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"Daniel Barrett" <daniel.barrett2@comcast.net> wrote in message news:I4MAJ1.qIM@lugnet.com... (...) have the (...) serial (...) Where did you find the serial number, I don't see one on my boxes. Mike (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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For the past five years I’ve run a LEGO Club at my elementary school. I’m also on the yearbook committee. This year I’m going to create a LEGO version of our school in mlcad / pov-ray and include it in the yearbook or on the cover. If you would like (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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It appears there are at least 2 different bonus box lots. They are either stamped 2714 or 2814 on the bonus box. I believe 2714's have the solid color minifig head assortment. If there are any other bonus box serial numbers would someone please post (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:I4LxKB.Jq7@lugnet.com... (...) enough (...) base (...) Have you tried the "Technic" / "Bionicle" approach? To make a strong hinge with Technic parts you can use one part in the wing (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A few more I noticed: p. 15 - Typo says "acrylnitrile butadiene styrene" instead of "acrylonitrile" p. 18 - "Ricky Bear - a 1980s character", the character shown is "Ricky Racoon" p. 22 - 2x2x2 clear slope is shown for 1995, when the last time (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, For my latest project, I want to build a medium-size spacecraft with wings angled down at about 30 degrees. I've tried a couple of configurations using Technic beams, but nothing fit exactly. They were all off just enough to tell me that (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was in a number of TRU stores this week. Only noticed the bonus tubs in 2 so far. (...) On the floor might mean that they have arrived on the truck, but have not been worked out to the floor yet. I saw a couple of TRU stock rooms that had (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Anyone see one of these on the West Coast/Southern Cal? All the TRU I've hit so far (about 6) have had the Duplo bucket with bonus strap-on-box-o-parts, but no Creator bucket. Strangely, when the managers check their computers, the computers say (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I popped open a few more sets this morning and found variation 'D': mostly sand blue and tan heads, 3 light yellow slopes and 3 red 3x4 33 slopes. ... (...) Joe, don't look in the Durham TRU because -- you can guess why! Cary (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I bought one last night and it sounds like I got a B variant. (...) I'm going to another set, and Cary, I have to smile at your statement about "increasing my sample size" - that has got to be the most scientific way I have heard anyone say "I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep. I'd personally consider only elements that have been released to the public as "officially rare". Otherwise you'll go nuts trying to track down promo and prototype pieces, as well as the daunting unreleased color-combo pieces. Hmm... I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) I'm not done parting out, but it sure looks like there are three major variations. The easiest way to identify the variations is from the 'minifig heads' polybag. Variation 'A' has mostly brown and black heads, but no light (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Tom, Hey, thanks for the heads up, and yes I'm glad to hear that! It's 9:30 EST so they just closed but I'll have to give them a call over the weekend as I was thinking a limited supply was also at hand. Also, if you have the time, could you (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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My dad and I dumped a big box of lego into a net drawstring bag laid it flat on the top rack of the dishwasher and ran it. I dont remember the setting we used but it cleaned it pretty well. Just make sure that the holes in the net bag are really (...) (22 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Bill, here is annother theory for the red ghost and it sounds logical for me. First the facts: All 6 red ghosts were bought here in Berlin/Germany on a fleemarket in autumn 2000. They were from the same dealer, who has a lot of bags with (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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snippage (...) Ok, easy solution--call CA (800-237-8756) and explain the situation. Chances are some web jockey got a wrong picture. They'll upload the correct picture, and maybe, just maybe, they'll do something nice. You can be part of the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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a friend and I are running into the same problem. He had all his LEGO stored in his basement and with huracaine Ivan the basment filled with water to the floor joists. every peice of lego is caked with mud. it is pretty bad. so far he's soaking it (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Andrew, You might be happy to hear that there may be plenty of these to go around. I thought I had bought out my local TRU store a few days ago. Today I go by and they put out another dozen of these sets. It appeared that they had just (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) seen (...) Was it not discussed in general? If not, then where? Just catching up. Dave (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's funny - I was looking forward to the Turkey being available again so I could get the 2x3 wedge plates, and I was disappointed when I saw the picture with flags for wings in the catalog. One man's trash... Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) -SNIP- (...) Thanks Mark, I should have checked better before I bought it! You'd think they would fix the picture on their website by now! <sigh> Tom (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was like that last year when I got it -- (URL) P LoB (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I uploaded a picture of the finished model on brickshelf to show you the wings as they come in the package. I noticed that the eyes look to be different than the picture on lego.com as well. It looks like originally they planned on using 2 1x1 (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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I'm really mad at Lego right now! I just bought 10 sets of their seasonal set "Turkey" #10090 and what I got isn't what they pictured on their website! I feel cheated! If you go and look at the picture of the turkey you will see that the wings of (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, while Lego is about 2x MegaBlok prices in the US, European prices are typically between 1-2x the US price. So European Lego might cost as much as 4x a comperable MegaBlok set. It's most likely one of the factors that has cause US prices (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hello everyone, At BrickFest this year I bought the Dragon Fortress Set. When I was rushing to pack (I almost missed my plane), I opened the box to take the individual bags of pieces and put them in my packing box. Just this past week I got my (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yes, Bill Swanberg inventoried it over on BrickLink and there are 1000 pieces. But it appears that only the first shipments of the tub have the old light and dark grays. Evidently the newer ones are showing up with the new grays. Maggie C. (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Has anyone actually gotten around to counting the actual pieces inside the tub yet? -Juan (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Does anyone have any more information on 4562? It's not in the LUGNET Set Guide, or shop.lego.com, or BrickSet. TWS Garrison (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I came up with a way that gets a higher concentration of detergent and doesn't need so much bashing together. Put them in a large zip-lock bag with loads of washing-up liguid, add enough warm water to cover them, then squeeze out the air and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi, We have this tub (4679) also in Belgium and sells for 39,99 Euro to 44,49 Euro / tub (depending on retail shop). Meanwhile there are some other Creator sets going on with extra pieces. There's the 4411 (Blue STRATA box)with 1000 + 200 (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The transparent parts are quite a bit more brittle than the ABS parts, and it's been noted that they are considerably more brittle in extreme cold. Therefore, I'd suggest not leaving any trans parts in your pole barn during the winter, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Allan, Cary, Lar, et al... I too have had long interest in a "grab bag" of sorts. I am really intrigued by the randomness of the idea (kinda like those pills that dinosaurs come from after you dip em in water...you never know whatcha gonna get (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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I have just completed a workshop in my pole barn. Although it is well insulated I only heat it in the winter when I am using it. It also is not cooled in the summer. Consequently the temperature may range from 0 degrees F to 100. Does anyone know if (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup. At least (URL) one> set has had slightly variable contents. It wasn't bundled with any other sets, it didn't have any instruction/idea booklets, and it barely had any TECHNIC connectors, so it wasn't very useful as a stand-alone set, but (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I usually just take what I get at Yard sales, put them in a pillow case, tie off the end, and throw them in the washing machine....so far I have'nt had any problems with damaging the peices or anything...just use regular clothes detergent and warm (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I also know some modelers swear by Blue Max car wax. I'm not sure how it's applied though. They say it works great on aircraft cockpits. I don't hang with the modelers much anymore--I wound up getting into LEGO instead of spending two years to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Yes I remember very well the excitement of finding out that Lego came out with a new color. My hands were trembling when I saw it right there plain as day in the toy store window. I was giddy with excitement at the prospect of getting a new color (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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(...) Yeah, these boxes are the most fun tubs since the silver tubs of '98! (22 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wouldnt mind a few of these (especially as there doesnt seem to be a huge amount of new greys in them :) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"TWS Garrison" <twBASSs@ISmorBESTfydd.net> wrote in message news:I4EH4y.rz6@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I have purchased two of these tubs. One had a bag with one green head, the other did not. Initially I thought the two bags were the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When I used to buy old lots of Lego off of eBay, I would go through and hand wash each piece. I would fill a tub with lukewarm soapy water (a mild liquid dish soap work best). I let the bricks soak for a while and then scrub each piece on all (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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John, Do a search on Lugnet for "clean" or "cleaning" - I think there may even be something in the Guide on it. As far as getting them "shiny" again, that's tougher, as the dulling of the finish is more due to minute scratches than it is to dirt. