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(...) I second this and also propose that it receive the "remnants of old" treatment. Sincerely, Andrew P. Saada (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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Dear Builders & Buyers of Castle, I have decided that I want to help expand the number of medieval factions in the world of LEGO and-at the same time-help to rid you of your horrid bright green knights (Rascus minifigures). But alas, these figures (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Stefan Sanders wrote: Duq directed: (...) Dig a little deeper. Besides the Color Roots page, Clark also has the LEGO Color Tree page, which relates the official LEGO colors to the fan equivalents. (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Huh. Interesting. I'd never noticed that, but indeed the package says that the parts were made in China. It reminds me of my two Craftsman adjustable wrenches that were also made in China (they're 2" wrenches that were made for use as (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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Like many of you I have purchased a few of the new Harry Potter sets. There is a new one out called "Shrieking Shack" #4756, which appears to have (4) 2x2 inside corner regular sloped bricks in white! This piece has not been seen in 27 years, since (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) While primarily correct, there have been several examples of TLC farming out some items to China (PRC). The ones I have noticed are: Galidor action figures, The recent McD's promos and (IIRC) the Bionicles from the previous cycle with McD's. I (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They do have official names (many of them horribly confusing), but they're probably regulated by the number codes. It's certainly easier to look up a color by number than by name, which is why paint chips use both (customers like to know that (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Poor sales of certain themes also contributed. I'm not sure where the loss in 1998 came from, but Galidor, the first wave of NHL sets (we'll have to see how the new minifig-scale sets do), and the NBA theme all pretty much tanked in their (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My source on sets being packaged in the Czech Republic was the 2002 LEGO Brand Guide, which was part of a 4-book set given out at NY Toy Fair. It states that "LEGO elements are molded and decorated in Denmark and Switzerland, while they are (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Are you really sure you want to get into the wacky naming system used by The LEGO Company? What we commonly know as "smoke" or "trans-black" is officially known as "trans-brown". "Red" is "bright red", "blue" is "bright blue", but "green" is (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, those are all brilliant! Thanks! I was originally thinking of using these simply as big "demo" pieces for the students' digital models.. I have them do a brick in AutoCAD solids the first day, and my mock-up needed to be big so I could (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Update: I did find your old notes to help me identify CA vs ABS: (URL) recent updates to this? Thanks, Eric (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: <snip> (...) <snip2> Gary, it is SO good to have you back!! You are truly an expert in Lego windows through the ages. :-) JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Niels, I agree that the last time Lego made a 1x3x2 window in white (in a set) was in 1970. However, I have 2 examples of this window in white that have no window "sills". This means that they were produced after 1972. I just found the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Any way to tell which bricks are Cellulose Acetate and which are ABS (other than visual inspection)? From some preliminary checking it doesn't appear that there is a link between the logo font and the material. I did notice that some of my (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the information. Yes they are from a Samsonite Lego set (120 I think still have the box). Glad to see you are back and I'm looking forward to your "new" discoveries - referenced in your other post. Eric Strand (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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According to Peeron, the 1x2x2 windows were most recently used in 2002 sets in red and 2000 sets in white and 1997 sets in both blue and yellow. 1x3x2 and 1x4x2 windows have not been used again since 1980, in white not since 1970 for the 1x3x2 and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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Yesterday I was looking at a Lego Shop At Home catalog, and I noticed that the 2x2 windows were still available in white in bulk packs of 25. I was wondering why these were still here. And then I realized that this window is still used in Legoland (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure why Peeron doesn't have a link to this on the main page, but they actually got an 'official guide' with RGB/CMYK/Pantone from Lego last year: (URL) like I've used that as a guide repeatedly, since it came from an official source, (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In the meantime here's some pics that show the edges of the brick fairly well. I tried to build mine without using plates to keep the cost down. The tubes under a 2x4 are the hardest part, but they actually support the "deck" with the studs. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.general)
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