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(...) I said before, my previous statement that started this mess was one made out of impulse at the end of a bad day and did not really reflect the way I feel. I would have retracted it/changed it if I could. The reason that I started posting here (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Note the FUT, I don't think this belongs in .general anymore... (...) There's nothing wrong with wanting replies. But if you EXPECT them, and complain if you don't get them, the problem is not everyone else, the problem is you. If you need (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I think that is a major part of people posting their MOCs and sites here - they want to hear a kind word or two directed towards them. What is wrong with that? I like Nick's site - it was one of the first sites I linked to when I opened (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I'd say your reply pretty much proves my point. Unless you're on medication, you must be depressed/angry a lot, as you can't seem to handle the slightest bit of criticism or controversy. I stand by my initial statement (though it was a bit of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: <snip> (...) Yeah, I've always been a big fan of the concept. Granted, I don't build with it, but I think it is a brillant way to get gets building and learning about basic mechanics. The audience for these (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I used to be on the side of encouraging clubs to not have age requirements, however, under more consideration, I'm more open to the idea. In my opinion, the biggest reason is the way our country handles child abuse allegations. Because of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Personally I use servos connected either to pneumatic switches or polarity switches. It's not a small solution but I feel it's more LEGO pure as I'm only replacing what my fingers could do with the servos. See my site for a lot of examples of this. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Some people just don't get it. The major disappointments in life are having to deal with people like Thomas over and over and over and OVER I'd rather just ignore people like this and get on with living. My previous statement goes for this one (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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It's nothing personal. It's not even all pointed at you. Search the Lugnet archives, you'll see that someone comes along every few months, posts about their new site/model/pics, then yells, screams, or cries at everyone if they don't get their 15 (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I definitely have caught on to the idea that LEGO fans aren't one community, but several communities. We use the term "the LEGO community" to signify people who are seriously interested in LEGO and LEGO-related topics, and who build (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Yep. (...) True. I think it's great to encourage those kids who don't build LEGO on this level to explore it. I have gained a new appreciation for Bionicle recently, at BricksWest and at a friend's house a couple weeks ago. His kids have a lot (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) IMHO, the AFOL term was used just to give this group a sense of identity. Sure, any old kid can say he plays with Lego, but all he might do is just buy sets and make them, or just collect Bionicle figures. We actually take Lego to the next (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Looking back in the thread, I think I was the one who began talking about "adult" here, although the phrase "Adult Fan of LEGO" (AFOL) seems to have been created quite a while ago. I find that I mention adult LEGO fans almost in self defense. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Hi Damien - (...) I'm sorry to hear that. Most of the people I build with have more LEGO than I do. I have quite a bit, perhaps just under 100,000 pieces. But, I still don't have the parts to construct what I really want to, which is part of the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Yes, that's sharing building experience and you are lucky. My only sharing experience ended with "i don't need you, i have more lego than you anyway". Ok you share building experience. I mean you don't share building skills. You construct your (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Pretty funny! Damien (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) YES! Man I'm really not getting work done today. Stopped by the post office with my taxes, visited a local shopkeeper. Posting in this silly thread. Well, the thread isn't silly, but it's silly that I'm not getting my work done! (...) The TFOL (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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"Damien Guichard" <damien.guichard@wanadoo.fr> skrev i meddelandet news:HDCyp9.8rw@lugnet.com... (...) I don't agree. There are many ways where you *actually* share the experience, not only by watching: - Build together - I do it all the time with (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Haha! I love it. Now, I really am enjoying this entire thread, but my line of thinking is diverging a little (thus the change in subject line). A question comes to my mind about how we refer to ourselves within the "community". Why do we need (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) For someone who has shyed away from the community over the past year or so, I feel that I may be able to answer some questions: I believe that the culture here includes everyone, especially the casual fan of Lego. But I think that the reason (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) FUT .space. What do you say fellas? Imagine a new LSC (Lego Space Club) showing up at a Sci Fi convention and dominating a whole corner with Moonbases and SHIPs... I bet a number of visitors would be converted over from collecting comic-book (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.space)
