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Where is the appropriate place to post corrections and additions to the Set database? I have a set 1551 sitting in front of me (the little Easter Chick set) that I dug out of my closet back home last week. It has 39¢ for a price printed right on the (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.general)
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Check it out (URL) here.> 35. The name Lego came from two Danish words "leg godt", meaning "play well". It also means "I put together" in Latin. Dave! (20 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.town, Ondrew Hartigan wrote: i'd hate to think no one is interested in free stuff. so in an effort to get this contest some attention and exposure i'm crossposting to .trains and .general. ondrew ......... (...) Rules 1. Time limit - 2 (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) I (sadly) didn't get any actual LEGO products, but I got some money (plan to save most for a Mac Mini, and buy one of the new City sets), and with some book store money I bought my self the Unofficial LEGO Builders Guide, which should come in (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | SCLTC enters final two weeks at SDMRRM; Pictures!
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SCLTC's annual winter show at the (URL) San Diego Model Railroad Museum> is now in its final two weeks! (10 URLs) This batch of layout pictures is posted (URL). -Ted Michon SCLTC (20 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Hi Kevin, JoeG, and all: I was out of town this weekend and am just now reviewing this discussion. Thank you so much for your interest and I would definite like to talk to you all about the possibility of a BrickFest in Indianapolis, IN as (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, and a nice little holiday card from Joe Meno with a Lego rocking horse scene on it!!! Thanks Joe!!!! M (20 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you Carlo! This is the first cardboard roof I have ever seen by TLG. So it is a textured green cardboard roof. Very interesting! Ciao! Gary Istok (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Textured cardboard. Here: (URL) description says: "Ecco come si appoggia sui mattoncini il tetto di cartone." "This is how you put cardboard roof on bricks". (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Unable to use GMU does not mean she is stepping down as organizer. I'd check this assumption. (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Unknown Minitalia Lego Element?
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Thanks to the great websites of Italian's Luca Giannitti and Gianluca Morelli (and others), I have been studying the early 1970's Minitalia Lego sets unique to Italy. I am finishing up the Lego CD chapter on Minitalia. In doing so, I uncovered a (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2006?
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Hi JoeG, This sounds like a great course of action. When I did BrickFest PDX the very first step was I privately contacted Christina and discussed this with her. Then I talked to all (I did acidentally missed one) the west coast clubs to make sure (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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I have an email in to Christina to confirm/deny etc. I certainly would not want to step on her toes (or anyone elses for that matter). But I think I have some good ideas for a workable/good venue in Indianapolis. This would likely make it a bit less (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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(...) I didn't get any actual LEGO bricks, but I did get: 1)'The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide', by Allan Bedford (nice book Allan). 2)A Tyco Telephone (yes, a clone product, but very cool). And although not a Christmas gift, the HTF LEGO book, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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(...) Although IANAL, I'd advise not even using the term "BrickFest", which is a trademark of Brick Events LLC and AMH Productions LLC (from the Brickfest.com website). JOHN (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What I gathered From the closing ceremony is that she got a job (or something) that made her unable to coordinate for 2006, and also unable to use GMU. I may be wrong but that is the impression I walked away with. -Kevin (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) I dont know the answer to that question- I was just one of the GBC people that were too busy playing to do much else. (...) The handout I got says this: First floor; 2 Brick Bazaar rooms, the Lego shop (Sunday only) Second Floor; Town, Train, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) Before you volunteer, I think you might want to check with Christina on the assumption that she won't be in charge for 2006. I'd be very suprised if this assumption is correct. Kev (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2006?
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Ok, Next question: What was the approximate sqaure footage used for Brickfest 2006 How many rooms and how much footage was dedicated to display space? How many panels were held? Was a Video room used? Was there a ConSuite (munchies/food room)? I'm (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | a town structure contest!!
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I believe I have covered just about everything but since there is always someone with an opinion or an interesting idea I am posting this a few days early. If the rules or something else needs to be tweaked, please let me know before January 5th. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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(...) These are the numbers that I could find: in 2000; 60 people. in 2001; over 140 people. in 2002; 200 people. in 2003; 240 people, also this year was the first public expo, with 380 general admission. at PDX 2004; 165 people with 1000 general (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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I'd need some figures on prior attendance before I could commit to such an endeavor and even then I would need to do some research here first.. can we find out what the attendance numbers were? (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What part is this?
