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(...) oops... "funny though" not "funny thought". (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Ben Fleskes wrote: [...] (...) [...] (...) Funny that you should have this idea... This is how the LEGO Master Builders identify the parts for the Millyard build in Manchester NH ( (URL) ) The boxes have a brick taped to the outside. It makes it a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well that took a bit of reading to get to the bumpy head part ;p... but it is funny thought. Chris (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I look at my spending as a pack and a half of cigarettes a day! Face it, if you're working, paying taxes, you deserve something for yourself. I don't believe we're all here to just scrape by. Like the Rush song - ROLL THE BONES! "Why are we (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, they're not brainless, they're (URL) hippies>. Although it's true that they have no noses (URL) from which to scoop the brains out>... What concerns me is the significance of the (URL) solid-stud> heads. Are these older figs all (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That is exactly why I like the belville figs more. At least they don't have that silly stud on their heads.. .. Well, there are also some other reasons.. But indeed, a minifig without something on their heads is a poor show, and not very (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've enjoyed looking through Allan Bedfords 'Unnofficial LEGO Builders Guide' and browsing his brickopedia. I also enjoy browsing Peeron part inventories. But I'm looking for more. In a dream world, I'd like to have: A printed publication (because I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Main wrote a lot (...) I will keep it short as I can as some of these are long. Swanberg is an issue because no one has done what he has or at least hasn't been caught doing it. It's a big deal because it reflects poorly on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip Legofan paragraph> (...) I think your concern over your Lego hobby is a bit hard on yourself. Those of us in the 'developed world' often spend more on a burger then some families in less fortunate parts have to feed a family for a week. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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I read that as Pedalofigphobia, something completely different. Tim (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) No, you are absolutely right .. What was I thinking.. figs without their head studs covered are indecent. Thanks for setting me straight :) -- James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Dude, the Mace Windu minifig wants to have a serious conversation with you. Dave S. (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Then take a break. I know I have, many times. I haven't updated my website in almost a year. I've got about five completed projects that I would love to photograph and display, but I'm too busy trying to find a new career. Lego as a hobby is (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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I didn't see any other postings about this, so hopefully this isn't old news. I got an email from Shop At Home today with a pretty wild link in it: (URL) The have "opened the LEGO vaults" and put some vintage 70s sets on eBay. Pretty cool. :) All (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Eek, but then you can see {inside} his head to where his brains should be! While bald solid-studded minifig heads are bad enough, those poor souls who lost their brains through the holes in the tops of their heads are pitiable. Chris (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, Yes, and Yes! (...) I too am a peladofigphobiac. And it's unfortunate, because my sigfig has to wear his hat a lot more than I do. I don't have enough on top to use a hair piece, but I certainly don't have a stud on my head. (2 URLs) Tony (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I saw this a few weeks ago and thought maybe Nathan would make a post today. I don't see that he did, so here's Nathan's very unique tribute to John Lennon: (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture) !
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(...) I used to and I still do if its a yellow fig head (or #shudder# pink head) However when the fig is clearly wearing headcoverings due to the printing such as this little fellah <img (URL) then its all ok -- James Stacey www.minifig.co.uk (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) Perhaps the train is being ridden by a bunch of aging AFOLs. Tim (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello! (...) So am I. (...) I wouldn't go so far to call them poor builders. However, I deny them the sense of aesthetics. It's even worse if somebody builds a train and the passengers are bald Space figs and Castle figs. Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, yes I am. In fact, I have to stop myself, (often) from offering to send misc hats and hair pieces to the owner of creations that leave head studs exposed. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Peladofigphobia
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Do you find the appearance of a minifig with no hat, hair, or helmet to be unsettling? Do you find your minifigs to be incomplete without something covering that top stud? When veiwing the creations of others, do you find the appearance of a (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Oh Tannenbaum, Oh Tannenbaum...
