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(...) Wow for me, too! 75%!! Good lord! I must confess I've not been following this development because frankly, I'm more interested in building. I guess what bothers me most is that Lego, like Pixar and many other companies and/or entities which (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | The End of Lego (was: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT))
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(...) Read the news today, oh boy (sorry for such an obvious quote, I could'nt resist). Why is anyone suprised by this? Lego has stated for the last 2 years that this was going to happen. Here's the thing: I dont think this is the worse news you are (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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After nine years of working for an international company, I am still amazed that the "modern" answer to unfavorable business results is practically always job cuts. They don't seem to teach anything else in management classes anymore (did they (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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I'm concerned about all the friends we have in Enfield - I hope they still have jobs with our favorite company... JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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(...) That's a big hit for Enfield, a town that enjoyed its close relationship with TLC. Enfield lost molding in 2000 and now is losing packaging. Soon there will be just two buildings left. I grew up in CT, about 13 miles north of "Erector Square" (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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After I picked my jaw up off the floor, all I can say is WOW. Not quite what I expected. And it's making me rethink our 'LEGO only store/warehouse' since I can not see how this can do anything but make things even crazier. (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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(URL) follows: Danish-based toy maker Lego Systems Inc. plans to lay off more than 44 percent of its Enfield work force by early next year, and will close its Enfield packaging operation, subcontracting all warehousing, packaging, and distribution (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Um, glitch or what?
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Well since you ask about it, Kyle: After repairing the mail2news gateway yesterday, we realized that news-authentication failed to work correctly, and in the small timeslot until we shut down mail2news again, a bunch of spam went through. mail2news (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Um, glitch or what?
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(...) a lot of spam in the forums. Kyle (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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$B!zDI2C%a!<%kJX(B $B9a?%$5$s!"$A$g$&$...H$G$9!#(B $B$9$3$7$G$bH`=w$N5...s5.J}$r(B $B$*BT$A$7$F$$$^$9!#(B $B!z$*OM$S(B $BL5NA>R2p%a!<%kJX$...<%k$G!"(B $BJ8;z2=$1$G#U#R#L$...^$7$?!#(B $B$"$i$?$a$^$7$F!"$...j$^$9!#(B (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Custom Lego soldiers for sale
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Hi all, I'm selling some more of my custom Lego soldiers on eBay - these are brand new assembled only for selling. They are fully compatable with the Lego Adventurers range. (URL) If you would like these, please place a bid, you might win them. If (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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It shure looks like it. In various groups too. What does CHINA GOLD CORP or Hoodia 920+ have to do with LEGO toys? Arn't there better places on the Net to talk about stock market investments and weight loss? This is LUGNET. I come here expecting to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Wutz up with those last 2 messages?
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What laguage are thay in? I shure don't wanna click the links within. Is someone spamming LUGNET? (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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$B$R$+$k$G$9!"D>@\%...^$7$?!#(B $B:#Lk$O;d$NGq$^$C$...;$s$+!)(B $B;d!":#F|$[$+$N?M$...J$s$G$9(B 2$B?M$G=IGq$r$H$C$F...$$G$9!#(B $B%[%F%k$N$*6b$O$b$.../$@$5$$(B $B:#%A%c%C%H$K$$$k$...9$+$i!D(B (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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@ „¬„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª...„ª„ª„ª„ªš „«ƒGƒbƒ`D‚«‚ÈlÈ‚ª...ƒgII@„« š„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª...„ª„ª„ª„ª„® lÈU—ª“üŒû (URL) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | MechaHub - Global Lego Mecha Database - Site now Live!
