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(...) What about the sterling silver and white metal Krana-Kal? The silver version is far less common, and use a slightly altered mold with rounded tips at the upper end of the mask. The white metal (think gaming miniatures) version was produced in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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I've been reading the recent articles about The Lego Group's financial problems. Its sad to see a company with a long history of good practices in trouble. But, it has occurred to me that we AFOL's might be part of the problem. What do we do? Well, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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As part of the Lego CD that I (and my helpers) are still working on, I wanted to add a chapter about the major AFOL Lego sites. This chapter would talk about Lugnet, Peeron, Brickshelf and Bricklink (as well as a few others such as 1000steine). I (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Thanks Anders, It really is an interesting story! Boy did I get the year wrong on that one. But I was basing that on my memory from something I read a few years ago. Well, at least we know that they made the Swedish Town Plan board #200 until (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In the two 4679 tubs I purchased, everything in the tubs was in old colors. The only new colors I got were a couple of new dark grey (URL) teeth plates> in both of the bonus boxes. Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi all, I'm sure this has been covered but if someone would be kind enough to tell me: Did all the 4679 tubs ship with old grey IN the tub part?? I know the 500 elements were in old colours but what about the inside. I have bought 12 and so far and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) -snipped- Here's the latest- (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Great idea! And a nice easy-to-use site to match. I will be interested to see where pictures get taken. Best regards, Allan B. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Earlier in the year I was invited to Billund to meet the creative director of the Designer (and other) product lines to hear about an idea he had for a website. The idea was simple: X-Pods are great for taking LEGO with you wherever you go, so (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) In fact it was September the 3:rd, 1967, 05.00AM (Sunday morning). I was only 13 then, so I wasn't allowed to be up at that time of day, but I remember getting out my bicycle as soon as I woke up later in the morning. In 1955 there was a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(murfl) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | SWEDISH TOWN PLAN BOARD (was Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.)
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(...) Well I just found out why this board is different. Kurt Richter, a German collector friend (who is also helping with the Lego CD) told me today that this was the Swedish Town Plan board. It seems that in Sweden they were driving on the left (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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First a possible move to china! …Now the chance of a takeover? WoW, the future of our beloved brick should certainly be interesting... Astoundedly, --==Richard==-- (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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Toy maker to divest four parks including the one in Carlsbad Struggling to regain its financial footing, toy maker LEGO® Company said Thursday that it plans to transfer its LEGOLAND parks, including the one in Carlsbad, to a separate company as the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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(...) It's really easy to look at it that way, but the evidence suggests otherwise. I cited a few press releases (URL) elsewhere> in this thread, most of which dealt with layoffs. Within a month of announcing 161 production layoffs last year in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, David Eaton wrote: SNIP (...) surprise-overpaid upper mananagement cutting labor to save costs. we can still have the best product without keeping the perception that more management is better. Jeff (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I appologize for replying to my own post, but my newsreader didn't x-post to all the newsgroups that this thread was reaching : ( (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) (URL), when 161 waged production workers in Billund were laid off, and 1500 was the number cited as being employed in the affected departments. (URL), when 43 administrators were in Billund were laid off, and 2000 was the number cited as being (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lugnet Member Data (was: Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses)
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I made some quick calculations on these numbers (population numbers taken from (URL) and rounded to half millions), and it seems Denmark and Netherlands have the most number of lugnet members/population (Countries with small populations and 1-2 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Although that may be your observations, in the time that I have been with LEGO Brand Retail, PaB cups have been top sellers in many stores nearly every week. I know that at Tyson's Corner, there are some bins that we are always refilling. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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