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(...) Because they are still the best construction toy on the market. (...) The quality is better than the clones. (...) Original space themes have largely been replaced with Star Wars. (...) I like the newer "generic" building sets as well as the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow Phil, that one is hard to top! (Phil and I talk frequently over Lego "anomalies", things that are not quite as one would expect them.) My favorite British error (I got this one from Phil several years ago), which is not really an error... (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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1) I like the colors and versitility. 2) Endless hours of creativity and possabilities. 3) FAR Too many single or limited-use elements. Bionicle if full of them. 4) Nice new colors. 5) Brick packs (bulk) in the cool new colors - dk red, dk green, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The most obvious one I can remember was the 1977 UK Catalogue said 67 on the front instead! Phil (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Woops, substitute "designer" in my post for "creator" Not enough coffee this morning... (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Open-ended play; that is, the ability to create what I want, limited only by imagination and the physical limitations of the bricks. Durability; I have Lego elements in my collection that are at least 30 years old, and they still work as they (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The are a great toy and I believe they have educational value and are just great to let your imagination run wild (...) The fact that no matter what I build if I dont like it I can change it and the fact they are so cool most of the times. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) having worked at the woodfield store i can tell you that it really depends on sales. that being said it also depends on when the company desides to ship product to the store. it's been known to take 3 months for a pick a brick shipment to come (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Flip, The PAB selection is a fluid thing. The selection change depends primarily how fast items are bought, then what they are replentished by. Sometimes, special items (1x2 trans clear) come in. When working on the CUT project (took a lot of (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You can create anything you want. It stimulates my creativity. (...) The quality of the bricks, that remain usable over many years. That bricks from the past still connect to the bricks of today. (...) Introducing odd colors available in only (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) --Anthony (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oliver, I've got some educated guesses at dates, including V-1869 and LE-21-66 here: (URL) think the -66 actually stands for 1966, but I'm not 100% sure. I would love to see your scans of 3551-CA (or host them with your permission). On the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes Oliver, it sounds very interesting!!!! The first one V-1869 is likely the 1963-64 Canadian Samsonite catalog. The LE-21-66 is the 1966 Canadian Samsonite Spare Parts list. "THE LEGO STORY" - 3551-CA is likely the 1968-69 Canadian Samsonite (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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G'Day Finally found my catalogue collection, I think i have some Samsonite from late 60's and early 70, but it is very hard to tell, i can not see any obvious copyright dates. I have a page of instructions, looks very old, Samsonite, prnted in (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I have 2 simple question to everyone reading. * When and how often does the pick-a-brick selection change at your local lego store? * And does anyone know of a store that has a pick-a-brick selection any were close to Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I was looking at a few old Lego catalogs, and I came across some errors that were made 25-30 years ago. Here's 2 examples.... Error #1) the 1977 German catalog.... (URL) is a nice 16 page catalog... but there is something missing.... 19 sets that (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Wow, David Eaton just pretty much hit the nail on the head... Here's my $0.02: (...) They're fun to play with, and they'll never go "out of style". I can pass them down to my kids in the future. (...) Best quality compared to other building blocks, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have to agree with Dave S on this one insofar as it's sort of mundane for many of us to answer these sorts of surveys. I would seriously be amazed if anything appears in this thread that hasn't been voiced before, or has ever gone to Lego (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They are the quintessential Schrodinger's cat. A big pile of bricks is *everything* waiting to happen. (...) Lasting interconnectivity. There's are very few parts that can't be connected to every other brick produced. Bricks made 20 years ago (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I know. I decided to make this survey for that reason exactly. I myself have complained or praised dozens of new things made by LEGO and the chances of anyone actually caring what I or anyone else thought about just about any topic was almost (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) With due respect, Dan, I think that an eleven-question essay test is a bit of a turn-off. I speak only for myself, but I've already articulated their likes and dislikes throughout this forum, and I'm reluctant to go through it again. I suspect (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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This is my final plea and I will be silent about this (I will post the results though) from now on. Lugnet isn't filled with little children. There are thousands, I think, of members here who have jobs, families, children, spouses and other things (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western)
