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(...) Even selective compression is a form of that. If you can EVOKE the look of (for example) Cincinatti Union Terminal without having as many tracks or asmany columns on the front of the headhouse, you've succeeded artistically, I feel... Evoking (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) He has: (2 URLs) I don’t think fundrasing drives are a viable long-term option (we need somewhat reliable monthly cashflow), we certainly will not turn away impromptu sponsors!" Clark (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sure it is. If it's not a *high* point for Ham, he's using the bong incorrectly.(1) (...) Art is in the eye of the beholder. If a piece does the things that art is supposed to do (instill emotion, make one think, make one wonder) it's art. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) No, I see where you're going. The minute it's 'any-town' instead of 'town-xyz', you've gone from being someone who objectively (so to speak) observes things around them and then builds stuff accordingly, to someone who interprets what he sees (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think an even better title would have been King Kong vs The Gilmore Girls! I was never really sure where to place minifig building amongst everything. Then I overheard Lar talking to the crowd about the train display at HoB. They kept asking (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I once found a book about Lego at my local library, see my old message: (URL) and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen' (actually in Swedish), ISBN 91-972715-8-6] Stated as facts in this book are: 1947 - LEGO Billund A/S buys it's first injection mold (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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I have three different versions of this set, and am wondering if there are any more? I have the Boeing 727 (698), the Lufthansa promotional (1560) and the Sterling promtional 727 (1552). Are there any others? (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Geoff Lilleker also has some speculation about Lego purchasing the rights from Kiddicraft. Seems a little less biased but I'm not sure what is true. Select Kiddicraft or Lego from this page: (URL) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had some extra time at work on Friday. Yeah, that's my excuse. :) Since your movies are in quicktime I used quicktime viewer's "copy" feature to capture screenshots. Then I pasted and cropped each screenshot using a simple image viewer and (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary: This court case was remarkable for GKCs testimony that the original Lego block was in fact a copy of the Kiddicraft block. There is a summary (which is VERY biased) on the Best-Lock site: (URL) the expiration of Lego's major patents they (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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