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(...) Competetive with MegaBloks? Where have you been? Lego is priced at least twice what the same same size MB set sells for here in the USA. (...) I won't mention that one either. It was not on my list of must do's. All seemed fairly quiet until (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, someone has to pay for the US-only support programs (Event packets, LEGO Brick Masters, etc), the seemingly omnipresent commercials on American TVs and to make the prices in America competitive with Megablokes. So they _have_ to rip us (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds very similar to the loop we are discussing - the one I saw was in the Downtown Disney LEGO store in Anaheim, CA. I asked one of the store employees about it and they said it comes on an satellite feed from the LEGO A/V department. (I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Hi everybody, my name is Christophe Masclet,I' m French, some of you already knows my LEGOTIC Lab (it is full of animated robots): (URL) am actually working on a very new version of my site and will also present a gallery about old LEGO wooden toys. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I know something like that exists. There is a compilation of commercials and documentary footage running in a loop inside the waiting area for the "LEGO Factory Tour" at Legoland CA. I sat there for twenty minutes watching it.. As (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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COLTC is planning an upcoming show for 2 months at a Museum in Groveport Ohio and we are trying to come up with a name for the show. They would like to use “LEGO Mania”. With all the disclaimers related to LEGO. Does anyone know if there will be any (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:I4DpwD.4Lz@lugnet.com... (...) $19.99 for 1000 pieces plus an extra 500 strapped on top. Not bad considering that the same deal at the LEGO shops in the UK is £28.95. Do the math, 28.95 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay, I'm confused. My three tubs all say that they have 1513 pieces. The inventory printed on the back matches that for set 4278, down to using the old grays. But set 4278 is a 1000 pieces tub. So either 1) The inventory on the back is wrong, (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, check this page: (URL) are multiple listings for several of the colors you mention. And I would keep checking back because sellers are just now finding those sets (at Toys R Us) so they'll be parting them out for a while. HTH, Maggie C. (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Yes, that would realy be a great DVD. I rember staring at the tv for hours back in the early 80's, looking at the movie of the mailman who became a policeman, a fireman and back to mailman. Lego, please release such a DVD. It would also help (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Also, a discussion thread is located here: (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Anders, I had the same question after visiting a LEGO store a few weeks ago. I've sent an email to a LEGO employee and have received a response that they are looking into it. I've also stated that I would pay for a DVD compilation of these (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Hello I just wonder if the old Lego commersials (and new ones) who where shown on a special TV In the toy-stores Lego-sections are avaliable for downloading somewhere on the net? Why doesn't you at Lego just put them on-line on your website for (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hi Stefan, Thanks. I used two 4x10 trans-yellow plates instead of the grey plates. Erik / brickerik (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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OK, someone brought this to my attention from a Bricklink post. But there is a new 4679 Creator set tub with 1000 pieces (for $19.99), with an extra 500 pieces that looks like they're emptying the rare colors bins at TLG. I just checked the hollow (...) (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Really cool window!!! How did you get it to be transluecent on the back but still hold together? -Stefan- (22 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I realize why the parks use so many pieces in all those various colors. It makes for more realistic and therefore more interesting models. But I've often felt the claim that these models were built from bricks just like you can buy in stores (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The most glaring one that I'm aware of is on page 15 where it states that plates (a.k.a. 1/3 elements) first appeared in 1962. Of course there were several sizes of plates available from the mid-1950's on. This set from circa 1958 had a series (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the info Bill! I'll make that task a little easier, and just go over the more obvious errors in the Lego Timeline on pages 12-23. Page 13: 1955 First Lego trees. Yes that may have been the year, but the trees shown are those from (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hello! (...) shhhh! Don't mention the disastrous colour issue here, please! ;) I too have learned a lot from this GLBT thread. If only to understand why gay people act like they act sometimes and how they feel. I still don't see the need for this (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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