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(...) As Joe said, I don't think the issue would be with the instructions themselves-- plus, the gallery is what generates the heaping swaths of traffic from what I understand. Not that the instructions don't generate their own heaping swath, it's (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "mock" is already a word, so I propose we pronounce it like "smoke" and "choke" ~Kevoh (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure what a Bionicle avatar is, but I do agree that bandwidth is likely the major expense. (...) Right. And, while I'm not disparaging Kevin's efforts -- Brickshelf has been a valuable service to the community for years -- its (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Renaming be damned! I like old-school, old-time. (Eddie Shore!) Signed, An AFOL who builds MOCs who also may be a Curmudgeon, JOHN (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Actually, the instructions on LEGO's website only represent recent sets. These instructions compliment those hosted on Brickshelf because of Brickshelf's self imposed rule of not accepting instruction scans from current and recent (1-2 years (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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ALE is Adult Lego Enthusiast, a newer (and preferred by at least some) term over AFOL. It's easier to pronounce as an acronym, sounds less stilted when you say it in words, and is generally more accurate too. See (URL) for the thread where it was (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ALE is Adult Lego Enthusiast, a newer (and preferred by at least some) term over AFOL. It's easier to pronounce as an acronym, sounds less stilted when you say it in words, and is generally more accurate too. See (URL) for the thread where it (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) TLG's instruction database is pretty incomplete, though. For example, their themes list doesn't contain Pirates at all, and when I tested a particular Pirate set (6285, Black Seas Barracuda), they had no instructions for it. I think it's great (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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Ok, Lego does its own job of hosting instructions at: (URL) TLG was funding BrickShelf, I can see why they would drop this duplicate expense. My questions are: What instructions on BrickShelf are not duplicates of the TLG ones? Is TLG committed to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The selection at the PAB is fairly poor. There are maybe 30-40 different bins and are usually 2x2 bricks and larger, wheels, rubber tires, and windows (windshields). Once in a blue moon, there may be some transparent parts. They do carry some (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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I've got a co-worker that will be visiting the Mall of America soon... Does anyone know what the current selection of parts/colors sold in the Mall of America Pick-A-Brick? Thanks! --Mike. (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
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Hi Kishin, Welcome back! What's your favorite theme to build? Bruce (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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Think this year is going to be the same ol' (URL) Think that you can put off coming a year? Well, we have some news that might make you reconsider! The BrickFest organizers have invited a number of representatives from the LEGO Group to attend, and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !!
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(...) It's a new acronym that's being tossed around to replace 'AFOL'-- ALE = "Adult Lego Enthusiast" (...) I don't think disk space is really the issue so much as bandwidth. IIRC he filled up 2 T1's easily, which ain't cheap. People use BrickShelf (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks everyone for the welcome everyone and expect to see some MOCs from me soon ;) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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My comments for now: ALE - it is not here - (URL) idea what ALE is, I do know what a AFOL is. How about a free account with a certain amount of free pictures? That way one can have some few pictures there, and sort them if one wants to keep the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds fantastic, Gary. I'll certainly buy a copy of that. I think I can speak on behalf of ALEs everywhere when I say, thanks for your efforts. Best, - Joe (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are several old advertisement and catalog scans available for viewing here: (URL) 1972 JCPenney catalog scan by David Shifflett is notable for the 1252 piece "bulk" set which Gary talks about. (URL) of these mail-order sets were not (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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Financially troubled Danish toy maker LEGO® Holdings is about to sell four of the biggest bricks in its empire — its LEGOLAND theme parks. Danish media have speculated that Blackstone Group, a New York-based private equity firm is close to an (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Thank you for the correction. I joined the community back in about 1994 on RTL, and now that you mention it, I remember to have heard of an alt.toys.lego, although not more than hearsay. (...) Well, just do it. Wikipedia is a new encyclopedia (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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