) the (...) appeal (...) and (...) Maybe I don't have to add the fifth point at all. It seems to me that if Lego would provide a bulk piece ordering service, (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Anders Isaksson wrote in message ... (...) Anders, I am just waiting for a chess game, so I will attempt a help post here; someone who knows better can jump in. I believe the announcement group requires the follow-up field to be set to something (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Dittos on the no kids (Not planning any either!). I have a niece, but I am having a hard time deciding if I want to venture to buy her the current selection of Lego sets. I guess I will let her decide. Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi! Does anyone know how to set the 'follow-up' field with Outlook Express? I just tried to make an announcement in lugnet.announce, but was rejected because the 'follow-up' field was not set. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Mike, don't forget - for You, the _building_ is the thing, for kids, _playing_ is the greater part. OK, my oldest boy (11), really liked to put 8880 (Supercar) together, and the alternate model too. It took (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Wait, (...) Congratulations!!! (...) www.lego.com. Every (...) 'find the (...) drawing for (...) grand prize (...) their lego (...) How many of the days did You play? Every one? Happy building, Anders (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Trying to win the guessing contest, Mike? :)- Good place to ask, however! :) I don't know offhand. Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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There is a LEGO exhibit at a local Wal-Mart featuring a Cowboy on a horse. Anybody know how many bricks are in it? Mike - mike_walsh@mentorg.com (URL) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think a statement like that could be read the wrong way out of context. AFOLs in general do spend a large portion of their LEGO budgets on new TLG retail products, but a growing percentage are resorting to spending money in fan-to-fan (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi everybody, It seems I have forgotten one point on the list: - AFOL's spend their money on auctions instead of TLG products. Please remember, I am only a designer at Futura. I am not a high placed marketing guy. It will take me loads of effort to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> Congrats Steve. I am glad this was for real. :-) You deserve it. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Many congratulations!! I wonder if you could have requested older sets??? The 8880 comes to mind? Rod legobot@hotmail.com smile lots (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I won the Christmas Challenge! I am one of the grand prize winners! Wait, there weren't enough exclamation marks: !!!...!!! :D The "Christmas Challenge" was this year's Advent game on www.lego.com. Every day from December 1 to December 24, you could (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The B-17 doesn't have a nose gun or belly turret. I didn't want to alter the diver's bubble/nose piece (drilling) and I didn't have the right pieces (not yet anyway) to represent the turret correctly. As far as the trains go, I have a bunch (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, whether we come across as all sweetness and nice or as a bunch of crazed lunatics, the pessimist in me thinks it will have the same effect - little to none. In fact, I'm so confident in my pessimism that I'd be willing to bet a dozen (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Employed - yes. Healthy - not at the moment. Yes, Lego is a toy. But it isn't JUST anything. I don't spend thousands of dollars each year on things that aren't important to me. So yeah, since I've seen it decline quality-wise in the relatively (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, sure, given TLG's current anti-builder/anti-AFOL stance on parts packs and bulk orders, I recognize that MT sets are sometimes good for parts. I'm much rather just buy the parts, though. I agree wholeheartedly with what you said in (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Absolutely. But what puzzles me are people who act as if the idea of re-issuing a set is something that would be totally alien to TLG. If that were the case then what was 2150? Some computer glitch that caused it to be rerun, albeit with (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) Thanks for listening. I realize that you might not get anywhere with this back at work, but I definitely appreciate the effort. I have been watching a bit and decided it was time to chime in. (...) I have a question about this: if (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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<preach> I agree here and wanted to comment on the same. Most responses have been polite and constructive, but several have been rather cruel. Jeroen has taken on a huge task here. Seeing the flavor of some of these comments could give you an idea (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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<snipped a bunch of stuff> From the below.. you mention one thing I don't agree with... <more snipped> (...) I don't believe that to be true in the least.. if I had more purchasing power than an adult.. I'd have a BSB and SES.. and 20 or 30 of each (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Brief summary for those that may have missed the earlier comments on this matter: I had been inquiring about the availability of LEGO/Dacta in Canada, and was directed to an educational supplier which supplies it for Canada: Spectrum I contacted (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Joe, your LEGO models captured my attention as has not been the case in a very long time. Not only did your photography bring me into the scene, but the design, layout, and presentation of your LEGO work are fantastic. I am awesomely struck with all (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) enemies (...) Of course I don't expect that. I stated "bitterness in tone". What I meant was that some of this frustration with TLG, much of which - please make no mistake - is clearly justified, could come across better if it were phrased in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think you might be mistaking 'bitterness' for a pent up desire for many people here to express their feelings to Lego, and someone just opened a crack in the door. Do you expect us to sit here on our hands and not say anything that might be (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mark Benz wrote in message <36CDC9BB.ED3E6867@u...le.com>... (...) Can you guys snip the content if all you're going to do is tack on a "me too" please? No one likes to download an 8Kb "me too." Thanks, Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Simon, Yes, I noticed that as well, in regards to the US & European catalogs. One of the places we get the set names and the like is from the US Shop At Home Service catalog. They have the names, and some names for the mini-figs as well. Back a few (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Yeah, what Tom said! My sediments exactly;) -John (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I would hope that Jeroen see these posts not as anger, but as frustration, and takes them with a grain of salt. But YES, more TLGers need to be aware of this in one way or another. I think it MAY be time for a new newgroup, as dear-lego may not cut (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, and before someone writes this off as "the adults were there with their kids".... UH-UH. I HAVE no kids, and quite a few BA TLGers were there without kids. I'm sure there were others there without kids that weren't with the BA TLGer (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello all, Re: Model Team/Technic Love (and frequently buy) both of them. Re: old set re-releases No, I don't like the newer sets as much as I like the older sets. But there are many things for which I prefer older to newer, not just Lego. For (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Um, Nissan/Datsun 240ZX ;-) Nissan is buying all the originals they can find, and rebuilding them and selling them. They have to buy old ones to rebuild because too many of the molds/stamps are GONE. I don't think TLG would have that problem. