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(...) influence" (...) "influential" to (...) If you mean that Mel has influenced her daughter to be able to think for herself and make wise decisions, then I agree with you. Everything in her post does sound like she has raised her daughter to (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Color Change - Final Update
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Dear Jake, I'm sure you have likely had your fill of AFOLs micromanaging TLCs business, but I really can't resist here. There are two things off the top of my head that I hope that you and TLC will consider: 1. Master Builders get any part in any (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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After describing that whole scenario you honestly believe you had "no influence" on your kids' reaction? Everything you described sounds pretty "influential" to me. (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) It would also be less expensive. Oh wait, that's probably what you meant by "cheaper". Something I found out last year about recycling plastic is exactly why the quality degrades so much each time it's recycled. Plastic is made of a bunch of (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Corellian "Corvette" in the Coruscant skyways
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(...) Added/changed some stuff based on Leonard Hoffman's suggestions: (2 URLs) 10> (URL) 11> (pictured) (URL) 12> (URL) 13> (URL) 14> Jeff (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Added/changed some stuff based on Leonard Hoffman's suggestions: (2 URLs) 10> (URL) 11> (pictured) (URL) 12> (URL) 13> (URL) 14> Jeff (22 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO, kids, and how it has come to this
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(...) I personally doubt my experience would have been as good had I not had the "trial and error" phases early. I think this engenders persistance, which is IMO a Good Thing. Sure, they may get frustrated today, but more than likely they'll go back (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is something that isn't just their fault... I've been a long time LEGO collector, having built for over 20 years, starting at 2.5 years old. But since around 1998 I've had hard times with some instructions, since colors are no longer (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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On Fri, 7 May 2004 14:33:17 GMT, "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote: <snip> (...) </snip> Boy am I disappointed.... There is only one legendary Model Team set, and that's the Black Cat (5571). Just read the notes in the Lugnet guide. (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) These are what I think are the most important things to keep in the original colours; 1 x n bricks, all plates, all round bricks, tiles, wedge bricks and slopes are a must in real grey, dark grey, and brown. In brown ones: cowl, hood (from (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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A partial explanation. When we visited LEGOLAND in Billund for the first time (1992), the LEGO Technic University was a popular attraction. Kids came in with their parents, selected a Technic model, and as a family assembled it and ran it on a test (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I'll have to open the other set and see if I can get pics that show it decently. It's obvious IRL, but I have no idea how the camera will capture it. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, man, is that scary! I used to think is was bad enough that a 2 foot stack of Duplo misaligned with a similar height stack of LEGO by 1/16 inch, but THIS IS HORRIBLE! I hold out the hope that this was a manufacturing glitch (I could imagine (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Quite the contrary actually. Her rejection is exactly the type of response I have worked to cultivate in my children and I am quite pleased with her--not because she rejected the new colors, but because she made her decision based on the value (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) It was more than a little too far, that being said what dose the rest of this statment have to do with anything. As production technology, techniques, cost efectivness, etc. etc. have improved the train line has improved. As a train enthusiast (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had this problem and it gets worse the more weight you put on the wheelsets (it's awful with 8mm:1ft scale trains as the trains are twice the weight of 6-wide ones). I've had to modify quite a few wheelsets as a workaround. I too am (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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[snip] (...) ...unless some marketing yahoo decides you shouldn't be on the list, in which case you can be removed from the list. Seriously Jake...I think even using the term "locked" is ludicrous. {smile} A wise man once almost said "The more (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hey, Tom, could you post some pics? James Wilson Dallas, TX (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Have people seen those boards they make out of recycled plastic for benches and stuff? What color do they have, with all those colors mixed in? A sort of bluish grey. It didn't occur to me at first how likely of an explanation this was. Not (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO, kids, and how it has come to this
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(...) in (...) There definitely used to be a lot more text in Lego literature, such as the catalogs and idea books. But I think the move towards internationalization of the product has made text almost obsolete. Now you only see a smattering of text (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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