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(...) (URL) an advert announcing it: (URL) what I hear, the building is part of the local tourist economy. It is mentioned on historical buildings listings in Loveland. I think it would be a great place for a Lego museum. Maybe we could even get a (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is that the facility at 609 14th Street SW? With the big studded features over the door? That's either a big decorating coincidence, or those things must really be embedded in the structure (to not have been replaced in the last 30 years). (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That is a very interesting little image you have there. Why did you make it? What is the message you are trying to send? On a broader note, I have heard a lot about mistrust between Ambassadors and non-Ambassadors, but I don't exactly (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Dave, Gary: About the Samsonite Plants: Samsonite's first plant was built around 1910 in Denver CO. There they produced trunks, and later, Samsonite Luggage. When the railroad companies effectively doubled their freight charges in the 1920's (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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First, I am currently under 2 NDA's (Ambassador and MDP). (...) Personally, I had become much less prolific here on LUGNET long before signing a single NDA. Most of my efforts and attention had turned to my local club where I am a member of the EC (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: ...a lot of good stuff worth considering (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) I had a tour of the plant in Stratford in '85-86ish... I don't think too many people were displaced--right beside the machine that pumped out LEGO was the machine that pumped out luggage. They showed me the LEGO molds and those were stored (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Janey, Having been one of the non-NDA crowd up until quite recently, I can certainly understand your concerns. I had concerns about how the Ambassador program worked, and what the Ambassadors did, so I applied, and was fortunate enough to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Maybe I ought to rephrase that..... the Samsonite fiasco caused TLG to start from scratch in building new Lego operations and production in Enfield Connecticut. It is also interesting to note that when the Samsonite of Canada license expired in (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: For example, (...) I can pretty much say this is a definate "no." I knew about this line since about last April, and I think very few people knew about it. They were very paranoid about the news of this (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You are correct Rosco, that was the result of the Samsonite fiasco. It also affected early Duplo, early Classic Space, early Castle, all the small Town models and basic sets. (All these cross reference tables are in the Lego CD.) One area that (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not sure if this affects the Samsonite argument, but it wasn't limited to town sets, there were a bunch of Technic sets in 1977: EU/UK/AUS/CAN USA Forlift #850 #950 Tractor #851 #952 Helicopter #852 #954 Car chassis #853 #956 Go-kart #854 #948 (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Oppps, My mistake, I should have stated that any set that was produced after 1979 was given a 4 digit set number. If a 3 digit number (say castle sets #375 and #383) was produced in continental Europe or elsewhere, and not introduced to the USA (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Oh, and one last item..... Did you ever wonder why in the 1970's the Yellow Castle set was numbered #6075 in the USA, and #375 in Canada, continental Europe, Britain and Australia.... Did you ever wonder why the London Bus was #760 in USA and #384 (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think so. Everything that is covered under my NDA is the sort of stuff that the community just doesn't know about. And a lot of stuff we are made aware of shortly before a community announcement. The only threads I can't really be (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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OK, it's time for my annual complaining about the first year of Lego in the USA..... The first Lego sets were sold in the USA in 1961. Most of the parts were produced from a Samsonite plant in Stratford Ontario, with specialty parts coming from (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Janey, interesting questions, and I will not respond to them individually, but just give my overall "feeling" about things. I am not currently under NDA to TLC, but I have been in the past. As far as the interaction that happened while I was (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well not all the "AFOL big mouths" are in the program! ;-p As someone who's done his fair share of "positive critiquing" of TLG, I unfortunately have been busy mapping out the proverbial "Lego Genome" (all Lego sets/elements ever produced (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's a good question. It's been a long time since I was 'prolific', but I am in the MDP. In general, NDA's cover confidential information actually disclosed (on purpose or accidently), not other informaiton. The problem comes in keeping (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm under NDA, and have been thinking about this very thing. I have a blog entry about half-written about the subject, but - alas - I'm so busy it's been delayed a bit... (...) Yes. (...) Benefiting, with caveats, see below. (...) Absolutely (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Interesting questions. The NDA/Ambassador phenomenon does seem to have created an in-group and an out-group among AFOLs, and a certain amount of distrust both between and within them. I feel bad about it, but I can't help but discount the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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After an interesting chat about "Fan involvement with TLC" the other night, a few concerns/questions came up, and I can't seem to shake them. Historically a large portion of AfoL/ALE's have wanted a closer relationship with TLC and over the last few (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general) !!