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In the last 6 years the Lego Mecha genre has produced thousands of models. Until now Lego Mecha models were spread across the web... alone... scared... (but well armed)... and... homeless... Until now. It is my pleasure to announce a new website (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests
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(URL) Official Rules to Two Mindstorms Challenges Released! And odds and ends! ===...=== We are pleased to release the rules to two of the upcoming Mindstorms challenges. PDF Rules to these are the (URL) Sumo> and (URL) Ball Gathering.> “Great Ball (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Legoland Model Builder Search Finalist journal
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This is a journal of my experience as a Legoland model builder finalist. Sorry about the length...but I have a lot to report Before I begin, I need to tip my hat to three individuals. The first hat tip goes to my wonderful wife Michelle. From the (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Change of Addy and....Age?
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Welcome back Hendo! Good to see you returned! (...) If you fill out this form: (URL) again with the new email, it should update for you. It may take a few days to go through, so don't do it right before a flurry of posts. You should also update your (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Change of Addy and....Age?
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Ha! I just happened to look at my profile on Lugnet and was surprised to notice my age. What surprised me is that I haven't given much thought to such things since I turned 30, and I honestly didn't know how old I was up until Lugnet of all things (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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(...) Thanks Gary! It is always a joy to read some content out of an experts mind like your's! I think you have shows how completely crazy the argumentation of this "Clotaire Rapaille" is. None of the arguments seems to be based on facts but all of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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| | Re: Two more Factory model... hoppers
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(...) OK, it looks like this issue has been fixed. I tried to email LEGO about this, had to go through the web forms, then got an email back telling me I had to basically go through exactly the same web form process again, but start from the Factory (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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Hi Marc, (...) no, not at all, sounds more like bullshit. (...) I guess that's pretty universal, I did that when I was a child in the late sixties and seventies, and I still do it today, along with everybody else I know. Jürgen (20 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Two more Factory model... hoppers
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(...) Black 1x1 plates! Would you believe it? The commonest cack I have kicking around at home, and LEGO Factory doesn't have any! If you build them into any model, it comes up as 'not available'. It's maddening trying to build something where you (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | BrickNebula Episode 15: Marcon Recap
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I am pleased to announce the (URL) BrickNebula> PodCast, (URL) Episode 15: Marcon Recap>. This is a quick podcast -- it's a audio recap from our club meeting about the Marcon display. It might be boring to the casual listener -- and if you're a fan (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, FTX)
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| | Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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Well lets see there are a few things missing from this Doctors discussions.... 1) Most Lego sets from 1955-65 had one thing in common.... the picture on the box top had nothing to do with what was inside the box! 2) Until around 1965 most sets (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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| | Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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(...) --SNIP-- (...) As with all generalisations this is likely to have some degree of truth to it. The article is a little trite but the point is interesting. I've certainly noticed that AFOLs from different countries tend to have different (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.us, FTX)
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| | Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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(...) I guess I can't agree with the analogy, unless they're driving at something very different. American kids do NOT want to go build their own things. They follow the instructions, and they're done. True, I think the model often comes apart when (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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| | American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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Just saw this via Google News: (URL) Selling Lego and The "Culture Code" for Germany> by Clotaire Rapaille (June 6, 2006) DNA makes a creature human, but what makes someone an American? Is there a "culture code" that programs us to become German, or (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de, FTX)
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| | Spongebob Sets Out Now
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The new spongebob sets are out now at toys r us just thought i would share (20 years ago, 5-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Server switchover
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Since you announced it, Suz, I can just as well announce that I am technically in charge of the switchover as I am the hoster and maintainer of the new machine(s). The duplicates of the last days were a side-effect of a first data load on the new (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Custom Lego soldiers for sale
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Hi all, I've started selling some of my custom Lego soldiers on eBay - these are brand new assembled only for selling. They are fully compatable with the Lego Adventurers range. (URL) If you would like these, please place a bid, you might win them. (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Server Hiccup?
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Folks, I need to apologize, we are preparing a new server for lugnet.com and somehow today's transfer of data seems to have spawned a number of news-to-mail forwards for you subscribers out there. This was not intended and should not happen again. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Server Hiccup?
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ME TOO. Mostly from .trains SteveB (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Server Hiccup?
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(...) A big ME TOO! --Jack AFOL, St. Louis (20 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| | Server Hiccup?
