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Anyone know what's up with Brickshelf? It seems to still have the files (deeplinks are intact), but no folders (so no normal way to access them). Hopefully this is just a glitch, and not something more. (17 years ago, 21-Mar-09, to lugnet.general) !
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I had been working on a project for MegaCon... I've had the idea to do a table-sized version of "Battleship". I wanted it to be sort of microscale, but at the same time, I wanted a player's board to be half a table. As I was building the boards, I (...) (17 years ago, 21-Mar-09, to lugnet.games, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | "Wasp" Droid Host Unit & "Versus" section @ Brickshelf
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Check out the "Wasp" droid host unit (starfighter type) (URL) also added a "versus" section to my gallery where I've posed some of my U.E.S.F. vehicles and mecha along side their Vedraan counterparts. (URL) (17 years ago, 17-Mar-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic.bionicle) !
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| | Re: Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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(...) I'd like to register a team. Steve Hassenplug (17 years ago, 16-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.people)
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(URL) Pilots and service crews, gather around! We at Mechahub are pleased to announce an exciting new contest. The theme for this contest is Civilian Mecha. The only real restrictions are that the mecha possess no weaponry (i.e. not for military (...) (17 years ago, 14-Mar-09, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team has arranged to create and execute a Build On-The-Spot (BOTS) challenge at this year's event. This challenge will be completed in addition to the regular Mindstorms displays and events. As (...) (17 years ago, 12-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: Un-yellow old plastic - will it work on LEGO?
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(...) ... Yes. I tried this last week and the results were very good. Take a look at this (URL) post>. The picture shows the results before and after a exposure of only 2 hours in the sun. We are having a heat wave here in Brazil and I was afraid of (...) (17 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Do you have yellowed brick and wish to restore it to its original color? I recently stumbled upon a Maker Magazine article called "Un-Yellow Old Plastics - Retr0brite!" ((URL) I think this might work for yellowed white and grey brick. According to (...) (17 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Looking for BS pictures...
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I have a CAD rendered Lego room as my desktop background. It has several classic 1970s models in it, like the 398 USS Constellation, 148 Central Station, 956 Auto Chassis and several trains all arranged in a rendered room with a desk, laptop, (...) (17 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Who do you consider the most influential AFOL?
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(...) I'll throw out the name James Mathis Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (17 years ago, 8-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego dealer closing down, clearnce sale
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(...) May I ask you to please stop spamming all the groups with this? One message was more than enough, and the ones who might be interested have seen it. Thanks for understanding. Regards, Matija (17 years ago, 8-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Lego dealer closing down, clearnce sale
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Hello All A local and former lego dealer is about to close, and is selling out. Glued sets and gears are available. Here is the post about clearance sale (URL) (17 years ago, 7-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | What are these?
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What are these pictures (URL) pictures named MVC-xxx Reason why I want to know: (URL) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Glued sets, dealers gear, assembled sets
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Hi I got a number of glued sets, is there a market for that? A local lego dealer is selling out, and I have posted here (URL) point is, that I haven't taken much yet - because - glued sets from lego, some new and unused. Is there a market for that? (...) (17 years ago, 6-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
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(...) YES, it works, but there are even simpler solutions. A safe way which has been succesfully tried by many Czech and Slovak AFOLs at www.kostky.org since 2005 (sorry, I don't recall who invented it): - you can restore only parts meant to be (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Names that come to mind as far as recognition in the AFOL community (Not a whole list, and in no particular order--these are just what's coming off the top of my head in about 5 or so minutes) Larry P Christina Hitchcock Joe Meno Todd Lehman (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO marble runs
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Chris Marx wrote: (Last things first here...) (...) Given the the rise of the GBCs has been one of the most amazing things I've seen in the AFoL community, I'd say you're far from alone. I'd love to see TLG come out with some (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.ambassadors)
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"Bob Parker" <cg47@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:KG1pDp.BE9@lugnet.com... (...) I'm sure that's quite a large list. I guess it could also be narrowed down a bit into categories as your post suggested. Example, who comes to mind when I say: (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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In the past, we've had people active in the Community with instant name recognition: Larry P. (++lar) for instance. We've had infamous people: Bill Swanberg, aka the Lego Set Price Modifier. And of course there has been people such as Brad Justus (...) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
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Sorry, forgot to set the format to FTX: (URL) (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
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(...) (URL) The only problem that I had was to find Hydrogen Peroxide 10% in the liquid form. Here in Brazil, the drugstores only sell it in a creamy form. Will try to buy some H2O2 in some lab. Ildefonso. (17 years ago, 5-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brickworld and Westin Strengthen Ties
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is very excited to be strengthening our ties to the Westin North Shore Hotel. The staff of the Westin has been invaluable to making Brickworld the success that it is by providing a (...) (17 years ago, 4-Mar-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Can anyone ID this part?
