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(...) Thanks Sven for the wonderful pictures of "the vault", Lego's own archives. I was especially interested in 2 photos. The first one is of 1958-59 Named Beams spare parts pack #226 (if it were from before 1958, there would be 8 named beams, not (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi, today I had the chance to visit the Lego archive in Billund. I just uploaded the pictures I made on my homepage. I had only about 40 minutes this time so I made only a few pictures. I hope you enjoy them anyway. I will add some comments asap. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Blue tubs question, 3033 vs. 4107
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(...) Hi, Jason, Thanks for the quick reply. We too almost have a "wall o' Lego". Our plastic storage shelf is a bit sturdier-looking than yours, and the shelves are spaced just a wee bit closer together. As I wrote earlier, it's almost as if the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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(...) Yes. (URL) 3033> & (URL) 4107> are the same size. I also know set (URL) 4400> to be the same size as well. Looking through the lugnet guide, it would appear that (URL) 4013>, (URL), (URL) 4279>, and (URL) 4405> are all that size. However (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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Hi, folks, I'm on a quest for empty blue tubs of the kind used to package set #3033. I have a bunch of these already, and the perfect shelf to store boxes of this dimension. Our family's Lego collection has expanded, so I need more empty boxes. Set (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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(...) Yes, I'm a lurker, but I decided to throw in my two cents on this considering I'm fluent in German (and am actually posting from Berlin right now). For all you non-German speakers "Vereinigte Staaten" is German for the United States. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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(...) I can't speak to the builder's inspiration, but having actually *read* some of the smack in his MOCpages account, we can assume the following about the Iron Reich: - It glorifies big, old grey walls - It glorifies big-ass numbers embedded in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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"Mark Jordan" <mark.jordan@oracle.com> wrote in message news:I2oruA.JMG@lugnet.com... (...) There (...) and (...) title for (...) it as (...) I understand now then. My German isn't good enough to have seen 'Fascist'. That certainly does lean it more (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Or George Lucas, whose Imperial forces uniforms (and names - stormtroopers) are pretty clearly inspired by Nazi imagery. Which then carry through to standard Lego sets... Talk about slippery slopes... (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My German might not always be spot on, but I can see "Fascist" in the title for the page. According to the Google language tool, it means something like "vehicles OF combined fascist states new of the realm". I would translate it as "Vehicles (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Johannes 'Jojo' Koehler" <chutspe@gmx.net> wrote in message news:I2ntIn.1F7H@lugnet.com... (...) pass (...) since (...) There was a first and second reich that had nothing to do with Nazi's. There is no Nazi insignia or imagery. I can fully (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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(...) There is a bunch of this kind of thing in .space too. (URL) are some more questions to ponder: - are the Brickshelf pics glorifying Nazism, parodying Nazism, or drawing on the Nazi aesthetic for ideas - or something else? - is the .space Iron (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.space)
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(...) Well, if our government would raise the VAT to 25% the current demostrations would turn into a full-scale revolution... I have no clue who charges 25% VAT, but here it is 16%. (...) Or EUR 37,58 at 16% VAT. Besides, AFAIK, this set is made in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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I have to say that I am very happy with the direction TLG has been taking in regards to spare parts lately! I know that some folks have some issues with quality and with color (I won't go there!). But remembering back to 2000 when we nearly had a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Jake! What a great concept. If this is a success, would consideration be given to tours of other facilities? Having just moved to a new location in Western Mass, I'm now about fifteen minutes from Enfield, CT. In addition to being more (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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FUT: lugnet.off-topic.debate "Johannes 'Jojo' Koehler" <chutspe@gmx.net> wrote in message news:I2ntIn.1F7H@lugnet.com... (...) Talk about a slippery slope... There are a lot of people who think Nazi uniforms, logos, designs, and equipment were (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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(...) Well... I have terrorist minifigs as the Global Islamic Liberation Front. (URL) terrorism is not "romanticized" as they tend to get butt-kicked by the Chinese like here... (also my super-tank is bullying that dark gray Panzer) hehe. (URL) not (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's actually the task of the moderators on BrickShelf?
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(...) Orion, perhaps you are right and the majority of people concur, but let me explain myself. Creating WWII-themed guns, minifigs, tanks, dioramas, etc. is okay in my opinion since it is recreating something from the past (it's historical). For (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) For what it's worth, I disagree that this is an issue. First, I do agree that Hitler and his regeme were terrible. Second, simple naming a folder with a Nazi name does not equate the the condoning of the Nazi ideal. What if the particular (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Johannes, I agree whole-heartedly with you. It's amazing that the moderators would let something like this pass. I'm always appalled by how ignorant and insensitive some people are, especially about something as well documented as WWII. If (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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