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This jus' has to be seen! (URL) Sometime you see something that's just so close to your ideal of perfect that you wanna share it with everyone... More on this page: (URL) --==Richard==-- (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) I don't think so; I find that claim a little silly, to be honest. Why do top-posters never *intersperse* their comments? Because it would pretty obviously be unpleasant to read, of course. And certainly not, either, for non-interspersed (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Of course the news ettiquette is also to trim your quotes. If people took care to do this, the first point would more likely show up in previews. What I hate about the quoted article on the bottom is that people never trim them. They carry the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Usenet is different to email, since (due to crossposting and stuff) the original post might not be around anymore to read, so the post by itself needs to make sense. So it's normal that when replying, you type your reply below the piece of (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Most active local groups on LUGNET by population
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Hi all, here's some statistics. I sorted the list of loc-groups here in Lugnet by how many posts there has been compared to the population of each given country. Country Posts[1] Population[2] (in million) Quota Cocos Islands 2 0,0006 3174,603175 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) Here is the picture of what i'm talking about, the sand purple pants. the one of the left is Zam Wessell, the other one is the one i'm talking about, she has no zam leg markings, just plain sand purple. my question is if anybody knows what set (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BimP News in Full Swing
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That subject should read: BimP News "In" Full Swing ...sheesh... (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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Ahui, I would tend to say that any jeweler should be able to handle it. Basically, you want to bore a hole in the torso, push an earring into it, bend the pin of the earring over to lock it in, and probably also epoxy it in place. The skill will (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) Ummmmm thats not who is replying, it's who they're replying to. Or is that to whom they are replying? Stupid English. ROSCO (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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Here's a little something I'm working on for a Classic-Castle.com article on Shield designs and stickers. I'm in the process of re-creating the triangle shield designs, by hand, by drawing over enlarged scans or vectored images. Though these (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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Kevin, I can use the same arguments about chronology for top posting...but the MAIN ADVANTAGE to top posting allows the email to be previewed and/or read without having to open the entire email...or at least it does this for those of us that use an (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) It is a fairly widespread standard on discussion newsgroups (as compared to email). (...) This is fairly common for email, esp. in business contexts where retaining a complete copy of the original, for reference, is desirable. For newsgroups, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Netiquette
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I just noticed something when I went to reply to a post here at Lugnet that doesn't match up with the way I use email on a daily basis at work and everywhere else. In other words, who decided that when replying, the "Proper Netiquette" is that (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Emplacing a gem onto a minifig torso
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I am wonder if anyone has attempted to place any type of gem onto a torso of a minfig? I would image that you would need to fill the torso with something so that when you place the gem on the torso it won't fall off. =) Is anyone here capable of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Mosaic: Song Of The Angels
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I recently completed a sizable mosaic (about 6' x 8', Studs Out). Like my Mona Lisa I did years ago, this is a rendition of a well known painting: 'Song Of The Angels' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau: (URL) questions welcome, cheers, eric harshbarger (23 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Newspaper: Lego is firering 257 people
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Hi! I found this in the paper today: (URL) made me look for this: (URL) stock is to large... I wonder if the "crisis" is still present in the world, as for now people are taking about a rise within the next 6 months... maybe that will help sales? (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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Well, it was nice meeting you on saturday Tim. As soon as i got home i tore open the designer set and put together a mecha, then i opened up the pick-a-brick cup and sorted the parts, i was actually suprised how much i got for only 12 bucks. I am (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ancients Theme - armies, buildings, and cilivizations
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(...) Excellent! I also like to build fairly 'big.' I find trying to scale a floorplan to actual minifig dimensions dictates a pretty large building. So, if live anywhere near New Hampshire..well, my castle can whoop your castle in a bit o' (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Ancients Theme - armies, buildings, and cilivizations
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I've been working on my Ancients Theme for past 3 years. I was a Castle fan but after witnessing the gigantic castles made by other Lego fans I decided to out do them. So to go one better, I decided to make MOCs far larger than a castle, so I moved (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | BrickPix version 1.61
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BrickPix 1.61 is now available for download. The new version has added options and new features. You can download it from (URL) . Look in the Appz section. Windows compatibility only, sorry Mac and Linux users. Rob Want to port this to another (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Price difference
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(...) Sounds like you Europeans are getting the short end of the sticks again. You might want to wait until you find cheaper ones on eBay and BrickLink. (23 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Variants on old train couplers
