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For the people that want to build one with their own (or bricklink) LEGO: (URL) now offers a stickersheet that is a reproduction of the original one. (18 years ago, 8-Oct-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I have started a group on Flickr called Lego Complaining: (URL) It's open to the public so anyone can join. I invite everyone to come take a look at it and for all gentle readers to join if they would like to. Here's the group charter: ===...=== We (...) (18 years ago, 8-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.db.inv, FTX)
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(...) A Happy 10th Birthday to LUGNET! Cheers, J.P. Manalo (18 years ago, 7-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(2 URLs) RAILBRICKS 4 can now be downloaded from following links: (URL) Standard Resolution download:> (10.2 mb - Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater) (URL) Resolution download:> (55.7 mb - Adobe Reader 5.0 or greater) In this issue: Brian Williams: The (...) (18 years ago, 3-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) HAPPY 10 LUGNET!!!! :) WOW-has it been 10 years already?? Here to 10 more! Happy building!! Megan (18 years ago, 2-Oct-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Like I mentioned this is beta site at the moment and we have stuff planned that I just have not had time to do yet. And one thing I have been unable to do yet is the logo. GOOGLEGO is an acronym for Gathering Oodles & Oodles of Great LEGO© (...) (18 years ago, 30-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Its very cool. I know this stinks, but I do see both either Google lawyers and LEGO lawyers might object to the use of the name(s) in the domain. -Abner (18 years ago, 30-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Maybe they won't, but since it does have to do with LEGO related stuff, I think they might (and will) take contact. (18 years ago, 30-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Mike, Very nice work, and a creative domain name. But depending on whether you pronounce it "GoogleGo" or "GoogLEGO", you might end up hearing something from LEGO at some point asking that you not use the LEGO brand name in your domain. (...) (18 years ago, 30-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, While looking up some very old instructions that I have such as #333 Delivery Truck, #329 Antique Car and #703 SteamShovel with Carrier, I tried to find some info on this catalog (no listing on Bricklink). There's no set number on the (...) (18 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll make sure to gather that info when I'm there. I'll be going to the store in the Northbrook Mall, the Woodfield store in Schaumburg and possibly the new Discovery Center close to the Woodfield Mall. David (18 years ago, 27-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, FTX)
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(...) Well, I have all the LEGO stores in the database, except for the newest ones, but it's not hard to add them in. However, most of the LEGO stores are "hidden" from view (for now) until I can find someone who can help admin those stores. As I (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Is there a method to adding a LEGO store to the list? I will be going to a couple of the LEGO stores in Chicago in about a month and would be willing to gather the contents of their P.A.B. walls...as well as a list of what's in them. ;-) I (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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Hey Brickish folks, Saw a story 1:42PM BST 23 Sep 2008 (URL) private collection of two million bricks of Lego" A toy-mad collector and Star Wars fan has amassed Britain's biggest private collection of Lego - containing over two million bricks. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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I was a huge LEGO fan till my early teens, and I still have fond memories of playing with it. That's why I wanted to share with you some font sets I created inspired to the shape of LEGO bricks. (URL) The sets were created by using a free Web (...) (18 years ago, 22-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(URL) of various celebrities related to the 30th anniversary. WOrth checking out! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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"Allan Johansen" <f2k@chaotica.dk> wrote in message news:K7CFDy.4I0@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) How much more money would you spend or would you simply spend your money differently? Exrapolate how much you might spend to a 1000 people? (...) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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"Purple Dave" <purple_daveAThotmailDOTcom> wrote in message news:K7CvLF.3no@lugnet.com... [ .... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I had breakfast with Jake one time when I was in Dallas (probably 4-5 years ago) and he told me the story of (...) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, it's not a recent trend - it's a rediscovered trend. Look at the 39x Hobby Model sets from 1975 & 1976. They were clearly aimed at adults. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.people.teens, lugnet.general)
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(...) Honestly, my impression of the Lego hobbyist community is that there was a boom in growth of AFOL purchasing around 1998-2000. My honest-to-god guess is that AFOLs weren't worth marketing to back in, say, 1992, but we WERE worth marketing to (...) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes! Me and the rest of you... Well in appreciation terms anyway. God Bless, Nathan (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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When it comes to Lego I'm with Tim... ; ) God Bless, Nathan (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Both halves? Do adult fans represent 50% of the market? Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (18 years ago, 18-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's exactly it. If you're looking for black 2x4 bricks, the market is flooded with them, so BL prices have settled pretty low (and the rarer parts in a given set help offset those low prices so that sellers will still find it worth parting (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, let's check the math on this, shall we? Now, you'll have to excuse me, but I'm going to reorder your list by year of release, because it'll help me to make my point, but I will not be omitting anything: (...) 2008 (...) 2007 (...) 