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(...) Hear, hear! -Tim (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes - I'm pleased that it seems there are plenty of others with a broad focus, I wasn't expecting quite the level of response the thread has gotten. (...) In any community, people are excluded because the group or elements of the group push (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Thank you :-) I probably worked the hardest on that model moreso than all my others. I try to keep my site updated every month or so, but it's been hard since I'm away at college. Thanks again, and good luck with your site as well. ~Nick (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the spur of the moment at the end of a bad day... but I understand what you mean. I guess one reason while I stopped posting was the fact I'm away at college without access to my Lego, so no new creations for a while = lack of updates. That (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Glad you like my name ;-) I'm currently using www.ampira.com for my hosting. Because I was a previous customer from another company that merged with them, I got a really cheap hosting price... However, I did a lot of research before choosing (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) About my last post... Yeah, I didn't really think it through and I was having a bad day. After I saw that nobody posted, I was a little peeved and wrote what I wrote. However, your comment isn't appreciated by anyone and did no good (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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I find that I'm doing a lot of thinking in new directions thanks to this discussion. Two major directions are - 1. What is the LEGO Community anyway? and 2. How do I, personally, relate to that community? Defining the LEGO Community - I've looked at (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Well it seems I was wrong about the pinks, in brick-form that is. I missed this (URL) until now. However, I still think that we could use more light pink and sand red parts! Any thoughts?? -Andrew who realizes that 4:00 AM Sunday morning is (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Max, I am putting together a web page that has instructions on how to use Radio Control servos to run Lego projects. The servos can be used as they are - or you can take one apart and use the electronics to drive Lego motor directly. I'll have (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics)
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kinda based off a viking long house, but short.. cause everything in legoland is short. a home to a peasant and her husband (they cooking). (URL) le crackhead -lenny (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HDCzKx.Bvo@lugnet.com... (...) <snipped> (...) excludes (...) the (...) Ditto. If the Escher thread going now is NOT sharing what each of us sees and expriences when we view that work(of art I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I've found this discussion to be one of the most interesting topics on LUGNET in a long time. Thanks, Tim, for bringing it up. There have been tons of thoughtful responses so far, which seems to suggest that there _is_ a community and that we (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hi Damien - I'm afraid I don't totally understand what you're getting at. I've built projects with other LEGO fans, and shared the experience of building projects with them. I've built things that would not have become what they did were it (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I am sure it also happened to you: you see a thumbnail on BrickShelf and immediatly you know who is the model author. Lego is much more unlimited than i thought at first. Each builder has unique building style and techniques. And also a unique (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Glad to bring it up. I can't claim ownership to the topic though. Though I've spent a lot of time personally brainstorming this, I've also had a lot of conversations with various other people in the community on the topic - a lot of which has (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Hey all, Just picked up two copies of # 4098 High Flyers and the parts are awesome. These sets also contained a 2003 catalog. Lots of famliar images, but the pictures give a much better look at some of the awesome parts and colors we'll be getting. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm glad you started this Tim, I'm really enjoying this discussion. ... (...) It was my assumption that if there's a "Community Development Manager" then LEGO Direct, at least, has an interest in the identifying and reaching the LEGO Community (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) This seems to say that Lugnet is old. In my mind, Lugnet is still one of the more recent LEGO communities. When alt.toys.lego (which came years before rec.toys.lego) became a Usenet newsgroup, it certainly met your definition of a community. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) :-) Glad you enjoy the discussion. Thanks for contributing to it - I think it's a good thing to keep going a little bit. I could have just emailed a few friends my original, but then thought, why not post to everyone? Especially when I know (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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WOW - Great discussion. I just happened to stumble across this discussion and I couldn't resist throwing my ideas into the pot. When talking about any "community" I think it's important to remember that any community can be defined in different (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Sorry for replying to myself, but here's a link: (URL) know that purists will balk, but I'm intrigued nonetheless. If I manage to find these sets locally, would a review be out of place in .general or .military? Dave! (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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I've heard he has too many orders. So he can't deal with all requests. Dennis Bosman (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Alright! Getting some discussion going! (I can talk about this stuff for days!) (...) But not everyone *is* part of a community right? Take a local town/community for instance. To be part of that community, you have to actually live in that (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Jake, The problem with your definition is that, superficially anyway, it comes very close to excluding people like me. Since coming out of my dark ages almost 3 years ago I have been one of your employer’s best supporters (trying the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) And a good one. All I can say is, I agree. I've seen Mindstorms books in brick and mortar stores, why not an Idea Book of some kind? If not the Designer Sets book, then a more generalized one? I realize the Mindstorms books aren't LEGO company (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Just a bit of fun from this afternoon... First, I built one of the robots from the Idea Book that came with set #4097 (Mini Robots): (URL) I built my own guy... which was my first ever attempt at a robot like this: (URL) a shot of the Idea Book bot, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (idea book) (...) Indeed. Here's an idea about idea books. What if TLC went with an alternate distribution channel? We know