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(...) Actually, Anthony's duck/chicken/goose designs inspired me to try playing around with chickens again (my 1st design): (URL) I *love* the chickeny look that this model has, but, it is a bit too large. Maybe it'd work as a technic-scale or (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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can't wait: (URL) a Anthropological Research Starship, studying feral humans. It is the Karalehn Industries Akins Class, Proxia. note: this is the 2nd version of this ship. It has gone from three decks to one. I realized I was trying to do too much (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !
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Well, at 20:50 today, there was 37 votes for the new poll. It seems that the change was a good one ! Go vote at www.rotule.qc.ca/mhof/ (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I have a Star Wars postcard with the text Fortsat go' fornoejelse med lego byggeriet Med venlig hilsen Lego Danmark A/S (hard to translate, something like "continue the joy building with lego) Signed Henrik Amstrup No idea where I got from. Sonnich (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, I normally don't post here, but spending the last week experimenting with the new Jedi Starfighter cockpit and 8x8 radar dishes, I ended up with this: Note: The gallery is already moderated, so no need for deep links :) (URL) wanted the craft (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Probably from a large vehicle ((URL) used that style of plates, but I could not find any sets which could have used that piece. Anyway, it is most certainly from the late 60'ies or 70'ies Sonnich Bob Hayes <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Found it. It is ldraw part 781, from set 384 or 780. You should have a similar plate 7x6 too accoding to this: (URL) Hayes <bobhayes1@aol.com> wrote in message news:HB35qG.KKA@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) can (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I did a little used Lego shopping today a bought a pile. In the pile are a number of parts that I have not seen before and was wondering if anyone can identify them and their set origins. Here is one: (URL) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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I was wondering if anyone else was wondering this.... Since 1998 brought us the 35th anniversary buckets and tubs here in Canada I was thinking that 2003 must then be the 40th anniversary of LEGO in Canada. However, I suspect that since we haven't (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.ca)
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This is a list of Lego die-cast models that I stumbled across while looking for something else. (URL) there any here that the guide does not have ? Ray (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Skeleton is March 2003's Minifig Hall of Famer !!!!!
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Oyé Oyé ! For a second month in a row, a castle Minifig is the winner of the Minifig Hall of Fame poll. The skeleton won the poll over Darth Vader and Blacktron 1. www.rotule.qc.ca (in the Minifig Hall of Fame section) To stimulate the voting (only (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.castle, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.fun) !
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I always enjoy looking through old SAH catalogs the same way I like looking through old product line catalogs. The SAH catalogs can give you a price reference though, whereas the regular catalogs don't. (Anyone remember the good ol' days when you (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I am a just-turned 17 very soon to be Eagle Scout who still subscribes to the BSA official magazine, Boys Life. I was pleasantly surprised to find two Lego mentions. #1: A full page official ad for the Lego Star Wars Minis line. Page 17. #2: (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Two birds with attitude to spare
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(...) Further exploration into Dave Eaton's Turkey-Chicken design has lead me to another creature creation, and being encouraged to post it, I have. Using Ineke de Laat's peacock design as inspiration: (URL) after looking up a picture of a peacock (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Your new MOC really mooves me. I snapped this pic at LEGOWORLD 2002, it's from (Reinhard) Ben Beneke's train layout. (URL) you enjoy, and perhaps it will help you in your story :-) -Tim (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | What do you do with completed MOCs? Recap post.