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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This is my first post and I hope this is not an oft asked question,as I could not find one.I know there are a lot of ways everyone can clean their bricks but to get them 'shiney' clean and not hurt them,is something I would rather just be safer than (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would guess that LEGO wouldn't approve of that usage. (But I could be wrong). If you aren't familar with it, here is their fair play policy: (URL) Someone in LEGO could probably answer this more definitively. Jason Spears | (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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(...) Grab bags seem to do fairly well when sold at retail, or did, until PickABrick came along, so ya! (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Neat speculation! Those of us that saw Jake's keynote at BrickFest 2004 in DC will recall mention of Lego Factory. Perhaps this IS a test, and like with recipe testing where you eat your first tries, they're selling off the test run results. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have often thought that a 'grab bag' type of product might be a fun thing for them to release. Larger ones to sell in stores and smaller ones that parents could order in bulk (5, 10, 15 copies maybe) to use as giveaways at children's (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... (...) ... The randomness of this set interests me. Has LEGO ever released a 'random' set before? It isn't truely random, in the sense that a hopper was loaded with a bunch of different colors of the same part. I see the identical numbers (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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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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My wife, who is into creating scrapbooks, was looking through her massive collection of pictures to do a new album last night. I sat down and started going through them too, remembering when my boys were toddlers. It's a trite phrase, but "that (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.people.parents, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, there are a lot of bricks we would of loved to have invented, but unfortunately it doesn't happen. All regular bricks are from the same molds that produce the bricks for sets. (...) Yes, correct again. All the colors are colors that are (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I4CnKx.1Ey@lugnet.com... (...) Yep - the parks aren't able to have molds made up of parts that don't exist, it would be too expensive. Part of the marketing of miniland is that it is all (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hello! (...) Items that go under (4) are probably the rarest of all as such items mostly accidentally leave the facturies, only in very small quantities. Speaking here of more elaborated parts like trees or minifigs etc., not the regular 2x4 brick (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) So I just want to clarify: 1) The PARTS in LEGOLAND Model shops have all appeared in sets before (so they don't have any 1x5 plates) 2) Some of these parts may be in colours that have NOT appeared in sets before. Correct? (...) So what other (...) (22 years ago, 20-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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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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| | New poll: sexuality and Lugnet
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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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| | Original list of LUGNET newsgroups from August, 1998
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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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(...) Hi Gary, as you know there is a huge ammount of parts, which only appear in one set-number. But there is a regular part (and i think it's a "common brick"), which appears in only one unique Set: It is the red 1x2 tile with the four digit (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Dang! You beat me - I'm working on a similar kind of window... (...) I'm using transclear 1x1 and 1x2 for the glasses, with studs out to make them look like crown glass, and I use two plates stacked on each other to improve the overall stability of (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks :) Hum, I'm sure there is still a lot of building techniques. I made a presentation at BricMania about one, ToPLeSs, and I have to finish the traduction in english to post it. (...) That was an idea from Didier. It was just a fake. But (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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(...) Thanks :) Well, it depends maybe of our vision of what is SNIR. The 1x1 parts are not adjacent but in diagonal. And the alignment of the turned parts creates an offset. So we obtain a lign of studs, not in the standard way but in diagonal. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I dont know if this counts as rare or not but I have some 2 x 2 round tiles in clear... (22 years ago, 17-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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