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| (...) ...and yellow and blue. I'm sure there are people who would be happy if every piece that was produced from now on would be a 2x4 in one of the original five colors, but that would pretty much drive the company into the ground. They do have too (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Hi, Eric. I hear what you're saying. In retrospect, I shouldn't have included any specific themes/generes, since these were site-wide issues. Rest assured, .build.mecha wasn't intentionally excluded, nor was .pirates, .aquazone, .town, (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I'm assuming that those plates are violet and purple (left to right.) It appears as if they dumped some purple into the violet vat and then didn't stir it enough.(1) 'Tis a shame, if that's the direction things are heading; it would have been (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Jake, I think the comic is great. I had a really good laugh at a few of the strips. Even though the colour change is a bit of a stinging point with me, I found myself reacting very positively to the strips. Humour is a wonderful tool. As you (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) Tim, as an example, examine the news group crosspost in this post: (URL) this one: (URL) always, I'm fighting to keep my genre in the open along with eveyone else. It's a thankless job. Guess again, if you think I wouldn't. e p.s. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Tamyra, you are of course, completely wrong, Space is better than Castle, and Technic is superior to everything! Steve (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| So, I was looking at (URL). It's a place for kids to send in questions to be answered by "The Amazing Redini". Okay, so it's obviously not a extremely formal QA area, but it does have lots of interesting facts -- for example, the bit about 84 (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general) !!
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| (...) For what it's worth, I just saw something on lego.com saying that Lego's current (no year given) lineup has 84 different colors. (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I have a really good connection, and I'm having trouble getting it to load. Two different good connections, in fact, with the same result. When it *did* load the other day, it was so miserably slow to actually try to post that I gave up. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I got in fine 2/29 1130. It's probably your connection -Orion (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Saturday the 29th....10am CST. Still not working or down again? I hope they pay you well because it can't be fun making excuses for this bunch...-Ken (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) You haven't been listening to lego then. They seem to be willing to defend this with their dying breath. (wich is what I would like to avoid) (...) You haven't made that point though. They have a virtual spectrum now. If more colors cost more (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) The problem is that due to poor marketing they haven't begun to scratch the surface. You may hit TRU and make it a point of checking the Lego display but most parents don't, they scoot in buy what the child wants and leave. I know for a fact (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| "John Heins" <Johnmhiii@aol.com> wrote in message news:Htq8I2.1GGA@lugnet.com... (...) LEGOLand (...) That picture was taken on a Monday morning shortly after the park opened. California schools were in session so the park was pretty quiet that (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: The Knight Bus has arrived... but it's not all good news
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| (...) OK, what does the picture on the box look like ? If the picture on the box shows a smooth single-color bus and the bricks inside vary that much, this almost sounds like grounds for a recall. At the very least it would tread dangerously close (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Jake, Would you PLEASE bring this up with the head office ASAP? I can't believe they would release a set with such *sloppy* color control. This is insane. Just how far is quality going to slip at TLG before someone wakes up? I was probably going to (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| "Dave Lovelace" <dave@umop.com> wrote in message news:HtttII.C6p@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) It's a new, or otherwise previously rare purple. See this comparison picture: (URL) the new dog: (URL) multi-coloured bus: (URL) picture makes is look (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Eggnog anyone.....? Dawn (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) You know, those skin tones aren't bad at all... Infact, I kinda like them... *runs and prepares to be pelted with megabloks* Nathan (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Dangit, this is the one HP set I wanted to buy this year. Are you sure that the (average) color of these parts isn't Violet? Hard to tell, even from the relatively good scan... --D (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LEGO Introduces New Collectable Colors Billund, Denmark -- The LEGO Group has taken collectability to a new level by varying the colors slightly, but perceptably, in its newest sets. "We've had an enormous response from (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general) !
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| (...) I don't understand this request. Are you talking all community-related issues? What defines a community-related issue? Are you also aware that this message will eventually become lost in the fray, and that you cannot expect everyone to copy (...) (22 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Please Include the Mecha Community
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| When cross posting to community related issues, please include the build.mecha area of LUGNET. Thank you, Eric Sophie Founder - Lego Mecha Hall of Fame (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | New LUGNET server hardware details
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| So, we've purchased our cool new servers, from Cambridge, MA vendor "PCs for Everyone". Todd and I and several other friends have gotten systems from them before, and have been extremely pleased -- they know their stuff, including Linux, which is (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.org, lugnet.announce) !!