2006 (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But that's exactly the point. It's not that they weren't aware of us at all. It's that they thought we were an inconsequencial fraction of the total market, and thus not worth catering to at all. And strictly in terms of the total customer (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, or maybe it's me generalizing from getting lucky once. Looking at PaB, 1x14's are currently 28 cents per piece. On Bricklink, right now, I can find them for as low as 15 cents, but not in anything like the quantities I'd needed. In fact (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think that's not quite the point that was being made. The point is that selling individual bricks to individual consumers is *grossly* more expensive for the company, not that it's cheaper, and hence would need to sell sets to keep their (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I didn’t say that they should stop selling the normal sets. I just asked for an additional service above and beyond that... But of course you have a point regarding the need for profit. Perhaps such an offer should be available only to certain (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Let's take a moment to ask, what's wrong with "Play"? Why do we get so defensive about it? None of my friends who play basketball feel the need to qualify "Play ball" with some explaination about how they "design and carryout team sports (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, if you include a margin for profit (which does seem fair), this *does* exist - it's called Pick-a-Brick, and you can do it on-line via S@H. Yes, I *know* it doesn't have all the elements, or all the colors... but it has loads more than (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) YES but LEGO wouldn't be around if they don't make some profits right? How at production cost would they survive. (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) To be honest, in my opinion there’s nothing particularly "adult" about those sets - they’re just models (albeit rather impressive models) with a high brick count and an even higher price tag. What I would really like to see, is the possibility (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If people can't accept your hobby who cares, if they belittle you for it their not worth knowing, everybody has different habits/hobbies/interests so why be concerned with what others think if you are happy doing what you do just do it. To be (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) An excellent thought, Bob. Motivational posters are a great way to extend LEGO's respectability with adults. Imagine a poster of a wall of white 2x4 LEGO bricks, with a single gold brick in the middle, with the caption "...because you don't (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) An excellent thought, Bob. Motivational posters are a great way to extend LEGO's respectability with adults. Imagine a poster of a wall of white 2x4 LEGO bricks, with a single gold brick in the middle, with the caption "...because you don't (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You mean like Legofan? (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You mean like Legofan? (18 years ago, 17-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yea, I've been sent that link a few times myself and had a neighbor describe the church also (though that neighbor was also using Bricklink before I shared that I was into LEGO). I have actually not yet had anyone react badly (even cashiers in (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... and 50% of the time, it's a link to Amy Hughes' church. Well, except for one guy who sends me fresh and new content. Steve (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ouch again! Bob does bring up a good point (even if it was an obvious one.) Kids are the primary market for TLC, so it’s a good thing that no one has suggested that this change. Leg Godt, (that means Play Well, in case you forgot) Scott (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, Thanks for bringing this up, it's nice to see some action on Lugnet again. It's become a lot easier fo me to be be accepted as a LEGO builder now than when I was a teen or in my early 20s. Partly that's because my peers are older and aren't all (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Or even "Definitely! Don't you?" (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is so true Bill! Just this morning, one of the girls in our finance department stopped by my office to show me a link to a LEGO movie she had found online. I get stuff like that forwarded to me all the time from various co-workers. Even (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is a little off-topic, but I gotta agree with Mr. Eaton here. I don't think it's fair to blast LEGO for "not catering to the adult market". If we do a real quick review of sets geared more towards adults in the past 5-6 years I come up (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wait, I reconsidered my answer to this... get yourself one paid project under your belt, and then you can tell people you get paid to do it. Their attitude will instantly change from mocking to jealously. (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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Simple. reply with: "I used to do lots of crack, and now i build with Lego!" Steve (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think it's all in your attitude. And by "you" I don't just mean you, Scott, but AFOLs in general. If you talk about it with confidence and pride, people tend to respect that. If you talk about it with any timidity or shame in your voice, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You learn fast. (...) That's not something I'm interested in. I make my preferences known by buying the sets I like, and not buying the ones I don't like. (...) I'm unlikely to do either. And I have no idea what posters have to do with this. (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ouch, but taking your own advise, I shouldn't care what you say...right? Actually, I don't loose any sleep over anyone thinking that I'm childish or odd in some way because LEGO is a hobby of mine. The purpose of my post was to spur creativity (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had three Vikings and two Town guys with a box truck I built with my company's logo on it on my desk for a year or so now. Starting about a month ago, a co-worker started bringing in little green plastic army men (non-Lego) so she could (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Tommy, I believe the joke is in reference to the extinction of this tree: (URL) which was last seen in the wild in 2001 and now exists only in captivity. -Hendo (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Good thread with a lot of responses I relate to. I'll tag on Dave's since he scratched the most on what I wanted to add... In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: (snip) (...) The comparison to model railroading is one I have long used to describe our (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) ?????? (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indeed. They rendered the cypress tree extinct, after all. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What on Earth for? I can't say I've ever found how other adults view my hobby to be a problem. I don't go out of my way to tell people what I do with my spare time. If they do find out, I just shrug it off with 'everyone needs a hobby' or (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What on Earth for? I can't say I've ever found how other adults view my hobby to be a problem. I don't go out of my way to tell people what I do with my spare time. If they do find out, I just shrug it off with 'everyone needs a hobby' or (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Thoughts? Any other ways to improve the hobby image of LEGO? When I'm looking for Lego's at garage sales a lot of the people will say they aren't selling them because their kids are still playing with them. I answer that I understand since I'm (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The image of an adult playing, designing or building with legos will always be what it is, regardless of how much it wants to be glorified as a design specialty. In and out of the professional environment. We did some desk accesories for Lego (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's easy. When somebody asks, "You still play with LEGO?" you say, "Yes." (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bring your minifigs to work! I remember "Bring Your Minifig To Work Day - Dec. 13, 1996" If you search Google Groups, you'll see my posting with the above title. I brought in 45 minifigs that day. :-) Jeff (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Dave Sterling wrote: SNIPPY (...) Then I ask them how much pain playing with Lego inflicts on wildlife and they don't have an answer.... ;-) (yeah, Lego isn't that good for the environment, I know) Tim (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I generally don't worry about it too much. Most people that I meet actually don't find it that odd. If anything, they find it a quirky but acceptable hobby. I actually get stranger reactions from people when I tell them that I paint miniatures (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure that's really a fair assessment-- or, rather, the tone implies that everyone else at Lego was clueless until Jake showed them how it's done. But that's not really the case. I think it was more true that certain groups within the (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) TLC is still trying to come to grips with the fact that we _do_ still collect. You'd think it would be a no-brainer. I mean, here's a company that leaves bowls of bricks out on their conference tables that you are _encouraged_ to play with (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't generally mention payments that the club receives for shows because our members aren't actually _paid_ to participate. We try to reimburse stuff like parking and any applicable admission costs (though we always try to make sure we get (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think it may have a lot to do with your own feelings towards others. As I read your post, I'm not sure of the tonal inflection of the person saying "you still play with LEGO?"--is the inflection one of disgust, or one of excitement? That in (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, perhaps it's the people I associate with or just something about my age but I don't usually seem to have this problem. Most times when the subject of my lego habits comes up the response is more in the "whoa sweet!" line, and maybe a (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I usually just reply that I don’t "play" with LEGO - I design and build. If they can’t understand that... well, their problem... That being said, I think that TLC could do a bit more to get adults into LEGO. For example, take a look at their (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have been asked these questions numerous times by co-workers...especially after we put an ad up on the bulletin board saying we wanted to buy used LEGO. Usually when they ask if we still play with LEGO, Stacy and I enthusiastically reply (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I usually answer something like, "Oh,yeah!" with a big grin on my face. While they are a little stunned I add something like, "I tried model railroading/shipbuilding but it was too limiting." That really seems to click a few light bulbs (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I've been doing something for the last two year I'd like to share and I think it works because I'm sill doing it. OK, so some people have thoughts about us playing, building, being fans of, whatever of LEGO but I've found it's easy to (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) First off, I'll offer you the suggestion that the answer isn't "no", it's "yes!" Not to get all psychological, but if you answer "no", but still claim some sort of personal association with Lego, their assumption may likely be that you're (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Next time, either say: "You still watch grown men chase a ball around a field?" or something similar. (...) That's a tall order. Outside of sports, are there any other hobbies that truly bridge the child/adult gap? When a brand has spent (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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I've had that same kind of question asked of me before. My response differs on the way that they ask it. For example, the question, "You still play with LEGOs? What are you a little kid or something?" would be retorted to with, "Well, if I made (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I actually have done a lot of thinking on this topic-why, I am not sure why--but I have. I am a talker as some of yall might know and am always bringing up my little sideline business of personalizing LEGO for mainly adult LEGO builders. It (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just don't care what other people say. Much simpler than trying to change their minds. Tim (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general) !