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Hello, Okay, so after the failure of my last thread and being stricken with a cold this week, I can honestly say I'm back on my feet again. (thank god) Anyway, I wanted to start this thread over to collect some opinions about what builders do with (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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I have been saving all Lego S-A-H catalogs since about 1997 (I tossed all prior to then) and would like to know if they are worth keeping? Most of them have my address on a label or printed directly on the catalog. I will probably keep the best ones (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I do like them much better now! (...) Yes, please stop ;) ~Kevin Blocksidge~ www.lugnet.com/~1763 (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) It has been a while since I've checked out your posters- very nice. They're all great, but my favorite has to be Ghostbusters. -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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LLL! Dear Legofans! I've a simple question: Is this suit-case Lego? I got this suit-case form my grandparents, who bought it for my parents, so it must be very old (50th). There is no Lego-logo on it, but i know that there was Lego inside and there (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Udderly nice. Hey, have you maybe tried using the 2x3 inverse slope for the head. Rev.Powell uses it (see the Joseph stories), and the inverse slope works really well because of those little slits for the peg make it look kinda like eyes. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Where's the Beef?
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(...) I'll admit they're pretty thin. So I decided to beef them up. I started with the design that I used, Franklin Cain's bovine design (credit where credit is due): (URL) spent an hour on the hoof, grazing through my parts stock. After bullying (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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(...) We added Jaws, Fight Club and Ghostbusters today. Take a look! www.rotule.qc.ca Terry (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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3 new posters at Créations Rotule's website. www.rotule.qc.ca JAWS FIGHT CLUB GHOSTBUSTERS LMKWYT !!! Terry (22 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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The HTML rendering of iCal files published on .Mac has recently been revised, so I am pleased to announce a few improvements to the Unofficial LEGO Events Web Calendar: (URL) at a Glance - a new sidebar calendar displays four months at a time. Days (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Fred died today.... "We all long to be lovable and capable of loving, and whatever we can do through the Neighborhood or anything else to reflect that and to encourage people to be in touch with that, then I think that's our ministry." - Fred Rogers (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (as I've mostly been exposed to the Tom Baker one). Anyhow, you've down a great job on all the icons of the show. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's a clone brand, they don't have to worry about stuff like that. Their success is just a matter of cashing in on Lego having done all the groundwork. All the part variety and rebuildability they need comes from the fact that most of their (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Here is some stuff I've been sitting on that doesn't fall into the castle category. Some of this stuff is really old, you'll see... I am a hardcore Dr Who fan, so here's my attempt at it... I did the tardis, K9, and a dalek. (URL) following links (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Here are some things I've been sitting on, I finally got around to taking pics and uploading them. I've been working on a demon of sorts and I had one semi finished and then sorta rebuilt it, it looks nothing like the finished product, I should of (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general)
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(...) technic- gear-type-molded-thingy imbedded in there. Jeff (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Allen this is exactly the point that I was trying to make. It seems that at one point time the choice was lego, and only lego, so those of us that have been building for years already have a history with one product vs. another. The MB product in my (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I find the Wal-Marts in my area (London --> Kitchener ON) to be extremely hit and miss. They are best stocked just before Christmas, but otherwise, it's often not worth even stopping in to see what's there. (...) Zellers stores, on the other (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lester, Thanks for thie invite, I have checked the website that the group has listed, and even signed up for the Yahoo group. But right now I work all weekend long, but I do hope to hit up a few meetings in the near future. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bare with me...A Troll? But it has been some time since I was a regular reader of any newsgroups. I was leary of nameing stores in my original post, but since I have turned up somewhat of a Hornets nest here, I will say Target, Meijer, and (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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(...) Hum... I don't understand why the link has disappeared from my post but here it goes! www.rotule.qc.ca Sorry about that! Terry (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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I just came here to post this same thing! Brian, do you read any of the GI Joe boards? ~Adam~ (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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(...) Um... is there a URL? DaveE (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup. Technic was just about at its strongest until 1997, I'd say. (...) Hmm... the slightly more major themes: Adventurers - 1998. 