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| Update: Thanks to donations totalling over $4K from more than 150 people around the world, we not only hit our target in four short days days but exceeded it -- by a margin wide and comfortable enough to afford a superb hardware configuration and (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.org, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| (...) Glad you like it :-) Yeah, the point of the game is to shoot down 10 ships, so ;-) ~Nick (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| The first of the new Harry Potter sets is now available in the UK. the 4755 Knight Bus has arrived, but, as others have noted in .harrypotter, quality is definitely slipping. The instructions seem to printed on a much inferior paper stock, but (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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| (...) It is obviously me... Sigh. I didn't 'understand' the part where these comics were for the internal employees of LEGO. That would make the colour change statements as hints that the AFOLS don't like the colour change... and that's a good (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) If they tried to keep milking the original Hogwarts for every last drop, they'd be bleeding money to the Law of Diminishing Returns. There's a point where continued production of a set becomes a liability, and when the vast majority of stores (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Hey, if you're gonna be arguing about the meaning of the word "have", take it to .off-topic.debate. :) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) In order to have them they have to be able to sell them. I don't think I'm splitting hairs at all. I was just responding to your accusation that I was reading more into the word "have" than you were, which I still think was not the case. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) (sneep) (...) (snoop) (...) Man, I wish I also got in on the ground floor marrying two my big interests: LEGO and cartooning...but Greg is really awesome and this project is looking fantastic! I identify with this characters very easily, and (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: My New Lego Flash Game
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| (...) I'm not good at it (I know from experience ;-)) I like the way you made the game, but I keep missing the spaceships I have to shoot. Maybe that's the point ;-) Saskia (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) You're splitting hairs. In order to have them they have to produce them. However you want to split it does not cost any more to have bley and grey than it does to have bley and (any color). The main point should be that while developing bley (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) OK so nobody likes my term "Switched around". Matters not. The point is that they had nowhere near sold the original castle to all the people who would likely buy one. They couldn't keep going with it though because of the color change. So (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I never suggested abandoning the effort, just that perhaps a comic isn't the most effective means of doing it. And that doesn't mean the comic shouldn't exist either, just not as a propaganda tool. All this talk of 'tailoring it to different (...) (22 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| Some of you may remember a MOC I made a while ago The Drone Transport (URL) Well, I made a new Flash game starring the MOC and put it on my website. Yes, it's really short and fairly easy, but it's pretty cute and fun if I don't say so myself... Go (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think you're jumping to conclusions here. All we've seen so far was the version that was used for internal purposes. Significantly different audiences will need versions that are tailored to fit their needs and views. The whole greys issue (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) They did no such thing. The new HP Hogwarts Castle is a 100% new design. The intent was to provide something that would appeal to those who had already bought the original Hogwarts, but that could still serve as a focal set for those who (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Jake, I consider myself a AFOL "Sleeper". Perhaps The Lego Company should concentrate their efforts in developing better designed products rather than comic books. If so you would definitely wake me up from a very long Lego snooze. Recent Lego (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I trust the guy *driving* the car. But at this point, I don't trust the guys that *own* the car as far as I can throw them. And even if the driver is listening to the passengers, the owners sure aren't. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) I don't think that's where we're headed. -Greg (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Laughing at and laughing with are much different things. (...) I guess, you could interpret the "AFOLnet" callout this way, but honestly, that thought had never crossed my mind until I just read it here. As mentioned elsewhere, the point of (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) My dark ages lasted 4 years, now i'm back and building :) just need my parents to find my old collection, it must have at least 2 motors in it ;) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Count me in for Czech one (pdf only, methinks). (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Not at all, she said it would be expensive to "have" both colors. She didn't mention production either, you just assumed it. (...) By the very fact that you can propose that with a straight face, I can tell you've never worked for Billund. I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) If you need someone for a German translation, count me in. Yours, Christian Treczoks (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) She didn't mention marketing she said it would be "expensive" to make both colors. Words mean things... don't try to read into them what's not there. There would be no marketing needed. A given model would use the appropriate color and it's (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, laughing does foster fondness and I genuinely applaud your efforts---the comic is good work and the folks here really are enjoying it with enthusiasm. Yet, not that I disagree with your communicated purpose or greater hope, but I feel (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Indeed, and that's what it's doing now. Seems to me though is that the intention is to make it more 'preachy'. (...) Exactly. This is why I'm not sure that a comic like this is a very effective 'recruiting tool' for Dark Agers. Allister (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Perhaps we could have AFOLs standing on street corners holding up copies of the comic. ;-) Peace and recruitment, Guru Baba Ding and Starflower (URL) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) It sure wasn't that empty when we were there.....