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I must be on a roll, but since I am hoping to have the story finished by the time school starts, I decided to up the ante a bit. So, here is a double dose of Johnny Thunder's Adventures: (URL) whole thing (thus far), when moderated: (URL) are (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: valuing lego for insurance purposes
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(...) I have my LEGO collection insured under a special collection agengy insurance. I tried to have my renter's insurance thru ALL STATE give me a quote but they did seem to understand that my collection of lEGO was worth $20,000. They wanted to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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HI, I bought a Futuron space set that has some of the white pieces yellowed. I checked the FAQ and will try soaking them in a bleach solution to restore the colour. I'm concerned about the printed pieces though. Does anyone have experience on this. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Johnny Thunder and Blackheart's Gold (Broken Links Fixed)
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Whoops! Here's the right ones: (5 URLs) The whole thing (thus far), when moderated: (URL) Comments are welcome, Steve (21 years ago, 7-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Johnny Thunder and Blackheart's Gold (Update 1/5)
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Yes, it was quick, but I had some free time, and thought since I went so long for the last ones, I'd do a double entry for today. Thus, Part VI is now ready for viewing: (5 URLs) The whole thing (thus far), when moderated: (URL) Comments are (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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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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| | Re: Johnny Thunder and Blackheart's Gold (Update 1/5)
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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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| | Re: Happy Holidays = LEGO under the tree
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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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