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Hi: With so many excellent recent Lego history posts I thought I would add my own 2 cents. This is information I have dug up while working on a Lego history website. My review of early Lego history has allowed me to construct a fairly complete (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Vintage Lego Commercials Online!
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(...) (old) stuff that I was not even aware of.... Awesome! Gary Istok (21 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What is ALE?
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(...) I thought ALE was a warm place reserved for agnostics like Dave! JOHN (trying to keep up with your barbarisms, Dave!) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What is ALE?
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(...) Scott, you've just pointed out why I don't care for that acronym. AFOL is fine by me! -Dave (21 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BimPCast for 3 June 2005
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(...) Excellent listen, as always, Steven. The Bimpcast fills a needed spot in the realm of podcasting. -Dave (21 years ago, 4-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Supporting Brickshelf so it doesn't go away!!!
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(...) Let's fill in the rest, shall we? "Due to the loss of our major sponsor, Instruction and Catalog scans are no longer available at Brickshelf.com." That says absolutely nothing about the (IMHO) more important issue of user pictures on (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: what is ALE?
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(...) LOL, probably won't help much against a good sharp broadsword either... ROSCO (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: what is ALE?
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(...) Dave, I got a good chuckle out of your knucklehead comments. Very funny! Eric (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Supporting Brickshelf so it doesn't go away!!!
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(...) Umm, excuse me? To quote from here: (URL) to the loss of our major sponsor,..." Exactly what English definition of sponsor are you using? Clark PS As for 'interest', the galleries are still online, the approvals of member's pictures are still (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) <snip> Another great and extremely useful application from Bob Kojima. I use his parts catalog program all the time. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Vintage Lego Commercials Online!
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In a post last September I wondered if the vintage Lego commercials shown at some Lego stores were available online. I haven't been able to find a source yet, but recently my good friend David Shifflett was able to capture a few on videotape. I've (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Supporting Brickshelf so it doesn't go away!!!
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(...) That's assuming that money is the problem. I'm not convinced of that, and Kevin certainly hasn't said so. In fact, he's said very little of anything at all, except that he may stop accepting uploads at some point. Of course I am only guessing, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Me, Myself, and The Brick
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howd all, well, I finished teaching my last Lego class for the University of Utah recently. Got my Masters degree and a fellowship to U Mich, so me and the fam and the lego are moving to Ann Arbor. I'd love to continue to teach Lego in that area, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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| | Supporting Brickshelf so it doesn't go away!!!
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(...) Brickshelf is already set up to accept monetary contributions. Details here: (URL) may donate with Paypal or mailed payment. Kevin even gives contributors some perks: 1) No adverts are shown to any veiwers of your folders ever. No adverts are (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: what is ALE?
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(...) That's a good point. If I were to hear a child described as "into trains," I would just assume that it meant Thomas, or maybe that he liked to watch his parents' train sets. More than being "accepted" as an adult hobby, I'd guess that it's a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | BrickFest Hosts the “Build the Trust” Adult LEGO Enthusiast’s Model Contest
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BrickFest Hosts the “Build the Trust” Adult LEGO Enthusiast’s Model Contest The BrickFest Team is proud to announce its participation in celebrating the LEGO Group’s 50th anniversary of its System of Play by hosting a competition for the adult LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) Outside linking to images could be something to cut out. (...) What about a free will funds drive like Peeron did? That seemed to work out for them. Is it feasible? (...) This would definitely drop the BandWidth cost. Most internet providers (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) Heh. I actually bought my kids about 50 pounds of legos off eBay. This was to let them have building blocks that were not Daddy's toys, er, Star Wars "Models". But we didn't have many instructions books. My son and I figured out which sets (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: what is ALE? (was Re: Brickshelf going away???)
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(...) I could write: AFOL whose LEGOs are MOC'ed And my spell check gives: A fool whose legs are mocked. (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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(...) IMHO another thing that I forgot to mention that gulps down a lot of space are pictures of official LEGO sets. I have got no idea why this is REALLY neccessary , since, if you want to inventory your collection, you've already got LUGNET, AND (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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