 | | Re: Fun LEGO purchase
|
|
(...) Hi Øyvind, Tobbe has inventoried his finds as well: (URL) in Copenhagen a toy store had these boxes in November, where you could fill the zip-bags yourself; I bought 8 over a couple of weeks (50 DKr / bag), and at average it was 411 grammes (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.no)
|
| |
| | Re: Fun LEGO purchase
|
|
"Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message news:Hs0suv.9xH@lugnet.com... (...) ourselves. (...) wings (...) know (...) is (...) and (...) Herer you can see contents of the four bags I have purchased so far: (URL) have probably (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.no)
|
| |
| | Re: Cleaning old Lego
|
|
(...) Lego has produced different shades of white and I always wondered if they were experimenting with additives. Some of the white bricks are just milkier, less brilliant, out of the box. One commercial product which absorbs UV (mainly for plastic (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | RE: Problem with integration
|
|
-----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Allan Bedford Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 3:30 PM To: lugnet.general@lugnet.com Subject: Re: Problem with integration (...) Actually, I forgot (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Problem with integration
|
|
(...) The simplest solution is to buy duplicate sets. The cheapest is to suck it up and part them out. Somewhere in between is parting out sets that you're no longer very interested in and buying other parts on Bricklink. (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Cleaning old Lego
|
|
(...) Bleach is great for dirt, but yellowing of ABS is caused by a chemical breakdown of the plastic molecules, not surface dirt. ABS is not UV-stable, and natural ABS (which has a milky beige color) will turn brown and brittle/powdery over time. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Problem with integration
|
|
(...) I know what you mean... Right now I have 2 collections (well 2.5 actually) One is my sets, which are taken apart to conserve space and sorted into about 50 boxes. Then the other are bricks I buy on Bricklink/eBay and other occaisions. Those I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Fun LEGO purchase
|
|
(...) These boxes were most likely filled with production leftovers... quality is a mixed bag (I've had half a dozen bad 2*3 sloped light-grey so far) but there's a nice selection. I've so far "raided" about 12 stores and have discovered that (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.no)
|
| |
| | Re: Nicely now. What do you think of the new colors?
|
|
(...) I just saw the new colors in person, so now I can make an informed assessment. I ordered a few sample pieces from BrickLink so I could see what all the fuss is about. In simplest terms, looking at the new and old colors side by side, I prefer (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Problem with integration
|
|
(...) Actually, I forgot to address my childhood collection in my reply to Orion's original posting. I'm one who keeps these sets completely separate from my 'adult collection'. In fact every piece in my current collection, used to build original (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
|
