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(...) Hi, Jake, How about a webcast for those who can't come? We european AFOLs would like to see, too, where the community is heading. Yours, Christian PS: Will you attend 1000Steine-Land in Berlin (Germany), too? (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) They haven't been discontinued AFAIK (...) I'm not really interested in belaboring the point, but I think the message we should be sending our kids is that people should be treated equally, even though they are very different. Having only one (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Paul - I think there's significant interest to warrant you releasing your code on Sourceforge. Regardless of whether these features are implemented on LUGNET or as a part of a separate project, programmers could benefit from having a look (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) ( here goes Ray making yet another offhand/foolish suggestion ) So, TLC appears to be getting into the groove of making things in varying colors (i.e. "Collect the Entire Set!"). So I think they should carry this to the next logical step... (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sure, it would be ideal to realize these changes under the LUGNET banner. I think we have a good promise of cooperation and support from Todd, and the timing is perfect to discuss this at BrickFest. Its too late to get a session on the event (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog
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In lugnet.general, Eric Brok wrote: (snip) (...) OOPS, I was wrong! Please take note the above statement is false. I was writing from memory and checked it when I got home. As it turned out, the Danish and Dutch catalog are simply the same WRT skin (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) I've always liked Steve Bliss's idea from 1998 or so: (URL) (As you can see from my reply there. *grin*) But I don't think they're going to do that. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) I think that's unlikely. It certainly *decrease* the appeal to me. That's obviously a small sample size, but I've been right before. :) (...) Possibly. I don't mind the not-exact-classic-smiley faces, but I *do* prefer the ones that are more (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) My favorite line from Star Trek: TNG when Pulaski refers to Data as Dah-ta and says "What's the difference?" to which he replies "One is my name, the other is not." -Brian P. Gefrich LEGO Pet Peeve Guy (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's not just any blog. (...) Sure, I'll *spell* it right. :) (...) Setting it back, because What-Ever. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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Hey, this is pretty good! It's also a really accurate size or the Minifigs I think. Terry (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) Why is going back not possible? If DUPLO can be revived, so can yellow figs (...) We may need to agree to disagree. I know I've taught my children well when they tell me who their friends are without referring to skin color. In an ideal world, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think Tim's idea to talk about this at BrickFest PDX this month is a great one. I do see the need for this WorldLUG concept--but I'm such a lazy guy that I really, really want the easy solution to work...to me, that solution involves using (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi All, This is my newest MOC... (URL) When I make a new car, although ugly, I like to race it against others that I have made. Luckily for me, my driveway has a wonderful slope that levels out after about 20 to 25 ft. (I have not measured it) and (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) Ahhh, but Pandora's box has been opened, and going back is not possible. And frankly, I think it was cowardice to remain "neutral" WRT the racial issue. They simply chose to stick their collective heads in the sand. Look at the figs in the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey guys. It's time for a contest: (URL) Like the page says, this is a contest for spacecraft that look like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. I figure we can use a poll here on LUGNET to decide the winner, unless we get a massive amount of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Duplo-name confirmed to be reborne
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(...) Yes. (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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(...) maybe some guy at TLG are portuguese. DUPLO means "double" QUATRO means "four (4)" but PRIMO means "cousin" :) i think PRIMO means "first" in italian LBaixinho (22 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) At this point, I think I'd rather see the line get partially Simpsonized. Mixing yellow with Caucasian or Oriental fleshtones would just look stupid, but Lando has pretty effectively opened the door for at least having brown as a second (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure what pains me more: the fact that this issue seems to come up again and again or the fact that we are now spotlighting 'news' articles from blogs. (...) Which is all well and good except for two things: 1) Many of us around here (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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