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(...) Amen! Or is it "Me Too"? Thank you all for your continued dedication in making LUGnet the classy place to discuss Lego! And may your turkey taste better than a Scala turkey. -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@spamSPAMs...Dyahoo.com (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I just wanted to wish all of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday! I'm thankful for my wife, basically everything I do every day, for Todd and Suzanne's hard work in providing Lugnet and all the other stuff, and for everyone else who (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) My Dilemma: Neice-4 years, Neice-3 years, Nephew-5 months. Do I get my neices a freestyle bucket, or a Duplo bucket because of my nephew? Jeff P.S. My neice who is 3 will just stand there and watch me building. I think she has potential. ;) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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I just looked up TLG's report (posted 11/10/98) in Hoover's Company Reports. For 1997: Sales: $1,111,700,000 Net Inc.: $9,100,000 Also of note is that net inc. growth was 88.7% So, I guess rtl/LUGNET are a small part of TLG's sales :( -- Thomas Main (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Question: is 80 years too old an age for an adult to receice their first gift of Lego? Tim (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, Lego Shop at Home seems to have that problem too. If you quote them a set number that isn't in the current or past US range, they tell you that no set like that ever existed and imply that you are just making up random numbers to (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) not that I could find... I searched using their search box, and checked all of the toy categories that were remotely related (electronic, new, dolls/plush). Beef: Retailers still have a way to go in site design. So does TLG, although they're (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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Question: is 8 weeks too young an age for a child to receive the gift of LEGO? Steve (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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I was wondering if any Lego conventions are held anywhere in the US. I live in the Midwest and oppurtunities to interact with other Lego people are far and few with nothing inbetween. Please post any info you may have. Thanks James (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I heard Wal-Mart was selling Furby's at their web-site... Steve (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Shhh! Hear that trickling sound? That's the sound of a trademark being diluted. My local newspaper, the South Bend Tribune, took samples of the year's hot toys to a nearby daycare center and ran a story on the kids' reactions. Not surprisingly, the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Just thought I'd quickly share some of the things I've been doing to spread Lego fandom to others: My 2-year-old nephew gets Primo for Christmas and birthday presents. One of these days, he'll stop chewing on them and build something :) Our church (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <365BAB0E.506DB242@vfaq.com>... (...) You guys remind me of my little brother and I when we were 12 and 8 and watched the Nickelodeon contest come up every year, and not choose us as winners every year. But what (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Nonononono! Scooping is a waste of space. Reach to the back of the shelf, grab the rear box, put your other hand on the front one, squeeze them together, then pull the whole rectangular stack over the cart, and set it neatly into place. I can (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Mock Frog's quote of the post qualify as some of the funniest things I have heard in ages. Eric Brok wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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The big question remains, what to get if provided with such an opportunity! Big ticket items which take up more trolley space, or many smaller sets, of which you could get many, but not so great piece selections? Or a mixture..... Grab a mindstorms, (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I thought the middle of the night WAS the middle of the day for you, or are you back on normal sleep cycles again? (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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Check out this URL: (URL) shows Mindstorms, while not a Furby(1), is rocking along nicely. I did my bit, I have bought 4 so far, two of which went to NZ. 1 - speaking of which, I haven't found any yet. I need two. I probably will wait till after (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And I want to kiss the employee with the Postal Service who made a big boo-boo with the LEGENDS OF THE WEST stamp sheets about 3 years ago, where the Bill Prickett stamp was not Bill, but his cousin. They only distributed 150,000 sheets (and (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There are a few RTLers in Michigan that might be interested. Chicago is only 238 miles away from Detroit. Gary Istok (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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