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I'm getting a bunch of old posts via email all at once. Stuff from at least the end of April, probably older. I know this has happned a couple of years ago and I got something like 300+ emails in a very short time. I assume it's not just me at this (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | LEGO Dinner in Hamilton, Ontario on June 22nd 2006
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Are you a fan of Lego? Do you live in Southwestern Ontario? Are you 18 years or order? Do you enjoy Space, Castle, Trains, Technic, Starwars, Batman, or any other LEGO theme? I am one of three known residents in the Hamilton Ontario area, who are (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: 200 and building! And calls for....
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(URL) 200? Already? BrickFest has passed the 200 registered attendee mark a little faster than I thought. While this is a great thing, it does mean I have to reevaluate things to make sure that things run smoothly. So I will encourage those who have (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Lego TV commercial
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I do not know if it is new but I found out that Lego now publishes some TV commercial through shop at home. Go to those links, you will see a "video" button under the image : Batwing : (URL) : (URL) : (URL) : (URL) Star destroyer : (URL) (20 years ago, 31-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Would You Like To Play A Game Of Chess? I Play Very Well....
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(...) Hello, Ed! You are exactly right-- those are the elements Ross used. He bound them together with a 2x16 plate. The rest is fairly simple. I'll pass along the kudos to Ross! JOHN (20 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Would You Like To Play A Game Of Chess? I Play Very Well....
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(...) Nice! I just finished helping my son make a checkerboard (because it's easy for a first try) on LEGO Factory, and I wanted to make it fold too, but no car roof hinges in the brickset, so we'll modify it to make it fold nicely like Ross has (...) (20 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Catalogs That Span 2 Years
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.... and while I'm on an "end of USA Samsonite" tangent. Look at this page from a 1972 J.C. Penney catalog.... these department store Samsonite Lego catalog sets (unique to USA) had huge parts counts... huge sets with over 800, 900, and 1,200 parts (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Catalogs That Span 2 Years
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Just checking to see if anyone still reads lugnet.general.... Since 1955, I have discovered that there are 3 Lego catalogs that span 2 years. 1956-57 Lego catalogs - In Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Germany (all the countries that sold Lego (...) (20 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Would You Like To Play A Game Of Chess? I Play Very Well....
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(...) That's awesome! I think I can see how to make the pieces, but the folding board looks tricky. Got better pictures so we can make our own? (20 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | GeekBrick Live Episode 1 Available!
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(URL) GeekBrick Live is ready and available for download. (URL) del.icio.us Links> (URL) Flickr Set> Click below to get the episode: (URL) Normal Feed> (URL) (20 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Would You Like To Play A Game Of Chess? I Play Very Well....
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(URL) Built by my son, Ross. Portable. I lost my queen in our first game because I couldn't tell the pieces apart. He didn't care;-) Enjoy, JOHN (20 years ago, 29-May-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Very Rare (1957-60) USA Lego Flag?
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Well I found the 48 star flag! It is in Building Idea Book 1 (known as #238) from 1960-68: Here is a 1960-61 variation of this book showing all the Lego specialty parts sold in 1960 (from Eric Strand's Excellent website!). (Bottom right of picture (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Announcing... The Second Annual Joe Vig Contest!!!
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Announcing... ====== (URL) You will find all the contest information on (URL) The Second Annual Joe Vig Contest> page. This contest does not begin until June 1st, 2006, so please don't post your entries before then. (The curators of .vignette are (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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Just got my SNVT containers and minifigs. 2 of the 3 minifigs are missing the red scarves, will have to call in about that. One of the containers was missing a 2x2 corner plate, but one of the other containers (the last I opened) had an extra ;-) (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Video Podcast, Ideas Needed!
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(...) Ah, I meant to put, "New Video Podcast," versus "News Video Podcast" Ooops. (20 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | News Video Podcast, Ideas Needed!
