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Someone on the website obviously noticed the traffic increase and either pulled the pictures (possibly due to LEGO intervention) or stopped deep linking. Either way, they are gone (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005)
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Remember it's not just what LEGO want to pursue, it is what they legally _have_ to pursue to maintain their trademarks and copyrights. The company may love for fan sites to show their logo and name prominently, but if they want to keep hold of their (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) click on any link on that site or a link to it i only get a little stop sign picture? it's really weird at least to me. ondrew (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005)
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club had a great weekend at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum! (9 URLs) Pictures of our latest layout are now available on our club website at (URL) www.scltc.org>. Our layout included a brand new waterfront (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) It's a fine line between new light grey and old light grey :) Basically, as long as you're not making it look like you're officially sponsored by Lego, it's ok. If you were selling a second-hand Lego set for instance, it's perfectly fine to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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I was reading a thread on lugnet.lego about someone using the word "LEGO" in their domain name. Then I went and read the rules Lego has about using their trademark names. It stated that the Lego Logo could not be used in a website. But that made me (...) (21 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Allan, It is very interesting that you have talked to people who worked at the Canadian Samsonite LEGO facility. I've often wished that I could talk to someone who worked at the USA Samsonite facility in Loveland, CO. Many of the Samsonite (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, for some reason TLG doesn't like to include the Samsonite years onto the years of Lego in the USA. They view 1973 as year one, instead of 1961. And in Canada they view 1962 as year one. That's why you have a 25th USA bucket and 35th (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do these help explain the difference in the anniversary buckets and tubs that were available in 1998? Ours here in Canada were to celebrate the 35th anniversary. But I think the ones in the U.S. were silver anniversary markers, is that right? (...) (21 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) One thing I forgot. Allan, you grew up with Samsonite in Canada. Well you had more time to get Samsonite sets than USA folks. Samsonite Lego was sold in the USA from 1961 to 1972. In Canada Samsonite had a longer run, since it was sold there (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Allan, I can't speak for Eric, but yes he has found a whole new genre of Lego items, namely Samsonite Lego catalog sets, which are not found in any Samsonite catalogs. Eric keeps an eagle eye on EBAY, and surfs the net looking for new stuff. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, I've looked through your folder several times. Not every item every time, but on each visit I take a look at a few more of the old sets. Growing up in Canada, most of my childhood LEGO sets are marked 'Samsonite'. Luckily for me, my (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Allan, Thanks for the comments. I'm fascinated with Samsonite LEGO and these catalogs help date many of the old sets. Here is 1963: (URL) Take a look around my other brickshelf folders and you'll find some other interesting Samsonite LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I have seen WM dumping those on and off for the past year (never found any less than $3 tho). I think its mostly the computer system deciding that its a very slow moving item and dumping it. Last time I checked, TRU had plenty of these in (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Tony and I are up here in Texarkana Arkansas, and we've been going around looking at the local retail stores for cheap LEGO. We've noticed that both Wal-Marts up here are liquidating their 32x32 Green Baseplates. The Arkansas side Wal-Mart super (...) (21 years ago, 5-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Hi all, The unglued "studs-up" one-stud-wide mosaic is finished: Level 42 - my favourite band from the eighties. (URL) Read the story on my (URL). Greetings, Maarten (21 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.loc.be, FTX)
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(...) Hello Arne, I have to politely disagree with you. If what I am thinking is correct, you are seeing what appears to be grey parts in the #218 (2x4 bricks), #219 (2x3 bricks), #220 (2x2 bricks), #221 (1x2 bricks), #222 (1x1 bricks) #223 (1x1 (...) (21 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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How does one call for a contest 'round these parts? I'm interested in proposing one with a space theme, but I wasn't sure of the proper process. Is there a specific way it's done, or is it an informal if-you-propose-it-th...will-build kind of thing? (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ooh shiny! Rob Great stuff. Highlighted (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In preparation for the up coming NGLTC Festival of Trees project