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Last monday at Legoworld in Zwolle I bought some second hand bricks, including two old train couplers as in set 403 (URL). When I looked at these couplers at home, I noticed that they were different. One has a gap in the hole on the 2x4 plate (just (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Price difference
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Dear Lego, I noticed 8453 is listed on Lugnet as costing $20,-. As it's EUR 24,95 in dutch shops I thought I'd compare the S@H price: US: $19,99, NL $29,45! (EUR 24,99) On the front page of the US shop site I noticed the new UCS Snowspeeder for (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Correcting some misinformation in "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad, and LPub"
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I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by doing a search for "LUGNET". I found a few references in various books that I hadn't yet known about. In (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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Looking at that inventory, I DO hope it shows up at US S@H or US stores. Heck, I just wanted the red tubs before this inventory was posted ;-) Anyone willing to swap some empty red tubs/lids with some of my blue, if these don't make it to the US? (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) They'r not NavyBlue? (URL) Violet? (URL) know who Zam Wessel is. (23 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Does LEGO ldraw?
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hi folks, on my way home from legoworld 03 I did a little shopping at legoland germany buying, among other things, this legoland exclusive: (URL) comes in a bare plastic bag, like the ones we use to store vegetables in a refrigerator. no (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A mighty mini molded mouse MOC I made many months ago
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In lugnet.general, Anthony Sava wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] You where wrong here, it is worth posting. Glad you did. I understand the cartoon reference, he looks a bit like a scary mouse robot. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (23 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | How about this for scales? (pun intended)
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Here's a shot for y'all: (URL) The definitive size reference pic for the Kingdom of Ikros Actually I needed to clean up my LEGO room and so I was told that if I wanted to display my stuff it had to be out of the way, so there they sit along side my (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | A mighty mini molded mouse MOC I made many months ago
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I made this creation specifically for the LEGO "What will you make?" Roadshow Dallas event. I was given the task of creating new designs from one of the designer sets, and the set assigned to me was the 4101 Wild Creatures collection. Since I was (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | LEGOWORLD 2003 recieved 40.000 visitors
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According to an article in the regonal newspaper "Zwolse Courant" the organisation of the "IJsselhalen"-complex where the event was held, reported a total visitor count of 40.000 people, 5000 more than the record of last year. With friendly (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) No the Gilderoy ones are sand "red" i'm talking about sand "purple" like Zam Wessell's. with NO pattern on the legs. thanks though, Monica (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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(...) Well, I finally finished inventorying the 4400 Tub last night. Submitted it to Peeron and Lugnet, although I got a bounced email message from one of them, couldn't decipher which one. Pictures are here; (URL) delimited text file inventory is (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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At Legoworld there were several cardboard boxes (I didn't count how many, but I assume it was around or over 10), but there were more kids and alduts than there was space around these boxes, so several shoppingbaskets were filled with bricks from (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) In this case it was a fortunate accident. Someone attempted to tilt the box, the result was that the bottom torned loose and fell out. Several AFOL's (including me) dived on it like a swarm of hornets and started eating themselves trough the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) Ah, sounds chaotic enough :) The only thing we did was support the box a little on the side with a BASIC-bucket so we more easily could dig the corners. I'd love to empty the whole box into a larger container or move it part by part so nothing (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:Hn5JIv.812@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> - she found it rather boring to watch two grown (?) men digging in a cardboard box for about an hour :)</snip> She should have been at LegoWorld: entire (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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X-FUT: lugnet.general (...) We have now "inventoried" three sets of these boxes and for the major part they are the same. Some contain other elements though. For instance, the two I have been digging in has plenty of both rats and frogs while a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.general)
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| | GMLTC to show at St Paul MN GATS this weekend
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The Greater Minnesota LEGO Train Club will be showing this weekend at the Great American Train Show (GATS) (URL) us at the RiverCentre 143 West Fourth St St Paul, MN Saturday & Sunday October 25 & 26, 2003 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, both days We hope to (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) Saturday I work until 5. Erik Olson should be coming down to the store then too. (...) The construction on 355 has ended pretty much. There aren't any more barracades, no lanes closed, and they're just working on shoulders and tidying up the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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I am definately going to have to pay the store a visit. I'm running low on most of my basic gray and black bricks and don't feel like waiting for bricklink, so ill have to grab a few cups. I was actually thinking of heading to woodfield this (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Information about old bricks?
