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(...) snip (...) OK--I went to the Vegas comp and it was awesome. Even if I hadn't made the cut, it would have been worth the 400 mile motorcycle ride! I showed up and had fun just checking out the models that Lego brought with them--Dan and I (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least?
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(...) I'd be very surprised (and disappointed) if Technic was dropped. After all, it has been around since the late 70s, I think that makes it part of the core building system. But thats just my opinion. Mindstorms is another matter - it's a (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | NYCLUG -- Meet-n-greet, and others orders of preliminary biz
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Howdy! I recently formed a NYCLUG (pronounced NYE-klug) email group, comprising everyone who has (thus far) expressed interest in enrolling in NYCLUG. Those who would like to enroll or are just interested in finding out more about NYCLUG, please (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least?
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(...) I think it should continue, and i just posted this: (URL) couple seconds b4 seeing this thread. (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: TLC to stop making Mindstorms/Movie sets?
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(...) Getting finished with the software & licensed stuff i can understand, If software companies want Lego games, they could pay Lego for a license fee. I hate to see SW & HP go, 'cause they're are cool, but if it's hurting Lego now, move on. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I would like to hear something official as well. I would have thought that as a moderator of the official MindStorms forum I would have been told something, but no. The exact same questions are being asked there and I have no solid (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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It seems like the writing is on the wall with regards to the retail sector for many of LEGO's more sophisticated lineups --- press releases abound about how LEGO is restructuring and eliminating all its electronics (which I assume means Mindstorms) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: TLC to stop making Mindstorms/Movie sets?
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In lugnet.general, Tom Dickson failed to understand FTX. (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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<link (URL) The company now plans to stop making the electronics and movie tie-in products and return to its core mission: producing colored plastic building blocks for children. Good? or Bad? (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Another short story
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(...) Dude, that is TOTALLY pure, innocent, absolutely entertaining fun. Tell Nick that is a GREAT story. The illustrator's not bad either ;) I really like the super spinning effect. What are the extents of Super Nick's powers? I always thought if I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Disclaimer
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(...) Doesn't make it seem like a very good market, then: "Please spend your money on my product, but only if you don't share your toys with other people. Otherwise, the bricknazis(1) will demand you pay me more money." Sounds like fun. Not. (1) The (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | TLC loss - official report!
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WOW! what a loss! Sad news! Hopefully, it'll change there view on concentrating on good products! (URL) the mean time, "play well" JM (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Help needed: Are these parts really LEGO?
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Please see my mpd file attached in (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Another idea is these 3 times scale or mini-scale MOCs that people are cerating of other sets--a good friend made a 3 times scale MOC of an original LEGO space set--can he sell the instructions to that? After all, it's not the original space (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sir, I was being daft long before this conversation began! 8^) Actually, I think my point is worth exploring. If I view your model and am able to reproduce it with a fair degree of accuracy, would you object if I sold it as my design? After (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) But only because the buyer has signed up to the terms of the disclaimer. (...) I only actually meant for the disclaimer to cover instructions. (...) Now your just being daft, and anyway these viewers cannot see the interior of the model. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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(...) Mistakes will always occur, and the disclaimer is only meant for saleable instructions. (...) Well I didn't invent it, blame the lawyers. (...) I'm british, but I get your drift. (...) The disclaimer is supposed to be broad. If applied to very (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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I did this little tale about a year ago, but never got around to posting it on my site. My son Nick actually came up with the story one day. It was short and coherent, if a little silly, so I wrote it down with the intention of doing it in Lego. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the note, and I do have another story coming very soon. It's not quite as fun as the Spiyeti one, but it has more personal meaning to it. I'm glad you enjoyed this. I had fun putting it together, though I don't think I'll do any (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Disclaimer
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(...) If the instructions are sold containing an error, then I agree that the author isn't accountable for buyers who purchase additional bricks from a separate source, but if the author is also selling the bricks to make the set, then the author is (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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