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I've only seen them at KB here. I picked one up for $16.00 on sale a few weeks ago. Normal price here is $19.95. (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) Interesting. I didn't know how to precisely ocate a IP before. Anyway, if you see this building explose in a few days, don't blame me, I didn't do it :-) Terry (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) However, I'd be curious to see the Demographiocs of Lugnet members. Anyway, it is true that many US AFOLs think they are alone... Terry (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've stopped reading your post about here... I didn't realize your post was a joke. Anyway, I am not perfect in understand some "jokes" in English and this one flew past me. However, on your "this a just a toy" sentence, I agree. But it (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) A quick Whois search on ARIN yielded this: OrgName: Qwest Communications OrgID: QWDL Address: 950 17th Street Address: Suite 1900 City: Denver StateProv: CO PostalCode: 80202 Country: US NetRange: 63.152.0.0 - 63.159.255.255 Maybe you could (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't beleive *most*. *Many* maybe, but the world is large (even if some USAmericans seem quite ignorant of it) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) What about RC cars, racers, spybots and all that super-specialized stuff? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | set 7221
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My sister picked this set up for me from an AMC movie theater. It was in the kid's pack. Warning: huge image! (URL) have not seen this set mentioned before, and I don't know if it is the only set available, or if there are others. Feel free to use (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) neither, apparently, is a sense of "humour" or fun. LEGO is a TOY (see below) (...) id' wager most LUGnet users are (...) if you change your mind, be sure to come in illegally - you'll get a green card faster... :-) (...) You seem to confuse (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Classic Castle Chat with Jake McKee
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Jake McKee, the community development manager at LEGO Direct has agreed to have a public chat at <www.classic-castle.com>. 1000steine.de, a German LEGO fan website, recently had a public chat with Jake McKee. The CC admins thought this was a great (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Spybotics? They are listed on a separate page from Mindstorms on the S@H website. Lots of big, expensive products with little building flexibility just sitting there on the shelves... (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Has the 4400 tub been discontinued?
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(...) It was a very limited-release product...I think the going theory is that Lego was trying to get rid of excess inventory, hence the bizarre (yet wonderful) blend of odd parts, a lot of them one or two per tub. S@H received only a few, and had (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego prices?
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(...) Of course it's been discussed before. Do a search for VAT and you'll find plenty of price comparisons. What you're likely to discover is that you (or perhaps someone else) gets a bit more universal health care for your Lego Euro in the UK than (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego prices?
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(...) <snip> I've seen debates online about this, but one thing that really sticks out in my mind is the fact that Europeans usually have some kind of tax (GAT?) "included" into the price of each item you buy...basically, it disguises the fact that (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) Christian Lindblad has emailed me concerning this issue. He is NOT the one mas-voting, although he was the one inciting people to vote for Adventurers on his website. Therefore, I apologize to have thought it was him. All the facts I had (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) The "american-way" isn't MY way, as I'm neither American nor American-wannabe. There is, mind you, something wrong about electioneering. The MHoF voting process should be a choice based on more than a "I-Like-This-Theme" factor. Systematically (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lego prices?
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Has anybody ever compared Lego prices between US and UK or any other country for that matter, or am I approaching a touchy subject here. eg. Imperial Star Destroyer US $299 UK £250 4028 bucket US $9.99 UK £9.99 Is it just me or are we paying over (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) Okay, then when LEGO said they would be dropping their electronics and movie tie in products, exactly what did they mean by "electronics" then? Mindstorms has been, afaik, LEGO's chief electronic product recently. We have two apparently (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: TLC to stop making Mindstorms/Movie sets?
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Here is a followup link. <link (URL) I really hope they don't kill Mindstorms. The other stuff, like the movie tie ins I can live with. (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) Dear John, Have you seen Jake McKee's statement? "... Mindstorms is not going away, but may continue to evolve. Like all technology products, Mindstorms will continue to grow and improve as consumers gain new technology knowledge and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | BrickFest Door Prizes
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Hi All, We'd like to announce a new Door Prize drawing method that directly involves the BrickFest PDX attendees! We have over $2000 of prizes this year (thanks to Jake via LEGO and all our other private sponsors!!!)! Instead of the normal (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.games, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.us) !!
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| | Re: The sky is *not* falling
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(...) The sky is falling! The sky is falling! :-) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Another short story
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(...) Thanks for the wonderful comments! I will pass on your review of the story. (...) As for Super Nick's powers, I'm waiting to find out myself. For now, all I know of is the ability to spin around super-fast (which apparently lends itself to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Has the 4400 tub been discontinued?