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"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message news:IsDyDu.20Hu@lugnet.com... (...) Waaaayaheaddaya, budddeyeee! *flump* ZZZ...ZZZ *SNORK* zzzzzZZZ...ZZZ Dave S. (20 years ago, 1-Jan-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What part is this?
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(...) (URL) go party ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | What part is this?
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Hey all, I've noticed the Scuderia Ferrari Truck several times in the newer catalogs and wondered what pieces used for the top and sides of the trailer? They appear to be extremely large plates with NO studs at all on top. Strewth?! Can anyone (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | I've got the Humbug
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It might be the scotch talking, so I'll keep this short. I just got the S@H January 2006 catalog and upon first examination I'm really underwhelmed. Exo-Force just looks terrible. Every robot sports the exact same design. There's no variation at all (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | BrickFest 2006?
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Hey all, If someone is willing to step up to the plate (no pun intended) and be the BF06 coordinator, I may be able to get a site to hold the convention (since we are unable to use GMU this time around) in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area of Texas. From (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf or Flickr?
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"Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> skrev i melding news:Is96zE.M3t@lugnet.com... I am using Brickshelf for my own LEGO-related pictures, mostly because that is where I look to find inspirations for new creations in LEGO. But I would like to see the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> skrev i melding news:Is9KyL.1Eu6@lugnet.com... (...) Øyvind Steinnes Nothing under the christmas tree, but I bought some for myself :) #8653 Enzo Ferrari 1:10 #4886 Building Bonanza Those was bought in last part (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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(...) I was there with Steve as he stuffed the box full of LEGO®. He would yell out, I need more windows. :) And I would snag more birck from the wall. It was great trying to get as much brick in the box as possible. Deffently had to think outside (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Whatever Happened to Karl-Heinz Vogt??
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(...) Gary, Check here: (URL) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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There has been many questions sent in so I decided that I would answer them in this post for all to read. Sorry if this gets to your inbox more than once, once the mailing lists are in place there will be no more ILTCO NMRA NTS spam! Please send me (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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I didn't get Lego for Christmas, but I gave a BNSF loco. Then I got my first Fabuland set: 132 Cottage. Wow! 25 years ago I thought they were yucky. -Erik (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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Bad link below for some reason try... (URL) sb (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Pick-a-Brick Christmas Box
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Hi All, Well the cube is better than the cone! I managed to stuff 302 1x2x2 bley airplane windows, 74 1x4x5 bley windows, and some other assorted stuff... see the picks on BrickShelf. <www.brickshelf.com/...?f=160327> (URL) SteveB (20 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Whatever Happened to Karl-Heinz Vogt??
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German Lego collector Karl-Heinz Vogt is one of the best collectors of old Lego. I've tried emailing him in the past, but no response. Now his website: (URL) offline. Has anyone heard from him lately? Gary Istok (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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(...) I didn't 'get' any Lego for Christmas, but I did receive a $50 gift card to the lego store, and, thanks to my sister's short memory, a sweet refund at target via a Game Boy cartidge refund, which I put toward several of the mini racers sets (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:IsAAu6.10uA@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] We too got a Xbox 360 for Christmas (for the whole family). I would love to see LEGO Star Wars show up on (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf or Flickr?
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(...) Many spacers have made the switch. The one quality that make flickr so much better to me is the "contact system" - I have a link that directs me to the most recent photos posted by my friends, most of whom are LEGO guys. This shows me their (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | "Auld lang sine..."
