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(...) I have a suggestion for TLG: If they've realized that the colour change decision was a poor one (and they don't really want to admit it), they could reverse this decision without letting us know. Just suppose that the RGB colour values for the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) FYI, In the last six months, I've yet to come across any of my colleagues to who don't know and understand the AFOL concern. (...) I'm not sure how far this will get you, but I'll tell you what... if you're able to pull something like this (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Does it NEED to be in Danish? English, like it or not, is the language of business, and the CEO of a company as large as LEGO, even one as insular as LEGO is, ought to be able to read, speak, and write English at least fairly fluently. That (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello! (...) I would sign such a letter. My skills at English, however, are not good enough to write it, though. Let alone my skills at Danish... Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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About a year has passed since we learned of TLG's terrible decision to "improve" the gray, dark gray, and brown colors. Our initial (and ongoing) firestorm was unsuccessful at reversing the change, and with Jake's recent "locked-color" post (URL), (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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Daniel Rubin wrote: > In person, they look OK, less cartoony anyways. It's a pretty decent model of a (...) All of the above should be present in the larger Technic version. Jindroush www.kostky.org - for Czech Lego fans. (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Eric, Many Lego collectors think that the first Lego Motor came in 1966 with the beginning of the Train System (which came out in mid-1966 in Europe). Here it shows that the first Lego motor actually came out in late 1965 in the USA to be used (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Ronald, I did forget one additional thing about the #271 sets. There was also a #1271 set. This was the same set. From 1955-58 Denmark, Sweden and Norway had their own numbering system for Lego sets and Lego spare parts packs that had an (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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snip (...) In person, they look OK, less cartoony anyways. It's a pretty decent model of a kinda ugly car. What it's really lacking are steering, suspension, doors, and for some reason, the window to the engine is build on an opaque plate, I will be (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) Indeed. Although a headline like "Rich Multinational Toy Company Gives Poor Finnish Children Second Rate Building Bricks for Christmas" could hardly appeal to Lego... Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Are you willing to vouch for the safety of each of those fake sets? Were LEGO to have given the o.k. to give away the illegal sets they (the LEGO company) would have, at least in principle, been giving their assurance that the sets are safe to (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) charity, presumeably for distribution to the poor. I read between the lines that this is Finnish law, that siezed illegal goods can be destroyed or given to charity. The article claimed that the clones were dangerous and could break in normal (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Eric, Thank you for helping bring this bit of LEGO history to our attention. These are great scans. The ads are so much fun to look at and imagine what it might have been like as a young kid seeing them for the first time. They are just about (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, here's a Nativity Mosaic I recently built for a client in South Carolina: (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanx Gary (URL) That's the answer I needed :-) Btw. you will find some additional pics on my wife's (Thekla #2434) site cause she's the H0-collector in our family. (URL) Regards Ronald #2435 (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello! (...) internet connection. And would I ever be able to memorize my geek code? Bye Jojo LEGO: CA[bf+++(6074) kk2---]+++c(6067) TO[cl],SP[cs,bt1],PI++ #+++++ S- LS+ Hal M+ A+ HK@ LM-- VL@ YB77m IC19 (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ronald, Well yes I can answer that question...(in greater detail in my upcoming CD). #271 is the "unknown" spare parts pack. #271 Traffic Police Set came into production around 1956. It was produced until about 1964 and only in continental (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi! Has anybody any idea how old this set is? (URL) I didn't find it in any of the 50s and 60s catalogs. I have it in front of me with this type of box/picture. (URL) From the dots left and right to "LEGO" I would say it's from the late 50s. Does (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Doh! (...) Thanks for the info Dan. I haven't opened mine yet (won't until X-mas). It looks like those are 'Slope Brick 18 4 x 2'. I have a couple plain red ones in my collection so I guess I can still work around the ugly headlights. Do they (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:I7nAHD.1FBx@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Amazing how few of those names at the bottom of the text that I recognize! Mike (21 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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