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(...) As far as I know, it's a brand new piece. I was really hoping that there would be some more in-depth pictures from Toy Fair of the bus, but the one you linked to is the only one I've seen. -Joel (17 years ago, 3-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
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(...) I know regular household peroxide does a great job on white and gray parts. (17 years ago, 3-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 23 Historic Additions to LEGO Sets/Parts CD Version 3.
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(...) {SNIP} (...) Gary - Do you have idea when you will be shipping version 3? Please let me know if you didn't get my payment Thanks, Paul Sinasohn (17 years ago, 3-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possible answer to yellowed parts
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(...) Holy moley, that's quite dramatic. I have an abundance of old elements that have yellowed badly. If I can dig them up, I'll definitely give this a try. Heck, if it works, it'll even be worth buying a Billy Mays product like Oxy-Clean! Dave! (17 years ago, 3-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | possible answer to yellowed parts
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I found this article here (URL) a process to reverse the yellowing of ABS computer parts. Anyone know if the same thing would work for yellowed and UV damaged LEGO? Anyone want to take a sacrificial UV damaged part (one thats not worth much and (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: 23 Historic Additions to LEGO Sets/Parts CD Version 3.
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One last thing Anders.... I have always remembered your story about 3 September 1967 when Sweden went from driving on the left side of the road to driving on the right side of the road (like the rest of continental Europe). In the current version of (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 23 Historic Additions to LEGO Sets/Parts CD Version 3.
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(...) Thanks Anders, I found out that the box is Norwegian, not Swedish. They would both say "System i lek" on the sides though. Besides knowing 3 German dialects (and English)... I get lost when things go beyond this table of translation.... (...) (17 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) anyone tell me what part is being used for the windscreen of the bus? Is it a new part? Does it exist in any other sets in any color? (17 years ago, 2-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 23 Historic Additions to LEGO Sets/Parts CD Version 3.
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(...) (URL) the small boy shouting "TITTA!" is just saying "LOOK!" :-) I think I remember this one, maybe I should go through my old Donald Duck magazines and scan the LEGO ads there... (17 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | 23 Historic Additions to LEGO Sets/Parts CD Version 3.
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I'm shamelessly plugging the contents of the LEGO CD (Version 3) that I mention on the Marketplace forum, but this is historic information that will be lost forever over on Bricklink... So if you already own Version 1 and/or Version 2... you may (...) (17 years ago, 28-Feb-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My second YouTube video
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Pictures are nice, but video of LEGO Trains in action is always better! You really have a nice collection of engines! Scott (17 years ago, 27-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Those are beautiful! Nicely done! Dave K (17 years ago, 27-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Very nice. The Blue Mountain & Reading looked especially good strutting around and the Erie looked right at home pushing. But you need some cabeese for the rear of those freight trains. :) Cale (17 years ago, 27-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My second YouTube video
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(...) My b4d T. (17 years ago, 27-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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The Texas-themed train cars are too cool! -Stefan- (17 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) You got me beat, I hardly ever making videos, I should! I liked seeing the video. You sure have a lot of handsome trains. I like that Texas State car. That is too cool! I also like all of your locos, they are really unique. I remember you (...) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | My second YouTube video
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It's only taken me nearly a year to make a second one. Perhaps I'll have to make it an annual event. (URL) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Polar Express Mark II
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(...) Thanks to the both of you. The cow catcher design was directly inspired by the work of Shaun Sullivan, so the credit goes to him. I am looking forward to seeing what LEGO comes out with, but I'll always design my locomotives to run on the (...) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express Mark II
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(...) Thanks, Eric, it's taken a long time for me to figure out a "good" way of taking photos of an all black locomotive. I'm sure other builders use the 2x2 printed tile in the same way, but I can't think of any examples off hand. --Tony (17 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Cross-stitch patterns
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(...) Yes, I have used cross-stitch patterns to create LEGO studs-out mosaic patterns. The ones that have just the large thread diagonal type patterns work best. (The ones with the thin thread outlines are quite tricky to transform into a LEGO (...) (17 years ago, 26-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Cross-stitch patterns
