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A post in the Toronto newsgroup about building a concrete home has put an idea in my head, and now it won't leave me alone. Maybe spitting it out here will make the voices shut up. :) The idea: could some enterprising company (ideally, TLC) develop (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If anything, Lego will enjoy all the free marketing from "HCA2005" which has been building up steadily since last year. (URL) you did not know that April 2, 1805 was Hans Christian Andersen's birthday (not Danny Kaye's) you do now... or that (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not primarily. The Snow Queen is part of a series of sets to celebrate the famous danish fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen. Yours, Christian (21 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) snip Hi Bruce, a guy called ImperialJohn on Eurobricks claims Lego has invested in new machinery capable of producing two colour blends, he claims it is also capable of combining different types of plastic, so maybe we can all look forward to (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Wikipedia info on Lego
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Looks like some folks took the time to collect info on Lego: (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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You're right. Good catch (also to Ray on the LURP). Do you think this is actually two different tones of plastic, or something we could all duplicate with existing trees and a can of white spraypaint (I suspect the latter)? Anyone else think the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) If you look closely at the S@H large picture, it appears that the LURP may also be two toned (white and aqua). Ray (21 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Hello! (...) Yes, that's a real item. I doubt, though, it will be released in other sets as well. LEGO is world champion in "Releasing anything usefull in just one set". :-) Bye Jojo (21 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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I mentioned this in a reply to another post, but I only had one answer and I haven't seen anyone else comment about it, so I thought I'd mention it again. Has anyone else looked closely at the new Bellville Ice Queen set ? In the background is a fir (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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i just rewrodt the post with all the new pictures included hungarian horntail set & underwater challenge set: (URL) ship: (URL) scene: (URL) box art and a small set (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-05, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nuernberg 2005 Show Pictures
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I had the pleasure of walking through LEGO's exhibit at Nuremberg on opening day of Spielwarenmesse. I took no pictures (technically, photos are 'verboten' at the tradeshow -- or so it says on the access badges). The Star Wars area had a life sized (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: some views of the goblet of fire sets
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(...) Hallelujah! It's about time we got another crab. Thanks for the pics, Jeff! (21 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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hungarian horntail set & underwater challenge set: (URL) ship: (URL) scene: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Awww, man! Why do the girls get all the cool stuff! :-D
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"Ken Bailey" <kmbailey@paradise_N...M_.net.nz> wrote in message news:IBsJ6E.1KCJ@lugnet.com... (...) lime (...) Fir (...) real and (...) It looks real to me! This is like the perfect piece for any seasonal display! Seems like TLG is experimenting a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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I was browsing BrickLink this morning and saw this post- (URL) a straight link to the show pics- (URL) of the close-ups are out of focus) Adr. (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Awww, man! Why do the girls get all the cool stuff! :-D
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(...) snip Has anyone checked the Snow Queen set closely ? It looks like a two toned Fir tree in the background - white top with green lower branches. If thats real and not fake, I reckon it will end up in high demand. (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| | Need help identifying set
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I having some trouble identifying a set I purchased in the late 1990s. I'm pretty sure it was a freestyle set, but it came with a strange base, shown here: (URL) base didn’t have any studs, just spaces to place one 16x24 base plate and three 8x16 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Awww, man! Why do the girls get all the cool stuff! :-D
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Man, the color variations on certain parts in these sets just make me lime green with envy! Why do the girls' sets have such cool parts? More importantly, why don't these sets show up on store shelves? I know I'd shell out (no pun intended given the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: all new sets again
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(...) (URL) Brickset>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general, FTX)
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the new sets go with a fairytale theme again but with real fairytales like the princess and the pea. the thing that really amazed me was the mermaid castle. (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| | AJoT3 Preview
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(URL) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Transparent Baseplates found in display
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(...) Keep your eye on BrickLink, and eBay, they appear there from time to time. Unfortunately you are not the only person who craves some, (raises hand) so they tend to be spendy and (in the case of BL) go fast. (21 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Transparent Baseplates found in display