I had the task of coming up with a tree topper for our tree. I needed something that sit high on the tree and be noticed, something with some sparkle. So I got out my box of chrome (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Ooo, do you have inventories for these sets? (hint, hint!) Stuff that's pre-70's in Peeron isn't terribly complete... (even pre-80's is sketchy for some stuff) Actually, I guess Peeron even accepts "partial" inventories if you know a few (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Normal grey bricks like 2x2, 2x3, and 2x4 were available in abundance in 1960/61 in expansion sets like 218, 219 and 220. Also, as far as I know, grey plates were used in 1957 in set 323, Train. Arne, Copenhagen (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Scott, Everthing you wrote is correct except for this: (...) If you look at the Snowspeeder set you will also see that Luke and Dack are yellow. Thats because the Snowspeeder was in the last wave of sets to have yellow minifigs - along (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I do think that #3 is an important issue. Might be convinging as well. Maybe if you add that that 'nightmare' is due to the similarity of the colors (and you have to compare them consistently if you don't wanna mix them up), the more room/bins (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) GREAT post! You sure summarized pretty well my feelings. Well said! Best regards, Paulo-Renato (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey Dave, Peeron is wrong on some of the 60's dates for grey. In 1963 (Christmas 1962 to be accurate) grey plates in 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 and strange as it may seem 8x11 came into production. These early ones were Cellulose Acetate. They (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oops, wrong link... (URL) Yeah, grey *brick* was really uncommon until around 1984 when the castle (...) Cross between bored and curious I guess :) Once I realized how to do it rather quickly, it was pretty easy... Though admittedly writing a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Parents (and, in theory, kids) are also on LUGNET. Nothing at all prevents an AFOL from writing a letter that emphasizes the parental perspective more than the AFOL perspective (if at all). An AFOL-parent has the advantage that they can be (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I didn't say profit was their only principle, I said it was a primary one. A company doesn't make changes just because they think it's an improvement. That improvement has to cut costs or increase revenue (via increased customer satisfaction (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) as making very late appearances... (...) Yeah, the earliest grey bricks I got were in classic space set 894 Tracking Station in 1979 (a 2x4 and a bunch of 1x1,2,3). (...) Yup! Must've been bored! ;] Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Should be a little clue to Lego TO MAKE MORE REAL PIRATE STUFF!!!! Seriously, you put out one Legend, it sells out like wildfire. Three weeks later it is being scalped on Ebay for twice the price. Other companies can start up and make (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Your comments above are excellent. Short, concise, and sums it up. I like 4 through 6 the best. #3 is probably the least convincing statement of the 6 IMO, but is still true. If we wrap it around why "Lego should care" about AFOL (some (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) "Enlighten" brand... I think thats the same brand name that TLC just crushed a bunch of in Finland (on the way to Russia). Looks a bit like someone took a real LEGO box, scanned the artwork, changed the company logo and put a new number on it. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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While looking on ebay today, I saw several Lego sets, that upon closer inspection it is actually from a Chinese company. Here is are some sample links: (URL) am intrigued by these sets since they look exactly like official Lego sets but they have no (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) TLC is what it is today (for better and worse) by having more than just profit as a guiding principle. I am sure they made the change because they seriously believed it was an improvement, and I don't see how the change conflicts with their (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Leave the parent and kid letters up to the parents and kids. (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow! That may not be the most eloquent, but it sure gets the point across. I'm tempted to change all instances of "AFOL" above to "me/I" and print that out and send it in! -Bryan (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.color, Mark Chan wrote: Be honest about what affects you and cut the stuff about kids. Kids don't care too much about colours, and even though I love Lego more than the average person, I can't conceive of using it to teach my daughter (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's bringin' out the really big guns! ;] (...) When I said material, I was thinking more generically, to include not only the actual plastic material, but manufacturing process tweaks as well. I'm pretty sure the main material changed at (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah. If you try the AFOL approach, then you're into spending a lot of effort convincing people (who may already be convinced) that AFOLs matter, beforrrre you ever get to the colour issue. It's like tackling 2 challenges at once, and the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) First set to use dark grey (according to Peeron) is 590 Engine Co. #9 (1977): (URL) the Brickshelf scan, it does indeed look like they're dark grey. For brown, I see push-brooms in 1978: (URL) started showing up in "regular" pieces much later. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? What sets had the dark grey? And yeah, I forgot about the maxifig hair for brown (or minifig tools, etc.). I was thinking of largely common elements when I considered when a colour first "appeared". From my recollection neither dark (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Holiday greeting card, 2004