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(2 URLs) My students just completed two medium-size LEGO mosaics (which saved me a lot of thumb-pain). Both will be displayed at a LEGO event at UNLV next month. Each is 30" square, is built on four XL baseplates, and uses about 9.000 pieces. I (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) try editing the url path in the browser address bar. erase the filename up to a folder path, that's the method used here. that dosn't work on every website, you often will get a Forbidden message when trying to view contents of a folder, but (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I don't know if anyone else feels the same way, but I really wish people would always give a link to the folder for their MOCs on the BS Gallery. It's very frustrating to have to look at the URL, and then search for their username to see the rest of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(URL) Badge, MOC Cards, and Brick Bazaar Forms are Now LIVE! I am happy to announce that registrants can now edit their badges on their BrickFest account. Unlike previous years, BrickFest 2006 has a new design: (URL) Attendees can edit their name, (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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It looks like (URL) LEGO Factory> will begin individual brick fulfillment beginning tomorrow, April 8th. This means no more shipment of extra bricks when you order a model designed with LEGO Digital Designer (LDD). Instead of being based on a set of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(2 URLs) There is tiny object inside.> (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> :: creations :: moonbase :: shipyard (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) After going through the list of models, it's sad that some of the links are gone. Just an idea, but someone should put together a MOC Hall of Fame, have models nominated, and voted on. That way, some of the pictures of these creations can be (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(3 URLs) Post Mod Gallery> Here is my finished MOC of the Polar Express. I plan to populate it with minifigs, but that will come later when my bank account recovers. The train is based off of the Movie "The Polar Express" (duh) and the real (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) I've noticed this as well, in growing frequency on packaging as well as the catalogs. Like Disney, I think TLC has decided to forgo traditional artistic venues and concentrate their efforts in the CGI realm. During a PennLUG group trip to Toys (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula>PodCast, (URL) Episode 14: Going Batty>. In our latest podcast, Dave & I talk about the new Batman, Mindstorms NXT, V-Pods and more! Thanks for listening & have fun! --Mike & Dave (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX) !
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(...) This jogged my memory about a crystal train from about 5 yrs ago. The site seems to be long gone: (URL) EJLTC seems to be still active but not updated in some time, and the only pictures I could find of it are thumbnails here: (URL) I (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Indeed it is! My apologies for the mistake. Two Thomases (among a few others) that build really good MOC's. Thanks for posting the link. It is as nice as I remembered it! Best, Jonathan (20 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Lopes wrote: <snip> (...) Is it this? (URL) Main thomasmain@charter.net (20 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was greatly impressed by Joel Kuester's Benevolent Grace a few years back: (URL) the bricklink account is no longer active, and my (admittedly brief) search turned up no current page hosting pictures of the BG. If anyone has a link, I'd love (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For sheer size and detail, this aircraft carrier is incredible (...) (URL) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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I just got the Spring 2006 S@H catalog and thought I noticed that some of the sets in it are not photographs of the models, but in fact computer-generated renders. Is this my imagination? I think it is particularly noticeable in sets like 7893 (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe not in size but I think the piececount would scare you... and that's what ultimately makes a large part of the set price. Look at the LEGO Factory sets, I found them quite expensive, until I saw the list of parts on Peeron for them... (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I'm gonna threadjack a little by posting my own favorite MOC that I built myself. It is a 20,000 piece Gothic Cathedral (mostly 1x1, 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 bricks) that I started in 1996, and is still not 100% finished (like the real Gothic (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hi All- I'm trying to locate a gentleman who lives in the Portland, Oregon area named Sheldon who joined us for the NW TrainFest 2006 two weekends ago (03.25.06). Unfortunately I was not able to get his last name, or contact information during the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, FTX)
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(...) Yes, Ross - that's the one - I had seen some of the pictures when I was searching yesterday, but missed the one with all the tricks parcked. Thanks! Paul (20 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is one I agree as one of finest MOC I've ever scene. If fans can do stuff like this, why can't Lego? It isn't like it is gigantic. (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Here's another example of a Lego table in the Lego CD. I use a LOT of these types of tables to show the variations in Lego parts/sets. And it is much easier to read than just text! Here is a table of all the Lego windows and door varieties. (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Finishing the Lego Part/Set History CD.
