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(...) SNIP (...) The problem is so bad that I stopped checking on sets that I brought for parts only. I really feel bad for the non-afols and the kids. We can call up customer service and name what we are missing. It's a whole another story for (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Howdy do, awesome guys and gals of LEGO! As of this morning, it seems as though the news ticker has been adjusted, so there’s no more flashing potty talk. :p Ahh, much better now! :) Yeah, the fans of FBTB.net have been dealt a pretty nasty (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) In the past year, I've purchased only about 6 sets, of which 2 have had one missing piece each. That's 1 set out of 3! Prior to this, I had never seen it happen at all... and I don't know HOW many dozens of sets I had bought previous to last (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This may not be a direct answer to your question, but I did have to pay for my latest replacement-part request. I took a gamble and picked up a 4483 AT-AT in a beat-up box, and unfortunately it was missing one of the bags (so I only had one (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They used to have really phenomenal quality control, but I think it's gone down in recent years. Every set I've ever had that was packaged before 1999 has been flawless. In fact, I remember talking about it with friends at school in 4th grade, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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I have a large collection of lego including sets purchased new, sets purchased second hand and parts (some from sets I have bought and kept only some parts from but most from second hand sources). The parts are in various levels of quality (some are (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yeah, you can thank Repoort for doing that. He put the forum together for us, so I haven't been bugging him much about taking certain liberties with the layout, etc. I'll PM him about this. He'll change them if he hears that people are finding (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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For those of you still following the Adventures of Johnny Thunder... After another long wait, Part V is done: (5 URLs) The whole thing (thus far), when moderated: (URL) Hope you like it, comments are welcome, Steve (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmmmmm, I wonder if the person who recently opened up a MISB #725 Town Plan set from 1961 can get the 3 piece missing flip-up garage parts? I bet the replacement parts folks would scratch their heads on that request! (These parts were also (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They have a form on their website for requesting parts: (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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That is supposed to say 8436, not 8346. Sorry. (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I got a used copy of set 4101: (URL) from my mother (our family these days just exchanges small gifts). I got myself a bunch of sets though... :-) Frank (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004)
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(...) Huh, I didn't even notice that news ticker thing until you pointed it out to me. I recognize a lot of these quotes, just not the raunchy ones. So I Googled them. Here's what I found: Sign the Guestbook (Links to the guestbook thread) "Madam, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The 'prison break' quote is from "Lost in Translation" Ley (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm guessing here, but I bet those are quotations from a "cult" movie (perhaps Napolean Dynomite?) JOHN (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I was up at the Bridgewater NJ store over Christmas. There was a video playing showing some of the new City sets. The construction setup with the crane/dumptruck/conveyor thingy was shown in the video, so sounds like it's an official set. The (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Kevin, I got weird messages when I visited the temporary site that you referenced. The "NEWS" line (which initially says "Sign the Guestbook") changes every few seconds to some pretty raunchy lines of text (Afro-Whores, shaving buttocks, etc). (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Contact Lego and they'll usually send you the missing part free of charge. I've done this a few times. They even sent me a complete RC Controller and Receiver when the one in my RC car set didn't work out of the box, no questions asked. There (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Speaking of missing parts.... (sorry, change of topic here...) What's the recommended course of action when a person _does_ discover that there is a missing piece in a set? I mean, it's all very well and good to just return it to the store and (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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It's already being discussed on Classic-Castle, but essentially it all still revolves around this one blurry photo. It will be great if true - the Fury of the Northmen descends on us at last from their homeland. Looks like movie vikings (horned (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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For anyone who hasn't seen it yet: (URL) Talk amongst yourselves... Steve (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, FTX) !
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(...) Vikings Theme. Just can't tell if it is minifig scale or not. That Giant Dump Truck looks pretty sweet as well. Jeramy (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Mark, since I have to disassemble the boom into sections to get the model back inside, I will take some close up pictures of the boom sections and post them on Brickshelf this evening so that you can get a better look at the design. Alvin (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Well my copies of both 4403 and 7031 displayed black rotors in the instructions and box photos for the models in question. Both came with grey rotors. (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Um, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Granted, I only did a cursory look-see at the forum, and maybe you clicked on something I hadn't, but FBTB has always prided itself on being kid-friendly as far as I remember. We (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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And if you look at the rotor piece for that set's alternate build image, it's black. I'd say it's a very good question as to what color piece actually comes in the set. Either that or LEGO made a big stuff-up when they shot the photos. Cheers ... (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) The picture at Lego.com for 7031 has that part's color as grey: (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Can someone (jake?) from LEGO find out what the deal is with these sets. Both sets show that the "fan"/"engine center" piece (used as the tail rotor on the 7031) are supposed to come in black. But my copy of both sets came with grey. Is there a (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Mark, one site that has some good pics and a clear explanation of truss design is (URL) and there's *lots* more on BrickShelf and elsewhere. I've used the TexBrick truss several times in my own models, and it's quite strong. You might find (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) What the Heck is this (didn't want to use "heck")? I just checked out that site, and it looks like a site where "raunchy Lego talk" takes place. The discussion about putting ones mouth to..... well I won't say it here, but it does mention (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Could anyone enlighten me as to what design patterns are employed in these sorts of cranes to build the boom and other arms? >> Mark >> Mark (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Anthony, This looks really good. I can't believe how cool the videos are either. Great work on your site. I continue to enjoy my visits. Jon (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) snip That should change over time. I can't devote that much time to the community to see it often enough to be bored by it. Maybe you can supplement with other things? -Tom McD. (URL) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: NGLTC Festival of Trees wrap up report.