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I absolutely, positively, have to have one of those. I need something to represent the XY plane in my 3D class, and the regular green/gray baseplates aren't cutting it (the XY plane in my CAD systems is transparent). I end up using a piece of plexi, (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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I was at the Bellevue LEGO store a few days ago and they had a new type of display up: an area for people to play with various sets that they are selling. I think it's a good idea. Most of the models were partially built. Unfortunately there (...) (21 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ancient Lego Windows
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(...) Note also in Eric's catalog diagram there are 3 other classic tall windows, a 1x3x3 (it looks like a 1x2x2), a 1x6x3 with shutters (the catalog incorrectly shows the shutters as unpainted, in this instance they are red) and also a 1x6x3 3 pane (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Moonbase Brewery
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I've finally started to add the MOCs that I made a while ago but never put on the site. Come take a look at my never quite finished (URL) Moonbase brewery/bot factory.> More to come soon! (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> :: lego weblog (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Ancient Lego Windows
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(...) Here is a 1x6x4 window along with an excerpt from the 1953-54 Danish catalog showing the piece. (URL) Eric (21 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Ancient Lego Windows
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Eric Strand brought this EBAY auction item to my attention. (URL) is an early Lego spare parts pack for Lego windows/doors from 1954-56. And it looks quite interesting. The windows/doors are the variety made from 1949-56 without glass. The (...) (21 years ago, 7-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hi happy builders, when I saw nfranke's cathedral ((URL) was struck by the fact that by a quit simple misdirection you could make the arches appear less round and more pointed. If you look at the middle part of his (her?) cathedral, you see what I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.general) !
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Please forgive NPR's use of the incorrect term "Legos", but check out the neat stringed instrument made of LEGO bricks You can even listen to music from the instrument. This was featured on this morning's Weekend Edition Sunday. (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) AAA...AAAHHH...HHH! I shouldve mentioned I'm a purist! (pukes) But I guess I wouldn't mind taking it apart to FIX it.... Though for that I'd like to be sure that there was no other way to fix the bulb first... A last resort type thing. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2 different sliding doors
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(...) Might be worth checking if UV is a common acronym for anything in Danish. ROSCO (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: 2 different sliding doors
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(...) I have no idea myself, but prototype seems reasonable guessing to me. They may have decided that it required too fiddly of a position to cover the opening and that a wider opening was better... Thanks for sharing this, what ever it is! (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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| | 2 different sliding doors
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Hi, I already asked this question in the forum at 1000steine.de but nobody could give an answer, although there a many 12V hardcore fans. I also emailed a couple of fans but nobody has ever seen the door at the bottom of the picture: (URL) pic (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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If it's a non-functional bulb, I'd think this would be an ideal opportunity to experiment with it and take it apart, to see if you can fit in a new lightbulb. It shouldn't be that difficult to accomplish. Perhaps you can even redesign it so it takes (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) Yes, yes, I tried those things too. I have another bulb of the same age from the same set on the other end of my loco, powered by the same battery box, and it's working just fine. I tried going backwards on the connections; first I put the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) I have seen a 1 x 4 lightbrick with one of the bulbs fried. (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) Hi Samarth, I thought I read somewhere here on LUGNET that the lights are incandescent and will eventually give out. I'm not sure though. All hail hitechnic. e (21 years ago, 5-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(...) This may seem obvious, but if you're using a wire to connect it to a battery box, is it the wire? Does the battery box work properly? Does the battery itself work? Try checking out those parts too. -Bryan (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | HELP needed with non-functioning 1x2 light brick!
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(Not sure exactly where this should go) I have an old (say about 7-8 years old) electric light and sound brick 1 x 2 with top lamp that has never given me trouble until now. I tried clearing the muck off the contacts, rearranging it in various ways, (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.storage, lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Inside Tours announced
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(URL) tours of LEGO's Billund facility, as revealed by Jake at BrickFest 2004, are now being publicized on lego.com's press release page. USD$1,200 (excluding airfare) or a thousand Euros will get you the 2.5-day tour. Dates are May 26th-28th and (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Rarest Regular Lego Part....
