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After record 2003 loss LEGO will concentrate on building bricks (Make & Create mentioned): (URL) we might get more regular sets in the future?!?? Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) As for the bricks that are shipped to the Lego brand stores, if you ask about buying a lot of any one brick that's in the range, the brand stores can't sell them any cheaper no matter how much you want to buy. As I understand it, once a carton (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Update on color issue
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(...) Brown has definitely changed, but not much. It's a little lighter with more of a hint of reddish-orange to it than before. It's still very definitely brown though. I think this is a better colour, as the old one was dark and dull. It's not as (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Spiyeti, anyone? (short comic)
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Here's something I whipped up yesterday, taking advantage of the snow in my yard: (URL) The Legend of the Great Spiyeti>> (URL) And yes, I've been a bit out of touch with lugnet lately. I hope to be posting more of my creations reasonably soon (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.sports, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: LegoMasterBuilder.com Updated...
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(...) Hey, thanks! Yeah. Spheres. I've been thinking about that, and remembering something from long ago (was it from the Ultimate LEGO Book, I wonder?) about new Master Builders having to take a class of sorts on building spheres, and trying to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | (oops) Re: LegoMasterBuilder.com Updated...
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Just a little housekeeping- URL Fixed (stupid slash...), and x-posted to .announce and .people: (...) -jeremiah- (still a gibbering idiot) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: LegoMasterBuilder.com Updated...
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(...) Congratulations Jeremiah! Link is: (URL) I was you I would be practicing my sphere-building skills that the Master Builders use so much in their large-scale sculptures. For ideas try: (URL) maybe: (URL) (busts and megafigs) Good Luck! -- Bill (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | LegoMasterBuilder.com Updated...
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(URL) The results of the LA buildoff> are in, and - Hey, who's that at the bottom of the page? Yup. Me. I made it! Monday was amazing. I got to talk with Dan, one of the Master Builders at the park, and learn what it's like to work there. He showed (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle
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Very nice! I have a Cigar Pro wasting away somewhere, maybe I'll convert it. The US Modular 32Mb I have looks like it would work with 6 1x3s. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Homebrewed LEGO USB Dongle
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The LEGO USB Dongle The whole thing consists of 7 1x3 bricks of which one is used as a cap for the USB socket, there are also two 1x3 plates at the top and the bottom to 'seal' the (w)hole thing. All glueing was made with Cyan Oacrylate Glue - (CA). (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: New 2004 Sets!
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(...) I wonder if that might be Violet. Several of the figs from the NBA Collector packs have Violet torsos and hips/legs. These were incorrectly inventoried as Purple, but many have now been corrected. Interesting. I think one of the McD's mini (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Where does this brick come from (Illonois Grand opening 2003)
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(...) Illinois in late 2003. It came from one of the 2 stores listed on it (Northbrook or Woodfield). It was given to guests to the store as a promotion. Hope that helped! You can see much more of these on my Duplo promo brick page: (URL) P (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Where does this brick come from (Illonois Grand opening 2003)
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Hi all! I have a 2x1 high Duplo brick, with a Lego logo on one side, and this text on the other: Illonois Grand Opening 2003 Northbrook Court Woodfield Mall Where does this come from - what was it? BR Sonnich (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2004 Sets!
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(...) One of the colors changed was purple. (URL) Like this.> The Knightbus has the new purple. (URL) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New 2004 Sets!
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Odds are it is purple/violet, since that is the color of the Knights bus in the books, from what I can remember. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Thanks from the Kunce Family
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(...) Thanks for posting that Leonard, however it might be better if you didn't post their phone number, unless they said it was OK. ROSCO (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | An old ad from 1978 with the first minifigure construction town sets!
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Taken from an old cartoon magazine for kids. (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Suggestion for a New Year's Resolution
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(...) Thanks for the support guys! I was wondering why I have started getting e-mails again. And thanks for the suggestion Larry, I'll see what I can do in the next week or so. ~Kevin Blocksidge (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Suggestion for a New Year's Resolution
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(...) Good suggestion, but I have one for Kevin B as well... Implement the reverse direction! If you are trolling around on BS via the recent gallery entry path, and you find a nifty gallery by "blarg" there currently is not an easy way to just scan (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2004 Sets!
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(...) Sure as heck looks like violet to me, but purples/blues never quite come through very well in low-quality images like this... I'd buy it if it was...and I don't even collect Harry Potter sets! --Dave (22 years ago, 6-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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