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Hey everyone, I am planning on starting up a video podcast that talks about some of the different building techniques, and then demonstrates them using real bricks. Each episode will probably only be a few minutes long, depending. Question is, where (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: attaching batman logo stickers to the batmobile and batboat sets
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(...) On the 'Legions of Gotham' forum, the designer for the Batman stickers posted about this awhile back. He created extra Bat symbols so people could stick them on whatever they wanted - notebooks, cell phones, or as Pete suggested, your (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Pyramid on Robot Chicken
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Greetings, Whilst browsing (read: wasting time) I came across these animations: I think this originally aired last year on Season 1 of "Robot Chicken" on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. (Rated TV 14 for language... I didn't know Duplo could be used as (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Vending Machine
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(...) Utterly cool! /Tore (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) Quick Follow-up. I did recieve the 4 missing parts about 2 days ago. LEGO Customer Service comes through again. -Eric (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | BrickJournal 4: The LCAD Issue
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(URL) is here! This issue is 96 pages, and includes event reports from Europe, interviews with Alban Nanty and Mark Larson, and how-tos on LCAD software! Not to mention the Bat stuff.... You can download Issue 4 here: (URL) Full Torrent,> (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | GeekBrick.com, Podcast Only!
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GeekBrick.com will no longer be posting news on the site, as it is now going to be a weekly podcast. In a way, it is similar to the Bricks in my Pocket podcast in the sense that they have most of their LEGO news, etc, on the podcast. The two full (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: attaching batman logo stickers to the batmobile and batboat sets
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(...) There's always your forehead. Mr.stump and I were thinking the same thing as he assembled his son's set. pete.w (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SNVT Build-a-Train Contest
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The contest is a good idea and I agree that this sort of thing is one of the best concrete things we can do to promote the continuance of 9V trains. Thanks for setting it up. One comment on the rules/guidelines: Clarity of the instructions - not (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Finnally have a website
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Just in case anyone cares: cowinacan.com was going to add it to my lugnet member page but forgot my password and such and don't feel like going through hassle of trying to get it. Hope you enjoy it. Steve DeCraemer (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | attaching batman logo stickers to the batmobile and batboat sets
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On the batmobile, I attached the larger batman logo to the windscreen of the batmobile (as per the instructions). Where do the 3 smaller batman logos attach to? On the batboat, I stuck the small batman logo on the front of batmans small boat thing (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) hmm, my packing list says the same thing. Having worked in a fulfillment type capacity in the past I can picture the workers trying to get things out the door and learn the new procedures at the same time. I can imagine a company like Lego, (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) Thats odd because I only got 1 box when I ordered 10 copies of the same set... I did get all the cover pages though. Actually my packing slip even says "SHPALON1" in the "WHSE" column. I take that as "Ship all on 1 box" in the "Warehouse (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) I just rec'd my 10 copies of Tims dark red wall. Ordered on 5/9 delivered on 5/24. Perfectly reasonable time frame IMO for such a new and logistically involved process. I am hoping TLG tweaks the system a little to deal with the excass box and (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Jason Poland wins Model Builder Search
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We have a winner: (URL) TEXAS MAN OUTBUILDS 22 HOPEFULS TO BECOME NEW MODEL BUILDER AT LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA> CARLSBAD, Calif. (May 23, 2006) - Hopeful contenders came from as far away as Virginia to compete in a battle of creativity and strategy, (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | Spamcast, Lego News Podcast
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Announcing the Spamcast, a Lego enthusiast news podcast, endeavoring to post weekdays at (URL) Headlining fan news from the official Lego® site, around the world, new set reviews, and community events. Finding it challenging to make time to keep up? (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: SNVT Build-a-Train Contest
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(...) Yes I had noticed that, I am hoping that it is just a temporary hicup in the system. I wouldn't think they would have "Sold Out" already on Train Wheels. (...) Thanks, this is was a very fortunate side effect of having LEGO Factory come out (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Train parts are 9V...