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Hello, Most of you haven't heard from me for a while..... I have been busting my butt trying to finish the Lego CD. I said a year ago I would be done soon... and here I am... still finishing it. The saying "Biting off more than you can chew" is very (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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(...) This may be the one you're thinking of: (URL) models, even if he does cut baseplates ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Impossible to name one... Casper van Nimwegen's worker houses were a great inspiration for me to start building better and more detailled buildings : (URL) Yrizarry's Japanese Restaurant (URL) building techniques, the amount of details, just (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Years ago, maybe even on rec.toys.lego, there was a link to a european website of someone who had created a lot of traveling carnival rides, the kind that break down and travel on trucks. These things were amazing! More recently, I was amazed by (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Its so hard to decide, there have been so many great ones over the years. One of the best I have seen in recent times though has to be the large scale Boeing 737-400: (URL) if only that guy could pull off an A380 :) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I do not know if I can answer that question as there have been so many amazing MOCs over the years. That said, for me the MOC I remember getting the most excited about was the AV-98 Ingram Labor by Gla Gla. It was an amazingly accurate (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Like others have said, it's hard to pick just one, but the first to spring to mind is Johannes Koehler's "The Tower in the Lonely Woods": (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Lindsay Frederick Braun's (URL) and (URL) der Grosse>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Really tough. There's so many good ones. Jason Allemann's U.S.S. Discovery: (URL) John Neal's (URL) TCLTC layout> is an example of true Lego "Craftsmanship". Sean Kenney's (URL) Greenwich Village> set a new standard for urban detailing - that (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Somebody has FAR too many pastel bricks. Color me mint green - I'm jealous! Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Gallery: (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I tend to more amazed by MOCs live and in person than in pictures, so, hard as it is to choose, I am judging based on the degree of "jaw drop" when I first saw this MOC. Trouble is, I can't find pictures online, but I think numerous (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Among my favorites have been the Eschers done by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu. Unfortunately the blueyonder links seem to be dead. :-( Maggie C. (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) this is impossible, and can't limit myself to one! these are mocs that have totally beetled my inspiration buckets at some time or another, and is nowhere near close to highlighting my extensive 'other people's lego' folder. petra by rattus: (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I could look at this all day (...) (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A couple of mine include: (URL) one that got me into LEGO cranes. (URL) of my favourite cranes. (URL) of my favourite bridge designs. (URL) great bridge. (URL) of my favourite locomotives. (URL) favourite "micro" creation. ROSCO (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Favorite? I don't think I could pick an all time favorite, but I remember being really impressed with and old time gas station that, I think, Thomas Avery (please correct me if I am wrong) created for a contest a few years ago. I was unable to (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There's so many good ones! My favourites are early models by James Mathis, especially the BOB train from Germany: (URL) DB Class 212 / V100 from Michael Jasper was always impressive: (URL) Junction from Erik Brok is an amazing train/town (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It took me a bit to find it again, but the Alien Queen by Jeff Ranjo. (URL) The original Lugnet post is here: (URL) -Elroy (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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I regulary look at brickshelf for new creations, but I know that there are so many other creations out there that I (or someone else for that matter) have never seen. So I thought it would be intresting to see other MOCS there may be out there.. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Brickfetish - A Lego History Site
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Hi: I am pleased to announce a completely new, updated version of my site: (URL) The site traces the history of Lego, the company, their toys and the Kirk Christiansen family, from the beginnings of time until 1960 (although the rest of the timeline (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Just a random observation I made about four years ago. If you have one of those red micromotors (easy) AND you have an old radio - one that can tune in police band (not so easy), you can try this. Tune the radio to around 167MHz ("around" specified (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lugnet: WAKE UP!
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I tried so hard to stay out of this farce but I can't help it any longer. Normally Eric's antics are at least entertaining, but now I'm mad. This is what pushed me over the edge: (...) What is WRONG with you people?! Suzanne?! I can't believe this (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !!
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(...) The way Lugnet is built, any changes like murlfing or editting of one's post and including FTX format, won't work in NNTP. Back when I'd chat with Todd often, I'd give him ideas on improvements to Lugnet's software, and many of those ideas (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) It seems to me the message remains the same on the NNTP server, and more importantly the search index, so searching for any word in the original post will retrieve it. In fact, searching for one of the known "questionable" words in the post (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Tim, I agree, to a point, I don't really care if LUGNET decides that "murflement" is THEIR answer. I don't know Suz or Todd, to any great degree aside from having the pleasure of meeting them both, but I feel I have conversed with Todd enough (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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It's also curious that a search for "murfl" turns up nothing. Still, I think it's a good idea to rein in some of the meanness... (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I think it's a good compromise solution. It is still possible to see the original message but it requires action rather than accident. People are not meant to swear on Lugnet and if they don't pull their message then I think this is a fair (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(URL) lives!>> Click to support (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Curious, I just happened to have this brought to my attention, (URL) and forgive me if this has been announced or discussed, but is this a new "feature" of Lugnet, and will we be seeing more of this in the future? Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms) !!