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(...) Looks like you're slowin' down a little bit dere, fella:-) (URL) JOHN (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've finally gotten around to getting Chapter 8 finished, and now it's online. Feel free to check it out. Ikros: Chaos Skies Chapter 8 - Complications PLMKWYT! (URL) Ikros: Chaos Skies> --Anthony (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks John, you know I dress up every year just for you :) jt (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, No doubt someone will have picture up by the end of the week, but I just got the January 2005 Shop At Home catalog and there's a bunch of new stuff! New sets and new pieces galore! The front cover sports a huge red and black speedboat (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hehe yep - I meant CAN'T. In addition whenever I try to upload a file (and it doesn't work) then it renders the entire folder "This folder is not yet public". Patiently waiting for a fix... Eric (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I assume you mean you can't uploard iamges. I, too, have been having the same problem. I click 'upload', select the image I want, click 'upload', and then nothing appears new in the gallery! -- Nathan Wells (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Anyone else having brickshelf problems? I can upload any images at the moment... It also seems that there are no new images in the gallery for the last 4-5 hours. Eric (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Alvin, Congratulation to your great model, it is really impressive. And I think you have taken the world record, of the tallest LEGO crane model. The former owner of the title was me, with the height 5.20 meters, (17.1 feet) of my (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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1. We tend to frown on cursing here. You should watch that, it's gotten posting ability revoked before. 2. This really doesn't belong in .general. 3. For the benefit of all reading, I would like to note that you were banned at CSF for lying about (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well done as usual, JT. I look forward each year to seeing your club's participation in this event and seeing you in a monkey suit:-) (URL) JOHN (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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For the forth year in a row the North Georgia LEGO® Train Club (NGLTC) has sponsored a holiday tree at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s (CHOA) Festival of Trees. (6 URLs) The NGLTC tree is decorated with LEGO® ornaments built by patients of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !
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(...) Very nice, this reminded me at a shot on some old 8mm films my dad used to make and which have been copied to dvd last year. The shot is made in december 1977: (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Um.... what? I'm terribly confused as to what in the world you are talking about. Am I missing something? It seems to be something related to that Starship RPG thing, don't you fellows already have a newsgroup for that? Seems to me that a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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My students recently finished a Yoda made of Duplo bricks (I supervised). Is this the second largest LEGO Yoda ever?! :) (URL) More pics: (URL) Corey (21 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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Eric Strand was nice enough to post these pictures on his Brickshelf site. I call them a "1960's Lego Christmas Fantasy". It shows many of the larger (as well as smaller) Lego sets produced in the late 1950's and 1960's. I took these pictures about (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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Didn't anyone tell you they made a temporary forum (URL) here> while they revamp the main site? In any case, try not to get too bent out of shape over these things. Things you can't control aren't worth getting depressed over. Now cheer up, emo kid! (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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About the forums you're talking about, the administrator has taken them down, and is working on fixing them. He did also state that since it's the holidays that it would take some time to get something back up. I'm not saying you have no reason for (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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As I sit here infront of this moniter, becoming incresingly Overwhelemed, Depresed, and Bored by the Lego Community, I have constant memories flashing by in the back of my head. Memories about that little SW Lego Community called FBTB. I loved that (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep, that is also the reason real cranes use wheels when raising luffing jibs. Older cranes often had a special dolly that the tip of the jib rested on for that purpose, but newer cranes seem to have the axle built into the jib tip, and just (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hey Nathan, The site looks great! I look forward to seeing it grow. Bruce (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Good luck with the model!! For something like that, you may be able to use plates, wings and hinges to make a semi-smooth but very thin shape. Think Hagrid's hut!! [LEGOSet 4754] I haven't really tried it myself but I think with a bit of imagination (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ross, I have yet to try the SDBW configuration, however if I add all the counterweihgts to the Superlift, the crane will hold the boom off the ground at 0 degrees. The only reason i use the wheels is to ease the stress on the motors, and to (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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As a general rule, retail district managers aren't the brightest people. I would suggest going above this DM's head to an operations chief, appear in dispair, and you may even get a $100 gift card for the mess. Or, if you're so inclined, go to a (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I