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(...) I have tested the system this week end, and found out that train wheels are not available (bummer) Also, the fact that parts : (URL) not available either (besides some of them being featured in the new city crane set) make building all sort of (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SNVT Build-a-Train Contest
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(...) My son Ross already built a loco using the factory (using 2 motors). It was huge. I told him to shorten it by 8 studs, and he did, and then we submitted it to see how much it would cost. <drum roll, please!> One hundred and ninety two bucks!!! (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: SNVT Build-a-Train Contest
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(...) FYI, the train wheels and any Factory model including train wheels is currently showing up as "Not Available". See my post on 'Trains' parts from LEGO Factory: (URL) About the contest - excellent idea. This is a great point: It will give us an (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | SNVT Build-a-Train Contest
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Save 9v Trains would like to announce its first (and hopefully not only) contest. The contest has been set up to support 9v Trains by using LEGO Factory to build a quality database of models that can be purchased by long time AFOLs and Newbies. Our (...) (20 years ago, 22-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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BrickFest is fast approaching, and it's time to get the ball rolling on our Mecha contests! Our first contest is the Fantasy Mecha Contest. Participants are asked to imagine what ancient, medieval, or fantasy cultures might design if they had the (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | Re: How to remove Click-hinge axles?
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"David Simmons" <xenobuzz@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:IzJ63p.Hp3@lugnet.com... (...) A dremel works nicely on those stubborn parts. :P -Rob (who actually uses David Eaton's method) www.brickmodder.net (20 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set database Q
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(...) Hi Nathan, thanks for the question. I assume you mean the 1 x 1 plates (not bricks). My gut instinct is to answer "no", because the parts bags weren't designed to be sold as individual sets. Their sale (AFAIK) is merely a side-effect of the (...) (20 years ago, 21-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Very Rare (1957-60) USA Lego Flag?
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I hope I don't confuse people.... "USA flags" and "USA Lego flags" are 2 different things. The dates listed are the offical USA flag dates. The actual USA Lego flag dates are unknown to me (except the 1957 date of first Lego USA flag sales). Gary (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Very Rare (1957-60) USA Lego Flag?
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I am just finishing up the Lego CD Chapter on Lego flags, and I came across something that I found very interesting which may never have been discussed on LUGNET. If you check Clark Stephen's awesome rare Lego parts site, it shows the Lego wavy (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How to remove Click-hinge axles?
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(...) Thanks very much, Dave E, for your excellent suggesting which worked perfectly upon testing! I'm trying to match the colors of all these different parts so that my assemblies are of one color. Dave S. (20 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests and Events, Space Contests, Castle Contest and..
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(URL) Mindstorms/Technic Events BrickFest 2006 is fast approaching! This year, the Technic and Mindstorms Theme coordinators are pleased to announce 5 competitions. The competitions will be spread across the 3 days of BrickFest. The planned (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The fabulous Clikits girls
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Yet another nice update! By now, you may have noticed that Clikits trademark/icon figures Daisy, Heart and Star are restyled each year, recieving new clothes to wear, a different hairdo, accessories and so on. This time I've added images of the (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.clikits, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) into one of these: (URL) Or some similar part. Then, you can get a better handhold and pry them apart a little easier. DaveE (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | How to remove Click-hinge axles?