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This little guy is coming with me to sit on my desk at work: (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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| | NQJ - Brick It Forward - not goodbye, but adieu
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(sniff) Today, I have a jumble of emotions. I am both sad, and happy. It is with a sad heart that I have to announce the natural ending of Not Quite Jambalaya (aka Brick It Forward.) It is with the joy, and glee of a small child on Christmas morning (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd say some of the fun in gone, but maybe it is just out of our reach and it is up to us to make the most of it. I personnaly have so many driving and creative juices I could be occupied for the next umpteen years. Does the community hold the (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I would concur with this. But I don't see it as being all bad. IMHO, the more choices the better for everyone. Some forums Murrfle at the drop of a hat...some seem Elitist...others are full of drivel. Take for instance JLUG - it is not (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And a newer announcement (URL) here>. ROSCO (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thomas, Good Afternoon! Things aren't all bad...it sounds to me as if you're sorely needing a building break. So do I! But don't let that fool you into thinking things are worse overall; really, this is a matter of perspective. (...) One thing about (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My bad, working from memory. The acronym is now ILENN. Here's the (URL) announcement> (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snipped a lot of interesting stuff) (...) Look into LENNI.. while it does not allow you to post from a single interface, the aggregation it gives you at least gives you a single view of the many communities that choose to make their content (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it seems Lugnet's kinda dead. I've noticed this for a while. (...) Well, I don't think they detract from the community, if that's your concern. Ambassadors help spread the news, help take in ideas to Lego and that's not a bad thing. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) These are good and valid points. The kind of thing that I totally understand being thought about and discussed. But there seemed an almost "stone him" kind of mean-spiritedness about what I saw online too. (...) I do this kind of thing too!! (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well it is sad to see them go but we knew it was coming. . . I am surprised they didn't run out long ago. For anyone who is interested, I just bought quite a good number of packs of 2x2 bricks in light grey and brown last week. They are still (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, FTX)
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Hey Thomas, A good and thoughtful post, but I have to disagree with some of the points. Swanberg - Yes, there is the Michael Jackson factor and we all like to gossip, but I do think there were some relevant questions that did impact the community: (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello Thomas, Your posting caught my eye today as you're obviously unhappy with the way you see things. At the bottom of your message you say: (...) I'm hoping to provide some discussion. As to whether or not that also constitutes "insight" is up to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Excellent, maybe now some new grey packs will be released. Derek (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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It's the beginning of the end. The bulk packs of true light gray bricks are sold out, and the true dark gray bricks are listed under Retired Products on Shop At Home: (URL) Light Gray Bricks> (URL) Dark Gray Bricks> All 3 plate packs are still (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.general, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Whoops... looking back, change that to 2 years, 3 months. --Anthony (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Thomas, --SNIP-- I'm not going to comment on the first section as I am not sure myself what I prefer there. (...) AFOLs are people and people like to gossip. The Swanberg case is just spomething to gossip about really, much like the Michael (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) A lot of people have been complaining about Classic-Castle, Classic-Space and all the other websites 'responsible for the fractioning of Lugnet.' So here are some points that you and others may have not thought about: New Blood: (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Hobby Blues
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The thrill is gone. There's so much about our hobby that has changed over the last few years and a lot of it has changed for the worse. LUGNET This used to be THE place that the online community got together and talked about the hobby. Now, it has a (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Bail up to $1 million in Lego theft case (Swanberg)
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(URL) UPDATE - Wednesday, December 07, 2005 by Holly Danks Bail up to $1 million in Lego theft case The case: William A. Swanberg, 40, of Reno, Nev., is charged with three counts of first-degree theft and one count of attempted first-degree theft on (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | NQJ or Brick-it-Forward - So close I can feel it !!
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The 4483 AT AT was a nice set, but it was bound to happen. It was destiny. When Mike sent me an email trade offer, I could not believe my eyes. I had no idea it would happen so soon, so quick. The Force may be strong, but I could not say no to; An (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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Hahahahah, great read. Thanks. Don't feel bad, it happens to us all at one point or (URL) another>. The conga line was the best though! LOL e (20 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Fox News Story on Adults Addicted to LEGO
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(...) crossposting to lugnet.general for more attention. . . . . . . .. . . . .ondreww (20 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) About half November someone posted these pictures of set 7893 broken down in parts: (URL) I automaticly assumed LUGNET was aware of this information also, but that might have been an error of judgement from my part. With friendly greetings, M. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Interesting! Exactly how modular is it? Can the wings and tail be removed? Could the plane be extended with extra cabin pieces? Dave S. "Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:IqyG09.H6n@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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About two months ago I did the new member sign up for brickshelf, and it said I would get a confermation sent to my email adress. I still havent gotten one, so I tried with my brothers email adress but still nothing has happened. Does anyone know (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.general) !
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"Markassius" <mark.de.kock@NOSPAM.home.nl> wrote in message news:IqxpM6.Dyo@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) That's the one - thanks for the pointer. I kept thinking it was from the LEGO Club Magazine but I scoured those this morning (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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I bought two of these at TRU tonight. Here are the scans from the front and back of the instruction booklet: (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | NQJ or Brick-it-Forward - NEW TRADE!!!
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"Don't underestimate the Force!" --Vader to Tarkin The Force was strong, the offer, could not be refused. Upon seeing the very rare "50 years of Play" book, Ken D, decided it was worth a look in his basement to see what he might have to trade for (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Origin of this Santa?
