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(...) This is a legitimate concern. Yanick Fournier (URL) posted> a helpful heads-up a little while back on this very issue (albeit for a competitor brand) and I posted my observations on a price increase of some 15% at my local KMart. I don't track (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club makes it's custom table system using white vinyl coated hardboard for the surfaces and 1.9 inch diameter black ABS pipe for the legs. That's ABS as in the same stuff that LEGO is made of. When we first started (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thank you everyone for helping out with the survey. This is available until August 1st at which point it will be formatted and sent to LEGO. The survey is available on other forums most of which are populated with a younger crowd. Please add some (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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cutting and pasting the part in photoshop despite the 4x2 being a slightly darker shade, the plate fits precicely over the lower plate. The shadows on the plate match up too. Phil's definately correct on that one .. but then I've never known Phil to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That excellent translation is obviously much better than the computer/web translation I tried. I liked the literal translation vs. loose translation notes. Thanks Allan! Eric (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Eric, I knew you would enjoy them. Here is a translation I received via email from Allan Johansen. <begin email from Allan> It is indeed Danish. A translation would be: The idea behind the centrally depicted plastic city plan* is to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yah, but i was wondering, or secretly hopping that it'd reach mass retail in the U.S. and Canada! I recall now that it might have been pushed back a year in our market... What i'd really like are some definitive answers regarding product (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's too funny... lol I like how you felt the need to justify that! That made me smile. Well done. :-) --==Richard==-- (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Phil! (I sent him an email and asked him to check this thread out.) I was hoping that there would be a new (old) "undiscovered" Lego part. But what you say makes sense. The photo does look somewhat awkward in that regard. But how do you (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have studied the advert again closely, and am of the opinion that this piece does not exist. I think it's a printer's creative mistake, done just to improve the composition of the graphics (and to confuse historians in the future ;-). a) The (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Scans look great! Eric (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: AoJT3: Johnny Thunder and the King of the Gypsies (Update July 4)
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Here's another update, just in time for Indepedence Day (take that Britain :P ): (URL) whole gypsy-otic gallery: (URL) Steve (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) Surely you include LEGO's new "Lil' Pirates" line, or whatever it's called, in your critique? One of the new Pirates Jr. ships has only 140 pieces. (...) You're showing your age, Kirby! I don't think that multi-hued pics and graphics bother (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Richard Noeckel wrote: snip (...) According to Jake, Vikings will be available from Shop at Home in North America. These sets just became available on many European SAH's and will probably be at US SAH soon. I do agree that not (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I agree, the dragons themselves are, well, sculptured giant-figs. They aren't bricks. (...) Well, MB hasn't figured out more isn't better for the palette. Instead of having a global palette with, say, two dozen colors in it (which LEGO even (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Eh, I don't like the Dragon product line. The occasional special piece in a kit is great (Bionicle pushes the limits of good taste, but doesn't break them), the Dragon line is hard to be considered bricks at all. From what I've seen, there are (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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I just put scans of a Mursten catalog/phamplet at: (URL) would like some help translating the inside of the phamplet, to me it looks Danish, but that is just a guess. In case you cant read the text, here it is: Ideen med den i midten afbildede (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have those four, SPECERIER and POST with red letters, TOBAK with black and cursive, GARAGE with thin black letters. Are they for different versions of the set, or where the letters of different style on the different signs? (...) I think (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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(...) As Janey said. Artificial stone. Looks like stone, feels like stone, heavy as stone. I got one of the smaller boxes from the factory as thanks for my CAD program, and I was very intrigued when I got a message from the post office about a quite (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I personally don't know - but Lugnet DOES have a forum for discussing Megabloks and other clone brands: (URL) . You'll probably get more information there. -Lenny :followups to o-t.clone-brands (21 years ago, 3-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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