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In lugnet.general, Jason Haskamp writes: <snip> This may be a regional thing. I've noticed that in my area (Edmonton, AB) that the lower end shops (Zellers & Walmart) are tending to have less Lego and more Megabloks. Zellers gives them about equal (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Jason Haskamp writes: Jason, If you are from the Detroit area, come to the Michlug meeting Saturday. We would love to meet another AFOL Lester (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Jason Haskamp writes: Where Lego signs hung, were rows upon rows of (...) One of the blessings of living in Denmark is that there are just LEGO, no clones. Well, at least that is what it used to be, but recently MegaBlocks have (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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1993. 4547 railroad club car (great train car) 6048 majestos magical workshop (pretty good castle set, I still think Majesto is a cool figure) 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner (second best pirate ship of all time behind the Black Seas Baracuda) 6398 Central (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Jason Haskamp" <Niccalo@comcast.net> wrote in message news:HAuJr8.11p@lugnet.com... <snip dramatic story> I have to say this sounds like a bit of a troll to me, but I appear to be biting to a degree. Where in the heck do you live? What are "the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Detroit, Michigan "David "Fuzzy" Gregory" <crazylegoman@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:HAuMLu.7Do@lugnet.com... (...) USA.) do (...) Indiana, but (...) for (...) moving. (...) piece (...) that (...) then (...) +$ = (...) At (...) rest. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That graph is very interesting. I also find it not that surprising that Juniorized sets appeared just as studless beams/liftarms started to become the norm for Technic sets. (...) Go ahead then. Name the best year for each theme :-) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Very interesting. Using Lugnet set rating data as of September 16th 2002, I played around with the numbers a bit. In fact, I made a graph of average set rating for given years: (URL) (1) Notice how things are on an upward trend until 1975, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) I didn't see any new Mindstorms product announced for 2003. I don't see Lego still producing Classic Space sets. I don't see Lego currently producing any Technic sets with classic studded beams. (apart from 8431 crane truck, of course) I don't (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As is your speeling 8?) FWIW, I also can't answer Matt's poll, as my answer would be "yes and no" for instance I still have all my minifig scale cranes, but larger MOCs (e.g. my big bridge) I just can't afford to keep. ROSCO (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 2003. By far and away. You have Mindstorms, LEGENDS, bulk bricks, MOC series, licenses, new colors... the list goes on. The past pales in comparison IMO. I really believe that the present is the golden age of LEGO. JOHN (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, CLEARLY wearing footwear does. EVERYONE knows that! (1) See what shoes did to Imelda Marcos? QED. 1 - Apologies to any "Life of Brian" or "Red Shoe Diaries" fans out there XFUT o-t.fun... any more SERIOUS replies ought to go to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think the issue is one of *propriety ownership*. The "minifig" image is intellectual property of TLC and a direct reflection of their brand, and we all know how protective TLC is about their brand (rightly and justifiably so). If they see (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's not an unreasonable interpretation, though one needs to be careful to avoid baby-with-the-bathwater reasoning. Brendan can hardly be held accountable for the actions of his audience, just as Martin Scorsese can't be blamed for (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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While I was browsing the catalogs, I had this idea... I'd like to know what the consensus is as to which year saw Lego as truly the TOP of its game. After browsing the Brickshelf catalogs, I'd have to say 1980. Second batch of models for Technic (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) All because you didn't trial run it first. But I have to ask, more fundamentally... Why even have a poll at all? the answers we've seen so far seem open ended, every person that's posted in response has had a quite interesting story about how (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've also since managed to repair a 4.5V train carriage roof (thanks to the Brickish Association member who supplied me a broken one for price of postage). I might see if I can put a page together with photographs in the near future. Peter (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I was expecting to get to the end of your long message and see "it was all a dream", since much of it seems pretty fanciful to me. Here in San Francisco every TRU and Target has *plenty* of shelf-feet of Lego; several Targets even have an (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks (...) and Adventurers, Aquazone, Belville, Fabuland, Football/Basketball/Soccer Harry Potter, Scala, Town, Underground and Western. (...) OK, basically the only themes currently on my list there are for websites that already exists. If (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Geez, I knew it! Another poll of mine torn apart because of the wording. I'm not going to sit here and waste my time with more lecturing on poll etiquette, so forget about it and move on. The better answers might have (...) Okay, I don't see (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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