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"Bob Gomez" <kukumba@aol.com> wrote in message news:H83wI4.56M@lugnet.com... <snip> I guess some will say that the market has changed and kids today don't have the attention span that they used to. </snip> I'm getting a bit tired of hearing this (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.general, Nicole Drumm writes: I also hope this changes, but until (...) regards Arne, Copenhagen (who bought a set on eBay from the US - for MANY money!) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, Lar, Happy New Year. e (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) lol, that one only took 3 tries before I made it :) But when I first started playing with the set it took awhile to make it - I was actually about to give up on it. But I still have not made a basket with a fig that is close to the basket - I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's nice to see the minifig has made it 25 years. (Even with the recent release of the "maxifigs" JackStone and Tina and Max) It would be great to see LEGO make a minifigure pack...say about $30...that included one minifigure from each year (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Another one of these threads is going to force me to finally do a full photographic documentation of my sorting system, I think. At 250,000 pieces, my collection is fairly large, and is sorted very rigorously. I'd say 99% of the pieces are (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Mark P" <mark@landofbricks.com> wrote in message news:H83sD1.EG4@lugnet.com... (...) How many takes to get it in the basket? All my other questions have been answered. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Scott Costello" <scottcos@spamfree.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H83oI0.217@lugnet.com... (...) movies (...) Huh? FEMALE soccer team? Where? I missed it! -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Alex, The other suggestions in this thread may be better for you, but since you asked us to share, I will tell you my methods for sorting... As usual, I will share this in the form of a long babbling story. ;) When I was six (1978) I owned a Fire (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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I have not seen anybody make a video on how the new NBA figs actually work - so I made one. You can download it from here: (URL) think the NBA sets are really neat. I was not really looking foward to them beofre, but once I got a few of the sets I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, Some years ago I recall seeing an article about LEGO, where there was a small image of ABS granules being fed to a moulding machine. Back then I did not care too much about it, but now it appeared interesting enough to investigate... So I (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's good if you're female, horrible for a male. :) But I can understand the discrepancy, look at the themes we've had thus far: Pirates, very few female pirates historically Castle, females are restricted to the Queen/Princess/waitress roles (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I consider the minifig to be a perfect representation of humanity. Long may it reign in our hearts and on every Christmas, birthday, and toy shopper's list for many years to come! -Harvey (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice resolution :) Well, I have a medium small collection (around 4000 parts), so I just decided to purchase several of the drawer storage units, and divided my collection by parts type instead of color. Trust me, sorting by color will only (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My experience is it's all about how much Lego you've got. If you've got a collection that's less than, say, 3,000 pieces, you probably don't really even need to sort. In the end I think what it boils down to is how large of a bin/box/drawer (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hey Alex, So far I have my collection sorted this way: Rarer colors have their own drawer for everything since I don't have a lot of pieces yet. All my Castle and Pirate-specific pieces are grouped together in several large drawers. My basic bricks (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, after all the build-up, the actual page of links was almost shockingly mundane, and a bit of a letdown, I must say. Thanks for excavating it, though, Bryan. (...) You really do get the feeling of "trumped up charges" after reading that (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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I question the "questionable" nature of such web site links as the Brick Testament (the biblical stories depicted are right out of the bible, there is no editing or 'artistic license' taken with the stories), Thomas the Tank Engine (sorta like (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, any creative endeavor is automatically protected by copyright law, regardless of whether or not the creator actually places a copyright symbol there. That, and the more proactive step of actually paying the fee and _applying_ for an (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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"Johannes 'Jojo' Koehler" <chutspe@gmx.net> wrote in message (...) My wish is to see more female faces, torso's and hair. Others have said before a 1/10 female to male ratio is not good. -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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