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(...) Yes that is true. I too find it hard to believe that Lego wouldn't make sets for Maersk anytime they wanted it, if they can earn a profit from it. btw, there are some similarities between Maersk and Lego. Both companies were founded early in (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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Hey everybody, Just thought I'd add my two cents to all the chatter going on around here! JUST BUILD!!! Since when did Lugnet become so not fun anymore? When I found this website many years ago, I thought it was one of the greatest things I've seen (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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Hi all, Those of you who may have switched to using the recently released Firefox 1.0 as your browser may also have encountered a problem with the Shop at Home website that it doesn't allow you to switch destination countries, saying you must have (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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| | Re: trading
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(...) (snip) It is generally accepted that posts seeking to trade are off-topic for lugnet.general or for most theme groups, but rather should be posted somewhere in the market hierarchy. lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade is often a good choice for (...) (21 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Hello all I am in need of some castle sets and I was seeing if any one would like to trade some stuff for them. Please note that some of my instructions have rips and I don't have any of the original boxes. Here are the sets I can trade 4701 Sorting (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | A Community Problem (Was: Re: 10152 Update)
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(...) Thank You, Larry. I hate to add one more post to this thread, but feel the need. I totally agree with what you say about everyone just stopping. But, I think this thread is a real eye-opener as to the nature of this community. Is this really (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Whats wrong with my MOCpage?
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(...) Hello Samarth, (And, Tim, thanks for the explanation.) I've noticed the same thing with the voting on MOCpages. I have three out of range results. (URL) -3 out of 5> (URL) 5.5 out of 5> (URL) 0.5 out of 5> So far I've only found them amusing (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Whats wrong with my MOCpage?
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(...) I can't help with the other issues, but this one could be caused by unscrupulous people exploiting the fact that MOCPages doesn't seem to range check the input for voting. I just conducted a quick experiment, by copying the URL the page (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've been meaning to do this post for a while now, because I don't know what's going on with my page, and I'm not sure where I should be posting this. Let me clarify that I love and always will love MOCPages, because I think its simply great that I (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.html, FTX)
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| | Re: Really cool birthday present...
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(...) have searched (without success) for exactly this file for a long time. I've seen the image on eBay (people selling copies made by themselves) but have never been able to see it full size, nor have a copy of it for myself. This will be printed (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.general)
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| | Maersk and Lego
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I was going to post this with the debate on the 10152 sets in Maersk blue instead of dark blue, but I didn't want to get involved. Forbes Magazine says that in Denmark there are only 2 billionaire (milliarden) families. The one that owns Lego and (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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The other day I received what is probably one of the most thoughtful, unique and overall cool ('cause I dig this kind of thing) gifts I've received in recent times. From a non-AFOL no less I got these really nice prints of the Toy Building Brick (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.general)
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(...) Great pics of the named bricks Clark! The highest price I have ever seen for a named beam is $35 for an "AD 1762" from the #309 Church set. The #309/#1309 sets from 1957-63 had 3 different names "1762", "AD 1762" and "ANNO 1762", and are all (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are several named beams that would qualify as rare. Here's some of them: (URL) (warning big page) (URL) (warning big page) Most of those are 1960's or before. Some of the rarer ones I've seen are the green prints, the Swedish/Danish VW (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Argumentative paper I wrote for College
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Hello, I was recently given the opportunity to write an argumentative research paper on any topic I wanted so, of course, LEGO® was an obvious choice. Basically, I wrote about what I did and didn't like about the company and what I'd do to change (...) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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What are the rarest printed parts? I own both of the printed 1 x 6 x 5 astronaut bricks from classic space (and some other printed classic space bits) but I have the feeling there are rarer printed bits out there. (21 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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Hello fellow Spacers and maniacs who like space stuff! Since I know we can't ever talk about Lego Space enough, there's a place set up just for it. (URL) -Tom McD. (URL) (21 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX) !!
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It has been very quiet in lugnet.general lately.... Most collectors are not aware of this road plate (on EBAY, two are shown): (URL) was the first ever ABS Lego road plate, and was produced from 1970-72, only for the USA Samsonite Lego market. It is (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Where from this coupling comes?
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(...) It's a standard train coupling that was used in the late 60's. It comes with piece number 3176 (plate 3x2 with hole) or 737 (plate 2x4 with coupling, female). Examples: sets 80, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 903,... We had set 112, so I remembered (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Where from this coupling comes?
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Hi! I've got such old couplings: (URL) More (really not more...) on Peeron: (URL) Do somebody know where those couplings were used? How old are they? What is their possible value (are they rare or not)? Thank you very much for each reply! Luca (21 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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