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"Should old acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind; Should old acquaintance be forgot, And days of old lang syne. We two have run about the hills, And pulled the daisies fine. We've wandered many a weary foot, Since old lang syne. We two (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.western, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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(...) Cool, this is a fun thread! Calum Tsang 8419 Excavator 8420 Street Bike (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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Tom Stangl ----> Nothing. Nope, not a thing. While I spent a few hundredd $$$ a few weeks ago in Orlando, I got nothing for Xmas. Specifically because I asked almost everyone I know NOT to get me anything for Xmas, so I could save towards another (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sad to hear it. (...) Cooool. I'll have to suffer with my 42" plasma ;-) (...) Got one of the top model for $150 through the Amex holiday deal. Have had it for a couple weeks, and still haven't even opened it. Lego SW still isn't on the (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:Is9KyL.1Eu6@lugnet.com... (...) I didn't get any LEGO for Christmas, but I made up for it with: 1) a divorce 2) a big screen tv (56" DLP 1080p) 3) an xbox 360 all paid for by myself for (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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* 1 mostly-complete Technic airplane set & instructions from a church rummage sale - working ailerons! cool! * 1 big box of random parts, including lots of Bionicle, Technic (with a Technic fig in green, my fave color), Duplo Train, and Clikits from (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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(...) ---- Steve Bliss 1 Harry Potter Durmstrang boat set 1 day-after-the-day-af...anksgiving Target raincheck for a Millennium Falcon ---- (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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1 Jetliner, 1 Ferrari Pit crew set and two baggie sets. (catapults?) Plus... One $30 SaH gift certificate One $20 LEGO store gift card. Mark (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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4 Exoforce sets 1 Transportation Plane 3 Xpod sets (Robot, Dinosaur, Car) 1 Highway Haulers 1 Racers track used off of Ebay The above is just for Christmas. I can't even remember how many sets I have bought this year. - John "Eric Sophie" (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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| | Christmas 2005 Loot List!
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Hey all, I remember each year we get together and list our Christmas Loot! Let's do it again! :) What Lego did you get for Christmas? List your Christmas 2005 Loot here: It's fun! Name/Loot ----> ---- Eric Sophie Robo Platoon & 1 dozen Technic (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general)
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) Dear Bill, My suggestion would be to use both and refer to both in any posts you make. For me the advantage of Brickshelf is that it is Lego only and that is has Lego specific tags. This means I just need to click through the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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For years I, like many AFOL's, have posted my MOC and Lego event pictures to Brickshelf. And I really appreciate Kevin's support of the Lego community through the years, especially back when disk space and network access were a lot more expensive (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Need building tips for a church
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In lugnet.general, Øyvind Steinnes wrote: --SNIP-- (...) Hi Øyvind, This final versions looks excellent. I like the balance of selective compression (eg. you have reduced the number of segments from 11 to 9) and scale modelling in it. The final (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Need building tips for a church
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My fourth and last attempt on this strange building is now finished and the pictures can be found here: (URL) moderation, that is) "Tim Gould" <t.gould(AT@)lancast...c(DOT.)uk> skrev i melding news:IrLopM.1JFu@lugnet.com... (...) sacrifice on (...) (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.town)
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| | Decorative Lowell Spheres and another snowflake
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While waiting on my Bricklink order, I built a second snowflake for the tree, this time with no SNOT. (URL) Of course once my order did arrive, I was able to make my four decorative Lowell Spheres, two red, two white. (2 URLs) The whole ornament (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | ILTCO layout at the NMRA 2006 National Train Show in Philly
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Hi All, Well it’s that time again. We are delighted to announce that ILTCO has been invited to display at the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) annual National Train Show (NTS) again! This year the NMRA 2006 NTS will be held in (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org) !!
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| | Happy Holidays to all!
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May the coming year bring peace, happiness, and lots and lots of brick and plates! David Simmons xenobuzz@earthlink.net (20 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Keychains overview
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(...) It is almost that one: (URL) wonder if it is worth something... I was thinking of using it, but it is probably to valuable for that... I'd nettrer keep it in my ccllection Sonnich (20 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Keychains overview
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(...) G'day and Merry Christmas. It's a little difficult to give any info about the keychain without a piccie...Is it a Fabuland one from the orchestra set, or the red minifig with black "forage cap"? Orchestra set is: (URL) is: (URL) is it (...) (20 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Keychains overview
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Merry christmas everyone! I have got a keychain, which looks like one from the Legonland orcestra (it is probably 15+ years old). There some overviews of keychains out there, e.g, on Brickshelf, but I cannot find them right now. Can anyone tell me? (...) (20 years ago, 25-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dreaming of a 1960's German/American Lego Christmas......
