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(...) Thanks Dave, The nice thing is that from now on my CD/DVDs will be only as a download (only will take 5-15 minutes to download 688MB from the cloud)... AND the best part is that all future editions will be free to current DVD/download (...) (12 years ago, 2-Jan-13, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Anders Isaksson wrote: <snip> (...) I have a very old CD copy as well--time to throw some cash in the general direction of our favourite LEGO historian and get the latest and greatest!! Dave K (12 years ago, 31-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK, two of my three bricks are like that (red and yellow)... (...) ...and the white one is like that. So the 'Danish story' is not completely true, but the bricks are at least very old. Thansk for the history lessons, Gary! (...) I think it's (...) (12 years ago, 31-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Anders, those 1949 era bricks (only 2x2 and 2x4 would have been made that year)... did not have any LEGO identification on them. From 1949-52 there was no LEGO logo on the studs, and none on the underside. From 1952-55 there was no LEGO logo (...) (12 years ago, 30-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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Stuck in a cell with my ‘chucks just out of reach and wondering just what it’ll take to get out of here (‘cause I’m sure the guys don’t even know I’m here). ‘Stuck’ that is until that Foot bozo made his first mistake calling for takeout! Popeye has (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Withered, but not dead yet! (not if we have anything to say about it!!) I'm feeling better--think i'll go for a walk!! (...) Whither--every time I see that word it reminds me of one thing--the final chapter of 'Making of Star Trek'--published (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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A LEGO Arducoptor: (URL) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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(...) I have in my possession three bricks (2 x 4, slotted) with the following description from the Danish gentleman that sent them to me: "These come from a set we bought to our daughter in 1949 directly from Lego as they were not available yet in (...) (12 years ago, 27-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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I had always been looking for the very first 1949 LEGO sets with plastic bricks, but the closest I ever got to was circa 1950... a year after the 1949 introduction of the LEGO brick (known as Automatic Binding Bricks until 1953). My German collector (...) (12 years ago, 26-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "Wither" I think? Whither LUGNet??? Oh, it withered. But ya, it's been a very long time... we were all younger then. (12 years ago, 22-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Neither do I, but for example the discussion groups at Embarcadero (current owners of the former Borland Delphi programming tool) are AFAIK using a standard product, and are usable both on the web and via nntp. (URL) which means I see all the (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep. Many points for improvement (admins are presumably working on it), but I know of no direct replacement out there. I've been to most of the major LEGO discussion groups out there and none of them have the same functionality/versatility and (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) So in conclusion with a tragically flawed system not allowing new prospective members to join and all the older members eventually forgetting their passwords and not being able to reset them it seems LUGNET is destined to whither away and die. (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO® CUUSOO Summer Review Results (video)
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LEGO® CUUSOO Summer Review Results LEGO YouTube channel: (URL) YouTube.com> (Summer 2012 review results published on Dec. 20, 2012) -Enjoy! (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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LEGO® Holiday Story... Two different links to the same video. LEGO YouTube Channel: <https://www.youtube...uHGU6S9hZk YouTube.com> Website:(URL) LEGOChimney.com> -Enjoy! (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Here's a view of some of the old LEGO images and sets that were among the first that TLGO used to sell LEGO during the holidays. Since posting pictures here is not doable... I posted this elsewhere, and can be viewed all together. There are among (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you use Firefox and it autosaves your LUGNet PW for you (as mine does) you can see it in your list of saved passwords. Use FEBE or something similar to back up your personal FF data and restore on the new system and all your saved PWs will (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I for one am glad this conversation came up - I want to get a new system just after Christmas (I want one of the quiet ones). After a lot of searching I hadn't found my PW before lunch. But, I did just now. Whew! Thinking about it now, I (...) (12 years ago, 19-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think many of us are not going to be happy when migrating to a new system :( (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds like you haven't managed to change your password to something you can't remember. I still have posting rights, but I can't access my profile until one of the admins finds time to give me a new/temporary password. I wait with hope for (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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