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(...) Oh boy, sorry you had some many issues with the park, Maarten. That's a bummer. I've routed your notes to the General Manager of the LLD park. I'm not sure what the follow-up will be, but rest assured that your comments are in his inbox. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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From July 1 until July 11, 2005 we stayed in Germany. With our seasonpasses we paid several visits to LegoLand Günzburg (nine to be exact: we had planned many other excursions in the area but the kids didn’t like to sit in the car for hours every (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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(...) Yes, an automated web form would have been better in some respects but I don't know how to do that and as simple posts people can edit their responses if they want to. I don't want off the cuff answers, I wanted people to think about what they (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had LEGO products since I was a little child, and they've shaped my way of thinking. I'm a programmer, and bricks taught me how to think more efficiently about object oriented languages. (...) I like the concept of bricks, I always have. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd be great if there was a web form for this. I could pass it around to AFOLs that aren't in any of these communities that are featuring this survey. Also, maybe you should get this survey mentioned on the larger geek news websites, like (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I didn't originally reply to this because I prefer automated surveys, but since you need more input... (...) Bottom line - they're fun. They can be used to create just about anything, and you aren't limited to just what the instruction show. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I am planning on making it available to everyone. I wish more people would reply though. I planned on making a few pie charts and graphs concerning peoples similar responses and demographics. If there is enough data to do so that is. I will do (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Dan, I hope your compilation document will be available to us as well! It should be neat to see. (^^) -Suz (21 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's an eternal toy, I have bricks that are 30 - 35 years old and they are still compatable with the modern stuff. Lego creations are only limited by the imagination of the creator and as a result they've crossed galaxys, explored uncharted (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 1. I can build anything I can imagine. 2. No matter which "set" the pieces came in, all of them can be used collectively, to enable me to build whatever I want. (Exception: Special decorative pieces, such as Bionicle, I find to be too (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The elements form a brilliant system which I enjoy working with. (...) The careful engineering that goes into element design continues to adhere to the system specifications while expanding building possibilities. (...) I continue to be (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm sorry. your membership will be taken care of shortly. ...things have been a little crazy around here. -Suz (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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For anyone interested in plans for building a Frank Lloyd Wright replica, or just understanding the patterns at work in them, there is an excellent book. William Storrer's Frank Lloyd Wright Companion has re-created floor plans and photographs of (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Hi, I'm new to the Lugnet community. I paid for a membership to Lugnet over a week ago using Paypal, but I haven't received any confirmation about my membership number or anything. I've already sent a couple of emails, but haven't received a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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As I write this I have not viewed any other responses. (...) They are fun for me, fun for the kids, they are great for building anything you want, they are fun to collect and display. Through Lego toys I meet a lot of interseting people. (...) The (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Micro. but this is more difficult than I'd expected, ..trying to make it look really good. My brain is hard wired for fig-scale. I might wimp out and build a different, generally historic, small home at minifig scale. -Suz (21 years ago, 23-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) They're endlessly useable and replayable. There are no limits. (...) The above, and they last damn near forever. (...) Galidor, and those ugly new dinos. Also some of the other non-system, and seemingly irrelevant items, such as the bionicle (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is more then a toy -- it is an art form, one that can grow with the individual. (...) Limitless variations with respect to what can be created. (...) N/A (...) I like many of the new colors. And many of the new sets are very nice. (...) An (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have had LEGO toys as long as I can remember. (...) It's LEGO. (...) The ventures into non-building system items. Named minifigs - I liked it better when only the setting, and maybe a basic premise for the story was provided. Who all of the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They allow for a maximum of creativity and are infinitely combinable across the entire product line. (...) Their longevity, durability, quality of construction and long-term value. (...) Lego has taken to too much of what is called (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I know this is posted to many many groups, but I really need people from all interests to help take this survey. There are so many members here at Lugnet yet I feared too few ever check the home page or .general. So, I plea with all of you to allow (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western)
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Hi, Did you ever noticed this BS gallery (URL) quite a LEGO purist, and I don't especially like stickers and custom parts. I'm not even a SW fan. But what a great design are these stickers !! I particularly like these design : (URL) would be pleased (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Well after reading several post from this thread ((URL)) I finally gave up and figured it easier to just re-ask the question in the hopes of getting a "final answer" for a $1 million dollars. LOL!! Does anyone know what the status of BRICKSHELF is? (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) I just realized I can make the whole Robie house out of 1x6 red plates and match the dimensions of the original, weird bricks FLW used. Zowie. Will I have enough red 1x6 plates from last year? Possibly. (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) My road trip went VERY well, I got a lot of good pictures and I have a very clear idea of what to use (a few of, 3 to 5 as I said) the bricks for. They *will* be related to the model. Now, the question becomes, can I carve out enough time to (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Hi All, BrickFest has arranged a discounted Pick-a-Brick (PAB) Case Pack (aka bulk) program with LEGO retail thru the Potomac Mills Outlet. This is a special deal for BrickFest attendees only. The elements will be sold by the case. Each case (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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In fact I have no idea what to use the gold bricks for. They are just motivation to actually deliver. I mean, I committed. I will probably build a chryselephantine Zeus out of them or something else. -Erik (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmmm...I wouldn't even know where to begin. I am not a transcriptionist; however, maybe there