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(...) Don't trust the airport baggage handlers. Read about my experiences earlier this year with sending a large MOC as checked baggage. (URL) your MOCs are small enough to take as carry-on, I would do it that way. If your MOCs are large (like (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi all. Visited the Paramus Park Mall Pick-a-Brick location this past weekend. Thought I would post the inventory of the selection. Very Similar to all the others. Size Type Part # Colors 2 x 4 Brick 3001 Black,Blue,Dark Gray,Green,Light Gray,Light (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The Rainbow Warrior was a ship owned by Greenpeace that was destroyed by the French Government in 1987. The Greenpeace people then bought another boat, also called the Rainbow Warrior, which sailed in 1989, and I assume it's still cruising (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One from RTL way back in March 1999: (URL) from Nov. 1999: (URL) few talking about (apparently) a real ship called the "Rainbow Warrior", bombed in around 1985 or so?: (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There a number of color charts floating around. Here are links to two at peeron. There are others (as the first peeron chart notes). Peeron color and x-ref chart... (URL) provided to peeron by LEGO and believed to be the current active list of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Does anyone know where the term "rainbow warrior" originated when speaking about building lego? So far the best i can do is trace it back to the following article from 1999: (URL) just curious... any help would rule. thanks tk (URL) Co-Curator of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Kevin Wilson" <kevin.wilson100@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:Hov93G.1967@lugnet.com... (...) It'd also look good dowsed in kerosene with a flame in the top... Rob (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks guys, now I know what to do with these :-). Our lamented froggy friend tells me it's a MB torch, and actually it looks pretty good with a trans cone and flame in the top. Kevin ---...--- Railroad Depot kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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With all this talk about new colors and the recent release of the official color palette from Lego now seems to be a perfect opportunity for Lego to release an official color reference. One of the major problems I see with the new colors is that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I am 35 and have no clue what you are talking about but I can still say that color change is BAD. I too have way too much invested in my existing colors and changes would likely result in my just giving up LEGO for good. -paul (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi All, Although I wasn't there, I had a great time scanning through some pictures of NELUG's holiday-scene display (which took place last night): (URL) cross-posted this to .town and .trains because there are some fantastic details in there worthy (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I recommend we drum up media attention, like what happened when Crayola changed their crayon colors a few years ago. How's this for a headline: LEGO replaces classic "Gray" and "Dark Gray" colors with "Ash" and "Gunmetal". In a cost cutting (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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OK, I picked up the new shuttle set. The new light grey 1x1 look bad when mixed with old 1x1s. Enough so that I won't be mixing them. The new "gunmetal" dark grey looks like the same type of new plastic, somewhat translucent, or having a higher (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nah, the only boneheads are the accountants that decided to switch plastic suppliers. I too have not posted in a few years (well, maybe a cad posting now and then). I'd like to point out that when I was 10, I had two shoeboxes of lego. One had (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello! (...) I disagree that new colours are a great idea, at least in general. I'm getting confused by all those new colours available in only few parts. I completely agree, though, that replacing old colours with new colours is a bad idea. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Old ugly train track
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Wow, that new gray looks GREAT! I cannot believe I ever bought railroad track with those old ugly dark gray ties. There is no way I am going to buy the current stock of LEGO train track to help LEGO get rid of their old ugly track. Maybe if they put (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | As If We Needed Another Reason To Want To Work For LEGO!
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(URL) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how to transport lego by air
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(...) I do this a fair bit since I travel a lot. Carryon (or hand, or in-cabin, depending on your usage) is best if you can arrange it. Check the clothes and stuff, keep the stuff you really care about close at hand and under your control. But if (...) (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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(...) The same happened in the early 1970's when the remote-controlled points were discontinued. The first 12V points from 1969 were remote-controlled, later the hand-controled 12V points came. Niels (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Michael Bosch, 29. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. (22 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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