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(...) Bill- One error we can attest to in the Ultimate LEGO Book is the picture of our son Thomas's 1992 LEGO World Cup model, which is presented reversed left-to-right. We figured it was for the convenience of the page layout. Funny, though, since (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Things you didn't know about Lego
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(...) Here is a picture of a 2x4 waffle plate in a 1967 Eaton's Canada catalog: (URL) (...) Here are some comparisons between the 1971 and 1972 box styles. The 1971 style says "LEGO by Samsonite" and by 1972 the SAMSONITE becomes much more prominent (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Things you didn't know about Lego
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I haven't posted in a while, since I have been busy trying to tie up the loose ends to the Lego CD. Eric Strand has found sooooo many new things that I didn't even know about, such as USA/Canada only department store sets only found in Mail order (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | "LEGOLAND - A Half-Life 2 Modification" needs a new name!
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Greetings, LEGO fans! I joined LUGNET in 2003 partly to (URL) get volunteers> to work on a LEGO-themed computer game. Mike Rayhawk of (URL) BrikWars> fame kindly joined the team, and together we and the other team members who came along set up what (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.fun, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Sacramento Brick Builders in the Sacramento Bee
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Hi all, A nice article on the Sacramento Brick Builders appeared in today's (Thursday, Feb. 3) Sacramento Bee. The Bee is the major daily newspaper for Sacramento, CA's state capital. Link to online version: (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.nv.ren, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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I wish TLC would make these parts. Seeing earlier discussions I think I'm not alone! I've attempted 3rd angle projection drawings, showing top, side and underside, despite not having a drawing package. Drawing these parts in Paint is eyestrain city! (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Western sets in Lego club newsletter ?
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(...) I took a look at the newsletter and it's now dated "Feb 2, 2005" - apparently the date on the masthead is not set but rather is based on Today's date. (21 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Michael Jackson's TRILLER - LEGO Version
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(...) Sorry but I was ONLY give the DIRECT LINK to the file by my friend via email. -AHui (21 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dirt Crusher 8369 - using more higher capacity battery pack
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(...) how did you charge it. you said you charged it twice. how did you know when to switch. (21 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Michael Jackson's TRILLER - LEGO Version
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"Mark Tarrabain" <markt@lynx.SPAMBLOCK.net> wrote in message news:IB629u.2278@lugnet.com... (...) Or a link to the site of the creators: (URL) (Click Weiter, Filme, Thriller and scroll to the bottom for your bittorrent) Or a link to the entry in (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Michael Jackson's TRILLER - LEGO Version
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(...) Wouldn't it have been wiser to have posted a torrent? >> Mark (21 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general)
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| | Michael Jackson's TRILLER - LEGO Version
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A friend of mine set me this link of Michael Jackson's TRILLER video done in LEGO! It's 13 min 43 sec long and well done except for the low res. Its still very cool and well done! (URL) -AHui A&M LWorks (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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(...) I too had the same dream but in a bit warmer climate. There used to be this old church for sale on Amelia Island in Florida that I thought would be a great location for a LEGO museum / shop. Of course I need to win the lottery or something so (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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I have contacted them about a week ago, they said they'd get back to me, but no contact since then. I'd love a place that I can reach in 2 hours, and where I can park my Lego collection. If this turns out to be a legit museum, I'll be more than (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Where has all the Maersk Blue gone?