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(...) It's one third of set 4759. The other two models are a snoman and a tree. You're supposed to hang these in the christmas tree, but my wife (who brought me this set last year) won't let me ;-) /\/\ark "gonna try again this year" de Kock (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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(...) It was me...I just never showed my face. :-) -jeremy gplr visit <www.gplr.org Greater Portland LEGO Railroaders> (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Does anyone know the origin of this Santa? (URL) saw it somewhere but I can't recall where. I drew the instructions using LPub but for the life of me I can't recall where it came from. There was a similarly designed Snowman which is what I am really (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Nah. e did nothing to facilitate the fall. Heck, I think he was more upset about it at the time than I was. This fall was proof that you never turn your back on a freestanding creation that you aren't 100% certain can support it's own weight. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Kelly- Great story, well told with the righ ring of righteous truth and penitent humility. Made me think of some of our LEGO disasters. 1. BrickFest PDX. We unwrapped the two 60 inch cable stayed bridges that we had shipped as baggage. Boy, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You're copping to that? You have e in the pic, why not hang it on him? (...) K, what you're saying is that I was wrong about a kind of flaw that I thought Bionicles don't have, because actually they do have that flaw? I'm down with that, I'm (...) (20 years ago, 3-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ah, you never forget your first time...here's mine: (URL) Needless to say, that particular creation became MASSIVELY structurally reinforced after that incident. It stood up for a year straight after that incident. Ignore Lar on this one, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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2 Smooshed Bricks[2] (...) here is a pict of the smooshed brick: (URL) there rest of my pics are here after moderation: (URL) it was a fun night. it was kind of cool seeing such a big object fall and break up. remindes me of the ISD at Brickfest (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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(...) I had my digital on my belt... after The Incident, the first thing I thought (after ohcrapnonononooooooo) was, "I need a picture of this". Bob Kojima drove with me, so I handed the camera to him and he snapped it while I cowered, bleeding and (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Lol, I get the impression that may be the general consensus... if, the next club get-together, everybody huddles protectively over their mocs when I approach, hey, I can take a hint if it's delivered at nuclear proportions. :) Kelly (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote: (URL) Wow, someone was awfully quick with their camera. A great story and I really like the display a lot. Great use of a vertical space, especially since train displays are usually horizontal. (...) Cool. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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(...) You know, Binky... I hear Bionicle stuff doesn't come apart when you drop it... maybe you should stick to that? ++Lar (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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(...) --SNIP-- Well, in the end it looks brilliant and that's what counts. Just be glad you build out of Lego and not cardboard and wood or any of those other silly (and destructible) substances that typical railroad modellers use. Tim (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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(...) Hmm, I wasn't involved in the toting... I think it was Jeremy/ Frank (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Store Display Install in Portland: Oh, The Drama
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So here's the lowdown... The local LEGO train club (GPLR) was invited to participate in a pilot program to set up a display inside one of the cases at our local LEGO Brand store. We're one of three clubs participating, and the last one to install (...) (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Little Happy Things
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When you pulling out some 1x4 tiles and you notice a yellow one with the black diagonal stripes. I love those! Dave S. (20 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | NGLTC LEGO tree at the Festival of Trees
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(URL) For the past 4 years the North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) has sponsored a display at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Festival of Trees. This is an event that consists of hundreds of decorated Christmas trees, wreaths, events, rides (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Using Poser6 to generate Lego sculptures.
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(...) Still haven't heard back from the Poser software vendor. I'm starting to think that they don't take Legos seriously. ;) I added a more interesting pose to the (URL) folder> and a (URL) render>. (URL) -dw (20 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: It's back! Long-Lost Jetpack Element Now Being Produced...
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(...) I'm just a little horrified that you opened up your advent calendar before December. I've been wanting to for two months already, but I've patiently been waiting. It's okay. I love you anyway. (20 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing: NQJ or Brick-it-Forward - NEW TRADE!!!
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SEVEN DAYS!! One very nice, very MISB 8417 Mag Wheel Master, has been awaiting its proper postage. It has taken seven days, and a few oh-so-close offers; but NQJ will move forward. That's right, you heard it here; If I did not see it with my own (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish) !
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| | Re: Lowell (?) spheres & S@H
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(...) If anyone is interested, here are the building instructions for the ornament on the front cover of the new LEGO S@H catalog: (URL) Holidays! Ken Wright (20 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Hey, whatever happened to Shiri Dori?
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I suspect that she was abducted and whisked away to Rigel 4, but I admit that my evidence is pretty thin. Dave! (20 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego stolen from Target
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(...) Hey Sonnich, See (URL) this thread>. There are also threads on the Bricklink forums about this. Bruce (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX)
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| | Lego stolen from Target
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I just noticed this story in a Danish Newspaper: (URL) like this guy has systematically arranged it. The same is on CNNs news: (URL) wonder if that is any of us. Or on BrickLink Sonnich (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Re: Update On Bill Swanberg - Indicted by Grand Jury
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(...) And I just saw it on CNN Headline News... (20 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Update On Bill Swanberg - Indicted by Grand Jury
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Looks like Bill is one step closer to making new friends in cellblock C. And This time Bricklink made the story. (URL) RENO, Nev. -- A 40-year-old man has been arrested for stealing Legos from several Target stores in Oregon. William Swanberg was (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops) !!
