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(...) hey afols! fyi, my wife jennifer and i are super fans of lego! i own roughly 2 million pieces, and she own %50 of those by law! i am the avid modeler, she gets most joy dissassemling torsos and endangering their lives on my 9v train tracks. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I inferred that excerpt to suggest that licensed (and juniorized, incidentally) playset/diorama-style sets were less successful than the more interactive vehicles. I suppose we could both be correct. (...) That's news to me, too. I figured (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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Thomas & All, Thanks for the link, interesting read. put my response to just general. Here is what caught my eye in this article, Thomas pointed out some good ones already. (...) This is a fascinating bit of text. I was under the impression that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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I saw this picture today of the new 4755 Knight Bus from the 2004 HP line: (URL) really makes me wonder. The color on the box art is so radically different from the actual bricks. Is this just a probem with the photo? What color is the bus going to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.harrypotter)
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There are some really interesting tidbits about Lego and Mega Bloks in this article from the Kansas City Star (requires registration to view): (URL) there is a lot in here that is general knowledge, including a concise report on the falling numbers (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.quatro, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Altered States Magazine has their coverage of LEGO from the Toy Fair up. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina Train Builders (URL) - CTB/Brick Depot (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Does anyone care to answer Kelly's original post? I'm curious. (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That's the exact same setup my wife and I have. She completely tolerates my hobby, buys me Lego to surprise me, helps me sort occasionally, and every once in a blue moon actually puts brick together. But otherwise, I have my hobbies and she (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Start (URL) HERE>, Dave. You can find further threads by using the search engine and typing in "Cleaning". HTH, JOHN (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I am sure this subject has been discussed a Trillion and one times. I dont intend on starting a new Thread, However I do recall reading a forum somewhere that had cvovered this topic thoroughly, I just cant seem to find it. I was just curious as to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sort of in the same vein as the first part of Suz's reply: Most were familiar with the Chris and Shiri show (that lasted 2.5 years). And we also weren't married, for the record. :-) (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi, Not sure if this has been noted yet, but you can now download official instructions in PDF format from LEGO.com! Here's the link: (URL) quick inspection, they have the newer instructions that Brickshelf doesn't have, but not the instructions for (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, okay, so although we weren't actually married, Todd Lehman and I had an awesome, wicked-fun 5 years together. We ate LEGO for food. (...) My husband and I both do the LEGO-thang. We met at a NELUG meeting! :-) Happily married for 1.3 (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) Although I'm not married yet, my gf of 7 years has put up with my addiction/hobby for quite some time. She only gets angered if I spend too much on LEGO (how much is too much?). For Christmas she half jokingly half seriously asked for 4101 (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) why don't you guys just take over WorldLUG. I'll give you the whole architecture. Anybody can develop any module in any language, plus you can syndicate all the content out to people's sites using XML/SOAP/RSS etc. jus email me if you want, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) My wife builds some, not as much as me but she still builds. A large portion of our chatting during the day revolves around LEGO in some way. She is in full support of the hobby. I think she'd like me to drop some of my other hobbies and just (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The only others I could think of right off the bat were Dan and Jennifer Boger and perhaps Mark Sandlin and his wife (I had to assume she wouldn't be sporting a fleebnork shirt if she wasn't involved somehow!) (...) The most important lessons (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Or simply SPF. (URL) No encryption needed, and it happens automagically behind the scenes. (...) Or, GPG signatures are *entirely* free. Any decent mail client should support that. (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm... judging by the number of replies (this is the only one at this point!), I'd say it's pretty rare! My wife tolerates my hobby and sometimes will help me sorting parts or even build a model (very rare!), so I'd say we qualify, but she (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You makin' a better offer? A (22 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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