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Here's a holiday card we knocked out this past week in order take advantage of the personalized card sale over at Shutterfly.com: (URL) After the positive reviews we got from recipients of (URL) last year's card>, we went for a goofier theme. The (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Haha that reminds me - the only 2004+ set I have is 4492 MINI Star Destroyer. It's sitting here in the original plastic container, minus all the non-bley pieces. I'd be happy to send this back to TLC with a letter to help prove our point! (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is a GREAT suggestion. I would part with a few new gray plates and a couple of 1x2 "old gray" plates, to make the point. I would add, why not put in some pics of various MOCS that have been displayed at shows, and on the WEB, that make (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Great points. Facts=Good. Pictures=best way to represent color facts. Actual parts are even better than pictures. We'll have to think of some way to incorporate your idea above. (Kind of like "Exhibit #1" at a court trial - I like it) I think (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, they've been around for MORE than 20 years (1977 for dark grey and 1974/77 for brown, if you count the maxifig hair which probably wasn't ABS). So, yeah, maybe saying "more than 20 years" or "more than 25 years" (nice round number). (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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OK Folks, I know I made a fuss about still whining about the color change after a year, but you folks are now NOT whining, your actually doing something. Yes, I would support and sign that letter. Although I rarely build with gray parts, I do use a (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't know specifically, but I would assume (note the word "assume") that since the entire Spider-man line is licensed, that the licensing body would have a say in the design, or the fact that so many licensed figures (Mary Jane, Peter (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, I 100% agree with you there (and did before I posted) - and the LEGO magazines I've seen for 10+ yrs proves your point. I agree that brick size and shape are MUCH more important (and hinted at that in the letter, so it didn't appear (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) There is a factual error here. Dark grey and brown have not been around for 20 years. You probably want to annex the letter with a detailed description of which colours have changed, with a photo, or even real parts, as an example if you want. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the feedback. (...) Good Point. I argued that internally as well, and thought that the promise on color consistency was a stretch (at best) so it's good to see some opinions that support that counter-point of view. Please also see my (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Greetings We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Annual Train Show. NMRA 2005 Train Show will be held immediately following the NMRA National Convention in Cincinnati. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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(...) Have you ever watched a child (10 and under) play with LEGO? Quite often the brick size and shape is way more important than the colour. Take a look at the "kid creations" in the LEGO Magazine. Things are made of all different colours put (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.color, Mark Chan wrote: <snip> (...) I don't think TLC ever made a promise like this. I remember seeing in some catalogs from the '80s that TLC promoted the fact the most elements were interchangeable with one another, and that all the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) You're right. It's rolled wheat flakes pressed into a rectangular bar shape with rounded ends. The website's here: (URL) used to go past the only factory that made it in the world on the way to school. Although people usually add some jam, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Scott, Out of curiousity, I then ask, why is, for example, the engineer from 'Spiderman's train rescue': (URL) Flesh coloured? Is he a specific character like say, Peter Parker or Harry Potter? Samarth SNIP (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Color change: **CEO Draft Letter**
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I've drafted a letter, and had my wife review for grammar, context and presentation. By way of credentials, my wife has worked as both a full time external communications, and internal executive communications writer in a Fortune 100 company for (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | New link button etc..