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| | Re: New Exo-Force lego anime influenced minifigs and mechs!
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I just picked up 7705 and I agree on the designs. While Lego is paying attention to the mecha lovers out there they haven't really embraced a great design yet. A lot of nice pieces and the new minifigs make it a pretty good value for the cost (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lowell (?) spheres & S@H
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So the friendly postman drops off the November S@H catalog, and bright and shiny on the front cover... a Christmas sphere! Really nice. On the very back page in the lower left corner it mentions "Shown on front cover: Vintage inspirational LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego shaped and colored hard drives
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LaCie is making hard drives that look like Lego blocks (but bigger, of course!) and color coded by capacity! Check out (URL) LaCie's site seems to be down now... Roy (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) < <SNIP> (...) One question: Did you get the employee discount? :-) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Jim! Yes Norway was the first country (besides Denmark) that sold Lego. As has already been mentioned the first Lego sales to Norway were sets that were produced IN Norway. This production probably continued on into the late 1950's. By (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) notice the link they have for LEGO is to the LUGNET Cool Site of the Week... ROSCO (20 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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(...) Calum, The great thing about NQJ aka Brick It Forward is that there is no ending time set. Just to keep you in the loop, I was in deep discussion with several people yesterday who were offering me fantastic sets. I am not at liberty to name (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not sure about illegal but perhaps. When I worked retail if we no longer had an item and another store did we could have it shipped from a store that did. When KK1 was ending I noticed that the sets were 40-50% off so I checked the system to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indeed it is!! /me swats Dave on the nose with the Newspaper of Goodness™ -Lenny (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, About 2 months ago now I was challenged/ asked to make a double crossover. While I thought this project would be difficult I had no idea how long it would take me. In total I have between 20-40 hours of time invested in the double (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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I have not met or traded with Bill before. Still, this news shocked me, as if suddenly I discovered that one of my close friends were a criminal. It's sad, sad, sad. Stealing is wrong. Stealing for profit is very wrong. Still, he could have commit (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Oyvind: I have been doing some research on this topic for my lego history site. See: (URL) licensed it's toy molds and sold the technical knowledge to Svein Stromberg A/S in 1953. Several different toys were licensed, including the Ferguson (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I saw this and thought it was the greatest thing ever. I did my own virtual version with (URL). (URL) Plate Lowell Globe>> I followed Mr. Harshbarger's lead and based it on a 48 stud diameter Lowell Sphere. The land masses come from the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Probably will Gary Istok have this information (but anyone else that have any information is free to answer): From the Norwegian technical museum homepages ((URL) in Norwegian only) I can read that we in Norway was prevented by law to import plastic (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ***snip*** here it is, for anyone joining the conversation late: (URL) What's the worst thing you've ever done in a (...) Unbelievably, the worst I've ever done was to steal a 1x2x3 door from a friend, about 25 years ago. (URL) not just that (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I gavethis guy in my Lego club a whole tub of old bricks to go through, and I told him they were Lego, but they were really clones that I had stamped "Lego" onto using a special tool I created that stamps the Lego logo one stud at a time. Boy (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah one time I punched a kid for his LEGO. I was like gosh darnit kid dats my lego! my lego! let go of it or else i'll punch you. And then i punched him. Didn't even give him a second to let go, i was that pee-ohhed, if ya know what i mean. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hey all, The recent, yet not-too-terribly-surprising, Lego-related law-breakin' news got me to thinking. What's the worst thing you've ever done in a Lego-related way? I'm not talking about modding the brick or fanning flame wars (or starting them), (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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Lego Building Classes I teach Lego Building Classes in two locations in New Jersey. Lego Classes are designed to convey general building knowledge, promote positive social interaction by allowing students to share their ideas and creations. Classes (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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(...) Gary, One other item - the 501 must date from after late 1966/1967. See the 042 in the USA 1967 dealer catalog. Same box art, etc... (URL) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, to add to the confusion is the fact that NO catalogs show the #501, #502 or #503 sets. Jan K.'s Billund Vault pictures (which I hadn't seen) sorta takes some of that mystery away. Duplo sales started in 1969 in Europe. These sets would (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hi: After about a year of screwing around: (2 URLs) The beginnings of a history of Lego, a repository of documents/images/etc....... I am greatly interested in your comments, suggestions, etc Jim jhughes@fuse.net (20 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Reposting in several additional groups. This is an important story with potential impact upon a whole bunch of people. Thanks for posting the article. I've been reading the comments over at the Bricklink forum, where the sale/resale aspect may (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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