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  One Small Step for AFOLs, One Big Leap for Me
 
Woo-Hoo! With the designer sets I got a few weeks back, my collection has finally topped the 60,000 piece mark (not including BrickLink purchases)! I'm so happy. :) (URL) everywhere are breaking open the champagne... -Hendo (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
 
  Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
 
Curt, I'm doing something similar but with the 9V light system. The Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 hooked up to a larger battery box that used 3 "C" cell batteries. (URL) . The connection is made using a 4.5 wire with a two prong connector. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
 
(...) There is a bulb. It requires a 4.5v battery (or the 3.6 VAC connection on the 740 transformer). I forget how bright it is. The similar 12v bulb is reasonably bright. Frank (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Questions about Electric, Light Brick 4.5V 2 x 2
 
Hello, For those of you that have the Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 ((URL) I have some questions. I'm going to buy lights for a model I'm making, and I wanted to get some of this kind of piece. Here are my questions: 1. Is there actually a light (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Badly designed common Lego parts
 
Stephane Simard's utterance expressed in news:HD56zs.12Aw@lugnet.com: (...) The standard pin (URL) All of mine older than 5-7 years are bent in the end so that they doesn't "click" into place :( luckily they come in great numbers... The plate with (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
 
(...) Nop, set 6473 (RES-Q Cruiser has 4 of those. (URL) at step 12 here: (URL) only remember this set as it was the first set I bought after I moved out of my parents house and started living on my own. No more sneeking LEGO past my parents! But (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
 
(...) I don't know any other examples but 'we' have a fantastic inventory database (= Peeron) which can tell you that without any doubt. Maybe we can ask Dan to create such a report which lists these kind of unique parts ...... ? Stefan Sanders (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) Carefull! That's how I got started with them too. Now my collection has exploded into almost every set of the series ;-) But does that make me part of the LEGO community? Probably. But more so does the fact that I _say_ I am part of it. Think (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
 
  Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
 
(...) Try Fabuland, e.g.: 3662 Bus - the sides of the bus 3673 Steamboat - the boat hull and the paddle wheels or, if you want to stay in Lego System, what about the baseplate for the 6090 castle? The big doors and door frames from aquanauts 6195? (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  My dear Lugnet friends and comrades (and all others who don't think they apply)
 
FUT Off-topic.fun for a lack of a better place. Hi. If you don't know who I am, I'm sure you've seen me post from time to time. I'm Anthony. I run the little website found here: (URL) that's the problem... that's all I do. I graduated last May (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
 
  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) LOL - oh what a dork I am! I just tried raising that question in a reply earlier in your post here, without realizing you raised it yourself a few lines down. Glad I didn't post it and make a fool out of myself :^) [1] Anyways... I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
 
  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) Hey Ken - Thanks for posting this. I happened across your post first, then Matt's. I was very close to posting a reply I had written to his post, but didn't want to taint the thread with something negative. I think the ideas put forth in this (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
 
  Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
 
(...) The airscrew from <set:8855> Prop Plane. OK, so it was in a service pack also but that does not count? (URL) two control centers (those are more of units then parts?): (URL) <set:8479> BarCode Truck there's the Code Pilot: (URL) the wheels: (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?
 
(...) Sorry, I'm not too familiar with the (URL) site. I was looking at my print catalog. -Tim (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) I have pondered this sort of topic a bit. I have intentionally only read one post here so as not to color my thoughts up front. Only a couple of small points frist on the LEGO 'community.' It's hard to say 'what' that is. I generally consider (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
 
  Re: Strange Find on Lego.com... Chris?
 
"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HCr4xu.yFM@lugnet.com... (...) Can you give us a link? I can't seem to find it. :( -- Markham Carroll BoogaTech Ships & Construction: (URL) Gallery: (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) Isn't pondering the unaswerables pretty much what philosphy is generally about? You seemed to be interested in writing a lot in response to a question you didn't seem to deem worthy of answering. You seem to want to disagree with this post on (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
 
  The cost of a new mold. (was Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...)
 
(...) I have come to the conclusion that a new mold costs less than two 1x1 bricks in a retail set. How, one may ask, did I come to this conclusion? Simple, set 4702 Harry Potter Final Challenge. The instructions depicted the turntable wall piece (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Looking for Ontario LEGO builders (WAS: The Hobby Show 2003)
 
(...) Hello again everyone, Just a follow-up to last week's posting. It may have been a bit long for a first announcement, so I'll try again..... only with some brevity this time. :) November of this year will mark the first time that LEGO has been (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: parts that have only ever come in one set...
 
(...) Many. Kaadu (URL) Tube System (URL) Vader Helmet (and the cape, for that matter) (URL) Thing (I think?) (URL) of the weirder baseplates on this page: (URL) others (URL) interesting related question: since molds cost so much to design, does the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)  


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