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Hey friends. I just made a new link button for zemi. Please grab it for your site and update the link. I thought I'd also remind you guys that I'm accepting link submissions. Feel free to drop by and add a link and return the favor on your end if (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Actually, The yellow minifig is not dead. I recall Jake mentioning at a Brickfest convention that the flesh-colored minifigs are only done when there's a likeness to a person, either in real-life or as an actor/person in a licensed product. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's always been my understanding as well. Technically they can street anyone they wish (although it can get tricky without a defensible reason that doesn't appear discriminatory). Anyhow, in a mall you would probably need permission to set (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I see. Well, it's something we should look into but that all sounds about right. And I think it's definitely important to conduct the survey/petition as professionally and unobtrusively as possible. (...) Yes. We would have to be clear to TLC (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I also believe that is correct. I'm not sure that most malls are actually public property though. Although the "public" is invited to shop there, it is still a private business, and you may be asked to leave unless you had permission from the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I could be wrong but it was my understanding (as a former petitioner for the Libertarian Party) that if you are on public property, permission is not required. However, you can be asked to leave if you are disruptive (block pedestrian flow, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi Jake, There was the suggestion of a petition to the company and someone mentioned petitioning parents. One thing that came to my mind is trying to collect signatures at or around the Legoland theme parks and Lego retail stores. I imagine that (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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If you need the letter translated into danish I'll be willing to help you out. Just email it to me, ok? (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) this one? (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Has it been a year already? wow. I've been away for a long time. I totally avoided the color battle because I didn't want to get upset. Just recently, I returned to buying large amounts of LEGO elements for those "spring cleaning" boxes. I (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I concur. I offered this as a discussion point before, with little to no takers. Overseas production by Oxford / Brick makes "spot on" classic grays. You want classic colors, approach them for a bulk order. I don't see copyright infringement (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Sort-of-poll: Your most common Lego dream?
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(...) Hi Dave, I dream about LEGO from time to time too, sometimes I wake up and hate it when I realise it wasn't true :( The most common LEGO dreams I have are 'I am somewhere in a place I have no idea in the real world but seem to know in my (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi there, I understand this situation... love it or hate it... the colours I'd like changed back, light/dark grey and brown, also minifigs to be as they are known and loved 'yellow'. For me that represented something different, no-one is (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: TRU 500 piece bonus bucket question
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(...) Hi Jonathan, I went through my bonus tubs and found the piece of which you speak only in the one 2714. Four 2814s didn't have any. But don't despair, there's plenty of variation in the bonus boxes. Peace and random selections, Ley, aka (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Peter I agree. I too have a lot of old bricks. Many of the white mint bricks I have from the 1970's have "tanned" as well, due to sunlight. Interestingly enough, I think that Cellulose Acetate white bricks keep their whiteness better than ABS (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This causes a big difference. Do not be fooled, this is the most annoying thing about building white models for me. A lot of my Lego is 20+ years old and has been in direct sunlight. The white is a totally different colour, it's really (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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SNIP (...) Hi Jeff, A grim scenario :-) I had a lego dream too, a few weeks ago. It was very strange. There's this loco I'd been working on, and I've taken a printout of a real world picture of it for the build. Anyway, in the dream, I realised that (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) i just had another dream: there were new Lego sets pre built on top of red & blue small buckets. surprisingly, none of the sets had missing pieces. one building in particular was a gray 2-story townhouse with white trim & flat roof (on a red (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Ronald, I have seen that page. I believe that there is an old Netherlands catalog that shows this as well. I even have some old 50's parts packs with the extra "1" (written with Danish "System i leg") that were sent to Germany. The problem (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) ...snip... Hi Gary, thanx for the additional infos. In one point I cannot agree to you by my current knowledge: The extra "1" was also used for sets in Germany. In an old German catalog sheet from 1957 (Jan Beyer from TLC got the date from the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) If you insist on going at this, why don't you do a petition from a more representative group of LEGO's customers, namely parents? (And they can sign on