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(...) Sorry to burst the bubble, but there was never a special red-orange color used (or exists) for the Golden Gate Bridge. It is in fact regular red. The Legoland modelshops do have lots of rare bricks that have never been available to the public, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had not seen that before. I'm a big fan of the GTA games, so once I'm home (and not connected through the work firewall) I'll have to download that movie. Thanks for the heads up. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.animation, FTX)
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Over the weekend I spent several enjoyable hours playing with my 4011 Cabin Cruiser ((URL) the twin hurricanes passed through my part of Appalachia, we had one of those brilliantly clear and beautiful September days in the mountains that makes you (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.general)
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Last week we saw a debate rage on LUGNET the likes of which hadn't been seen since the "Great Color Debate of '04." Unlike that time, though, I am left with a generally positive feeling about LUGNET and its growth. Here are some good things that I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Probably this post would be better suited to lugnet.people.bike.riders, but that newsgroup doesn't exist: (URL) you own a Kryptonite bike lock, please beware! A BIC pen can compromise your lock AND your bike! -Rob (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It makes me wonder... with all of the new colors in the last while, why not just make that dark orange a standard production color? Best regards, Allan B. (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) From page 110 of _The Ultimate LEGO(r) Book_: "Building the Golden Gate: A special dark orange shade of brick was used to match the color of the real bridge." (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi, have a look in the idea book 241 at brickshelf: (URL) I thing the trainbase front was created as a prototype for the developing of the trainbase for the sets 720 and 721 from 1969. Altough the book was first time in the german catalogue in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Snip (...) end Snip What about the Dragon wand that was mentioned some time ago in the castle forum, if I recall correctly, there was someone supposed to be working for LEGO that claimed to have some kind of wand that was going to be used in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:I49JIE.9Ex@lugnet.com... (...) Excellent points Gary, but I think that a lot of items in number 2 aren't necessarily that rare in production quanity, ie some of the listed parts are produced (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Please vote! (URL) - Lugnet.admin.general (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general) !!
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(URL) site may be old news to some people, but I only just found it and I thought the animation was pretty cool. JB (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When talking about the rarest Lego pieces, it kind of reminds me of something I red about the cathedrals of Europe and North America, namely "the number of cathedrals claiming to be one of the 6 largest in the world numbers at least 20". :-) (...) (22 years ago, 19-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Red Ghost Shroud has to be up there at number 1 (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In the same batch that these were acquired (URL) further investigation has indicated that they were "concept" pieces William (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a green 1x16 technic liftarm (thin) that has milling marks, so obviously a prototype. I know there are a few of these around, but not a large number. I'm pretty sure they were originally acquired at a LegoLand Windsor Red Letter Day. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Gary, sorry to hijack this topic, but I have a question out of couriosity. Do you in your CD also talk about never released prototype parts? Like the 12 spoked trainwheels and trainbase fronts (as seen in idea book 241). These parts, if they (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi all I'm selling one of the ELAL planes on EBay (I'll try to get some more but not to sure yet). (URL) Yaron Dori (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes I knew there would be a lot of very rare printed items. And there are a lot of items only found in 1 set. With Lego, there are so many rare pieces, that it becomes nearly impossible to say what is the "rarest" part. However, here are two (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Below is a list of all the newsgroups which existed on LUGNET six years ago, way back in August of 1998, during a very early testing phase, two months prior to the newsgroup system going live. I don't recall why so many of the .talk subgroups went (...) (22 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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