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I ran out and bought a copy of the 1298 Advent Calendar tonight ('cos it's Dec. 1). Anyway, I thought it might be fun to post some silly pics of alternate models I made from the Dec. 1 set bag. I hope to build three or four alternates from each (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Dec. (...) morning to see what #2 is. ++Lar (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) And now I have to chime in.... Nice microfig scale train locomotive. My kids can't wait either. Especially because they want an Advent Calendar and I said that until I can see the floor in Owen's room for two days straight - no more LEGO! This (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Clearly this is in the eye of the beholder... Taya said on seeing that one "nice snowplow" At this scale, with these bricks, things can be more than one thing. (...) local (...) Hear Hear. ++Lar (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) And I saw both snowplow and locomotive... I just built a nice, if ordinary truck. Make a 2x6 double plate platform out of the blue 2x2 and 2x4 and red 2x3s. Put the yellow slope and 1x2 on the front, clear (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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G'Day I have been collecting buckets, when the were on sale, all year long. That way the cost is spread out and I can buy more. ( The hard part is of course not to touch these ! had to hide them under the stairs in the basement ! ) (;p) Cheers! (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:000101bf3c72$a4...@pro150... (...) [snip] (...) feel you (...) a wonderful (...) and (...) practice. (...) your local (...) Always an excellent suggestion. Every year I donate at least one Lego (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Ok, so today all I had to work with was a Santa minifig. I managed three pics: (URL) first is a lady fresh from the hairdresser or hatshop, second is a beggar and last a bald man with a neatly trimmed beard hey...give me a break...there was only 1 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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I'm not complaining, I thought you did a great job with only a fig to work with! How about doing something every 3 or 4 days with all the parts too?? or maybe just 1 part from each set.. I'd go for at least 4 days then so you've got 4 parts to work (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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I did the man with the beard thing once, but I used an all black body and gave him the black top hat. I wasn't sure if he looked more like Abraham Lincoln or an Amish man. P.S. I like the lady from the hair dresser! Silas Thomas Main wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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OK, here's day 3: (URL) rocket, a candle, and a small house. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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A couch, a strawman/scarecrow, and a duck: (URL) Main main@appstate.edu (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Tamy: great suggestion...I'm just too slack to do it :) (...) It would be kinda neat if someone else was doing this too...then we could compare what we came up with...or if you did the every 4 days thing... (...) <snip> (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Here's Day 5: (URL) NLSO put together the first one - a reindeer...i guess the x-mas spirit caught up to her (ordinarily she's never interested in anything LEGO). :) -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Here's Day 6: (URL) on an semi-related note: com'on green team...what's goin' on with you slackers! -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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I'm getting a forbidden, I can't get to it :( And I don't know what's going on with the green team.. wish I would have joined the blue one now! Oh well.. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Here's day 7: (URL) a windmill and a chicken? or some other bird-type thing. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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OK, I've let this slip for a few days. This time of year really does seem to get busy...if anyone would like to take over... -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Thomas Main wrote in message ... (...) to (...) First, I'd like to thank Thomas for his efforts. I certainly enjoyed all your models! I probably won't be able to take over (who's not busy this time of year?!), but I managed to create a few alternate (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Hari, I'm very impressed...you've taken the baton and sprinted on to win the race :) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Hey! I was enjoying Thomas Main's 1298 Advent Calendar posts. Thomas, are you still doing them, or has the 2000 catalogue brouha overwhelmed the posts? I'd still like to see them. best, Lindsay --- Lindsay Frederick Braun Department of History (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Great Job Hari, I like them alot! keep up the great work!!! Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Thomas got too busy to play with LEGO ;-) I'm trying to fill in the gap. If any of you have some alternate models of your own, feel free to email them to me at hwiguna@yahoo.com, and I will post them along with ours. Don't forget to tell me what (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Sorry, the correct URL is: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Your little series got me into actually buying a lego advent calendar for myself yesterday - I just HAD to get that cute little Santa minifig. (Making it the first advent calendar I ever bought for myself - what with being 34 now and son on). Since (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) I think perhaps the parts are assigned to days at random. The one we've got is different still. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Dec. (...) Does anyone know what happens to the advent calendars after December 24th? It seems that they are really not worth the full $20 they sell for before then. Do stores mark them down? Do they go back to Lego to be broken back down into (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Stores like Target usually mark them down to half-price just after Christmas. In some cases, Target will mark them down Christmas eve. Some stores may even begin to sell them to you at a discount now. Just ask. Target stores, Sears stores and (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) but I wanted to share with you something similar I did. In November, I looked at all of the sets inside 1298. I liked how the little paper sheets showed alternate models and thought I'd give it a try. I opened all 24 bags at once, then tried (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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"Suzanne D. Rich" wrote: <snip> (...) recycle truck, dumptruck and taxi sets - I'm going to have to build these myself. (...) -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) A toy store near me has already marked them down to $15. Chris (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) as three kids in costume. It's the second one. The nice hardwood floors provided by the paper-cutter is good too! What do you take those pictures with? They look really(!) sharp. Chris (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the comments. Yes, those are kids in costume (as a bunny, helicopter, and bird). Todd and I take all of our pictures with a SONY Mavica FD91. It's one of those digital cameras that put your data onto a floppy disk. I apply quite a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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Are we all talking about 1298??? the two that we have been opening in the Pieniazek household: - are tracking each other set for set 100% so far, and that's 19 tries. - tracked what Thomas posted 100% until he stopped. If we ARE all talking about (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Mine has been tracking perfectly also. Is it possible that the tray was inserted into the box upside down? For the sets 1-6, 7-12, 13-18 the special inserts also work to illustrate larger models, and these also track with the pieces to date. It sure (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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Sounds more like they are talking about 1076, or whatever the 99 Advent Calendar # is, that has more Santa minifigs than 1298 (the 98 Advent Calendar, only now released in the US for 99). (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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(...) I've got a 1076. I didn't know there were two different ones. Only after seing Suzanne D. Rich's alternative 1298 models (and wondering why mine was a 1076), and searching the LUGnet database, it dawned on me that the US are getting last years (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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