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Has the 4400 tub been discontinued? I have yet to see it stocked at Toys R Us. And I hesitate to pay the inflated $22.00 at KB Toys. Yet FBTB has a posting saying Lego said it was discontinued: (URL) anyone else had a confirmation of this? Besides (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) Hey, nothing wrong with a little lobbying, is there? Electioneering is the American way. Personally, I like the good-spirited debates and taunting about which minifig should be put in that we've seen in the past (esp. between .Space and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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I wrote Michael Anderson (firmware guru at TLC) expressing my concerns about the future of Mindstorms based on the recent press regarding TLC's financial woes. I asked him if he could reassure me. He said, "there are some very interesting projects (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) If TLC is trying to control costs and return to profitability, they will want to cut products that have a bad profit margin for them. This would likely include Star Wars and Harry Potter on the basis of licensing fees and specialized part (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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let's don't make things worse than they really are if we think "the core" is brick and nothing more then we should think TLC will stop producting plates which is stupid so IMO technic is a patr of "core" the same with liftarms (studless beams) "the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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I'm asking the Adventurers fans and the MHoF fans to help me on this. I'm trying to stop a cheater that is mass-voting for Harry Cane. If he/she doesn't stop it, I'll have to disqualify the Adventurers series. I know who this person is. However, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Review: 10129 UCS Rebel Snowspeeder
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#10129 System / Star Wars UCS Rebel Snowspeeder Ages 14+ 1457 Pcs. (C)2004 94 page manual: 1 model, 40 steps for the body, 41 steps for each wing and 14 steps for the display stand. Price Range: $129.99 USD RATINGS (Scale: Must-Have Excellent (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars) !
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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"Jeff Szklennik" <jeffszklennik@usaexpress.net> wrote in message news:HrCCrt.1A8G@lugnet.com... (...) products, (...) in (...) change, (...) a part (...) that it's (...) returning to. (...) days' (...) it; I (...) Well all I can say is that, if (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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(...) SNIP (...) Technic is a theme of semi-specialized pieces, but they're so widely used in other themes now (racers, Star Wars, etc.) they've become an extension of standard elements, so I doubt Technic is leaving. the theme name may change, but (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least?
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In lugnet.robotics, Ross Crawford wrote: -snip->> But has there been any official word on whether or not at least the (...) Before TLC drops the educational division, there's the question of what will happen to FLL which has grown rapidly not only (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | LEGOLAND® California & Volvo Cars Build Relationship for Driving Safety
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LEGOLAND® and Volvo Cars Build Relationship for Driving Safety 'Future Driver' Programs Target 3 to 13 Year Olds. IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- What is the ideal age to teach children about automobile safety? If the multi-year marketing (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | BrickFest PDX 2004 - Portland, Oregon, USA - Things to See & Do!
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Have some time to explore through Portland while at Brickfest PDX 2004? Not sure what Portland, Oregon, USA is all about? Check out these cool and informative PDX Websites prior to arriving BrickFest PDX 2004! :: transportation :: PDX Airport - (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.us, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Master Builder contest experiences...
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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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| | Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least?
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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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| | Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least?
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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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| | TLC to stop making Mindstorms/Movie sets?
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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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| | Re: Disclaimer
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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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| | Re: Disclaimer
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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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| | Re: Disclaimer
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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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| | Re: Disclaimer
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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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| | Another short story
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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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| | Re: Spiyeti, anyone? (short comic)
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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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| | Re: Master Builder contest experiences...
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(...) At first I was very nervous, and then I wasn't called for my time slot at 10am. I waited through a couple of building sessions- talking to Dan and the other applicants, and building like crazy in the practice area. I finally asked when I would (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: Disclaimer
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(...) > (...) If you are selling instructions you should make _certain_ that they are correct. If you are giving instructions away for fun, then do you really need this kind of protection? (...) Wow, what a great, litigious world that we live in, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego changes strategy
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just simple suggestion for the future maybe tlc board should read news groups here they would know what ppl really want br pixel (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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I'd heard that the change of name from Duplo had been received very badly in Lego's traditional markets of Germany and Denmark. It's a poor show though for any modern company that there's so much inertia (read: spent money) in a re-branding that (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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| | Disclaimer
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I will soon be adding some instructions to the Brick Instruction Portal that I will be offering for sale. It occurred to me that I'd need a suitable disclaimer. I checked on Bip and found their wasn't one so I thought if I post on Lugnet I can get a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| | Master Builder contest experiences...
