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When I picked up the Sunday paper, on the cover was an article of LL. (URL) A former model builder and new member of the LUGNET community, Bill Vollbrecht, was able to pass along some great stuff for the story. Adr. (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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(...) Last year I spent $11,000 on in store Lego including S@H. Another 2 grand or so on the secondary market. The year before, I spent about 12 grand on in store sets, and around 1 grand on the secondary market. So far this year I have spent around (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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(...) Maybe it's supposed to be a subliminal attractiveness... they will like the colors better but not realise why? If so that would be a best of both worlds thing I guess. I haven't seen that theory advanced much, if at all. (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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My shopping behaviour hasn't changed a bit. Apart from the odd Technic set I bought (the back-hoe and the 8868 from E-vil-bay), my Lego collection has been grown just like previous years; every minifig-scale set that was brought out, ended up in my (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Shaun Sullivan's "Steaming" Dry Iced 4-8-4 Northern
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Hey, Shaun, How is your dry iced model of the 4-8-4 Northern Coming? Perhaps you already finished it but I missed the photos? Well anyway, just curious:) Build Well, Erik Bush (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: LEGO's Worst Mistake Ever!
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I think they're just refusing to admit that one of the reasons for the color change is that they use recycled ABS now for some grey and black (as noted in various articles on the web). Since they seem to LOVE the color blue (ever notice how much (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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(...) (snip) (...) Unlike others who have posted, I like the new colors and the new sets. I've bought multiple copies of the SW sets, plus Racers, World City, and Bionicle. The latest (X-pods) are waiting on my move and the start of my new job. I (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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(...) My purchasing has gone mixed the last two years since I started buying parts (and a few sets) on BrickLink. When it comes to in-store sets then I share much of what Peter Guenther has said, most of the sets out there just don't "have it" for (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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(...) I've bought 3 of the new minis and Mos Eisley, but that's it for the 2004 so far and I don't see that changing any time soon. For me, it's not the color issue--it's just that the sets out now leave me cold, between uninteresting set design and (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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(...) I havent bought any of the sets with the new colors. However, I did specificly buy the Hovercraft Hideout just so I could be sure of getting one with the old greys in it. The only other 2004 sets shown in my first-half-year australian catalog (...) (22 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) Ah, the color controversy spills into market.shopping! Yep, my buying patterns sure have changed. Other than buying the instructions for 6055 on BrickLink, I haven't spent any money on LEGO this (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LEGO's Worst Mistake Ever!
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(...) Not necessarily true. The entire LEGO color pallete leans well towards the warm side of the spectrum, including colors that you wouldn't immediately think of, like green and white (this probably has something to do with the fact that natural (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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I have not bought any 2004 sets yet, nor do I have any plans to do so. since I heared of the colour change I have bought 2003 sets from Wallmart, TRU and S@H, and I have placed some Bricklink orders (naturally with lots of grey and brown peices), (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | How have the new colors affected your recent buying decisions?
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I know the whole 'new colors' topic has been done again and again, but I was thinking today about the way it has affected my recent buying decisions. I was wondering if other people had been affected to the same degree. To be fair, I did buy one set (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) !!
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| | LEGO's Worst Mistake Ever!
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When I came home from reading week one of the first things my younger brothers did was tell me how ugly and blue the new dark gray was. They came and showed me the new light gray on my brother’s mini imperial shuttle, and my brother had already (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: ISD bricks is bending over time
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No its just the 8 bricks in the middle of the frameconstruction where the stand (feet) is mounted. All the weight from the ship is resting on those two stands and offcourse the bricks where those stands are mounted will get all the tension. It can (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Model being "painted"
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Does anyone recall examples of MOCs where the model changes color part way and there is a minifig hard at work "painting" it? I swear I remember this but I am having trouble finding it... pointers appreciated. I think I've actually seen this more (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 2004 LEGO Movie Poster contest
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Hi! I was making a movie poster for the contest, then I realized it was only the soundtrack CD cover. I thought it was a movie poster once. Alas, the ones offered by shops are of only one (other) type. I shall hastily retool the sets and actors by (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO-Lovin' pets
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(...) Sorry, I forgot Brinkster doesn't like hotlinking. (URL) -Mike (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO-Lovin' pets
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(...) And yet they still keep smiling! (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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