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Other old stories that fell to the wayside involve the first Maersk LEGO items.... (URL) then there's the whole Retailer catalog of 1959-60.... (URL) Istok (11 years ago, 12-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Steve, I had some problems early on... but now I don't seem to have any... very odd. Try checking out these 2 additional items as well... Philips Electronics Corporation LEGO promotions.... (URL) Samsonite Junior Constructor Set 717 (...) (11 years ago, 10-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When I try those URLs, I only get a blank webpage. By looking at the page source, I can get the direct URLs to the page images, and those work. And now I'm getting connection resets, so I can't do any more checking. Steve (11 years ago, 10-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Ted... cut/pastes don't always have the effect one desires... ;-) Here's another try... with 2 more stories from my next DVD/download... (URL) tested them this time... and they should work... happy reading!! Gary Istok (11 years ago, 10-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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LEGOLAND Dream dies for man, 63, over rule that adults must be accompanied by kids By Andy Johnson, CTVNews.ca Published Monday, July 8, 2013 2:54PM EDT A 63-year-old man who travelled from Windsor, Ont. to Toronto to fulfil a lifelong dream of (...) (11 years ago, 9-Jul-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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(...) Darned Intertubes! ;) -Ted (11 years ago, 9-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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I've decided last week (when I had some internet issues at home and was cut off from the world)... to adding a slightly different approach to telling the story about LEGO sets and parts, and their evolution through the years. It seems that so much (...) (11 years ago, 9-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO... in wonderful colors...
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LEGO found in wonderful colors... Here's a "teaser" from my Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide... next version update, due out in just a few months (free to current owners as a desktop DVD download... and extra 500 images and several new (...) (11 years ago, 5-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PRIMA... the Swedish LEGO Connection...
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(...) Opppps... forgot to add the image... ;) (URL) (11 years ago, 5-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: PRIMA... the Swedish LEGO Connection...
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... then in later 1955 the REAL LEGO came to Sweden. GEAS KONSTHARTS likely had their license revoked to produce LEGO like bricks (using real LEGO molds without the logo on the studs)... and another firm started producing actual LEGO. That company (...) (11 years ago, 4-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | PRIMA... the Swedish LEGO Connection...
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Unlike Italy's MINITALIA, and Japan's OLO, PRIMA was a LEGO product that appears to have NOT been produced by TLG. It appears that a Swedish LEGO plastics producer by the name of GEAS KONSTHARTS of Gislaved Sweden (in south Central Sweden) produced (...) (11 years ago, 4-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO OLO... the Japanese Connection....
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Unlike Italy, where politics played an important part in the creation of a LEGO "clone"... in Japan it was economic and cultural forces that produced another LEGO "flavor" called OLO... Unlike in Italy, where Minitalia started out as a locally (...) (11 years ago, 2-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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Minitalia was recently discussed on Bricklink... and there is still a lot known about the reason for its' existence... In early 1970 the Italian Parliament passed some toy import restrictions that affected the importation of LEGO in Italy. So by May (...) (11 years ago, 1-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf?
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(...) Quoting Kevin: "Aaaand it's fixed." (11 years ago, 1-Jul-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't know, but based on his Facebook status, Kevin is working on it. Steve (11 years ago, 30-Jun-13, to lugnet.general)
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Um, anyone know what happened to Brickshelf.com? (11 years ago, 28-Jun-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | You think you know LEGO... but do you really know LEGO??
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I'm going to post 10 images (one per day)... to show that there's so much about LEGO that most AFOLs still don't know about... ;) Here's the first one... LEGO's version of the "Russian Nested Dolls"?? No... just spare parts packs from different (...) (11 years ago, 24-Jun-13, to lugnet.general)
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I'm going to post 10 images (one per day)... to show that there's so much about LEGO that most AFOLs still don't know about... ;) Here's the first one... LEGO's version of the "Russian Nested Dolls"?? No... just spare parts packs from different (...) (11 years ago, 24-Jun-13, to lugnet.general)
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From Warner Bros. Pictures Assembling in 2014! "The LEGO® Movie," the first-ever, full-length theatrical LEGO® adventure, directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, opens in theaters February 7, 2014. It stars the vocal talents of Chris Pratt, Will (...) (11 years ago, 18-Jun-13, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO set 10234 Sydney Opera House™
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10234 Sydney Opera House™ Ages 16+. 2,989 pieces. Recreate Australia’s architectural masterpiece! Price: US $319.99 CA $379.99 DE 279.99€ UK 249.99 £ DK 2499.00 DKK Recreate one of the 20th century’s most distinctive buildings with the Sydney Opera (...) (11 years ago, 16-Jun-13, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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