went shopping yesterday. The KB in Chandler Arizona had some soldout sets. Any way I asked the DM that was in the store and asked him if I wanted to buy a few dozen of the sets that I had in my hand would he stop the sale. He replied NO I (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Man, can I please borrow your nice smooth level driveway????? But seriously, nice job. I think 20 feet should be possible, it's better to add the extra length to the luffing jib, because that reduces the weight you need to raise (1/2 the extra (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Alvin Brant wrote: (snipped) Wow. So what are the non LEGO things in it? The weights, obviously, and I'm assuming the string. The wires from the control switches on the 9V train controller and the snakecable covering them, (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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(...) well i don't know if i should commit you to an isilum or add you to my "dude that rock's, MOC list" but your model is completly awsome. as the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words: (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Good Afternoon All. I was just curious if anyone could tell me if there is any record for the tallest lego crane model? I have just completed the first set up of my own version of a Liebherr LR-11200 Crawler Crane that is 18 feet tall (almost 6 (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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Happy New Year all! Un Bonne & Heureuse Annee! Ein gesundes rutsch ins Neues Jahr! (Hoffentlich wird 2005 ein besseres Jahr wie 2004). I know that 2004 has brought about a lot of differences among AFOL's. Let's just agree to disagree, and try not to (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: help/tip for building strange forms
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"Kevin Heckel" <saltczar@msn.com> wrote in message news:I9H1Mo.2AM@lugnet.com... (...) have a (...) and (...) Well, I just sat me down and started building from the ground up, only using the picture above as a guideline. But I'm not too happy with (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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A few months ago one of the AFOL's brought to my attention the fact that 12 spoke red train wheels were not produced for sale, and yet they show up in 1968-75 Lego brochures and books. I was unaware just how much this "faux pas" existed in old Lego (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well Eric Strand brought this to my attention. These are the rare 1x1 round oil drums I was talking about: (URL) EBAY auction also shows the old 50's (earliest of 4 variations) Esso Pumps, and old 50's (earliest of 3 variations) Esso sign. The (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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Michael, I worked at KB Toys back in my college years (1996-1998) and the poicy at the time was that we (KBToys) had the top toys that others did not. At the time that was the Hasbro Star Wars Figures, Hot Wheel Cars, and off course the Holidy (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This is such a bizarre story.... perhaps you should contact your local TV news station. Most cities have "problem solvers" type news reporters who find stories that they try to solve, usually against corrupt businesses. But this one would make (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This all sounds crazy --- but hey, it's a big world with lots of crazies! The average retailer would die for a customer who steadily $500 to $1500, espeically week after week. Heck, a customer like would get special treatment most places. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) things like this is Erik Olson's (URL) spheroid generator>. You could probably get some decent shapes by playing with that and plaster them together in LDraw. I hope you have a (URL) LOT> (URL) of> (2 URLs) plates> in the same color for this (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Marc Nelson Jr." <legomarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:I9G985.CzI@lugnet.com... (...) stores (...) the (...) This is fairly easy to verify; KB Toys has posted the list of stores scheduled to close. The list is here: (URL) Either that, or (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | help/tip for building strange forms
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I have seen some pictures on Brickshelf of buildings with strange formed roofs or strange shaped walls like this: (URL) I want to build a model of a building from my hometown that also have a strange formed roof. You can see some picture of it here: (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Michael Hall wrote: (interesting story...) Hard to believe, even for KB. I thought they actually sold OVER retail in some cases? TRU used to give a small discount if you bought over 1000 USD at a time, if you knew to ask for it. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, that's certainly wacky, but I can offer one possible interpretation based upon my limited experience in retail. I worked at a small game/hobby store from 97 through 99 that sold a lot of role-playing games (among other stuff). One (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.general, Michael Hall wrote: SNIP (...) I've noticed recently that a few of the nearby KB locations (in Baltimore/Central MD) have looked really empty. My guess is that these stores are on the chopping block for closure - although this has (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oh, what the hay. I don't want to get any of the employees at the stores in trouble, because they are all really friendly and great people, but I will release the store name anyway. The assistant manager, who is my favorite, is leaving anyway. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) For a while, they were sending lots of sets and I was buying a good deal of them. The shelves weren't close to empty and I would leave some for the kids to buy. For some reason, that changed about three or four weeks ago, when they stopped (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I agree with Dave, this is crazy, I think it might even be considered silly or rediculous. If you are actually paying retail as you say I can't see why they would care how much you bought. From your description I have to assume this is either (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow, that's CRAZY. I guess maybe I could see them worried about the stocking situation-- since IIRC Toys R Us managers can't control their inventory, they just get what's sent to them (assuming this is TRU or some store with a similar policy). (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Okay, here’s a kicker for you and I’m wondering if anything like this has happened to anyone else. I just got back from my local toy store (I won’t name which one yet) and was told that I couldn’t by large amounts of Lego from them anymore. This (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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LUGNET administration has always had the ability to temporarily or permanently suspend the posting privileges of a user or member. In the past this has been only very rarely used. The mechanism for doing so was such that only Todd (or for a time, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) for me [LEGOSet 7317] for my son [LEGOSet 4561] (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) Holiday Greetings! I pre-spent anticipated Christmas money and bought a 10133 Burlington Northern Santa Fe GP-38 Locomotive and a 10029 Apollo Lunar Lander for myself from S@H. My 7 year old son got the Lupin's Classroom and Sirius Black's (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004)
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(...) Hmm... Perhaps I should mention that (URL) "Just Build"> is a MegaBloks trademark. Not that I'm complaining! Dave! FUT: lugnet.don't.flame.m...ing.a.joke (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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None for me :-( but my son (age 8) received the 8781 Castle of Moricia from Santa. Pretty cool for an 8-year old, but WAY juniorized IMO. While he's at grandma's this week, I think I'll show him how the gate-top arch POOP should be done. He's also (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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SNIPPY (...) a few more to the list from one of the Trains folk (Though I bet there'll be others wanting to add more): 1 x 2 tile grille 1 x 6 plate with train wagon end technic flex straw train bases (the split-level one in particular would be (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I got #10124Wright Flyer, #10133 BNSF Locomotive, #10029 Lunar Lander, and #10157 High Speed Train Locomotive. A very sweet haul!! A short list of comments now that I've already built all four models. #10124 Wright Flyer A nice model that's very (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004)
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OK, TLG angered a number of AFOL's. TLG won't go back and tell Maersk that they cannont commit to their order. So they will produce more of the 10152's. Without getting into the dark blue controversy, is there anything that they could do for AFOLs (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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I almost forgot to mention flesh colored minifigs and all these minifig painted heads. Two dots and a smile was all I needed... (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't think the mood here is "LEGO can do no wrong", nor should it be. Constructive feedback is good and LEGO should welcome it. However the mood here, (my read only on this) is that there is less tolerance for people repeating the same (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Between the three of us this year, we made out pretty well. To Me: 628 - Extra Large Grey Baseplate (Can't have enough of these) + 630 - Brick Separator (Handiest piece ever made) + 4790 - Alpha Team Robot Diver (In my stocking) + 4851 - The (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) We should make our voices be heard, because even if we're not Lego advisors the company thinks enough of us to have some presence here. If they change things and no one says anything, then they will take it as a sign that everything's ok or (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In short, I agree with most of the things written in the post, and agree that perhaps the best way to deal with everything is to "Just Build" but the one thing that I am having a problem with is the following: (...) The many problems that have (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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Looky here, I have sat here and read all these posts about how we need to stop whining about The Lego Company. The latest is that we should "just build". That is all fine and dandy, but it is painfully obvious the changes in TLC all seem to be (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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This was a pretty good Christmas (LEGO-wise) for my whole family. Between me, my wife, and our two boys we ended up with [LEGOSet 4335] [LEGOSet 8800] [LEGOSet 8799] [LEGOSet 4505] x2 [LEGOSet 4506] [LEGOSet 4507] [LEGOSet 10149] [LEGOSet 3618] (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) (2 URLs) Toa Hordika Whenua> (2 URLs) Prehistoric Creatures> Since I don't really care for the look of the new Toa Hordika (although my kids dig 'em big time)... (2 URLs) Problem solved. (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) Well, what I got, I put up for offer in my Bricklink store. Does that sound bad? I came up with a personal axiom for myself this past year, which is, "when you are in debt, you really own nothing." I am close to being free of debt, though - (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004)
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(...) 3 figs and a shuttle pilot keyring from secret santa. ROSCO (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) Happy Holidays to you as well, It was a lovely Lego HAUL for me son and I. Andy "Blue Brick" (my oldest) received a motor set, a rotation sensor, 2 Mars Exploration Rover sets (7471), and NBA Challenge (3432). For me, the lego gifts started (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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