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Hello! (...) I'm not worried. I'm just disappointed. If those figures are "Castle" (and at least they are called "Knights' Kingdom" and not "Bionicle" oder "Galidor" or what else) I feel like TLC is kidding me. And those figures are different from (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What, exactly, were his points? If you could enumerate them here I'll be happy to provide valid contradictory arguments. John Hansen (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Burkhard, what is it that makes you dedicated but John not? That he is willing to play well with new colors and you aren't? I just don't get it. Real life doesn't come in 3 shades of gray. The new colors will simply be another opportunity for (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The more likely solution is that our club will simply stop buying new track. If we decide to expand our layout, we will probably just borrow track from our members. (I'll lend all of mine if necessary.) When you consider the significant (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Why would anyone be worried about those Knights that look like Galidor figures (with studs for interfacing with regular LEGO bricks)? Did the Galidor line stop LEGO from producing (or re-releasing) this past year some of the best Castle sets (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin wrote: snip (...) snip I got to about here when I was in tears from laughing so hard... :) Dave K (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Chris, I feel your pain, I really do. But I have never seen real train tracks that are a uniform color. Some of the ties are black. Some are brown. Others are faded in a non-uniform manner. It would seem to me that some color difference in a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Richie Dulin" <rdulin@REMOVEmla.com.au> wrote in message news:HoMKJD.1Lyy@lugnet.com... BRILLIANT. [ j o n ] (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) While the other threads have not captured my amusement, they have well enough captured my bandwidth. Two days ago I downloaded over 100 emails on this topic and yesterday nearly 230. I'm not interested in debating the merits of the greys, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Very Funny! I think everyone needs to chill out a bit, yes it is annoying but there's nowt we can do. I noticed your other posts on this in the other threads with amusement too. On a more serious note, no I'm not happy about it either and in my (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Then when is this muddy and dull black being replaced by a more brighter black? //Niels (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Four words lego may think about "GREY ELEMENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM" now I don't have a problem with neo or new colours but when you get rid of your basic's what do you have ,hey really come on it's like saying I'am really sick of the way the the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) And you think the new colours won't be compatible with old? Several people have already said they can imagine the stone effects, etc that they could achieve. I'm thinking of different segments, armour plating etc that I could use on my Space (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oops, there's a bug here that won't let that link work. If you don't know Duplo is compatible go to: (URL) click on the commemorative box car. Sorry about that, but sorry it's still not a laughing matter.-Ken (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I could pick this apart piece by piece. For instance Duplo & regular bricks are 100% compatible. See: (URL) you need convincing. Technic control center to Mindstorms is growth not change for the sake of change. Lego has had a policy of being a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: some of the old colors (like (...) I tried giving this a couple days to sink in but it makes less & less sense every time I read it. In fact you've talked in circles with out really saying anything. Grey is supposed (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oh I know, it was just fun and besides he's my hero and I want to be sweeties with him. "= e (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Excellent! Now we're getting to the core of it. For me (and many others it appears) it IS like TLC going out of business, or rather putting me into severe danger of entering a new Dark Age due to disappointment followed by lack of interest. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Ditto-Ken (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think so. (...) If you are really emotional, that is. (...) I dare say that I have spent more hours sorting, more hours creating MOCs, created more MOCs, and spent more money on LEGO than 99% of AFOLs. Dedication is not the issue. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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