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(...) That is a Pre-School brick. Made only by Samsonite, and only in two sets that I know of. Set 041 only had white & red bricks. (URL) blue one came in set 503 which had yellow, red, white, and blue. That set isn't listed on Lugnet, but here's a (...) (23 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) Hi Frank - Most of the parts are basic, with a few special elements like trees, fences, and Creator flowers. The range will rotate over time. For mech parts, I suggest the Designer series. Where in DuPage are you? I'm in Wheaton. (...) LOL :-) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) Hi Frank - Most of the parts are basic, with a few special elements like trees, fences, and Creator flowers. The range will rotate over time. For mech parts, I suggest the Designer series. Where in DuPage are you? I'm in Wheaton. (...) LOL :-) (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Information about old bricks?
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Hello, One of my co-workers brought in an old brick that his wife had, and was looking for some information on it. I'm fairly certain I have seen another post about this type of brick in the past, but I wasn't successful in tracking it down. Here is (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) Logically this means you should be able to fit about 826 1x2's in there, making the price about a penny each. Hmm... Are you taking orders? ;) ~Mike (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) I have successfully fit 137 2x4's into a large container by stacking them in successively larger discs with studs on the side. When doing this, there is a small amount of space around the sides that can hold plate or small, irregular pieces, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) Looks to me like a flat rate per container. $13 for the large, $7 for the small. Anybody know the average number of 2x4 bricks you can fit into one of the large containers? Thanks, ~Mike (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) In the new brand stores, its by volume. $6.95 for a small cup, $12.95 for the large. I don't have cup measurements (ounces) yet. -Tim (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) What is the cost for pick-a-bricks? I assume it is by the pound. Is this correct? Eric (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Happy 5th Lugnet!!!
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(...) All together now: For it's a YELLOW good fellow...! (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Traffic on lugnet?
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(...) It does appear so. Looking here: (URL) can see that the last week had 1242 posts. Going back a year to here (selected the tuesday instead of the 21st): (URL) was 1646 posts in the previous week. So, from this highly unscientific "research" you (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) Are they the legs of Gilderoy Lockhart from the big Chamber of Secrects set? or is he just pink. That's my guess, or else some old paradisa set. (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Happy 5th Lugnet!!!
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(...) For it's a jelly good fellow... yay! (...) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (remove SPAM when e-mailing) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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Hi everyone, I came across a pair of minifigure legs but I just can't figure out where they come from. They are sand purple, like Zam Wessel's from set 7133 Bounty Hunter Pursuit, but they do not have the darker purple pockets on the legs like (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | 50% off ALL studios sets - 75% off ALL soccer!!!!
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I just wanted everyone to know, if you are lucky enough to live in Atlanta (like myself) there are 2 Lego outlet stores nearby. (lucky me!) All the Lego Studio sets, jurassic park, monster sets are 50% off. This sale has been going on since the July (...) (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) This looks very close, if not exact, to our assortment at Woodfield. -Tim (23 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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Alright! Finally a lego store near me, and some lego fans that are also in my general area! I live in DuPage county, about 15 minutes from woodfield, so I will probably be making several stops at the store. The pick-brick-section only has you basic (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today -- Pick-A-Brick Inventory!
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(...) I went back to the new LEGO Store in Marlboro today and made sure to get at least one of everything they sell in the Pick-a-Brick. Here is a complete inventory of what is available: Brick: 2x10 in Yellow 2x4 in Black, White, Grey, Dark Grey, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | 3 Small Things
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I've put together a quick webpage documenting three completely unrelated models. They are all small constructions that hardly deserved a webpage unto themselves, so I bunched the together: - A turntable (phonograph) - A Compact Disc case - A Honda (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Traffic on lugnet?
