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Announcing the all new LUGNET .Underground page: ===...=== (2 URLs) The LEGO “Underground” theme seemed to have never quite reached it’s full potential... kind of like a ‘diamond in the rough’. I felt that the one official subtheme (Rock Raiders) (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.announce, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) The March 2005 issue of LEGO life Company Newspaper has an article on this wonderful model. Here are some excerpts: Naturally, this special illumination had to be recreated in the LEGO model - but that's when the problems began to crop up. (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | Re: Helmet Old with Thin vs. Thick Chinstrap
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(...) Thank you Clark for your very good explanation! You are very helpful! I can't say if my CS sets were bought during the 1987, later or earlier! And if I bought them later, it was anyway possible that those sets were produced during the earlier (...) (21 years ago, 15-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | A Heartfelt Thank You
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Last week, we (the LEGO Fan Organization Committee) announced a new version of our web site. A lot of people have come there and started using it. The response has been wonderful. Yesterday afternoon, I sent a post about a survey we are running (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Your chance to win a Death Star
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OK, I went back and created a new account, and think I see what happened. The very first page you see when you do this has nothing on it but a year-of-birth pop-up, and a "Proceed" link. I was eager to take the survey and skimming quickly, and I (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) The original building is very nice by night, when the lights can color the stadium with red, white and blue. Here you can see some pictures: (URL) "Beleuchtungstest in Bildschirmgröße") I think the most beautiful is the one with the color of (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | Re: Your chance to win a Death Star
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"Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:IGG74z.x7@lugnet.com... (...) Hi Joe, This is all to do with the date of birth you specified when you signed up. If you are under 14, the LEGOFan site will not collect your email address, just a (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Your chance to win a Death Star
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(...) Well, you may want to go back. I just started an account, and it asked for both my real name and an email address. No nickname. They must have realized what you realized. John (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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(...) white tire with a huge chunk missing. Gary Istok (21 years ago, 14-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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| | Re: Your chance to win a Death Star
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(...) How exactly are you going to do that? To take the survey, I had to pick a nickname and a password. That's it. No email address, no snailmail address, I wasn't even asked for my real name! So how, exactly, are you going to ship me my prize if I (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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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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| | Re: LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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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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| | LEGO Stadium in Guenzburg, Germany
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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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| | Re: MOCpages Down for the Count?
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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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| | Re: Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
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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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| | Re: Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
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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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| | Original vs. Copy: Printed Lego Items
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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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| | Re: Granule bushes
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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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| | Re: Granule bushes
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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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| | Exhibit at the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference
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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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