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Kelly McKiernan wrote in message ... (...) found (...) Wow. Apart from the greatness of the model, that is a truly mind-boggling number of minifigs. When I did my (by comparison tiny, but 40" x 30") stadium it was amazing how many figs it took to (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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(...) I'd seen earlier pix and was duly impressed, this is pretty spectacular. I found some images and closeups on a German web site, try this: (URL) are image gallery links about halfway down, where it says "Fotogalerie zur Stadioneröffnung am (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland) !
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Just saw this photo: (URL) million pieces+ Wow. If anyone has seen links to higher res photos/details I'd love to see them. Eric (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Jason Spears wrote: SNIP I just went (URL) here>, and interestingly, the MOCPages logo has changed. Maybe the sites getting a makeover? Either that or that's the original version of the logo, and I'm confused. Legoswami (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Oooops, just realised the catalog is probably colour, and all colour copiers are digital (AFAIK). So yes, you can probably tell with enough magnification. ROSCO (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Depends on the copier. Most cheaper modern copiers use a digital printer-style engine to generate the copies, so you will see the pixelation at high magnification. However older ones transferred the image non-digitally, and many newer (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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I received a 1964 Danish catalog from a European collector recently. Since I got if for free (after buying some other items), I thought it was great. The one sheet (two sided) catalog is in such great condition, I was wondering if it wasn't a (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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But they aren't making them. At least, not the ones you linked to on BL. Note the one on Brickshelf is placed into a palmtree base, whereas the older ones had their own bases. The one on Brickshelf is most likely handmade. I'd believe that, (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LEGO used to make these kinds of trees and bushes decades ago. Check out: (4 URLs) Since they haven't been in any sets for quite some time, and they were never all that abundant to begin with, those granular types of trees are pretty hard to (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey gang, On May 9th, LEGO had an exhibit at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference. Jeff Stabile and I had the honor of being asked to help out with this exhibit. LEGO was receiving an award celebrating the 50th year of the system (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general) !!
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