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Happy Holidays to all! Here's my pic (shown it before, but what the heck, it's the Holidays!) of what a circa 1962-63 Lego Christmas would be like if AFOL's existed back then..... :-) I call it a "German-American Christmas", since it shows a mixture (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | NELUG 12/2005 Greenberg train layout.
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The following is a link to a story that appears on our website. The one omission to the story was the fact that we consistantly had about 80% more folks around our layout than any other at the show. I think this has become common for most LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| | Rarest Lego Windows/Doors (from Sweden)
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Eric Strand brought this to my attention.... I have never seen these before in yellow... From 1953-56 TLG made the first old style windows/doors that matched the classic era windows/doors of 1956-87, but they were without studs on top. These were (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Lego outsourcing Duplo production
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Let the outsourcing (and complaining) begin... (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Frozen sort of Caption Contest
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(URL) Hey, think up a good caption for this pic I took in the freezing fog a couple days ago. The best I hear by December 25th will get a prize - this guy mailed to them (as soon as the snow melts and I can find him again). Good luck! -Matt :) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Stumped already (LDD 1.4)
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In lugnet.general, Joe Strout wrote: snippidee doodaa (...) I was wondering if i could get th old selection of bricks & if there's a way to choose 'all bricks' like in LDD 1.3 Jeff (20 years ago, 20-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Christmas Ornaments
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Here's a few Christmas ornaments I built this year for our first Christmas tree. (URL) This one is a simple wrapped package, using my modest collection of gold bricks. To tell the truth, I'm three gold bricks shy of the full 16 necessary, so I used (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: WANTED! ESSO drum brick 1x1 round 1:87
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(...) Besides what Eric already explained, the classic Lego scale (Lego 1x2x3 classic door is 3 bricks tall) is 1:87. That scale was phased out between 1973-80, when first the 1x3x4 door came out (produced 1973-80). The minifig scale 1x4x5 door came (...) (20 years ago, 18-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Christmas Greetings
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Its time for my annual virtual Christmas Card: (URL) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, lugnet.western)
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| | New type of plastic in new bricks ?
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Just some questions after I finaly got hold on a 8653 set (Enzo Ferrari 1:10). There are clearly some change in color and finish on the pieces. About half of the Technic Pin w/Frictions ((URL) have a much shinyer finish than all the pins of that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's left at Amazon.com
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Too bad the linked pages use a non "lugnet" amazon.com affiliate link, thereby driving a bunch of traffic from lugnet to a page that doesn't support lugnet. I wonder, is "bricksolutions-20" your amazon affilite code? (20 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: WANTED! ESSO drum brick 1x1 round 1:87
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(...) In the late 1950's LEGO introduced a line of vehicles and buildings at approximately 1:87 scale. We can guess that this scale was chosen to be compatible with many H0 train layouts. This was the original LEGO "SYSTEM OF PLAY". (URL) trains (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's left at Amazon.com
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(...) Thanks! (20 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: What's left at Amazon.com
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(...) Good news! The new Slave I and Passenger Plane are back in stock at Amazon. Unfortunately they are not on sale, but the slave I comes with a free lightsaber. Check out today's updated version of "what's left at Amazon" if you want a convenient (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: WANTED! ESSO drum brick 1x1 round 1:87
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(...) Pardon my ignorance, what is a/the 1:87 collection? (20 years ago, 16-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WANTED! ESSO drum brick 1x1 round 1:87
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(...) Here is a pic (from Clark Stephens Brickshelf gallery) of the elusive 1x1 Esso drum. (URL) rare elements were found in either a red or white 1x1 round brick. They were only sold in Denmark from 1955-58 in the Danish #1251 1:87 Bedford Esso (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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| | Samsonite Set 285 Inventory?
