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The parody of the US had occured to me too, it depend how you translate it. Tim (22 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) 25% is a far higher rate of VAT than you actually pay anywhere in Europe. Tax considerations do narrow the price difference, but there's still a difference. There's also the problem that the dollar is pretty weak compared to the Euro, so if (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general) !
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: Hi Gary, (...) I'm very sorry but I have no number for the box. I made the photo because the "Post"-brick is printed in gold. I will try to find out the number of the box. Sven (22 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I find it really interesting that LEGO allows pictures of the archive/vault now. When I visited a couple years ago, I was asked to put my camera away for that portion of the tour. Very cool, just surprising -- I didn't see anything in there (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) And with good reason, since the Empire was essentially a fascist governmnent with a leader who (as we later learned) was accidentally elected to the leader-for-life position, much like Hitler was (though the circumstances were considerably (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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"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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(...) 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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