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| | Re: "Caddyshack" Animatronics On TCLTC Layout
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(...) Wow! Very cool & fun! The landscaping looks great! And, great job Ross, on the sound card and getting it all to work. Great idea and great presentation! Jonathan "I don't think the heavy stuff is going to come down for a while, sir" (20 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Oh, for the love of Jeff, shut up! It's like being in 7th grade lunch all over again. Just give it a rest. You don't like Eric - we get it. Please take it off LUGNET. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) It was a double negative. (...) Whateva. e (20 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I hate to be the one to point this out, but Allister just asked a question. You could have laughed it off as the joke it was clearly intended to be. Soren (20 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had a nice time building with my friend when he visited. Your trollish comments will never change that. Have a nice day. e (20 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So, when are you getting your spacebar fixed? (URL) Legoswami (20 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Seemed to work for me. You have to have Quicktime of course. Well done. Clearly that took Lotsofworkbehindthescenes. A real tourdeforcetobereckonedwith. Spotlightedthanksforsharing. ++Lar (20 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) How much are you not going to sell this one on Auctionbrick for? (20 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've reviewed the 6207 Star Wars A-Wing and have posted it to my blog: (URL) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) You asked for it, you got it, Toyota: My first ever (URL) video> (Hope it works) JOHN (20 years ago, 26-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Oh no, no, no. Yes. (...) Yes, I've got a video; I'm now trying to figure out how to edit it and create a small .mpg file suitable for online viewing. I've got vids of the bubbling fountain and the burning building, too:-) (...) Yes. I along (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) I've changed the Theme settings to LEGO / {PreSchool} on these, and added photos for 502 and 503 -- joshua (20 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, just to be clear, this used sound from a NON LEGO device? :-) Cool. Need some vids (with sound) though. Apropos of nothing except that it was the next pic in the folder: (URL) Kirby> ... what a shame. One of the nicest players in baseball. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) (URL) we built some scenery>> (20 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(URL) The (URL) TCLTC> exhibited at a train show in LaCrosse, Wisconsin last weekend where we debutted our newest modules which featured an homage to the cult classic Caddyshack. I did most of the landscaping, while Ross did the heavy lifting, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) Finally I came across some night-time photos of the model! The size of this thing really blows me away... (URL) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland)
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(...) I would concur with Kevin. What LEGO fans would LIKE to buy and what they actually DO buy are not necessarily the same thing... SRC (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had (am having) an interesting experience recently which makes me wonder about the value of polls like this, especially for expensive items. I asked my customers which of my older Lions Gate Models kits they would like me to re-release in a (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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Realizing that I may be opening floodgates here... When those of us in the MDP can start sharing with the community, I think it would be wonderful to answer everybodies questions instantly & correctly. OK, now, back to reality. I was thinking about (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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Shop @ home would like to know what you would liet to see next as a Ultimate Collector Series LEGO Star Wars model. There is a poll set up on (URL) From Bricks To Bothans> on the right side of the screen. So go and Vote! Jeff Van Winden (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Shop @ home would like to know what you would liet to see next as a Ultimate Collector Series LEGO Star Wars model. There is a poll set up on <www.FBTB.net From Bricks To Bothans> on the right side of the screen. So go and Vote! Jeff Van Winden (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) A ricer bought one of your robots? What's going on? (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> :: creations :: moonbase :: shipyard (20 years ago, 23-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Eric Sophie" <mylegomaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:IwILu6.zC@lugnet.com... (...) Ya, I did the Xmods thing for a while too... (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent cars. They don't even look like they're made out of Lego. What part is that cool windscreen? a (20 years ago, 22-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In a message dated 3/21/2006 7:51:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ynad@maxf.net writes: check'em out: (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Anyway, I spotted the "Twoface Escape" set at a KMart in Pittsburgh PA. The price wasn't marked, alas, and this was the only Batman set in evidence, but at least it's on the shelf. FWIW. Dave! (20 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Thoughts on the UN "Racist" poster?
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I'm wondering what other LEGO enthusiasts think of (URL) this poster from the UN> about racism. I'm having a hard time thinking it's coincidental that the symbol they chose for "odd man out" is a LEGO brick, given the recent cartoon controversy. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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