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Has anyone ever used cross-stitch patterns for Lego mosaics? I just grabbed a few of my mother-in-law's books (she isn't using them anymore) and I'm wondering if I should keep them for Lego use or trade them away. Thanks, Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (...) (17 years ago, 25-Feb-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brickworld - Esther Walner Memorial
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is sad to report the passing of Esther Walner. Esther served as Brickworld's newbie and FFOL coordinator. We send our deepest condolences to Esther's family. Esther's smile and enthusiasm (...) (17 years ago, 24-Feb-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO(R) Reports Sales Increase in 2008
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LEGO (R) Reports Sales Increase By Howard French, Feb. 23, 2009 Danish toy maker LEGO Systems, Inc. managed to sidestep the major slide in retail sales overall in 2008, reporting 38 percent sales growth in the past year, according to a company (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | LEGO(R) Reports Sales Increase in 2008
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LEGO 174 Reports Sales Increase By Howard French, Feb. 23, 2009 Danish toy maker LEGO Systems, Inc. managed to sidestep the major slide in retail sales overall in 2008, reporting 38 percent sales growth in the past year, according to a company (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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In lugnet.announce, Anthony Sava wrote: --- Snip! --- (...) --- Snip! --- This is great news! I can't wait to get a copy of this set for myself :-) (...) --- Snip! --- I noticed that on Shop@Home, the price in AUD will be AUD$149.99. Cheers, J.P. (...) (17 years ago, 20-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) Darn..I guess no minfig-scale Radiator Springs, then... aw, shoot! (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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(...) What would be interesting to see is if Alfred Molina gets to be a minfig for the third time!! (First minifig: Doctor Octopus, Spider Man 2) (Second minfig: Satipo, Indiana Jones (Temple Escape set) (if you don't believe me, check IMDB!) Scott (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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(...) Is this set going to be available for purchase at Brickfest in Portland? Is there a way to pre order it for the event? Cheers. (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) It's entirely possible. Since Mickey and Pooh came out at the same time (apparently for both lines), Disney probably bundled them together into a single license. When the Pooh license issue came up, the entire deal might have fallen through (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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It would be nice if TLC can share how this set will be powered? Maybe they got pushed into releasing this information early because it leaked (I speculate why that info is missing). -Ram (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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That'll do, TLG. That'll do. :) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) Whoa, that's convoluted--thanks for dredging it all up for me. I confess now that I'd had a little brain-fart; I totally forgot that LEGO put out Disney/Pooh sets a few years back. I could only remember as far back as the Mega Bloks (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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(...) This is nothing short of amazing! As soon as I saw the initial pictures of this a week or so ago all that was running through my mind was...'please be real'. After seeing this on S@H tonight I am so thrilled. We've been waiting for a good (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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(...) -snip- (...) -snip- That's just a turn of phrase, right? Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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WOW thats good. I am SO going to get one and use the large train wheels to build an American 4-4-0. Not sure if 6-wide or 8-wide would be more to scale with the real thing (may have to pull out my copy of Back To The Future 3 to check) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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It is now listed out on the LEGO Shop at home site. (URL) Andrew Reynolds (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) I'm not having any luck pulling up any direct proof of it (most of the legit news source pages have expired, and all that's really left are Wikipedia and a handful of blogs that only hint at the LEGO/Disney/Pooh aspect), but here's the gist of (...) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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Will the wheels be a drop-in replacement for BBB large wheels? This is grade-A quality, and the train set we've been waiting for since 4.5V. Of course, now we'll expect similar miracles of the new PF train-specific parts. :) -Stefan- (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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They really had me fooled with that "available on April 1st" part when I saw this on the Flickr LEGO Trains group. FYI, it's a violation of Flickr Terms of Service to just offer deep links without linking to the photo or set pages... but for the (...) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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(...) Ga, Ga, Gorgeous! Simply awesome. I am so glad my son has a birthday in April (4yo). He is so going to get this. (Some adult assembly required.) Can you tell us who designed this set 10194 Emerald Express? Regardless, please forward my (...) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) For real? I mainly follow the micro-scale Mega Bloks, so the comings and goings of the other scales don't really hit my radar. Do you have a citation for that Pooh info? This is the first I've heard of it. Dave! (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | 10194 Emerald Night Announcement