2003's selection is good, but... awfully Juniorized. Aquazone - 1995. It was all downhill from there. Castle - (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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this makes me so conflicted... i loved the gi joe brand back in the 80's and my heart was crushed watching the product line disintigrate over the years. How many mocs did i build that were inspired by gi joe? but maybe this is gi joe stepping on (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well, they look 'kinda' cool. But I'm wondering what the variety of parts is and how many variants you can make with just one set. It doesn't look like you can do much with what they have. Joe Meno (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Check out the studs on the figures forarms! NEAT! Can't wait! Matt (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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New 3-3/4" (1:18 scale) G.I. Joe "Built To Rule" line, "compatible with other leading building systems"! ;) (URL) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) all (...) have (...) vary (...) My local Walmart in N. California has one side of an aisle for building kits with approximately the following makeup: 1/2 LEGO 1/3 MegaBloks 1/6 Other (K'Nex, Lincoln Logs, etc...) I've definitely seen MegaBloks (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would say, '86 to '95. At least as far as Technic and Town are concerned. I personally put *ALL* of the blame of 1997's quality decline to 1) 1995 and 1996's sudden mass popularity of PC games and 2) the advent of the Internet. Which really (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've always thought 1990 was a great year for Lego. M:tron, town airport sets, resturant, the original space shuttle, airport monorail, the ghost minifig and new castle, the Italian resturaunt, probably my personal favorite fire station set in (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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We at Créations Rotule are proud to announce that our new website is up and running. (URL) have completely redesigned the website so it's more easy to navigate. New features: Bilingual site : all pages are in both English and French (except for (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que) !
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We at Créations Rotule are proud to announce that our new website is up and running. We have completely redesigned the website so it's more easy to navigate. New features: Bilingual site : all pages are in both English and French (except for Tarobot (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que)
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I'm listening to music and making my dreams come true. Grab onto that hope no matter where it lives within you. Eric Sophie (URL) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow! What an interesting topic. I think 1987 was a fantastic year for Legoland town sets. There were a lot of terrific new releases at that time such as 6393, 6379, etc. Additionally, there were also plenty of mid 80s sets that were still (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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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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(...) I didn't vote in your poll because of the aforementioned flaws (neither of those choices fits what I do). Depending on the size and complexity of the MOC, I may or may not take it apart. I have some, like Marvin the Martian, that I've had (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Let me add here, that the font I saw was not the other lego font mentioned here ((URL) one I saw was letters like the lego logo. BR S Sonnich Jensen <sonnich@hot.ee> wrote in message news:HAvoqG.IJ@lugnet.com... (...) find (...) font--basically (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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I have once seen such one... try search at www.alltheweb.com you might find it Jonathan Babcock <jon@syngress.com> wrote in message news:HAo2KA.CIs@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) lot (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Some I keep, but mosty the survive only for a while bacause 1) I need the pieces for something else 2) would require roo much space (and money ref 1) 3) lego is for rebuilding :-) ) Only a very few models I have made do still exist. And they go (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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In Vancouver (Canada) at the Toys R Us they put LEGO on one side of the asile and the Megablocks on the other. Of course it's someone from the LEGO who sets up the display, so they wouldn't settle with anything less. In my experience in buying used (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Yaron, the site looks fantastic, but one glaring omission hit me like a Lego brick: Where do you put mecha? Even ldraw has it's own category and much of that can't be built IRL (cool stuff though). Tony Knaak's site: (URL) has quite a few mecha and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:HAvB9B.9qp@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) if (...) irrevocableness (...) try. (...) sense? Lar (and others) did bring up a good point. I certainly cannot give a straight yes or no (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, and "Oh no, these pedophiles have links to the Brick Testament!!!" Well, they probably have links to MSN.COM as well, if they're using IE. Depicting Bible stories as Brendan does, is a wonderful artistic endeavour. If we start saying, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure he actually praised the BT directly (in fact he mentioned that there are people who have a problem with it), but offered support for BPS's *creativity*. He said that TLC trusts its brand to its fans, "even BPS"-- that's not to say (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Well! I see that the meticulousness of this hobby often transfers into other areas. While I agree that the question cannot be answered with a simple yes or no, I understand it and would like to offer my comments. I've