behalf of their children if you want, as you probably don't want to be "using" children for (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't confuse not getting everything you want and them not being concerned with you. It's impossible to please everyone (including themselves), so they have to make tough decisions. It doesn't mean they're not concerned with the people those (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) And you have evidence from inside the company that the net result of all the pros and cons of this change shows that this decision was a poor one? KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (21 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I encountered one of these tubs at a CVS store today and picked it up. All the 'orange' 2x2s and 2x4s are the color that BL calls 'Medium Orange'. A few other parts in this color were found in the recent Walgreens boxes. (...) The greens in (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Weetabix Sets
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(...) Dave, The castle, in all those colors, has the unfortunate resemblence to a MOC that kids would make up if they didn't have enough pieces to build a big building all in one color. Like Eric said, the castle was earlier than the other Weetabix (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Slope 45 2 x 2 Double Convex / Double Concave
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(...) A (nearly) complete roof system is available in blue, yellow and white, and possibly gray. They can be purchased on Bricklink. Some parts, such as the yellow 1x2 double/inverted (what I used to call the "gable connector") are only rarely (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not really answering your question, but for the longest time I had no idea what this piece looked like. Even the picture on Peeron was a LDRAW picture, and I still couldn't imagine its shape! But now, Peeron has a photograph of the part so I (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK. If someone manages to write up a petition, I'll see to have it translated in German for the next larger AFOL event over here (Frechen, January 8th and 9th), and round up some people to get it signed (Which should not be a problem at all, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is not only a valuable achievement, but also a valuable information. Thank You! (...) With the upcoming AFOL event in Frechen in focus, I'll do my best to get something (i.e. list of signatures) done right there. Give my lack of (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) True, but new grey is locked. I suppose you could argue that we do not want to change clours, we want to reintroduce old ones. New grey would still be a core colour, it just wouldn't be used in any sets. (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thankyou for the info Gary. (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This seems a very valid argument to me indeed. (...) Taking the risk of repeating myself too often, that would be, indeed, the only necessary but yet sufficient move from TLC that would make me believe that they are, sincerely, concerned with (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oooops, I made a typo, The USA/Canada spare parts pack from 1961/62 to 1965 was actually #280/3. Gary Istok (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This piece was made from 1958-72, and only in red or blue. When Lego sloped bricks first came out in 1958 (in red, blue slopes came in production in 1960), it was one of a 13 piece roof system. The other 12 pieces are still in production, but (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Amen, and ditto to that! And that is all I have to say. (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) If the community is dead set on giving me a migraine over the color issue bringing it up time and time again, do me a favor and listen to Jake. Write a petition and get it signed at brick events [1]. I would be more than willing to put my name (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !
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(...) has anyone ever thought that TLG could simply reintroduce the original grey? could be an easier solution. I like a lot of the new colors, but I just don't like the new greys. I would get involved in something like this, my time is very limited (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Which colors does this part come in? (I am aware of blue and red, are there any others? How rare is this part in each color? (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Dave, Clark Stephens agrees with you. In this page he states that the Castle may be from around 1970 and that the three town sets came out later in 1977. The page also shows scans of the instructions. (URL) Eric (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hi All, I have recently acquired a Weetabix Castle set. I also have all three of the other sets. Now my problem, the castle doesn't look like it belongs. It looks older than the other three, it doesn't have any mini-figs (even the old style) like (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I love Lego
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!Wow, God, all the people who replied to this post are so defensive and protective of TLG. This is simply a personally statement of an individual who's valid concerns has caused him to express his feelings to TLG. This is directed to them...not you, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.people, lugnet.general) !
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Oh I'd defintely sign this petition, I am part of this "younger" group LEGO thought they'd reach out to with the new colors, but boy has it put me off! With this the only sets I like to buy are tyhose w/out Lt & Dk Stone, and Brown. The only "Grays" (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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