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As per my Ambassadorial duties (and because I'm really excited about this set): ---...--- February 18, 2009 – In acknowledgement of the many fan blogs and posts in the last week we are writing to confirm that The LEGO Company will be launching the (...) (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) They also used it to produce Winnie the Pooh sets before they found out that Disney didn't actually have any legal grounds to license the property to them. But they'd probably prefer to not dwell on that... (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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(...) These are the sets I'm looking forward to!! Hopefully lots more tan and some really cool decorative elements! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express Mark II
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(...) The cow catcher is nice. I'm curious how this flex track might work. I can't see it working the same as traditional (URL) Model RR Flex Track>. This will be interesting. Larger radius curves would truly be awesome though. Cale (17 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express Mark II
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(...) Vool MOC for sure! I really like the cowcatcher design. I bet you are looking forward to the new track geometry that's supposed to be coming out soon - that way a long engine like yours will look more prototypical when going around larger (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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Some AFOLs send out invites to many or all of their contacts which gives them the opportunity to either join or deny/ignore the request. Just curious what the Community thinks about this. And do you consider invites to Lego® groups spam? While I (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Polar Express Mark II
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Hey Tony, this looks really good. The photos are very nice. I especially like the pics of the Locomotive and the way the passenger car tops come off. I was wondering do other Train Builders use that 2x2 printed plate as a boiler furnace door lid? (...) (17 years ago, 17-Feb-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | The Polar Express Mark II
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Just a few weeks shy of three years ago, I announced my MOC version of the Polar Express. Since then I've upgraded it many times, adding more and more detail. Tonight I sat down and photographed it. (2 URLs) Flickr> Gallery Post Mod (URL) Gallery (...) (17 years ago, 16-Feb-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | LEGO(R) Group Celebrates 10 Years of the Force
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World's leading construction toy brand kicks-off year-long celebration of LEGO(R) STAR WARS(TM), its first licensed construction toy line. NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- American International Toy Fair -- LEGO(R) STAR WARS(TM) celebrates 10 years (...) (17 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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Interestingly LEGO had a Disney license a while back and used it to produce some Baby Micky sets and some fabuland-esque sets with Mickey and friends. (17 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney)
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(...) Interesting. Mega Bloks has of course been (URL) producing sets> in the Duplo scale under their own license with Disney for quite some time. I'd be sorry to see Mega Bloks let the license go, though the situation would be similar to LEGO gave (...) (17 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | LEGO Group and Disney Announce Strategic Licensing Relationship for 2010
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World's leading construction toy brand secures rights to develop toy lines based on three Disney properties for 2010 NEW YORK, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- American International Toy Fair -- The LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products today announced a (...) (17 years ago, 15-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.disney, FTX)
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| | Petition: Bring Back the CLSOTW
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Trying to have some fun on a boring Friday. So, hey, might as well start a [riot] petition to bring back the cool LEGO site of the week! :D -Rob www.lifelites.com sign here: Rob Hendrix (17 years ago, 13-Feb-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | RAILBRICKS 5
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(URL) The latest issue of RAILBRICKS is out! RAILBRICKS 5 The Steam Issue This Steam Issue focuses on all things Steam with tips & tricks on building steam trains as well as ideas on incorporating Power Functions into you creations. There are also (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.railbricks, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: My first year with my own FLL team
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(...) snipped Awesome job James. Congrats to you and your team. Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 12-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Want a LEGO cell phone?
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(...) That would be SO cool... I want one! JohnG, GMLTC (17 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Want a LEGO cell phone?
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LEGO(R) and Alcatel teaming up to release LEGO phone. Want a new cell phone that looks like a LEGO Phone? Check out the sites listed below. (2 URLs) By the way... it 'might' be only sold in Europe. -Abner (17 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !
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| | My first year with my own FLL team
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After helping my son’s school with their FLL team last year I got the wild idea to start my own FLL team this past year. I had no idea what I was in for but I knew that I wanted to put together a team that was dedicated to learning about FLL and (...) (17 years ago, 11-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Rare LEGO Advertising Artwork
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--snip-- (...) Short answer is no. You can, however, link to Brickshelf images before they are 'live'. You just need to keep clicking until you get a URL that ends in .jpg (or .png or .gif) and post that. Tim (17 years ago, 10-Feb-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Big Ben Bricks Medium Drivers
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Howdy! Is anyone working on or have a LDraw version of Ben's Medium Drivers? I have a copy of the flanged and blind Large drivers, as well as the small wheels, but I am in desperate need of the LDraw files for both the Flanged and Blind Medium (...) (17 years ago, 9-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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| | Rare LEGO Advertising Artwork
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Unfortunately I cannot post the pics here (yet) since they would take a while to get accepted to Brickshelf, but I just posted a thread (with pictures) about a rare LEGO advertisement from a man by the name of Joe Certa: (URL) I posted it, I (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO(R) Battles : LEGO Group teaming up with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games Announce LEGO(R) Battles Wednesday February 4, 9:00 am ET Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment to Publish New LEGO Game for Nintendo DS BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Warner Bros. Interactive (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | The Adventures of Eddy and Jane
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I have to say I didn't make them. But, if you enjoy LEGO and animation. The Adventures of Eddy and Jane The Absurdly Funny LEGO Animation. Website: (URL) There are 10 short episodes. #1: The Dimension Rift: Eddy and Jane want to explore the (...) (17 years ago, 5-Feb-09, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Hispabrick 003 in english!
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Thanks for the answers. Saso (17 years ago, 2-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Hispabrick 003 in english!
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(...) Hello Saso, thanks for your interest!! Unfortunately, 003 is the first issue completely translated into english. 002 has several bilingual articles too. Come back regularly to Hispabrick webpage so you can see updates. Nevertheless, I'll pass (...) (17 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | LEGO(R) is braching out into 'construct-your-own' board games.
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LEGO(R) takes on Monopoly with construct-your-own board games. By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor. Jan. 31, 2009. LEGO is entering the traditional world of board games this year when it launches a range of innovative build-your-own board (...) (17 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Hispabrick 003 in english!
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snip Hi, do you have links to issues 1 and 2 in English maybe? I just cannot find them. Thanks, Saso (17 years ago, 31-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Brickworld - Train Drag Racing
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is pleased to announce a new competition for this year's event. Train Drag Racing Preregistration for the competition is requested. There are four competition classes. Check out all the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Jan-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) These 3 seem to be promotional polybags and not boxed retail sets so for my purpose they do not count (since they dont come in the same box and they arent sold in my country, never have been and likely never will be) So that just leaves the 2 (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oooo, there's a few on BrickSet that are candidates, but they're not in other databases yet it seems-- I see: 5625-1 Police 4x4 5626-1 Coast Guard Bike 5627-1 Dozer 8399-1 K-9 Bot 8400-1 Space Speeder But of course it seems like there aren't (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 5626 Coast Guard Bike (rider with orange dirtbike) By the numbers this falls into the same "impulse" category, but it was a promotional polybagged set instead of being boxed like the others, according to chatter on Brickset. Figures that the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general)
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I think that's all of them-- about the only way to check without slogging through *everything* is by using Peeron's Advanced Set Search: (URL) can search for (say): Year: 2008 to 2009 (these started in 2008) Pieces: 1 to 40 (biggest impulse set has (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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(...) Wow, talk about fast turn around, thanks Bob that works great! jt (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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(...) Thank you for letting me know about the name change. I have made the fix. You can get the new version here: (URL) Please let me knwo if there are any problems. Bob (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickshelf Backup Utility
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(...) Does anyone know if there is an updated version of this tool that will use the new URL for MAJ.com? ( now MajHost.com ) thx, jt (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Is there a full list of impulse sets anywhere?
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I already own: The wizard The knight The troll The mars mission alien ship The mars mission human ship The mars mission robot The kayak The street sweeper The fireman The cop The construction worker The garbage man And I am aware of these that are (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brickworld Welcome
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team welcomes new coordinators and new sponsors to the team this year. For the 2009 event, Mark Peterson, Roy Cook, David Pagano, and Tom Philips have joined the team. Mark Peterson will be (...) (17 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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