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| (...) hinges (...) (further resists temptation) (...) she can (...) her, (...) Funny you should mention that, Mark. I did show my wife the difference between fingered hinges and click-hinges (especially in the case of the click-hinge replacement of (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Toy? Hmm... Toy. I thought it was a "WAY OF LIFE!" :-) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm not even going to address the color issue, as I have made my opinion known on LUGNET, and I'm making my opinion known to TLC by voting with my dollars. What's bothering me are the repeated demands for silence from those who disagree and (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, FTX) !!
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| (...) I blame TLC for this man's sadness. 2003 just raised everyone's expectations too high. Along with some truly inspired set designs, I think 2003 saw a genuine change in direction closer to the "true" Lego values as I see them, and I haven't (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.general, Mark Jordan wrote: (snip) XFUT --> lugnet.lego (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| (...) I think not. Sculptures, Legends (now renamed Classics???), My Own Train, My Own Creation series, bulk bricks, My Own Train, ISD, the Maersk Container Ship, (ie anything with set number 10000+) and associated with Lego Direct were probably all (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Lego is not "just" a toy. But it is a toy. Lego is sold and marketed as a toy to children and adults who are buying toys for their children. It competes with other toys for shelf space in the toy department, and is sold in the price range typical (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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| (...) Before the color change issue popped up, the 'A' in AFOL used to stand for 'Adult'. Not so anymore. 'Antagonistic' is the nicest word I can think of to describe the complainers these days. Build well... (22 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.general)
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| This is a friendly reminder that the newsgroup lugnet.color exists for discussions about LEGO color issues... (URL) for rants and complaints about color issues. lugnet.general isn't the right place. Please do your best -not- to start or participate (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.announce) !!
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| (...) Reminder... (not picking on you in particular, Daniel) There is a group lugnet.color for discussions about color issues. (URL) please take color discussions there, because the color-related traffic here in lugnet.general is getting out of (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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| Lego is the best damn toy ever made, and it will remian so, no matter how many colors they change! Ranting about this is like the stupid FCC trying to censor stuff on the radio and in music. If it offends you, then don't listen. If you don't like (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| After the recent LEGO bashing that has gone on on LUGNET since the color debacle a while back, I was ready to recind my membership. I'm glag other people are Fed UP!!!!!!! and saying so. All I can say is that LUGNET is one of the primary sites for (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, I was wondering how many individuals out there make all or a large part of their income from free-lance building with the brick (as opposed to actual LEGO employees)? Okay, Eric Harshberger has been doing this for a long time: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| In lugnet.general, Nathan Wells wrote: (snip) see (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Ditto BIG TIME. LEGO rocks. Jake Rocks. Fans of LEGO rock when they aren't complaining about an issue that has been worn threadbare. Let's get back to 'playing well'... Nathan Wells (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.general, Ted Michon wrote: (snip and not picking on Ted in particular) I will not dispute, and *have* not disputed, the validity of the color topic as a topic that can and should be discussed on LUGNET. However I dispute that it is an (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| In lugnet.general, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Oops--FUT to colour I should know better... (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) People can wax poetically all they want about how dumb it was for Chevrolet to stop making '57 convertibles. There comes a certain point, however, when the rant, tirade, tiff, eloquently posted and well thought out with corresponding bullet (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Randall et al- Ah, but what is "the good of the community"? Certainly "the community" is not the same as LEGO's core market. Our community is a niche of serious LEGO builders, both kids and adults, who prize the value of the highly flexible, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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