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(...) cut cut cut cut* (...) HAHAHAHAHA! I love it, too funny... I found it a little late, but still, amusing... okies, that is the negative side that is running through this site as quick as larva from a volcano... so now do the positive side (even (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message (...) I always try to take the important models in the cabin as hand luggage. I've found that putting them in a cardboard box marked "fragile" helps a lot. Pad your model tightly inside the box (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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I am going to be going on a holiday over xmas, part of which includes meeting some AFOLs and hopefully going to a BUGS meeting (Brisbame lego club). Being the kind of person that I am, I want to make some kind of moc or mocs to take over and show (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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Even if your story was meant to be sarcastic or humoristic, about one thing I totally agree with you. I was very disappointed with the introduction of 9V trains in 1991. The models look great, but what happened with the remote-controlled level (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) FYI, I live in the US. I find the tone of your reply to be exactly what I'm against: a thinly veiled series insults. -Orion (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, I just wanted to say that I find the whole explosion of rhetoric, vitriol, and support over the recent color change inspiring, saddening, and heartening. It means that this community of ours is indeed a widely varied combination of (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I know exactly what you mean and I agree wholeheartedly. It's just that for me the look of the click-hinge in these pieces detracts from the potential realism. Dave "Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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"Kevin Wilson" <kevin.wilson100@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:HouEFC.9wE@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) a (...) goblet from the older Mb castle sets... Rob (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Looks like a MegaBloks goblet to me. (...) ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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You would think I would know where to post a message like this, but I went all through the list of newsgroups and there's nowhere really obvious. So I guess it goes here in .general. This piece is a brown goblet-shaped object with 4 slots in the top (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I agree that the new colors are great, but replacing current colors is a bad idea. Age: 30 (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I don't mind new colors but I really don't like changing existing ones. It screws everything up! The point of collecting something is to continue adding to it, not having to start over again. I'm 21, and have been collecting Lego for 16 years. And I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well after reading a few of the posts (I found this just now, and I don't have time to read all of the posts so I apologize if I'm repeating what others have said), I have decided that while there could be some problems with the new colors there (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Giddens? now what would space explorers know abuout aliens and making crop circles? If you ask me, you might want to see if it was the work of mischievous SEA MONKEYS !!!!! Scott Lyttle (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Orion, I don't know what country you live in but here in the USA criticism is a god given right and "my old friend" has just desided to change it's color in order to sell more sets. We all know it's the darn color that is making people not buy (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Thank you for your profound post and for sharing your considerable wisdom, Orion! Truly you are in the know. And how right you were to start your own thread. It would have been such a WASTE if your astute comment would have been buried under all (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not a bad idea :) (...) Really? You must've subscribed to lugnet.general kinda late then ;) (...) Yep, that's why many of us are acting this way. It's as if someone told our old friend to jump off a bridge, and they did. (...) In the meantime, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lenny, this dramatic change to Brickshelf is far more impacting than any of the other issues going on right now. It is horrid to not know who is making the MOCs that we are looking at. I'm the first in line to thank Kevin for all his work, but (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is what I found on LUGNet: When: 1999 Why: (URL) Many: 2227 registered members Maybe Todd can add more. -Orion (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, This question is more for the board from LUGNET. I would like to know when LUGNET started (year), why it started and how many members you count now. It's for my oldest son who will hold a 10 minute 'speach' in his schoolclass abouth LEGO and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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