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What with the prelims being over now, and the proliferation of Lugnetters on the list, I thought it would be kinda cool for the finalists to share their experiences. As for me, it was a far more terrifying thing than I expected. I knew about the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: Spiyeti, anyone? (short comic)
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(...) That puts it on par with your source material in that aspect, no? (...) Mmmm... Spiyeti-o's... (...) I heard that they changed the formula for white, so I ran all my white bricks through a shredder. Except the Yeti pieces, of course. (2 URLs) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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(...) odd, i thought i read somewhere (maybe last year?) lego was doing well, and that creator and bionicle were expected to help sales a lot. did lego have their first gain in several years last year? maybe that's what i'm thinking of. Jeff - happy (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spiyeti, anyone? (short comic)
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I think that story had a good lesson in it for everyone. I'm just not sure what it was. But I enjoyed reading it over a warm bowl of Spiyeti-o's. Hey, where'd you get all that LEGO snow? ;) -Brendan (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: My favorite Minifig
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(...) WOW! I thought your other torso stickers were good! this new one makes the minifig look exactly like a real dog! ;)) Jeff (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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So pirate captain Plougman leaves the leaking ship? Good riddance! And Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen takes over? Go, Captain Kirk, go! :D (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego changes strategy
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(...) This mentions reducing the top management structure from 14 to 9 people. Does anyone know where Brad Justice fits into this picture? Steve (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO® fires two executives, mulls layoffs
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Jan. 8, 2004. BUSINESS NEWSWIRE LEGO® fires two executives, mulls layoffs COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish toy maker LEGO® said Thursday it would post a steep loss for 2003 expecting a $237.6 million pretax loss, the worst in the privately held (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO fires COO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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(...) My official dose of pessimism for today: the press release says "In spite of the general decline in sales, sales of Make & Create, the core products, were more than doubled." Well, the 2002 equivalent of Make & Create was, as far as I know, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | My favorite Minifig
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My favorite Minifig (URL) Muffin the Minifig! She's a sleepy girl. --Anthony (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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(...) I dunno-- "Duplo" is a brand name that lasted 25 years. Some of today's parents probably remember growing up with it. But "Explore" was only around for 2 years. Hardly as recognizable. Plus, "Duplo" is one of Lego's great brand names that (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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(...) I wonder if this means they may reverse the color issue. I'm hopeful. In part, this is because I have already heard-- from within my own family--concern that LEGO's quality control is slipping because "these bricks don't match." Consumers (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I can't tell you how many people I have helped in the Lego aisle this past year. People looking for Duplo size Lego were confused. These people were buying products for children that were not their own. (Individuals not familiar with the product (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) I doubt that, Explore or Duplo, still the same stuff. Maybe they're going to kick Jack Stone's butt? (hope so). I think that pre-school is 4-6, and when I was young, I got wonderful sets such as 145 (lots of bricks, some roofs, some windows, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) In the Danish TV tonight Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen said, thet the change from Duplo to Explorer had been a fatal mistake, as the sales had HALVED!! So, yes, I guess that'll mean that they'll return to the DUPLO branding. Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Lego changes strategy
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The official TLC announcement: www.lego.com/eng/inf...ressdetail (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Chat with Kate & Jake / translation to English
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(...) I haven't a clue. I got the impression that a newly arrived box full of any one type of brick equals a certain number of sales, so I presume it's based on how many cups you can fill from an average box of average parts. Some people will get (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) (URL) hope we get more designer-like sets in the future! Pedro (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Really? I though the HP and Star Wars are good ideas. However, I think moving away from the Galidor castle crap is a good idea. -Anne (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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I read in the paper today (URL) the director of lego is fired, as he should change it from a negative business to a positive, which (he) has failed. He is fires and Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen will take over, and lego will "go back to the brick", no more (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) OK, I had to think about this for a while - but it does raise a question: How do they determine how many PaB cups of bricks are in a carton? Do they just guestimate, or do they fill a cup and work off of that? Because, AFOLs (and kids!) who (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Does this: "The future strategy of the LEGO Company will emphasise the core products, including a re-launch of the pre-school products." mean they'll be calling it Duplo again? Jason Railton (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Did ya'll see the closeup image of KKK graphing TLC's performance: (URL) a further enlargement: (URL) Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO fires CEO Plougman - concentrates on bricks
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working link ;) (URL) to bricks (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Spiyeti, anyone? (short comic)
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Cute. It definitely made me laugh! Keep 'em coming! bm "Tony Hafner" <lego@NOSPAM.hafhead.com> wrote in message news:Hr5Hxv.45u@lugnet.com... (...) my (...) the (...) posting (...) an (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(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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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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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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(...) 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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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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