that sets seem to have shorter and shorter lifespans on store shelves these days what with faster rotation and so (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Do your visitors a favour and stay away from Geocities. Their adds are really annoying... Duq "Matt Canales" <canales@lvcm.com> wrote in message news:HD8pD5.1D92@lugnet.com... (...) it. (...) can (...) print (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes: (snipment of Allan and Larry) I've just got back from LLW where us Brickishers have been doing a display (more about that later from someone with a camera I expect) and while there I popped up to the shop to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The 8448 Supercar, 8466 4x4, and the 8457 Power Puller. I think they all have two of each, the Power Puller may have more. They are are fairly expensive (depending on what you consider expensive), like $100 US or so each. But they all have a (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would agree, though I would characterize it just *slightly* differently. I would say that these sets draw from the roots of LEGO, but that they are more fully formed branches... off the same tree. In my original post I suggested that the new (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm...interesting. I have yet to see these sets in the flesh/ABS so my next comment is more speculative than yours from experience. The database shows a price of $20 USD for 290 pcs. and that is only around 0.07 cents (just under actually) an (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Much snippage. I too cannot say enough great things about the Designer series. These are roots LEGO(r) sets and they rock. (...) This is one of my favorite features of the sets as well. MichLUG had a draft from the aircraft set last weekend and I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In a recent thread on LUGNET, someone referred to 'evangelizing' about LEGO. This post may have some of that tone to it, though I suspect this is probably more like preaching to the choir. On Friday I was pleasantly surprised to find several of the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general) !
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We've updated our website this weekend. Todd's Brain results : (URL) Caption: (URL) 10 excuses Minifigs would give not to help clean the room : (URL) Top 10 List: (URL) Merliz new question/answer: (Question submitted by Manfred Moolhuysen) (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well ya know, if you stopped posting, how are people going to know about what you're doing with the site? Perhaps some more regular updates, more creations, and staying involved in the community would help your image. Take a look at (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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smoochie: (URL) notes: so here is little crackhead lenny surfing the net and he finds this cool picture of a medieval manor house and he says to himself that he could build that, given he had the ruby of sulifar, so he went and passed through the (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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To add a new piece to the mix, I've had problems with the Turntable 2 x 2 top (URL) I use the turntable underneath large plates (4 x 4 and larger), the top had a rather good chance of separating from the bottom and stay with the plate. The top, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi. Awhile back I posted a enthusiast-based page highlighting the current LEGO LEGENDS. Since then, I have been trying to tweek it so it looks nice. The link is: (URL) hope you like the layout of this FTX-based guide on LEGENDS. I also did up a (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Nope, a year later, and you're still an attention-starved child whining about the fact that noone is stroking your ego about your site. Get over yourself already, and grow up. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello all, Having gone through some miscellaneous bricks (primarily Belville) late Friday "night" in search of some car body pieces, I became a bit annoyed/perplexed/frustrated, as I imagine most have, with not having a given part in a wanted color. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community)
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In lugnet.announce, Nick Crocco writes: "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" (...) Hey, nice name for your site! "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" whileas truly its S.W.A.T. Team (Special Weapons And Tactics Team) Do you pay anything to host that site, like (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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If you ever find that person, tell it he/she is a cool minifig maker! Also, when I get my NBA sets (basketball's okay, but the sets are pretty cool!) I'm going to get 2 Shaq's and 2 Tracy McGrady's. I'm going to keep one of each the same, but for (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Oh, thanks Dave! What I meant by a free website builder thingy was this: (URL) well! Matt C. (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In 2001 on ebay there was an auction of 4 Custom made LEGO Minifigs of TRON. Here are the images of the minifigs. TRON: (URL) anyone know who made these images? or who the highest bidder were for them? I believe that the person who made these custom (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) is your site updated on a regular basis? I like the Ferrari very much. Good luck with SWAT. Terry www.rotule.qc.ca (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) Maxwell" <r34_v@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HD7Ju0.G1C@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) you (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes: If cost is an issue, you can always sign up for a Brickshelf (...) One *can* get visual control-- get that Brickshelf account, and then sign up at MOCpages.com: (URL) to create your own web pages *easily* and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Matt, I don't know of a free HTML program. I used CuteHTML and CuteFTP from GlobalSCAPE ((URL) to build and upload my pages. The programs are easy to use, especially if you have next to no programming experience. A friend of mine loaned me a book (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Please see Shiri Dori’s Acronym FAQ: (URL) will help you also with the other ones that you may encounter, and some are just plain fun to read. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hey I was just wondering what IMHO stands for... thanks! Matt C. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) 1. The un-notched Technic axle 2: (URL) when trying to remove it, because you can't get much leverage on it. Replaced by the better notched Technic axle 2: (URL) And the Technic axle 3. I wish it would be notched as well. (URL) Technic axle 3 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh yes, there's one question I forgot (sorry!) If I put something as Want to Buy, can I ever change it? And, if I put something as WtB, and I dont put notes, will I be able to later post notes? Thanks! Matt C. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Oh, well thanks anyway, what I meant by that was like geocities.com, tripod, etc. Matt C. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If I recall correctly, Ozbricks used to host free sites, but I think they terminated that service recently. (Issues with server space, perhaps?) For some odd reason, nothing about hosting was present at the site. But if I'm incorrect and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Okay, I didn't know where to post this, so I posted it here. I have a few questions, if you have any answer(s) please reply. I am going to start making a Lego website, and I dont know a thing about it. Does anybody possibly know what the best FREE (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, many of my freqently used headlight bricks are cracked... :-( They can still be used, though, but they don't grip that well. (...) I think that these have become of better quality, though. In my childhood, probably every second wheel (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics)
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Guess nobody cares. Kinda why I stopped posting in the first place... guess nothing has changed in a year. Later. ~Nick www.swatonline.org (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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my question is simply this- what happened to hitechnic? (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I had problems with all these parts as well. Add to that the original classic space helmet. The chin strap was too thin, and they would frequently snap in half. Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Has anyone come up with a radio control transmitter and receiver similar in style and use as the discontinued HiTechnic products? I had planned to purchase some HiTechnic parts for my models, but as they have been dicontinued, I have no idea what to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.robotics)
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Are there any specific things I should know about making a web page to display my Lego MOCs? Do I have to post any statement saying that I am not affiliated with Lego, my views don't necessarily represent Lego's, etc.? Also, does anyone care if I (...) (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nice, you guys had me there, although I thought the name was a little dumb, I still know Lego makes dumb names for their sets a lot. I read these on April 2nd, so I didn't even think about April Fool's. (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) In lugnet.general, Lars Gjerløw Jørgensen writes: (...) I've never had any problem with any of the above parts, and I have never even seen a 6351 so thanks for that info, Stéphane. Those are cool... (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the link, Chris. Very nicely designed and put together; I can see why everyone would get excited! My congratulations on what was (obviously) a very successful prank! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) When removing the (...) Hmm, cracked wheels... never has that happened to me, although sometimes the axles don't work, and this is because the axles have slits on the stick parts to let the wheels on and stay on, but only slightly so you can (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) When I had left the service back in '99 and discovered that LEGO made trains...my jaw had hit the floor! And I was totally engrossed in LEGO (and the online AFOL community). However, since that time I have become involved in other hobbies as (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) [sniii...iiip] (...) WOW. This is really cool! I wish I had time to reply inline to some of the stuff you came up with. I think this is a great definition, and I'm glad you posted it. -Tim (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) The Community Development team (the team I am on), spent some time looking at this same question. As you can imagine, we get LOTS of questions internally about "What is community anyway?" To address that question, we developed a generic (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community) !!
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Hi, I use the 4.5v lights for my town and town buildings. They work quite nicely, and you can string quite a few (4 or 5 at least) off a single battery box. You can see the lights at work in one of my buildings here: (URL) trick I have done is to (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hey, right on Hendo. e (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Thanks, Bryan, your information was all very helpful. I do have one more question, however, whic had forgotten to ask: how many lights to each (4.5V) battery box? Thanks for you help, Curt (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh yeah! I just realized this one not too long ago. When removing the tyres, make sure you DON'T press on the center of the wheel where it holds the axle in place. And when pulling this wheel off from an axle, DON'T pull the wheel by its (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Woo-Hoo! With the designer sets I got a few weeks back, my collection has finally topped the 60,000 piece mark (not including BrickLink purchases)! I'm so happy. :) (URL) everywhere are breaking open the champagne... -Hendo (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Curt, I'm doing something similar but with the 9V light system. The Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 hooked up to a larger battery box that used 3 "C" cell batteries. (URL) . The connection is made using a 4.5 wire with a two prong connector. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There is a bulb. It requires a 4.5v battery (or the 3.6 VAC connection on the 740 transformer). I forget how bright it is. The similar 12v bulb is reasonably bright. Frank (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, For those of you that have the Electric Light Brick 4.5V 2x2 ((URL) I have some questions. I'm going to buy lights for a model I'm making, and I wanted to get some of this kind of piece. Here are my questions: 1. Is there actually a light (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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