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(...) Well, that'll be why then, you only have yourself to blame!! :) Psi. (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone have the instructions for 5571 Giant Truck / Black Cat ?
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(...) You can try this site: (URL) They have tons of instructions and I also saw the truck you are looking for. Steve (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone have the instructions for 5571 Giant Truck / Black Cat ?
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(...) 5571 is located here: (URL) hasn't been moved to the new repository yet so it isn't searchable on Brickshelf right now. KL (23 years ago, 20-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Anyone have the instructions for 5571 Giant Truck / Black Cat ?
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and would be willing to scan and upload them to brickshelf ? The set is plenty old enough to qualify for scanning and I see that there are no copies available on BL for sale. Thanks, Ray (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: help please
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Many of these motors "lock up". I have tossed about four of mine. I have not found any way to repair them. You could try to get Lego to replace it if it is less than a year old. Sorry to hear you got taken on this deal. (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: help please
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(...) :-( That figures. I knew it felt too tight. (this what i get for buying used) Any way to fix connections, or better off getting a new motor? (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: help please
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Rotate the shaft. It should rotate with some ease. Short the connections on the motor and it should be very hard to rotate the shaft. This will give you a good idea if it is operational. Further tests with a volt meter and /or batteries will confirm (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: help please
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oops... its the lego technic gear motor, i mean. (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | help please
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i got a lego technic 9 volt motor, and i do not know if it works. how do i test it? turn the out put shaft by hand?? (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Traffic on lugnet?
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Just wondering... Is traffic lower now than it used to be (~1 year ago) To me it seems so. Also I post less than I used too. S (23 years ago, 19-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Orlando LIC set/brick information
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Here is the status of the Orlando LIC as of yesterday. * The Cloud City, UCS Snowspeeder, and Lunar Lander in stock. They do not have the new X-Wing yet. * There is a special Spybotics promotion. They have a couple of trays of technic parts have (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) Huw - Either Ondrew or I will work on getting an inventory up soon. -Tim (23 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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"Tim Courtney" <tim.courtney@SPAMCA...ktron.com> wrote in message news:HMwLC9.1zGI@lugnet.com... (...) on the (...) Tim, Could you post an inventory somewhere? I'd like to compare it with the UK stores. TIA Huw (23 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) I just visited the new LEGO Store in the Solomon Pond Mall in Marlboro this morning. Brickshelf pictures are available at (URL) It looks very nice! The store is stocked with many (though apparently not all) of the sets that are currently in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) Yes, there is a Pick-A-Brick. Its around the corner from Marshall Fields, on the middle level. -Tim (23 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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"Tim Courtney" <tim.courtney@SPAMCA...ktron.com> wrote in message news:HMvtyL.xKn@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) days (...) were (...) in the (...) day. (...) Does this store have Pick-A-Brick? If not, will it by 11/5? I will be in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm working at the Woodfield store now, and its a blast! The last several days we spent stocking and assembling the store. Today was the first day we were open, and it was a lot of fun sharing LEGO with the customers. If you're in the area, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | 8376 - Radio Shack LEGO Racer Hot Flame RC Car
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FUT: lugnet.technic I saw this tonight at Radio Shack. It had dead batteries, so I asked the store help and they replaced them for me so I could try it out. What a blast! (URL) seen the race cars before in stores, but only in boxes. The cool thing (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-03, to lugnet.games.lego.racers, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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Well, given the fact that a lot of people (some who read LUGNET, some who do not) have been asking me about the whole Master Builder Search thing, I figure I will go ahead and chime in. While I am quite flattered that many friends and AFOLs said (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | 2 Lego Stores open today!
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The stores in: Solomon Pond Mall, MA - MA - Marlborough and Woodfield Mall, IL - IL-Schaumburg Open today!! So if you are in the area go check it out! They have the Duplo Promo bricks for the opening!! And there IS a market for these bricks! So keep (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: LEGOLAND® MASTER MODEL BUILDER SEARCH
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(...) Is there any way to see who is registered? I can think of some folks who should be :-) -paul (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 2004 catalog sighting?