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Hey all, Specifically, I'm wondering if anyone has any techniques they can offer on how to separate this part: (URL) this part: (URL) tried a Technic axle but to no avail. Thanks! David Simmons (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: House of Bricks 2006 Report, or "That wasn't supposed to happen"
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(...) I think its worth mentioning that Joe is explaining two seperate events. I didn't get auctioned off to one of the NXT guys ;) (URL) If we had no idea about the money issues with 2BeCon, I don't think I would have even percieved a difference. (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) Cool. Good to know everything works like I thought. Thanks for posting. I am thinking this set that you've designed is going to give USC Yoda a run for the title of my favorite set of all time. At full retail, the price per piece is about the (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Favorite Brickshelf Accounts
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(...) Nice thread. Those are some great galleries. I can add these to the list: Jim Garrett (URL) Pierre (URL) Jdavis (URL) Thomas Burger (URL) I guess yours would be up there too. ;o) I am sure I am overlooking a few others as well. Jonathan (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | My Favorite Brickshelf Accounts
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In no particular order. What are yours? (URL) Stijn "Koyan" Derudder> (URL) Corey Sanders> (URL) James Mathis> (URL) Steven Asbury> (URL) Tim Gould> JOHN (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) I just recieved my dark red wall and definitely ordered after you. I am in England though so a lot closer to the source. This was by far the quickest order I've ever made from S@H and I'm beginning to wonder if I unintentionally paid for the (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: House of Bricks 2006 Report, or "That wasn't supposed to happen"
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I've managed to upload a partial zip. I'll talk to my web guy, and see why it keeps cutting off my uploads. (URL) oughta work, even if the vids aren't all there. I've gotten the vids down to one disc with no loss of quality, I'll mail out those (...) (20 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) Here is a photo. The first 2 bags are "Save 9v Trains" containers (printed on the bag). The third is the little fig I got. Note the missing head, hat, scarf, and 2x3 black plate. (URL) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | LDD Train parts are 9V...
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Using my contacts within the LEGO Factory team I have been able to determine that all train parts (Motor and Track) are from the 9V system not the new IR system. I am currently working to determine why there is such a large price differance between (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: A new way to justify your hobby....
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(...) You can find a little more on that creation here: (URL) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) My order, placed a.m. on 5/9 for 10 copies of Tim Gould's dark red wall of 1x2's, is still "in process". Though I check the status a couple of times a day, I am not worried just yet. I am a little anxious just to see the process thru and to (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Got my first LEGO Factory 1.6 sets today and...
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(...) That's good, I didn't want more boxes to recycle. Then again, if someone were to create a set that they wanted to pass out as gifts, in that case, they might want a separate box for each. So they should probably consider offering that as an (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: House of Bricks 2006 Report, or "That wasn't supposed to happen"
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(...) Yeah, sorry I drove it off the table while destroying Felix's castle with my robot. (...) Steve has tried to portray this as my agressively hitting his front bumper with the side of my robot. Don't listen to him. Watch the viedo: (URL) He even (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | A new way to justify your hobby....
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Sure town, train, castle and space are great... BUT this creation, is beyond cool... (URL) starting on mine tonight!!! Janey "Hit me, Barkeep, Red Brick" (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | House of Bricks 2006 Report, or "That wasn't supposed to happen"
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Hi all, Things didn't go right for 2BeContinued, the sponsor convention to House of Bricks. Through some odd factors, the covention lost a sizable amount of money. So much, the meeting space wasn't paid for. On top of that, two of the three guests (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Verify full street addresses of the Atlanta Lego stores?
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Anyone? I can't believe no one in GA has answered, here or in the Atlanta group. I now know the Outlet is definitely correct. But I have no confirmation of the Dawsonville store (need to know if it is WAY out of my way as I suspect). Tom Stangl, (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Missing Batman set, does anyone know what it is
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(...) Bruce, I'm pretty sure Speaknspell is Steve Witt, Community Relations Coordinator for TLG, one of Jake's "students". You probably know of Steve already? In case you don't, here is (URL) his blog>. -Bryan (20 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BrickiWiki
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(...) I remember I was beside myself that day...;-) Actually, I had intended to create a page, but didn't get the hang of it right away, and settled for a simple edit instead (which obviously any idiot such as myself can figure out;-) (...) I'll (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Legofan.org status?
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(...) Hey Christian. I apologize that we have not been more clear about what is going on. LEGOFan is far from being dead, but we are certainly in a painful transition phase right now. Richard Morton has been very graciously running the LEGOFan site (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickiWiki
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(...) I'll support this. Klas has made a fantastic job of getting the initial links set up. Now all it needs is for people to keep them up to date. I go there any time I need to find out about a theme or area of Lego I'm not familiar with. Tim (20 years ago, 17-May-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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