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(...) Not that I'm trying to derail this thread, but our club has added one very cool addition to our drafting. Before we sort the sets out, we have a series of mini-building contests. In other words, everyone opens their own set (only one if (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events)
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(...) snip (...) Thanks for pointing that out, you're right - I'd forgotten they used the same color masks for the "studly" Matoran as they did the McD's Tohunga. Back to Alfred's point, there are a couple of black Ruru that were Euro misprints and (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) 1. 2x2x6 in 8 wide (2x2x8) in a variety of colors 2. Inside and outside corner bricks for these pieces (2 URLs) Slopes with the same plate indent as the above pieces in a variety of sizes and colors 4. Train Buffers, Trucks and motor (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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Along the same lines as Jonathan Wilson's post, what 5 parts would people like to see that are hard to find in your desired colour (ie. not in production or low quantities)? For me it would be: 1. 1x2x3 Train Window Glass in clear 2. 1x4x5 Door with (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 1. 1x4x5 Door with 6 panes in (original) grey, or black 2. 2x4 Slope Brick Double 33 (peak) in (original) grey, and dk grey 3. 1x3x4 Slope Brick 33 in (original) dk grey 4. 6x6 Train Roof in (original) dk grey 5. 1x2x3 Train Window in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll write up something more complete this weekend, but on the topic of drafting, I wanted to note that MichLUG does it a little different, which I have docemented here: (URL) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) I answered never because I beleive that's the most probable outcome (you could have constructed a poll (somewhere) that let me assign probabilities, but you didn't). That doesn't mean that I wouldn't like them to take this decision back, or (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's easy to make: - Rub off the 2 of 2.0 with brasso - Carefully draw a 3 there ;-> Jürgen (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Bruce, I'm not sure if the data you've collected can be easily interpreted in that way without knowing which people have complained. It's possible that those who answered 'never' are the ones who are happy (or have settled for) the change. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Benjamin Medinets wrote: (snip) (...) I agree here. I believe that TLC thinks that AFOLs are not a large enough segment of the market for them to consider when making decisions about the product line. (...) I honestly believe that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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RCX 3.0!!!...!!! -brickmodder (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Dan for reminding me of an important point. I should have mentioned this originally. Assume I have zero info for this collection. If something has been stated elsewhere, assume I've not not seen it. Help me out and point me to that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.org)
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(...) You mean the sand-blue Akaku and dark-orange Kakama from these sets? [LEGOSet 8582] [LEGOSet 8584] Neither were tremendously common at TRU stores, but they did show up sporadically. (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) trans-purple Toa eyepiece purple Toa torso white Toa leg glow-in-the-dark Toa eyepiece glow-in-the-dark Bohrok eye (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> This has probably already been mentioned elsewhere, but one activity that I truly enjoy at our local meetings is the set draft. In brief, we work it like this. All members who want to participate (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.events)
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I haven't said much on the issue, but every time I see a new dark "grey" brick my stomach turns because it a) doesn't match my old bricks and b) looks like a blah color to me. It just doesn't look right. Every non-afol person I've told of the change (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Mm, could be... but on looking at the types of parts included, several are from sets introduced just last December, and some of the masks were never included in sets outside of promotions with McDonald's (sand Akaku and light brown Kakama (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote: <clip> (...) <clip> (...) There is too a point. The 'whining' might not settle this issue, but it may dissuade the powers that be from making haphazard changes in the future. The other option is to sit (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) My theory is this. TRU maybe had a lot of overstock of older Bionicle sets. I bet they called Lego and said they didn't want to buy more if they had all this overstock. So they probably worked out a way to repackage the sets into this huge (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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A couple of days ago, a (URL) BZPower> reporter (Michael) ran across a very interesting new product at Toys R Us in Virginia. The large tub of assorted Bionicle pieces in many colors contained 702 pieces, and we're not talking about little 2x rod (...) (22 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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