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Part 4: (URL) whole story: (URL) Steve (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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(...) Uhm, have you seen print-on-demand servcies such as www.cafepress.com or www.trafford.com? They do exactly that with t-shirts, mugs, books, CD's, etc. The paperwork/legal aspects of such a venture are easy to deal with following the Cafepress (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Facts and Figures - tolerance on part sizes
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Was Jake talking about the tolerances of the actual mould whereas the Lego facts are refering to the bricks themselves. The moulds would need to be much more accurate than the bricks that came out of them. Dunno, just a thought (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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(...) A good tradeoff might be to give designers credit toward future purchases of their own. That stays "within the system" - no checks to mail, etc. When a designer's model is purchased, that designer's account gets a credit. Very simple, right? (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego grafiti have emerged in Rome
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(...) That's a great stencil--I want one so I can do my livingroom using various colours! Well, maybe not, but I like it! Nice find! Dave K (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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(...) When a company does something outside its core competency, something infrequent, this is the kind of outcome to be expected. Maybe the Ambassadors could help with making serious building contests fairer. (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lego grafiti have emerged in Rome
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Hi all, Last i was on holidays in Rome ... somewhere near the colloseum and not far from some of the university buildings i saw lego grafiti: (URL) it's also on my brickshelf (URL) cheers, Didier (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | COLTC display at GATS in Columbus, Ohio Show Report
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The Central Ohio Lego Train Club (COLTC) recently completed our 2nd Home Town Great American Train Show (GATS). This event was our second largest show to date, with 32 full size tables (3x6 10" baseplates). There were many exciting moments, most (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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(...) I doubt there will be a percentage royalty given to set designers if the Lego Factory is ever opened to the general public. That would be a paperwork/legal nightmare to implement. Think more along the lines of today's Lego Mosaic (only 3D!). (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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(...) Mark and everyone- As the parent of two LEGO world champions (the 1992 LEGO World Cup, the 2000 LEGO Star Wars Galactic Challenge), I've seen both sides of what it's like to put heart and soul into these events and then win or lose. The bottom (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This doesn't line up with what Jake said about plate height tolerance last June: (URL) He said it was 3.2mm +/-0.1mm, twenty times the tolerance quoted above. What publication was the 0.005mm tolerance taken from - can the relevant part of it (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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(...) Glad to hear your designs might be available to purchase one way or the other. But that brings up an interesting question. Assuming a 5% royalty to the designer from sets created and sold through LEGO Factory, would it make financial sense to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Facts and Figures (A repost from Pause archive, by Jeff Crites, 1995)
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"Suz" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:ICFEqA.1yuy@lugnet.com... (...) One BIG snip. (...) -- (...) -- (...) may (...) 75 (...) __<>__ (...) (______) (...) | (...) | (...) | (...) | (...) | (...) | (...) | (...) |____| (...) __) (...) Some (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Factory Contest results
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Thanks for the kind words. I agree with you that the idea the Lego company has with regards to creating other sets would be a good one, given the substantial number of very nice creations that did not win. It would be nice to see some of my designs (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I actually voted for the pirate ship model but I have to agree with you that it is both wrong and suspicious that that person won for four entries. It was wrong, as you said, to allow one person to win more than once. It is suspicious that out (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) MEGA CUT (...) At this time I have to add nothing that I didn't write in my post ((URL)). I agree 100% with you. I hope TLC will do something because a builder can't win 4 times... it is not right. Regards, Luca (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Facts and Figures (A repost from Pause archive, by Jeff Crites, 1995)
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Return-Path: <crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:16:53 -0500 From: "Jeffrey T. Crites" <crites@staff.cc.purdue.edu> from LEGO's own publications: LEGO `FACTS AND FIGURES' ===...=== Here's some great information from `LEGO Facts & (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Factory Contest results
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Hi all, I'm sure most of you know that the Lego Factory contest ended on Monday and the winners have been announced. My son's design (car dealer) was in the running and it looked as if he was going to be one of the winners until early Monday (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Should we ask TLG to use correct USA Anniversary Year?
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Well here we are in 2005, and it is the 50th Anniversary of the Lego System of Play. And it is also the 50th Anniversary for Lego in Sweden. In the next 7 years there will be the 50th Anniversary of Lego in (2006) Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: 50 Years - Lego System of Play
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(...) OK, what confused me was that some of these things are still one piece today juniorization?), such as trees and roadsigns. And the 1:87 cars/trucks were in existence 7 years before any Lego wheels came out. So some of these things that might (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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