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I too have yet to get a 2003 catalog. It seems that the big multipage catalog is not as an important promotional piece as it used to be. If I remember correctly, some sets this year had other sets in the same line displayed in the back of the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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Funny thing, I noticed this thread as I was looking for a newsgroup to post this to. Forgive me if this doesn't come up as a followup - the LUGNET posting system doesn't like me for some reason, so I have to do everything by email. Well, here's your (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Some of the fun went away during the bad years (around 1999) when themes as we knew them submerged, and now there are so many other "leaks" and special treats on the web that the catalog is not so new when it surfaces. Yeah, I miss that too, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | 2004 catalog sighting?
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There used to always be a lot of excitement on r.t.l. and LUGNET this time of year in anticipation of the first sighting of next year's LEGO catalog. Someone would find it, someone would post scans of it and discussion of all the new sets and parts (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | BIP blog re-launches!
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After man hours of coding, I have relaunched the Building Instructions Portal blog! (URL) time around, there are several new features, including the ability to have more than one person posting. I've invited several guest bloggers to participate, so (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.biportal, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Halloween bucket
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That 1,300 piece 4405 tub looks promising. Toys R Us in the US is currently having a sale on the 4107 ($14.95 I believe.) But this tub has just too many 1x1 pieces... Thanks for the information. -- Bryan "BrikTrak.com" (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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This is currently available from S@H in the UK - if you set your basket to UK and go to the 'bricks and buckets' section, you will see it. It's 9.99 (UK pounds) per tub for 200 pieces I believe, so not a good deal. I'm hoping they bring this out (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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Anyone have any information on this particular item? (URL) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Whew... it's been changed to "watch this space for more information". (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I was just browsing LEGO.com, and they put up their new Holiday Catalogue. New items are the new World City "rescue" sets (which say should ship by mid- November), and the new UCS Snowspeeder (on the back cover, now available). Just thought I'd post (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | We're a band! We're a band! With guitars in our hand, we're crossing the land!
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Well this is a first of sorts for me on several levels: It's my first time to use FTX for a post so if this fubar's, my apologies ahead of time. It's the first (and hopefully) the last time I'll use such a long title but I couldn't resist. Gold star (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.technic, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGOLAND® MASTER MODEL BUILDER SEARCH
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As a former employee of the Model Shop at LLC am I exempt from being able to enter? Hey, I'm already trained in procedures, materials (glues), some heavy equipment, etc. Or, since this is a contest of such, are current/former employees bannded from (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) All very nifty, but... I hope that LEGO turns the LEGOMasterBuilder.com site on soon. It still says "LEGOMasterBuilder.com will launch on October 13, 2003" but today's the 14th. Given all the hype from the likes of Wired, expect some outraged (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) WIRED.COM has an article on the search for a new Master Builder. ¬ The article includes quotes from the original announcement, and from Russell Clark and myself, Aaron Sneary. It's really exciting that the media is interested in this job (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Master Builder candidates on Wired.com!
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WIRED.COM has an article on the search for a new Master Builder. The article includes quotes from the original announcement, and from Russell Clark and myself, Aaron Sneary. It's really exciting that the media is interested in this job search. Take (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !
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| | Happy 5th Lugnet!!!
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Wow! I forgot to post the other day, but Lugnet just passed it's 5 year anniversary :) Way to go! Read a little about the history here: (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Ozbricks down?
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(...) Wow.. this question seems to be asked monthly. Ozbricks.net has a bandwidth limit issue. All ozbricks.net sites share their bandwidth, and when o.n runs out - it shuts down till the end of the month. as websites get more popular, are (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Ozbricks down?
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Hi all, It looks like all of the ozbricks.net sites, including mine, are down. I was just able to access my site by FTP, but not via a web browser. Ozbricks.com sites appear to be working. I know that the ozbricks.net is on another server that they (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: KB Toys settles lawsuit, offers 30% off
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See also this thread in market.theory -- (2 URLs) (...) Just a few more days left of this sale event. Normally, I don't waste time going to KBToys even though there is one I pass by regularly. But I stopped two days before the sale began to scope (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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