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(...) Well not sure about in your area, but the MOT Cars & the Sopwith Camel were available at Targets and the Santa Fe Engine, Rebel Blockade Runner, Pizza To Go, & Breezeway Cafe were available at TRU. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hello David! (...) Thanks. Bye Jojo (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Well I think it's pretty obvious that I would buy a ton of this pack if it was ever made. And I could think of at least a ½ dozen other builders in my club that would as well. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Basicly, builders for each theme (well certainly the core themes like space, castle, pirates, town, trains & technic) would come up with a list of the parts that they most use. Then, from there, the lists would be combined (I suspect that quite a (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Personally, I think that the best way to go is to take the 6 main themes (Castle, Space, Town, Train, Pirates, Technic) and figure out, for each of them, what parts builders of those themes most want (and for each part, whether they want old (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Jake, Again, it is not against you but those who made the decision. (...) Just for reference, freshly from the lego.com site: "Quality for the LEGO Company is about product quality, ethical values and a consistency in all of our actions that (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) Sorry Jake but I have to point out that all of the items listed above are/have been only available to those who are able to use S@H or have a Lego brand name store close to them ie; NOT the majority of (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wow.... I've been an intern for 4 months at a Dutch injection moulding company but I never knew it was possible, apart from the black (as has been done for years with car bumpers and such) But unless you do this in HUGE quantities, how can you (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I think the grammatical/linguistic error was done on purpose, as in 'the boy done good'! (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There's been no mention of whether white is "universal" or not. But since it clashes so much with the new permanent colors, I think it's only a matter of time before we can kiss it goodbye, too. Mark (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I'm actually quite partial to the standard LEGO purple, though I've noticed that the Throwbot limbs aren't the same shade as all of the other pieces, and they've used three slightly different shades of purple rubber (two shades for purple (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) If the roads are only 4-wide, the cars will clip each other as they drive past in opposing lanes (ask Steve Ringe how much of a problem that is). Also, not everyone builds 4-wide cars. The only one I've ever built uses the 5-wide twin (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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I'd say I have to agree that the parts packs of basic bricks, plates and tiles would be a good permanent setting. However, I would like to see those same packs in the new colors ALSO. I have room for both of the dark and light grey tones, as well as (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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What colors do you grind up and mix to get Purple Dave? :D "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:Hx9uMx.15LG@lugnet.com... (...) recycled (...) dyes. (...) into. (...) and/or (...) exactly (...) exactly (...) Once (...) (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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More feedback from me, since there doesn't seem to be enough general feedback on this topic. :P I really like the idea of releasing a bunch of castle Legends in new gray. This would be a great way for us to start building our new gray collection. I (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Peeron supports your opinion. If we're getting into unproduced pieces, I've got a MOC that is now on permanent hiatus because I need four of these in classic light-grey: (URL) bought a bunch of pieces to complete the MOC, and I've just (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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I'm glad to hear that TLC might continue service packs in the original colors. Could you give us an idea of how the current original-color packs are doing, sales-wise? This is what I would like to see continue to be sold in the original colors: (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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I never knew this vault existed. Wow. That is the coolest room ever. I assume most, if not all, of those sets are unopened. Seeing that stack of monorail sets made me envious . . . . (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The simple answer is you didn't. Ever. Not in so many words, at least. However, to quote the last sentence on p16 of the 2002 LEGO Brand Guide, "All LEGO elements, whether produced in Denmark or Switzerland, in 1958 or 2001, are fully (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yes you can. It's done all the time. Any color of ABS can be easily recycled into black, because the carbon used to color it will overpower any other dyes. Other colors are entirely dependant upon what you want to recycle them into. You can't (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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