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(...) We just got feedback from the organizer of Railfair Ottawa, and he says that the attendance was between 2500-3000 with 20-25% being children. That works out to 500-750 children, which matches my conservative guess. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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"Scott Lyttle" <datafx7@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I0K0uG.8Cr@lugnet.com... (...) understands (...) market--in (...) there is (...) the (...) Scott, you're missing my point. I can understand that you feel it's a dead issue from the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That frog was designed and built by Darren Ward. He was a model builder at Legoland Windsor and Legoland California for about 6 or so years. He's featured on page 40 of the Ultimate Lego Book. In my opinion, he was one of the most tallented (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think that the sorting method varies by both taste and collection size. I used to sort specifically by shape without regard to color. Once my collection reached about 50,000 pieces or so this method of sorting began to become more trouble (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi All, The new AFOLs Comic books are NOW available!!! You may have seen Jake's announcement several months ago (URL) These books are for handing out at shows and events as a “recruiting” tool and to tell people about AFOLs. In a nutshell the comic (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
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(...) Sort what you need, leave the rest out. I have individual boxes for sorting bricks, plates and slopes in the basic colours. For some color/shape combinations I even splitted boxes, like in "Red slopes 45" and "Red Slopes other", or "Black (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Kevin Richey" <kevinrichey@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:I0KI3o.I3A@lugnet.com... (...) Personally I (...) some (...) First sort (...) Start (...) else. (...) and (...) your (...) while (...) into (...) that (...) into a (...) until (...) dig (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Another advantage is that they are compatible with clips. For example a 1x1 plate with clip can interface with a 2-fingered click hinge. I dislike the lack of "airtightness" of click hinges and the bulkiness of them, but as a system they are a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi I am wanting to know if anyone knows who made this frog or the person that did. Would they e-mail me so I can talk to you about maybe getting sum more pictures. I would really like to make one and as always you would get the credit for it. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Pat, Keeping your parts in good sorted order is a never-ending chore. Personally I find sorting to be relaxing, similar to the way knitting is relaxing to some people. Or maybe I'm just weird. Don't sort by color, it's too hard. Don't sort (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Can I have a HUGE round of applause for Dave here? This sounds like someone who loves LEGO, but at the same time, also understands that LEGO is trying to do what it can to get sales from a larger market--in light of many companies who have grown (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:I0KBxI.1qn6@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) I postulated the same thought some time ago. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:I0K9M9.1GG2@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) change (...) better (...) over (...) 1x5 (...) their (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Have to disagree with your take on click hinges. They (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Snip lots of good analysis (...) Or the patent protection on it would last longer than the older versions it replaced. (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I was more or less responding to your bit on the fact that you thought Lego seemed to think kids were stupid and needed to be spoon fed. However, I suppose the color change and the set design issues are related to what I'm talking about. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Two things that I've seen pop up often enough are to pay "interested parties" (your kids, neighborhood kids, fellow AFOLs, etc.) in bricks to help you sort, and to sort by shape rather than color. It's probably faster to sort by color than (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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Help!! What on Earth was I thinking? A few weeks ago I looked around at all the various tubs, cans, boxes, and other containers I have lying about, filled with various LEGO elements, so I thought I would be smart (HA!) and inventory it...y'know, get (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Anyone have instructions for set #309 (Church)?
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I was looking for something on Peeron today and quite by accident stumbled upon this set: (URL) there are no instructions linked from Brickshelf. The design of the building struck me as interesting, especially when I saw the piece count for the 1x2 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.inst)
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IMO this all is summed up in the change from the slogan "Just Imagine . . . " to "Play On!". Bruce (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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My complaints don't really concern the "fad" aspects of the Lego themes. I think licensing is an awesome way to diversify a product if it's done right. I would buy some of the new Castle, Star Wars, and HP sets regardless because there are some cool (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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