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The other day I got another "You still play with LEGO?". I replied with: "No, I design and build models made from LEGO." That didn't seem to help much. I'd like to start a list of ideas and suggestions on how we might improve how other adults view (...) (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Thank you for joining! :) Let me know if there's anything I can do to make the web-site better. (Just to let everyone know, I changed one of my database queries, so now the calendar renders A LOT faster!) --Mike. (18 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) (snip) (...) Yours is a good job, thanks for doing it and for sharing with the community. I've just joined today ^^ julencin2000 (18 years ago, 13-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I've long been a fan of Brickwiki, particularly the well documented pirate glossary which it contains (not so much the 'Drome Racing' stuff, but I guess that addresses a need too), but it seems like the site might be on the way out. I've been trying (...) (18 years ago, 12-Sep-08, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for ideas for building warehouse style lights
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:K6zArA.6EB@lugnet.com... (...) I work for an electrical contractor and we install two different styles typically: The first is an HID (high intensity discharge) "highbay" fixture. (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for ideas for building warehouse style lights
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(...) Are you asking about florescent lights (two long tubes) or incandescent (large bulbs)? I have seen both in warehouses etc. The incandescent lights would easily be made by using a large radar dish with a 1x1 transparent cone as the "bulb". (...) (18 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Looking for ideas for building warehouse style lights
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(...) Is there a photo link you could direct me to? It isn't clear (to me) which type of lights you are referring to. Interior lights? Exterior? Thanks, Jonathan (18 years ago, 11-Sep-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Looking for ideas for building warehouse style lights
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I am looking for ideas on how to produce lights similar to the style you see on the roof of warehouses, warehouse style retailers etc. The only stipulation is that they must be minifig scale and must have a single stud on top as the attachment point (...) (18 years ago, 10-Sep-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Unsorted lego funny
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I pretty much LOL'ed when I saw this. Some NSFW language. (URL) hasn't felt like this? Steve (18 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO(R) Enhances Reliability of its Global Web Presence with UltraDNS
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CircleID Internet Infrastructure, By UltraDNS Sept. 04, 2008 LEGO(R) Enhances Reliability of its Global Web Presence with UltraDNS World's Sixth Largest Toy Manufacturer Experiences Significant Reduction in Web Traffic Loss Following Switch to (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Article in Business Section of The Washington Post
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The below article was published in today's Business Section of the Washington Post: (URL) CDC (18 years ago, 7-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tiny Contest - Spot all the Lego sets
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As originally posted (URL) here>, here's a safe way to kill some time at work: Can you name all the sets that were used in the following diorama? (URL) Guidelines: 1) There are no prizes - just bragging rights (lol, yeah right) 2) You can use set (...) (18 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: A simple rollercoaster...
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(...) That's what my son says too, but that will need a larger room than I have at home! I'm putting my hopes in a Lego fest which we will try to organize here in Sweden this autumn. I thought we should try to build something big together, that's (...) (18 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.general)
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Very nice! I'm glad to see you have made a successful roller coaster. I see you attached all the baseplates together. The firmer your track is the farther and faster your train will run. Now you need to start working on a loop! (...) (18 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Press release for LEGO Collectors Guide
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(...) I picked up my book from the post office today. I was surprised to see it includes keychains, polybag sets, and service packs -- no pictures of the service packs, though. I don't recall if your CD had that info (my copy is at home so I can't (...) (18 years ago, 28-Aug-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO(R) minifigure turns 30
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(...) Found another story today on Wired.com (URL) (18 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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(...) I dunno, there seems to be a (URL) petition> about it! Tim (18 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Congratulations, Nathan Sawaya!!!
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Nathan has made today's Yahoo Home page news box!!! (as of 11:30 am PDT) Congratulations! Here's a link to the full article: (URL) Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (18 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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I really cannot see how LEGO can ethically release this kit since it was created as an exclusive for the employees of Vesta. I would be sorely disappointed in TLG if they did such a thing. "Limited ediition" and "exclusive" mean something. As "The (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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(...) You could buy 4, and put Port Block up on legs. (18 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO set 4999 Vestas (please release it)
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(...) I claim that I might buy two, and I assure you that it would save my LEGO (Port Block, critically affected by the rising sea levels resulting from global warming) from financial ruin. Richard Still baldly going... (18 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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