had three medium-size MOC's (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Even aside from how TLG may pursue the matter, the article reads as so much newsrag hype. The author throws around all these shocking terms and veiled accusations but doesn't even mention the fact, much less the implications, that these are (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Wow, that would be interesting if LEGO was taking a position against the site after Brad J. had made favorable statements about the site at BricksWest. jt (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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I tend to scrap as soon as I get pictures taken. I hold onto things for a little while if I think I'll be able to make it to a LUG meeting, but I've only been to a couple of these. There are a few exceptions that I've kept together on display. These (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm with David. I don't know what "yes" means. The better answers might have been - I never build MOCS so the poll doesn't apply to me - Keep them together - scrap them for parts - Keep them together for some significant period then scrap them (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> mumbled in news:HAuA33.xy@lugnet.com: (...) Indeed! Especially when doing one of two things: Building with Lego and programming. Both tasks have that "many loose ends"- feeling that have been mentioned by (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) All the time! My wife jokes with me frequently about my definition of the word "soon". She'll head off to bed, and I'll say "I'll join you soon, honey", and not actually show up for another 2 to 3 hours. This frequently happens with Video (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Heh, I wish. Those are actually orange bricks. It is a Lion (set #3513). I do hope the clickits can be used in MOCs, only time will tell. But I am sure my daughter will like them either way. Mark P (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes: <<snip>> (...) It's not just new projects and not just LEGO. It happens when reading a good book or playing a good video game aswell. Just one more chapter, just one more task, just one more... LEGO is more (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Ten years after it fell, the High Mage Greylen magically rebuilt the Tower of Olyian to suit his own needs. Not knowning it's true history, the people of Ikros began calling the tower "Greylen's Tower," and the name stuck. As Greylen's power and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug) !
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(...) (snip) (...) Way too often. If the project really has my focus, i'll do an allnighter without a second thought. If I'm chatting with the Lego gang online, I'll stay up all night without a second thought. Lego is simply too easy t o get carried (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Oh, whine whine whine, Ahui. Some of us have been longing for pretty wearable things like these for far longer than we care to admit. I hope it's a huge hit. And FYI, the new Explore sets (URL) give you more shades of pink than you know what to do (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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I'm curious: what part of the country (I'm assuming you're in the USA.) do you live in? I see more than my fair share of Mega-Blocks here in Indiana, but I haven't seen any kinds of take-overs like you described. I feel badly for your state/region (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ignoring the flawed poll question, and jumping straight to the comments... I do always scrap my MOCS for pieces, although it often takes a while. I think that's one of the major beauties of building with LEGO rather than other media... you can (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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The survey is worded: "do you keep it together, or scrap it for pieces?" The possible answers are Yes and No. I'm not really sure how we're supposed to answer. Someone could answer for either the keep-it-together half of the question or the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That IS the GIRL LEGO!!!! AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA Here I was expecting a return of the pink brick and something similar to the paradisa line. Oh my expectations where so high and now... AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH Another abnomination just like galdiator! (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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Okay, so the other day I was packing up a few projects including my recent dragon for safekeeping, when suddenly a thought crossed my mind. (maybe I should just tear this thing apart for the pieces.) Of course, I shrugged off the thoguht and decided (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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On one of my many recent ventures to the local shops I have noticed something that seems to be happening almost universally. Lego's are disappearing. I don't mean that they are selling off of the shelves but that they are just not there. I stopped (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You wouldn't believe how many times that's happened to me. It usually starts off with the excuse of 'some crazy idea I've been throwing around', then after a cup of coffee or two, I notice that a few hours have 'conveniently' slipped by and I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I used to pull "surprise" overnighters on a regular basis. Then my wife started to feel neglected. I took a quick look at my priorities and no longer do Lego stuff overnight. It wasn't a planed thing, I would simply start something and just (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Goodness, yes. I still remember one Friday sitting down at 9 pm just to play with an idea and see if I had the pieces for it. Next thing I knew my stomach was empty, my bladder was full, and the sun was rising. As if that wasn't good enough, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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