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Hi all, I just got an old Samsonite set 285 (285 piece basic set). Its got the box, plastic trays, a catalog of spare parts, and even a small idea book. Does anyone know what pieces are supposed to be in there? I'd like to be able to complete it as (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.basic, lugnet.general)
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(...) Much better. New link is now spotlighted. Good looking page to boot! -Dave (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (URL) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) /bricksolutions/ as a valid directory. -Dave (20 years ago, 15-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I have put together a page that shows everything still in stock at Amazon, for ages 6 and up. I am updating it daily (with affiliated links) so check it out if you would like an easier way to see what Amazon hasn't run out of. --Mark (URL) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hola a todos, Se ha formado el grupo ES-LUG ("España Lego User Group") en esta direccion: (URL) una lista de correo en castellano, sobre todo relacionado con LEGO. Bienvenidos! /Henrik (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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"Anita Eenink" <anita_eenink@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IrFDo8.24n6@lugnet.com... (...) "CITY" (...) plus 1 (...) but (...) 4911 (...) small (...) sets on (...) the (...) Whytcross¬ (...) denmark) (...) three (...) You were very lucky to (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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I thought it would be a good idea to make my father-in-law a Christmas Train for his tree after he hinted that one sure would be cool, last year. So I built this one: (URL). It turned into a rather large project figuring I would need directions for (...) (20 years ago, 14-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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Admittedly, I did far few LEGO projects this past year (this was purposeful, actually), but I did finish the year by constructing a 7'x10' mosaic for a recent tradeshow in Atlanta. (URL) account of the whole experience is not that exciting or (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general) !
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(...) The Advent Calendar set this year is definitely different, in that there are no printed step-by-step instructions for each day's model, only a picture of what the model is supposed to look like when complete. And there is no additional (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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This morning I was deep asleep, peacefully dreaming of building a huge 3D Christmas tree out of Legos (of course!). My wife gently whispered in my ear, "It's time to get up!" I slowly and painfully emerged from my delicious dream to face the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.ca.ns) !
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Dear Lego Company, I am writing to express our disappointment about this year's new set, 7324, LEGO City Advent Calendar. As our kids have been playing with Lego toys for more than 8 years and based on the number of Lego sets we have purchased (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) they don't seem to have a brand,unless Ripensa is their brand (made in denmark) they are alright tasting though (and I was lucky bought 3 tins, got all three sets). Anita (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) So does anyone know the brand name of the cookies? (20 years ago, 13-Dec-05, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It's been done. . . (URL) to personalize it for our own use we'd have to be able to edit CorelDraw files, and maybe use LDraw tools. Come to think of it, I thought that Bob Kojima's PartsCatalog (URL) make labels, but I can't figure out how to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) GASP!! I had a feeling they'd do a set of that!! -Lenny (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I USED to be. When Spider-Man came out, I thought it was sort of, well, WRONG looking. But after drawing all the AFOLs comic, and having a main character "bald," it all seems normal to me. Spider-Man is fine, Mace Windu is fine, the soccer (...) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi Ben, (...) I hope you don't mind if I join in this conversation. As you can probably imagine, this is a topic to which I've given a lot of thought over the last couple of years. :) A quick bit of background on the Brickopedia that appears in my (...) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I dunno, I think it can seem that way sometimes, but it helps me to remember all the cool sets/themes that have come out in the last few years (Star Wars, Legends, Designer series, Vikings, expanded parts packs & factory, just to name a few). (...) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Thank you for the nice personal email. I'd just like to say; you were right. Look at what just happend. I'll keep in mind what you said regarding that. e (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Soren Roberts wrote: Whateva... (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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Cheer up, emo kid. There's no reason you should be hinging all that on whether or not you got responses for a given MOC. If number of responses is the only way you measure your model's worth, maybe you should try harder to be impressive. Also, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Felix Greco wrote: ... (...) My name is Colin, and I too am peladofigphobic. (20 years ago, 11-Dec-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Having seen the shear amount of creativity that is being put in to MOC's, I consider these to be a form of art. So, as long as the baldness is fuctional, I have no problem with it :-) With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, Brand Retail gave me the idea and I taped those bricks on the boxes. This is how the stores keep track of what is in all those uniform brown Pick-A-Brick boxes. Imagine that. I taught the master builders something. Doug (20 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.general)
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