is someone out in the community who could donate their time back to the community. ;) Steven (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Patrick, Thanks so much for the feedback. I am sooo sorry I haven't responded sooner. I'm not use to finding messages hear about the show. Generally they come via e-mail or are posted on the BimPBoards. Guess if I am going to announce on LUGNET, I'm (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) John- TLC makes 1000s of elements in 100+ (hopefully to be cut in half) colors. That's a lot of theoretical permutations. In any one year, they hardly manufacture a few percent of the possibilities. If they don't make it, we can't buy it (and (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think actually I told you at NTS and you forgot I told you, but ya, Gaylord building is it. Now, for bonus points, what's the gold brick tie in? ... And YES I think this is a reusable building when I lose, er I mean, if I lose. (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I am building a minifig-scale model/interpretation of the Farnsworth House in Plano, IL. It will end up slightly off scale due to choice of pieces, but I think it's looking good so far. -nk (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Sorry to reply to myself. Just to come all out, I plan to have 3 buildings done, all of which I can potentially use in future trainshow with our club. Each time we do a show I hear we need more 1-2 baseplate buildings. This contest was just (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Trainhead! This industrial building would fit nicely in the neighborhood of a trainyard. The other illinois choices are not your "thing". a "not denying it" from you is as good as a confirmation :) Paul (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) How do you figure? (not confirming or denying...) :-) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Shoot, that is my second project choise. I've already ordered all the brick. As with you, I may not have enough time to do it. Mine would be minifig scale, and yours? Paul (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) >_< Hmm, that's what I'm building too... (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Nick Kappatos wrote: Mine is in Illinois, and the place starts with "P"...I guess we have some real competition going! Knowing Larry at bit, I bet he'll go for the Gaylord Building, not in "P" Paul Janssen (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm building (URL) Hall> (Charleston, South Carolina), but I worry about finishing in time. (...) I wondered about this too. Like, what'll be represented.. -Suz (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Me either. I was thinking I'd use about 3-5 bricks total, if that, but DID have a scheme for why they would plausibly appear in the model, somewhere. (...) I'm not saying, but it's not P. Hope that helps. (it's really not too hard to guess but (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I am not building the Robie house either, but I am also building something in Illinois. I hope we're not building the same thing. I don't expect to use too many of the gold bricks, though. What's the first letter of the town/village you're (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I am not building the Robie House. I had thought about a FLW based entry since I'm a big fan (I think I put my Taliesin West pics up on Maj, I forget) but decided to build something else that I could more easily tie into the gold bricks... I'm (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I am building the Robie House.. is anybody else? It would be weird to have multiple renditions of the same thing when there are so many other good ideas on or off the site list. I visited the Robie House twice last winter so I got kind of excited (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) So, go ahead and enter as micro and argue it with the judges! (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:IJvr1J.1266@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) instructions (...) I personally think is a huge mistake and unless these sets get cheaper, will probably prevent me from buying (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, In the discussion on the future face of LUGNET, Suz said she wanted to see this as an "organized association of LUGs". This raised the question, to me, of how members of the AFOL community see their involvement. As such, I've written a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, FTX) !
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(...) It is interesting to note the irony here.... Brickfest, TLG and The National Trust are celebrating the 50 years of THE TOWN PLAN (Lego System of Play). And the building contest is for building in the Miniland, Minifig, and Micro Scales. But (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It depends on how the models are priced. If it's a flat X cents per piece, it will probably be overpriced for everyday pieces, but cheap for odd pieces. I'm guessing we're going to see a pretty restrictive palette on these things, though - (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm practically *drooling* at the thought of this... One question, tho - does anyone have any idea how this might affect Bricklink sellers? If I can create my own custom model and have Lego send me the parts, that makes me less likely to look (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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According to a posting on Jake's blog, the Lego Factory sets are available. (URL) check out (URL) the bottom it reads - Experience LEGO Factory Today! Use the LEGO Factory website and Digital Designer to create your own incredible models! Then, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Robert: With due respect, did you happen to read what Suz herself wrote (URL) here?> Here's the central point, IMO: No piece of a blog entry should be pulled out, given a title and posted at LUGNET with an implication that an announcement (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Regarding how October 1st was chosen, Suzanne says in her (URL) blog>: "... I need to set a deadline. A shutdown clock will initiate shortly. It's very real and all-encompassing. Everything will be gone from www.lugnet.com but for a pointer in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I'd hate to see Lugnet go myself, though I'd be lying if I said that I don't somewhat miss the good ol' days of rec.toys.lego. -Josh (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wait a minute. There's only room for one Orion on LUGNET :-b (Just Kidding) - (The Real) Orion (21 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Orion, I feel the same way... unfortunately the posts that go only to lugnet.admin don't show up when you scan thru the posts on the main post menu. I didn't realize this until 2 days ago. There are a lot of posts over there that may not be (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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I agree