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I just got some series 2 minifigures & I immediately noticed that the quality of plastic on some of the bodies was not up to par; I looked at the bags & they are completely made in China. I figured the new hats, hairpieces & accessories would be (...) (14 years ago, 10-Sep-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Texas State Railroad Coaches #42 and #44
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(...) Ohhh, nice orange cars, Tony! <g,d,r> All seriousness aside, really nice job, Tony. I love your design for the trucks, and I love how the cars sit highly on them-- very prototypical:-) I think it's really cool that you are building cars (...) (14 years ago, 8-Sep-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Texas State Railroad Coaches #42 and #44
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(2 URLs) State Railroad Coaches #42 and #44> These are my MOCs of the Texas State Railroad air conditioned coaches #42 and #44. The design has changed quite a bit since I first started - I've shortened it 6 studs, raised it a plate, and completely (...) (14 years ago, 8-Sep-10, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Texas State Railroad Engine #7
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(...) <snip> Beautiful work, Tony. Ed (14 years ago, 7-Sep-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Texas State Railroad Engine #7
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(...) <snip> Beautiful MOC, Tony. The paint scheme looks SO nice in LEGO; I love your renders, great photography of the MOC, nice snottage; great work all around! Thanks for posting, Tony! JOHN (14 years ago, 7-Sep-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Texas State Railroad Engine #7
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(2 URLs) Full Gallery> Texas State Railroad ALCO RS-2 Engine #7 From the TSRR website: Engine number 7 is the second oldest diesel locomotive operated on the Texas State Railroad. This engine was built in 1947 by the American Locomotive Company at (...) (14 years ago, 7-Sep-10, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | How to identify the collectable minifigures
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Hi all, I have written a little HTML page with some JavaScript to identify the collectable minifigs using my old PDA and barcode scanner. You can read about and download it at: (URL) (14 years ago, 4-Sep-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Lego Minifigures"?
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(...) No, they were. There was a European polybag and a different North American polybag. The two sets of bags came with two different secondary barcodes, so if you had the US codes and bought some random minifigs from Europe, you wouldn't be able (...) (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually it is true. They reappeared last week ;) Tim (14 years ago, 30-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, that's not true. A number of Target stores here in .au still have plenty of stock of Series 1. (14 years ago, 30-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They certainly were available. And the US even had sufficient stock unlike Australia where they sold out of most Toy Stores in less than a week. Tim (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Lego Minifigures"?
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(...) This is not so wierd for LEGO as you might think. On this side of the pond we've became pretty much used to the subject of North-American exclusives, amongst others the nice blue version of the "My Own Train" Passenger Wagon from set (URL) (...) (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: "Lego Minifigures"?
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(...) Thanks! So these weren't (officially) available in North America, then? Seems weird to do a regional release for something like this. (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: "Lego Minifigures"?
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(...) These are known as collectable minifigs, and were sold "blind" in non transparent polybags. There was a barcode trick though, permitting us to dertermine wich figure it contained. Two series of 16 different figures each have came out in shops (...) (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | "Lego Minifigures"?
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I recently found "(URL) which shows twelve "Series 1" Lego minifigures of various kinds. Neat! But I can't find these available to buy anywhere on "(URL) or in fact any mention of them on "(URL) itself. What gives? I see the figures available on (...) (14 years ago, 28-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Merlin confirms £18.5m LEGOLAND® Windsor Hotel deal
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Aug. 23, 2010 Merlin confirms £18.5m (apx.USD $28.4m) LEGOLAND® Hotel deal LEGOLAND® owner Merlin Entertainments has confirmed it has agreed a deal for an £18.5m hotel to be developed at the Windsor theme park, as revealed by Property Week. Merlin (...) (14 years ago, 24-Aug-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Help identifying this part...
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(...) Don't know how I missed that, thanks much! God Bless, Nathan (14 years ago, 22-Aug-10, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Help identifying this part...
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(...) It is this part: (URL) (14 years ago, 21-Aug-10, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello all, Can anyone tell me where this part comes from? It is in old lt grey, 14 x 2 and just less than 2 plates deep. I've tried peeron and BL without joy. (URL) Thanks much and God Bless, Nathan (URL) (14 years ago, 21-Aug-10, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Systems, Inc. Expanding North American HQ
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From July 27,2010. LEGO® Systems, Inc. Expanding North American HQ LEGO, the world's fifth largest toymaker, is expanding its North American headquarters in Enfield, CT. The Danish manufacturer of plastic building blocks, a long-time staple at the (...) (14 years ago, 18-Aug-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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