(2 years back) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| LOL.....having just taken down the section of Pinewood Derby Track that had been set up in my living room...... Actually, my own kids (and numerous friends) have done just this on their own. With the first few sections of the Pinewood Track (an (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) It serves little purpose if it's just a funny joke. Comedy has been used quite effectively as a means for social, political, and religious commentary without having to get preachy about it. (...) Jake may have other ideas, but I'd define a (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) You are right. The colour change is not a joking issue. Some of the reactions to it, on the other hand, certainly are! (...) LOL. If I had a 2x4 brick for every time someone claimed to "rethink their Lego habit" (or "buy less of your product (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Being compared to Scott McCloud is nice, but sorry, no Brick No-Prize (Hm. Double negative. Does that mean you DO get a single "Brick Prize"?). The composition is really just to make it like a newspaper comic strip-- four equal sized panels. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think we are basically talking the same thing. I'm talking about both people who actively build, or people in their dark ages, or other potential community members. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) I know that is a chief deterrent for me right now. I am reluctant to buy sets from late last year that may contain grey because I am afraid they will actually have bley instead. And I have already shipped enough bley back to Lego to hopefully (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) And that's exactly what makes it ripe material for a joke. Allister (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| Hey Jake, The comic is awesome. I sense that Greg Hyland (who's work is superb!) was/is inspired by Scott McClouds' "Understanding Comics" in the general composition of the pages. Do I get a virtual chrome brick no-prize? Very cool, can't wait for (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Like those Christian 'comics' with little morality plays and a sermon at the end? I don't think I'd like that. A comic should be just that - comical. The effort should be put primarily into making it funny. (...) Hey greg. You're cool. (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Gah! Why would you ever put an easy-out in a spark plug socket? Is it firmly wedged in there? If so, the socket is probably shot, and the cylinder and/or piston might have been damaged as well. If it's just down in there where you can't grab (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) As something that was intended primarily for an audience within The LEGO Company, I think it was entirely appropriate. There have been a lot of rabid rants on this subject, and they'll get ignored pretty quickly as soon as it's obvious what (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Only if there are illustrated instructions showing which bricks you need for each step :) (...) I will! Jake, it's awesome. I especially love the fact you address the gray situation as well as the castle/space thingee :) I really like the MOC (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) LEGO is a major matter to me. However, building with LEGO is all about the limitations. If I was out to make the absolute best, most detailed, accurate model of something, why not do it from scratch? Kit-bashing, soldering, etc... So, now I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| Great for people who have a vehicle yes.... I have access to a vehicle that I can use for work and school and that's about it. Besides it's about an hour and a half drive to 2 hour drive, which means 3 or 4 hours both ways, about 20.00 in gas which (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Ah, I remember Pinewood Derby! I won twice, and I spent about three years pushing for a Space Derby to be run, only to transfer up to BSA mere months before they finally ran one. Man, I was mad about that... Anyways, it'd make a great use for (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) These are great!!! I saw a reflection of myself, as well as many people I know in the community on this comic. The "issue" with the new gray was ver, very funny. Can't wait to see the final product, not to mention more new strips. Excellent (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Well, sure -- that's exactly why it hits so hard. If something's just a "day job", and some bureaucratic change causes disruption, one can easily shrug and say, "oh well, it's not like it's anything that *matters*". But seriously disrupt (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) I was also concerned that the comic might portray our feelings about the color change in an unfavorable light. But after reading it, I was very grateful for the message that it conveyed to TLC employees: Lots of us are angry about the color (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) LOL - very funny stuff and a lot of it hits home - a little TOO close to home actually. Is there an AFOL 12 step program somewhere? (...) Here is where I am supposed to say "Don't quit your day job." ;-) Bob (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Oh, give me a break. People taking this, or for that matter ANY, issue *so* seriously is starting to make me rethink *my* wanting to be a part of this HOBBY. This HOBBY with TOYS. --SteveR (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Trust me, I'm more than familiar with Lego's short deadlines for comic strip production. Especially this week! I don't think I even remember what my bed looks like. I'm so used to everybody spelling BrikWars a hundred different ways already (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I never made fun of people who are concerned about the colour change issue. I point out the problems, and then end it with a funny punchline that certainly doesn't mock or belittle the character who is annoyed by the colour change. I can't see (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I love the comics. I think they are well drawn and cute. They can really help to get the point across about adults and LEGO. The megaBlXXks one was very funny. I am, however, rather offended that the artist feels it funny to joke about the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Well, the idea was in the same vein as that old adage... "Those who laugh together, stay together" I figured if I could get my colleagues laughing about these issues, they would stick in their minds a little more. Greg and I also tried very (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: I'd place a bet
