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(...) I don't need my newsgroups to be pretty. Boring can be ok. (1) I need them to be usable, full of content (ie text) and provide me links to the pretty pictures I want to look at. (1)Apparently LEGO thinks old grey and realistic castles are (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sure. And worse. Like I said, *BB isn't very nice. (...) Now there's a non sequitur. Are you suggesting that virtual reality immerse chatrooms will replace discussion boards? Probably eventually, but not completely -- and, y'know, not in a (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I like the thread thing, but I haven't really missed it at Classic-Castle. I imagine that more specific topic areas and enforcement keeps threads from becoming wandering safari hunts sometimes strewn over numerous forums. The graphic avatars (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> What exactly does it mean to be "community owned"? Is the site going to be like a WIKI and anyone can change the content? Is there going to be a controlling body (say, for example, of 9 people) who are going to make all the decisions (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, fair enough. I didn't really mean to slam your work; I just wouldn't like a BB-style forum to "replace" the Lugnet group. (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oddly, the things you pick out are exactly the reasons I think Lugnet's design is superior. It uses color well to pick out meaningful information, and it's got a very clever graphical representation of each thread. (...) Plently of color, few (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I realy like yor idea, and the challenge you lay before us. It got me thinking and my first (futile) attempt was this: (URL) But that looked more like a buisness fair display stand from the 60's than a midieval wine rack. ¹) Then, it dawned to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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[ adding .general, .admin.general, follow-up to .admin.general ] (...) Actually: I've been worried about this for a very long time, ever since back when I was worried that this fancy new Lugnet thing would kill RTL. [*] So, I've asked Todd for (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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After reading all the posts so far on this, and thinking about it some more I came up with a few more questions/concerns. First - TLC, allowing *any* site to have "Lego" in the main domain name is a mistake. Unless Lego owns, the URL (which they do (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Actually, in a lot of respects, Classic-Castle.com drew interes to Lugnet. The goal of Classic-Castle was to improve the on-line experience of the Lego Castle Community, not compete with Lugnet. After Brickfest, there was a general consensus (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The simple answer to that is that it took over the web because it is freely available and easy to setup. phpBB, which classic-castle uses, comes with cPanel (and possibly other such programs) which is used by hosting companies to set up shared (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, all this talk about a "slap in the face" or being "disrespectful" has got to stop. Lugnet isn't being improved/developed. It is stagnet. Furthermore Todd has (URL) said> that other sites being created and providing resources to the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) "Lugnet is a nice site, but the forum software is ugly. How on earth are you supposed to read all this text? It's ugly, there's no attempt to make it interesting or highlight what's important..." Not that I actually think that, but remember (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Why yes, it was. By myself, in this post: (URL) also in Todds reply: (URL) is a great place. I like it very much and it has been very good to me over the years. It is, however, not going forward. If it were, then there would not be a need for (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:HszEBF.1DF3@lugnet.com... (...) make (...) for. (...) I think Hugh has hit the nail on the head here. From a personal standpoint, the thing that really excites me about this (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I completely agree. (...) Well, Lugnet serves as A hub, certainly - for a subset of the total online LEGO audience. That's not to say there couldn't be a more comprehensive one created. Right now all I've seen are fairly vague proposals... I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Classic-Castle is a nice site, but its forum software is nasty. How did this "BB" style forum software take over the web? Ugh. It's a lot like a trying to have a conversation using a *literal* bulletin board and post-it notes. And Young People (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think getting the buy-in should happen very early or else people in the other groups are going to feel as if they are second class citizens in the process. I think the fact that it was only posted to LUGNET just highlights the fact that (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe they assumed we'd see it here. I can kind of see the first announcement being here, since Lugnet does act as a de facto hub, but future developments will require a lot of serious outreach before anything goes much further - from whatever (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I do find it strange that this announcement was only posted to LUGNET and not any of the other LEGO related boards. If this is meant to bring together all online LEGO communities I would think that the announcement would be made on the other (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not so sure that it shouldn't be the other way around. Fans of specific themes have gone out and organized their own sites because Lugnet wasn't enough for them, for whatever reason. I'd say well over half the original lugnet.castle posts (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, for AFOLs... but I'm under the impression that the various integrated community proposals encompass ALL LEGO fans, not just adults. (...) I can't speak for FBTB, but BZPower was created specifically because the target audience didn't (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry, let me clarify. I was referring to the data, not necessarily how the data is obtained. Information like this is much easier for me to get out if I know that a) the destination is a reliable source and b) that I'm not going to be flooded (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What about when someone has a terrible or very misguided idea, writes a module, uploads it, and everyone suffers? An obvious danger of a community owned site is that only a certain percentage of that community's ideas are going to be worth (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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[ -> .org ] (...) So what would be available to not-logged-in users? Greatest common factor? From a pragmatic standpoint, that seems like that'll dramatically chop the usefulness of the site -- imagine if Google only showed Kid-Safe-Verified sites (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My understanding is that LEGO would like to have a site that they can feel comfortable sending traffic (kids and adults), but which they don't control and aren't responsible for. This site (LEGOFan) could include content (such as offsite (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.build, Jake McKee wrote: Let me first trim down the newsgroup list - it was fine for the general annoucement, but would everyone responding take a moment to reduce the list to something more appropriate? (...) One of the tings that struck (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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[follow-to to .org, since that's where other people seem to be redirecting] (...) It has a really funny "Moderated for safety; Cool!" logo. I printed it out really big for our security team here. :) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, chiming in on Ben's message, 'cause here's a good a place as any :) A few things-- Any thread that gets Suz to post is okay in my books :) So here's LUGNET, being run, as many people have stated, by Todd (and by Suz in the past), and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Perhaps it is time to have another revolution. After all, LUGNET was at least partly founded as a response to user's dissatisfaction with some problems inherent in r.t.l (one of them , ironically, being that r.t.l was too open a system which (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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"Jindroush" <jindroush@nospam.se...nospam.cz> wrote in message news:402B9401.52E664...spam.cz... (...) OK, agreed. (...) Having re-read the original post, that's how I understand it now too. I don't think there's any intention to replace anything or (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:Hsz7A4.3Bx@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) It seems a little strange that the community should need to provide the supplier with information about its products, but I'm not adverse to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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I really don't have a problem with the community trying to set up a web-site and trying to get the community to come together. I agree (with Terry) that saying that a certain site will be the one-stop shop is insulting. The one point I'd like to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the current forum on www.LEGO.com have a pretty hefty amount of modding? I remember reading when I first went there that no links to outside websites would be allowed, and all forum posts would be edited (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) YES. Thank you, Jake. I have a problem with being too subtle, so I'll be more blunt: Lugnet is targeted to a particular audience, an adult audience. This is _not_ the ONLY audience interested in LEGO. For those whose online LEGO experience (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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No offense intended Terry, but yours was the latest post. Could we PLEASE trim the number of groups that this discussion has snared?! I hate digging to find the content that I want. -Duane (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, my point is: why to have two sets of data? I don't mind if two sites use the same data, but I'd like to see one centralized database. (...) Wasn't it told in previous debate about WorldLUG, that Lugnet doesn't evolve anymore? Not to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I mean it is insulting to see someone trying to replace a website by using its ressources to publicize itself. I see this as insulting to Lugnet. To us, I see it as an insult that some people would want to create a website and call it the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My point exactly. No need for a third website copying the 2 already existing. (...) So why not work with Huw and Todd and make the already existing websites better? I have yet to see a good thing come of this debate. Terry (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) snip (...) I think you may be referring to a particular class of traffic here which (at least in the past) has caused a maximum of issues (i.e. cf [1]). Those types of messages *do* need to be moderated if you are operating in a sphere (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't think you should expect LEGOFan.net to lower the number of LEGO fan community sites. If we manage to release some easy to use software for setting up a community site, it will probably result in an increasing number of local LEGO fan (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) snip (...) Please trim your newsgroups. This thread has nothing to do with trains or castle and so on. ondrew (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) Yes. (...) The devil seems to have plenty of legal representatives. :-) (...) It _is_ also something that is hard to do. And hopefully we can find a better solution than just depending on a LEGO sponsorship. We have already (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) There are a couple of reasons that there isn't more "corporate" presence on LUGNET. First and most important, the owners of the site have by and large declined it. Like you mentioned, the reason for this was to stay independent, and as far as (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) I think that this is a real problem with the proposed new site. What are the chances that a site with official TLC backing will allow discussion of pictures in dealer catalogs? Or 'leaks'? Who knows if such a site would even allow criticism of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) [snip] (...) Yeah, but if we have _defined_ environment (I mean there is _finite_ number of all LEGO sets out there), the final result _must_ be same. So I don't see the need for competition. Of course, there may be differences in 'value (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) [Okay, but leaving .general and putting in .admin.general] (...) Which I'm a big fan of. What software, and how far along is it? (...) Also good! [snip] (...) So, sounds like you intend to duplicate a lot of the functionality of Lugnet. Have (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) To spell out the concern directly: it seems like this new site will either add yet one more new place to look, or else kill off one or more existing ones. Or -- and this seems unfortunately possible -- *both*. But as I said elsewhere, that's (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Or better yet, perhaps Brickset (and others) is where much of the data for a single, integrated set guide is pulled from! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So, to, I guess, play the *other* devil's advocate: I'm concerned about how this new thing will be *both* genuinely community-run _and_ Official Lego Company Sponsored. I don't know the details -- and may even be completely wrong, but it's my (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! (...) The idea is that LEGOFan will be very closely integrated with the other sites. We would love to both incorporate external data, and share any data we have locally. Our goal is not to replace anyone, or push any other site out of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) In the long run we hope to share data - or at least have a stronger integration than just links - with other LEGO fan sites. But the initial release will probably just link to most of these sites. (...) We expect that (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The main reason is that LUGNET is not owned and run by the community. I love LUGNET, and I think Todd (and Suz, before she retired) did a great job in setting it up and running it. However, development on LUGNET can only be done by invitation. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
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(...) inventory in numeric order; wouldn't have taken very long at all! Thanks again everyone! --Dave (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Jindroush" <jindroush@nospam.se...nospam.cz> wrote in message news:402B7020.38BAFC...spam.cz... Jindroush, you raise some good points, but to answer one in particular, (...) It is partly thanks to Brickset that the Lugnet guide is as good as it is (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) Reading the announcement, I must agree that LEGOFan.net seems redundant. But some things didn't get into the announcement; things _I_ believe will make LEGOFan.net (and WorldLUG as I understand it) significantly different (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Huh? You have received answers on all three of them! (...) So do I! (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) from here: (URL) Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) (remove SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) For my part, Terry, I disagree that this is being done with any disrespect towards LUGNET. It doesn't seem to be some personal "Don't like the way you run things" reasoning, like you have with Bricklink. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Why there are duplicate set inventories on both Bricklink and Peeron? Why the is no coordination between naming of parts between Bricklink and Peeron? Why there are still '?' in set database while there are existing inventories on BL/P, so (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Zing! "Well played" as Sandlin would say. (...) D'Oh! Tom, are you still left hanging? As far as I'm aware, all the pending applications are processed up through I think Tuesday (two days ago). Of course, I may be unaware (ignorant!) of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) To the extent that these sites are interested, yes. Nobody should be - or feel - forced to join LEGOFan.net. I hope there also in the future will appear new independent LEGO fan sites. But they should now have to option of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) I agree that it seems to be quite a bit like WorldLUG. And yes, I suppose the two projects could be combined. As far as I know, both projects want to build an open structure, where everybody can take part, so it is hard to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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[ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) It is not something that has been discussed so far, but I am pretty sure the answer will be that it does not exclude clone bricks. Play well, Jacob (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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<playing devils advocate here> I think the main issue is fantastic resource tho it is, it is still a privately owned website. Despite the huge fan involvement in the site it remains private property. Todd is at total liberty to do as he wishes with (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Trimmed lots of groups and moved to .general. I agree with Terry, LUGNET is -in my world- the central place for all things LEGO. Sure, there are a lot of sites that don't get much attention from LUGNET and there are other issues, most beacuse Todd (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.build, Richard Morton wrote: <snip> (...) Wadda? I'm sorry to say this, but this is the worst lack of respect towards Lugnet and this community I've seen in a long time. What would your website do if not copy what Lugnet does? Why come on (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
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Hi everyone Please forgive my ignorance but could someone explain what LUGNET is if it does not meet the description of a LEGO fansite? I have read some of the posts regarding WorldLUG and now LEGOFan.net but I may be missing something here. Also, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) In what ways do we not have that forum with Lugnet? Although I use the NNTP interface, I find the web interface to be one of the best of any www-discussion forum out there. *Especially* when it comes to threads. [followup-to .general and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Not necessarily too late for this to be added.... (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) True. Lugnet discussion forums are excellent. And the ability to access via HTTP, SMTP, and NNTP is probably unique and not done anywhere else online. Where Lugnet totally missed the boat was with _PRIVATE_ message boards. Lugnet never created (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Bah! They wouldn't even know. With all the color variations, parts variations and other smokescreen construction tidbits I could get away with a clone in every MOC if I really put my brick to it. The Mania magazine doesn't even make that (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That all sounds good. Just don't let Jake force you to focus on Trains and hog up all the space for that theme! ;o) I'd like to see something that has real news, focus on current and upcoming product and the good product history. We also need (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It does seem that way to me as well. I was just wondering how long it can take to become a Lugnet member these days... -Tom McD. (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Suzanne Rich Green wrote: snip (...) snip Indeed. Dr. Terrible (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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This is all news to me. I would like to talk w/you offline, Jake - because, AFAIK, Todd is also ignorant of this Official shift off. In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: ... (...) I'll be interested in learning more about The LEGO Company's (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I noticed this about 10 years ago, when comparing my early-mid 80's sets with some of the newer wings. I'm figuring there was a mold upgrade to allow a builder to put the wing right out to the edge of a brick. -Scott Lyttle (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) As central as Lugnet is to portions of the online LEGO community, I believe there are other audiences that consider themselves LEGO fans, who would benefit from a more structured interconnected community than Lugnet provides. It would makes (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Yup, that's right. I'm pleased to announce that it's finally finished. Ikros: Chaos Skies Chapter 6: Betrayal Just like Chapter 3, this chapter does not follow our hero, Garadaine, so be forewarned. PLMKWYT! (URL) Ikros:Chaos Skies website> (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Ditto to both. I don't what YAFGTR (Yet Another Fan Group to Read), but if I have to, please PLEASE make it NNTP accessible. Take into account that the posting rate on LUGNET goes WAY down when NNTP is out (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'd rather see this new site point to Lugnet for the discussion forums. It's quite well done here, and there's little point in spreading everyone out. (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Snippage (...) I agree. Why not make Lugnet the single point of contact for the LEGO fan base. We all come here any way. LEGOfan.net sounds redundant or am I missing something? Mike (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) <tongue-in-cheek> I'm sure LEGOFan.net will be at least as scrupulous about clone bricks as LEGO Magazine is.... </tongue-in-cheek> Steve (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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"BrikTrak.com" <rjmorton@AT4imprintNOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:Hsxwnq.1III@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) if (...) Having been down a similar path with ILTCO I can certainly appreciate the "getting launched" aspect of an effort such (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) SNIP (...) I'm not trying to be a wet towel, but I've always viewed LUGnet as the 'center portal' or 'hub' of the lego community--it functions as exactly that, AND a discussion site. Secondly, Lugnet already fits the "concept of a LEGO site (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ok am I to understand that this is meant to bring all of the independent sites together such as lugnet, bricklink ,peeron, ldraw, brickset, fbtb, brickshelf and all of the other major sites onto one site similar to the iltco who is bringing (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh ya - it does. And more power to them. It *is* a good thing that Lego is reaching out and helping. Can you also address the points Kelly had here (URL) like the 2 projects kinda mirror each other a bit. Now something needs to be done about (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Mark, you are certainly correct that we have a policy of not allowing unauthorized uses of "LEGO" in the domain name. It is very important that consumers are clear who has developed the site, and using "LEGO" in the domain tends to tell people (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) This sounds quite a bit like the WorldLUG concept discussed several days ago, in essence. Is this a parallel type of project, or could the two be combined? (...) This almost sounds like an ILTCO-type organization, except it would encompass all (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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-snip newsgroup flooding- (...) I would be very surprised if Lego let you use "Lego" in the URL for the site. They are pretty tough on these things - and if they let you do it they will be opening one heck of a can of worms. Because IF they let you (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well considering the name is LEGOfan.net, I somehow believe the answer is yes. :P Not that there couldn't be a seperate clone section though. --SteveR (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have to ask: Since Lego the company seems to be involved, does this central hub exclude the use of bricks manufactured by other companies? Don (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yay! Only one part to go! I love LUGNET! --Dave (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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Anthony, Very cool idea. I've got an idea to follow up my interpretation of Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven with with other Poe tales every Hallowen (The Pit and the Pendulum seems like it would be very cool. I need some Spanish soldiers for that.) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi everyone, For some time now, a group of us have been discussing the concept of a LEGO site that the community could truly call its own-- community owned, designed, and operated. To this end, we have been endeavoring for more than half a year to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) This one I believe is from the soccer field sets (the newer ones not the first generation ones). They're used as a hinge/turntable for the goalkeepers. (URL) it helps. Richard. (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are TECHNIC pins, but the short little stud pin is the only one with a non-split end. Aside from that, there are the flex-system tubes and lightsaber blades, which are small enough to go through a hollow stud. The two combined might work (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Hmm, another thought for the latice... Are there any tubes the diameter of a stud? If so, you could use a latice fence with tubes stucking through. I think that might get the idea across pretty well. Frank (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks much Lar, glad you liked it! I actually tried several different types of lattice (Thanks BTW, couldn't think of that word yesterday!), but this is what worked best. I tried using 1xX plates in the same direction of the bricks (just no (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Ahh yes that picture is *much* more clear than mine... Now the only problem is, I don't think most sellers make the distinction between the two types of wing pieces... It's not a problem in most cases, since I don't encounter very many (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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