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, but you've BOUGHT other MT sets - 2 5571s at least. Granted, they were on clearance, but TLG still got paid for them. And every MT set you buy for parts STILL gets money to TLG. So I would think you would be FOR MT sets, if for nothing (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not a collector, but I buy older sets because of the fantastic models they have, especially compared to much of the current line. Re-release of older sets is not as big on our lists as new sets with the same quality as the '80s line-up. I (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) NOTE, however, that if TLG sold more parts packs, or sold in bulk, our total dollar purchases *DIRECTLY TO TLG, rather than third parties* would increase an enormous amount. AFOL purchases would become a larger percentage of total sales. I'd (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Fellow LEGO Maniacs, I've agreed with everyone's comments, but I think we should go a little easier on Jeroen. As he's said, he will ignore most, if not all of the non-Technic related feedback. Maybe we're giving Jeroen more influence than he really (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) a (...) Actually, that's a good point, I am not just an AFOL, I am very much an ADVOCATE of LEGO, so ignoring the fact that I spend $1000's on LEGO for myself, I also... 1. Buy it for my sons, they have Primo, Duplo and Toolo and now some (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Dave, I agree with you completely. Wonderful post. Mark (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Kaere Jeroen, So I start another novel. I am not at all surprised by the number of responses to your initial inquiry. Its a bit like opening Pandora's box. Many (adults) in the online community feel that TLG pretty much ignores them, rightly or (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Duane, Someone once said: It is a wise man that knows when the gorilla of life has eaten all of his bananas, It is a fool who expects to be left the peels. Such is life in the late 90's WRT nintendo. Mark (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Jeroen- I'm a parent. My main focus in purchasing Legos has been to purchase sets for my son. His sets span Town, Adventurers, Wild West, UFOs. He saves his allowance (for up to half a year) to purchase sets on his own, or he receives them for (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think that would be great! I really hope that this semi-official discussion can lead to something more official - even just an official statement that AFOL's _exist_ would be light years ahead of anything to-date. (...) We understand that, (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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John Battcock wrote in message ... (...) Consumer Reports says that a Pathfinder costs $77,000 piece by piece. It also quotes Henry Ford as saying he'd give cars away free if he could have a monopoly on replacement parts. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Now there's a scientific study waiting to happen: can monkeys put together lego sets if given the instructions? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And if they only sold in set increments, say a 500 brick minimum order with any given brick obtainable in increments of 50 only, they could have the proper size quantities easily preweighed and handy. I'd also love to see all the old minifig (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... <snip> (...) As I recently learned in a recent catalogue swap from germany the european catalogue is much more extensive than the "in box" catalogues here. However catalogues are mailed out from the Shop at Home (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Does anyone remember and/or have the publication from Lego called _A Brick and the Story Behind It_? I used to have this and would like to see it again. I think there was a b/w picture of a 2x4 brick on the cover. If anyone knows about this, please (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I've just received my first US catalogue as a result of swapping with my UK ones - and I can't believe how different they are. Sure, the sets are mostly the same, and a lot of the pictures are pretty similar but the design's completely different (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jeroen Ottens <ottens@get2net.dk> wrote in message news:01be5bf5$c3413b...@ottens... (...) through (...) good (...) I haven't bought any MT sets, even when I've seen great deals (like 5591 for $80ish at Zany Brainy). I like the idea of MT, but would (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't collect Model Team, so this does not help me. I am a Space/Town junky so this would not be a good direction for me. (...) I think it would be a good thing to re-release old sets, but I won't hold my breath. I can't see the logistics of (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Jeroen, (...) [snip] (...) There is not that big a difference between kids and adults as you or your market research department might think, IMHO. (...) So what's that supposed to mean? The human race develops by thousands of years. IMHO kids are (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I know you won't be able to provide numbers to us, but I'd be curious to see how the newer Jr-ish style of sets sell in comparison to the older sets which were, unarguably, of better quality. As for "kids have developed as well" - if by that (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't forget, almost every single AFOL is a fan because they played with Lego when they were a kid. The stunning success of Mindstorms suggests that Lego aimed at adults (unintentionally in this case) will be very successful. Adults need to (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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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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Hi everyone, This is my first time posting to Lugnet. I have also tried my first attempt at creating a page with some pictures of my LEGO town and miscellaneous projects. Not all pictures have links to the larger versions yet. (I need to get more (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Rob Farver wrote in message <36cca02d.3189366@lu...et.com>... (...) on (...) blue, (...) would (...) off (...) That is indeed the box I was refering to. As I recall, the box had four corner pieces in it. Mike (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My understanding (from someone in RTL long ago) was that it was 100 minimum of each type of piece ordered. You couldn't get 10 of one thing and 20 of another and 5 of another and have it add up to 100. This makes sense, too, because of the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) would (...) lower (...) that (...) commun (...) depending (...) brown, (...) orders (...) was a 100 (...) ORDER? (...) Would be 100 minimun each type of piece. Would you like to count 83 1x2 black, 253 1x4 red, 1252 1x4 white etc... Martin (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hm, HeartAttack Special, right? No thanks, fried with ketchup is a bad enough artery clogger. (...) -- | 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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