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| "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message news:Htoryw.6s0@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) It has been a while since I have posted but when the boards first started, there was no feedback what so ever if your post was not (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| "Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:HtpDqF.191B@lugnet.com... (...) well (...) Hmm, it was there just after New Years. I once stumbled upon a pine derby race back in Raleigh. At least one racer had a LEGO minifig for a (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| "Erik Bush" <erik@e-hearthside.com> wrote in message news:HtoCoM.C1y@lugnet.com... (...) from my (...) races (...) we (...) has any (...) There was (maybe still is) a Pinewood Derby type race track at LEGOLand California. This picture is from about (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| "Mookie" <Mookie@tanarth.com> wrote in message news:LAEJKFGCAJBFPIB...rth.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) there (...) [ ... snipped ... ] It can't be much more than an hour drive (depending on traffic of course) from Milwaukee to the LEGO store at (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) s/copyright/trademark/ (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I found both versions in set 7044-1. (URL) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.lego, Matthew Miller wrote: oups and how to find on-line plces like Lugnet. (...) We are thinking about possibly putting written related information on the same pages as the strips. -Greg (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) A children with a t-shirt "My dad has more LEGO than yours". Paulo (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| Many, many props for the efforts to bring this into existence! It's exciting to see Greg's career grow! The comic is really, really fun... it's great poke at ourselves and it needs to be produced. However, I feel I need to build on Leonard's (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) My thinking is: might as well provide useful information in the strips themselves. (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) My copies of Motor Movers (#4094) had BOTH variations of the Technic Brick 1x2 with Axlehole. Half of the bricks had the symmetric cross, as earlier versions had. The other half had the newer version, similar to the current Technic 1/2 (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) I think that leaving it "AFOLnet" for the strips is fine. I'm hoping that the printed comic won't just be the comcs, but there will be written information, including resourse information on how to find local groups and how to find on-line (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Yeah! That's it! Oh darn, somebody else got me on using CORRECT "Battlestar Galactica" and "Jar-Jar" and so on... Uh... "Brickwarz" is a totally different, but sort of similar, game than this "Brikwars" you speak of. Okay, you got me. Not to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Names aren't covered by copyright -- that's what trademarks are for. (...) I e-mailed Jake about this, actually, and he said that AFOLnet was simply done to make the comic more generic so that interal people don't just assume that Lugnet is (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| (...) Wait a minute. I thought I was imagining this. What elements have appeared in cheaper plastic? I thought some of the plastic in the $10 Harry Potter sets with the cheesy cardboard backdrops seemed to be made of cheaper stuff. The sound that (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Yes, but Megabloks (page 7), Playmobile (page 13), Target, K-Mart, Sears, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart (page 12), Brickfest (page 14), Cylon & Battlestar Galactica (page 17) and Jar-Jar (page 26) are copyrighted by somebody. Personally, I hope Greg (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) ROTFLMAO!!! It burns ussssss! Congrats on a great job! I can't wait to see the finished copy! Nathan Wells (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks Jake, This brought smiles and smirks to my face, and considering I've never been to a Brickfest, and haven't seen the new grey, that's an accomplishment. Thanks, George (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) Nah, I doubt it was the lighting so much as the questions they were asking. Warmer colors are more likable and inviting, but cooler colors are, well, cooler; they're perceived as newer, more high-tech, and exciting. I'm trying to find the post (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) (snip) (...) This is a great segway tool Jake...if this was circulated in an effective manner and to the right audience, I think the results would be excellent for the community and the company. This new turn towards 'back to basics' and (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| (...) I got the feeling that the "Brickwarz" spelling, like "AFOLnet," was a move to avoiding stepping on anybody's copyrights. But I'm sure that it wouldn't be too hard to get usage permission from the copyright owners, for use in the comics? (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)
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| Really nice! I printed a copy and put on a table in the brake room here at work, reactions will be interesting. (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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| "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:HtnwFt.qC@lugnet.com... (...) thoughts on (...) Jake & Greg, this is great work. And I'm sure it will go a long way towards describing the AFOL community to your colleagues at LEGO. (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)
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