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Well, I'm sure a large amount went into this (drool): (URL) (picture is a link) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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(...) Thanks! I want all sorts of stuff. Cool new MOCs and all sorts of other news like contests, forums and events all sound great. This is sort of an experiment so I'm open to many ideas. We'll see how it goes. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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(...) Hey Jon, Cool idea. What sort of thing are you looking for? Do you want every new cool MOC to go up, or more community news like contests, new forums, etc.? Bruce (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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I just added a news submission page to (URL) Zemi> that will let you submit your LEGO news to the weblog. The link is at the top of the Blog. One of my ideas is for the weblog to become a one-stop LEGO newsblog similar to sites like BOING BOING or (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: highlighting
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(...) I will answer the "can" questions and the "should" questions are just opinion. Yes, you "can" highlight your own post and yes Admins "can" highlight another Admins post. IMO as for "should", Admins are readers and part of the hobby as well, so (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Additions to my vocabulary
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Okay so this is the last straw.... Since joining into lugnet discussions I've learnt so many new words! (Not that I'm completely clueless), but still! Lookie: Esoteric: Lar and Tim Verklempt: Bianca Nebab Legorgasm: Eric Sophie Pastiche: Kelly (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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(...) Maybe the phrase "a place where most English-speaking communities connect" would be a more accurate term for LUGNET, since "center" does imply the other communities would orbit around LUGNET, which I don't think is accurate. So thanks for (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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I have three questions on highlighting. 1. Can one highlight one's own post? (I’m not a member, so I do not know). 2. Can Admin-A highlight Admin-B's Admin post? (should they be able to?) 3. Should Admins be able to highlight any post in any group? (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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(...) Hey, I just wanted to modify the original "LUGNET is pretty much the de facto center of the English-speaking AFOL community." to suggest that we're the center of the non-theme-specific English-speaking AFOL community. Perhaps I'm just being a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | A time of transition
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Hey all, This post is more of a way to collect my own thoughts than it is to express them to everyone, but it seems like the right thing to do since others may share my perspective and be happy to see that they're not alone. Depending on your own (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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Well stated! Cheers Oliver Play Well! "Kelly J. McKiernan" <kelly.mckiernan@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:IAwGCA.13Iw@lugnet.com... <snip> The house of LUGNET can be a (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Language Choices and LUGNET
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(...) Fear not, Political Correctness(TM) is not encroaching on LUGNET. I'm not sure how to equate "be respectful of each other" with my definition of political correctness, which is closer to "you must value what I value." I certainly don't expect (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Language Choices and LUGNET
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The issue of profanity on LUGNET has raised many hackles, and I can't say I blame most of the people who have expressed unhappiness. The rules are vague, the punishments appear somewhat arbitrary, the entire reason for having language guidelines (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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(...) I asked the seller a question through ebay and received the following answer. Eric ---...--- We are looking for anything Lego. If you have a collection you wish to donate send it to: Dan Brown c/o Old First Ward School 1731 Belmont St. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Glad for the return
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(...) To quote the late, great Johnny Carson: "I did not know that!" Thanks for posting this, Joshua. It appears that "tender loving care" can have its acro back;-) JOHN (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Glad for the return
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That "LEGO Company" thing never really took with me. It was TLG all the way. Well, now we can go "back", it looks like. (URL) my perspective: Yay! -- joshua (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Civil War!
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(...) That's "War Between the States", ya Yankee! And I'll send Boris and Natasha after you if you even think about swivel-hipping your way outta this. :-) Gray: 'Merican. Or maybe rebel. Wait, that implies "civil war". Dang, this gets (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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(...) I'm sorry, but are you implying that Lego was first made in Ohio, like the baseball bat comes from Cooperstown, NY? Maybe it is near Samsonite! (21 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Problems with Lugnet and Peeron
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(...) Hi, you may be right. Pair has a similar traceroute and the same timeout at hop #11. It's not temporary. It's since weeks. Ronald (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Problems with Lugnet and Peeron
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(...) XFUTting to .admin.general, seems more appropriate. (...) From your traceroutes, I can't see anything really wrong - 150ms round trip should be quite reasonable. Not sure why it's taking you so long to connect though. Especially since once (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Problems with Lugnet and Peeron
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(...) My first guess would be Pair. Both Lugnet and Peeron are hosted through Pair, whereas BrickLink, BrickShelf, FBTB, and others are hosted elsewhere. It's possible that Pair is having a temporary issue with their network. To test, you might be (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Vintage LEGO / Samsonite LEGO catalog scans
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I've recently updated my vintage Lego page with some new scans. If you are interested in sets from the 1950's and 1960's you might find something useful: (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Problems with Lugnet and Peeron
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Hi all, I didn't find a better group, so I post it here: I have problems reaching www.lugnet.com and www.peeron.com. It takes a lot of time till any page begins to load. But when a page starts loading, it goes quick. My connection is fast, via 2 (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO museum in Ohio?