totally with this. Please stay Lugnet.... (21 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Gary, My 0.02 cents Like cars in the US the model year starts in Sept. Oct. of the previous year So I think that is appropriate for Lego sets. Base the year on the catalog year. Of course the history of when Lego pieces/parts/sets were first (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I would like to lend my voice to this. I find lugnet a great resource, and I am happy to promote, or link to it from orionrobots.co.uk. I use lugnet pretty much every day, or at least read the feeds to my mailbox from it. I support you (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thank you for the reply Lenny. This is a good message on the topic! (...) Hey that's fine! So now we are at least two guys with the same feeling about this. I hope there are some more out there. (...) We all have to work on LUGNet to make it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, I spent and spend most my time in .build.mecha and .space. I care for the MOC and the LEGO related stuff. As I was tought by my parents I try to treat everybody the way I'd like to be treated. I have a rule I keep in mind: Listen - think (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Hey Marco, I am sorry for confusion - I was being a bit coy and cynical. I really doubt that Lugnet will be turned off - Suz has a plan for getting Lugnet to a better position and I have confidence that her plan will work. I too (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) snipped (...) I have been a card carrying member of Lugnet (so much for "lifetime" membership lol) since 2000 and I would have agreed to your last sentence there wholeheartedly a while ago. But not anymore. There was a time when Lugnet was the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello all, I read in (URL) this message> by Lenny Hoffman that LUGNet is dying the next two month. I was shocked and did some research. So I found this (URL) thread> he's refering to IMO. I read all the messages in the thread and some of the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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Hey, My research for (URL) this article> largely consisted in going through catalogs that used to be in the Brickshelf library, and I found no appearance of the poseable minifig before 1978 (across several countries). The first appearance of the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) 'minifig stiffs'? That seems so derogatory. can't you use 'old-style minifigs', or anything else? I also note that you use 'big-head people' instead of 'maxi-fig' again this seems derogatory, but I am just ranting. dave (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I just scanned what I think is the smallest lego catalog See it at: (URL) is 2 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches It shows 1:87 cars 650-657, 258-268, it also shows 231, 232, 235, 236, 270 Interestingly, I think the 651/652 labels and the 653/654 labels are (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) On a followup note, I do use the catalog year for new items in my Lego CD, but for when Lego came to a certain country, I use the actual year. For example, Lego may have come to the USA in the autumn of 1961 (1962 catalog) but I still would (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Strand and I had this discussion a few weeks ago, and today Allan Bedford reminded me of this discussion. How should Lego items be dated? As we all know the Lego year goes from autumn to the next autumn, based on the Lego catalog of the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Allan Bedford just asked me what the first year for minifigs was. According to Lugnet/Peeron/Bricklink they say 1977. But that may not be correct... Some of the sets that show the 1977 minifigs are USA sets #588 (Police Station), #575 (Coast Guard (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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The BrickFest Event Graphic has been selected and as such you can now see what the event T-shirt will look like. This logo will also be on various other BrickFest items. We received 6 entries for the BrickFest Graphic. I’d like to thank Michael (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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(...) snip (...) You want X to verify orders from Y, Z, Y', Z', et al for a $1 handling fee ? What exactly do you mean by 'verify' ? Are you expecting X to open all the bags and recount the parts to see if the proper quantites are present ? For a $1 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maarten, Thanks for the info. If anyone out there lives close to a store/Legoland with Pick-a-Brick I am interested in buying some parts that aren't available in Bricklink in quantity. Previously I've had to buy direct from Lego Shop@Home but (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inv, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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(...) Here is a solution that doesn't put any strain on Bricklink. 1. Bricklink adds a field for sellers who will amalgamate/consolidate their items with parts from other sellers, before shipping an order to a customer. Perhaps the sellers would (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, We just got back from Germany where we mainly visited LegoLand Günzburg (with our seasonpasses). Last year I made an inventory of the Pick-a-Brick section in Billund, now I did the same in the "Fabrik". You can download the Word-document (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inv, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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Well gang, five months to the day after I first started posting, here is the end. One-hundred scenes long... I hope it was worth the effort. So for all you faithful readers, here you go: (URL) whole gypsy-rotic story (when moderated of course): (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) The current line of Ferarri sets has a holographic sticker attached to each box with Ferarri Officially Licensed Product or some such text. Along with that is a serial number. I do not know of any other LEGO products with a serial number of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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There is another solution that could help you. A system connected buyers who will order your item from the seller in their home country and then ship to you. Id like this because many sellers in foreign countries want cash, bank transfers, etc in (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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BrickFest 2005 Washington, DC AUGUST 12-14 You don't want to miss the Best Three Days of LEGO fandom! 30 days from today, Pre-Registration ends July 27th. (URL) Build LEGO moments with new acquaintances, meet community members from all over the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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