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(...) That was my guess too. If it were Lego doing the organizing, they'd probably aim for a larger "vacation area" spot (balanced with cheap real estate of course), but considering how this looks more privately run, it's probably what they could (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Probably the fact that the owners/curators live in the area and found a building on the cheap there. I would imagine there's a slightly smaller following for Lego than there is for football, baseball, or basketball (HoF in Springfield, MA, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in Canton because one of the most dominant football franchises of the early days was the Canton Bulldogs. The baseball hall of fame has a slightly more (URL) convoluted history>. But it has history. What (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The same reason the professional baseball and american football hall of fames are in out of the way spots? -Orion (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's what I was thinking also. Why would you put it in the middle of "no where" (no offense to anyone that lives in that area) but you would want it in a location that people would visit on a trip or something. I also find it strange that (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) The bid is listed as being from Bellaire, Ohio which is way down south-east on the border with West Virginia, across the river from Wheeling. An interesting and very out-of-the-way place to put a museum. I'd think that TLC would be interested (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Most curious ebay placement. The picture of the school building almost looks like one of those old postcards (like from the 40s or 50s). Otherwise, I dunno. Ray (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I ran across this listing on eBay: (URL) museum. DISPLAY, Statue, and DONATIONS NEEDED > We are going to open a LEGO museum. We need TONS of blocks, displays, and any other lego "stuff" we can come up with. Presenters gain a place in HISTORY. We are (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I absolutely love it! I am such a Bond fan. I've been thinking about doing some Bond MOCs, and am a bit jealous that you beat me to it. I bought the rerelease of the Breezeway Cafe specifically to get the waiter torso, to make Bond in a tux. And, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snipped image) Evan, great MOCs. The Rolls is my favorite. KR (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Silly me, I missed your post. Thanks for the Link. Shame you don't have a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. website to back it up like Evan does with is LEGO07 site though. You super-villian-wannabe you. You probably don't even like persian cats. That's why (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That Rolls is awesome! The building instructions are very nice. Cross posted to .Adventurers. -Elroy (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for sharing these! I especially liked the Phantom and have snagged a copy of your pdf... (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Err...Ummm...did you miss something, Mark? I did that last week: (URL) By the way, love the Bond MOCs. As you can see, I have a particular affinity for the genre, though from the other side :) Adrian (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I'm finally getting around to putting together a website for my models (with the help of Todd Thuma) and I'm looking to the lego community for your help. If you have any good pictures of either my cathedral at Brickswest 2002 or Brickfest 2004, or (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hehe, allllllRIght! There's some huge potential for MOCs here. Are you planning on doing viginettes? I'd presonally love to see a Bond minifig on the table with the lazer coming to get him. ("No Mr. Bond. I expect you to DIE!") Or perhaps the scene (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) small snip. Evan, Went over to the link above and was expecting some pics and a small set of instructions....but got a lot more! You did a great job on building the models, but the best things were what you wrote about how you built each (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not next, but I did just get a Lego Supercar (Set 8880) just to convert to an Aston Martin DB5. Obviously, that will be a much larger project and may take some time. (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks like a good start. Is an Aston Martin next? (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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I have posted three of my James Bond Lego models at CommanderBond.net The models posted so far are the Lotus Sub from The Spy Who Loved Me, the Moon Buggy from Diamonds Are Forever, and the Rolls Royce Phantom III from Goldfinger. I have included (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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In lugnet.trains, Ken Nagel wrote: <snip> (...) Whereas I think I can see both sides of this issue, 1- Larry wasn't posting as an admon, he was posting as a user of LUGNET, justlike the rest of us, and 2- by the very fact that he mentioned o.t.fun (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.org.us.clb, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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