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They will come to see it, that is. This is just a heads-up/reminder/last call for anyone wanting to participate in the builders display booth at this year's Hobby Show in Toronto, ON. And just a reminder that this is not a competition of any kind. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on) !
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| | Re: Bricks price in LEGOLAND
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(...) In Denmark it is 39DKK per 100g, Germany is not open yet this year, AFAIK. Huw (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Want to Buy/Want to Sell
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(...) I took this to mean the features found on the set references pages. If you meant something else, please disregard my answers below. :) (...) Yup. Just go back to the page. Change the numbers. And hit the UPDATE button. Your changes are (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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I decided no to read further than the first 2 lines. Respect is mutual. I offered a real friendly hand-shake, you answered back with god-talk, exactly what you know offends me. That's real nice of you. It just shows your level of respect for others' (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Seikruyu unveiled
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(URL) model was slightly updated at Eric Sophies suggestion of affixing some minor detail to the front. But otherwise, you can find detailing of the project in this directory. (URL) please. Thanks you and kind regards, <<_Matt Hein_>> Fellow lego (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Hello, I was just wondering something about the WTB/WTS features. Let's say I put WTB 2, and then later I get one of that set, can I ever update it to put Own 1, WTB 1? Also, can you ever change notes? Any replies would be appreciated. Thanks. ~Matt (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Hotels near Legoland Germany?
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LEGO's website for Legoland Germany is decidedly less than useful as far as accomodations goes. There's a nice link on the main page ("Accommodation") that would seem to suggest it will show you places that you could stay. Unfortunately instead it (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) Hi David - It's definitely not appropriate for lugnet.general, and might not be appropriate for fun.community, but .people should be OK. Hope this helps! -Tim (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) me (...) I think I'll just pray that you dont flame me for praying for you. :) Or maybe I should pray for the flame war? I have seen people come to Christ because of them. :) After that 8month several thousand post discusion/flamewar I was (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) <and a bunch more witnessing> Please consider setting FUT somewhere else, it's starting to veer away from general interest, IMHO. I set FUT to ot.d but that may not be the right place to be, I dunno. (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) Good eye. You're right... neither of those vehicles is a helicopter. ;) It was a typo on my part... sorry about that. This is the set/helicopter I meant to use as a comparison: (URL) for catching that! All the best, Allan B. (22 years ago, 23-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Bricks price in LEGOLAND
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Hi, can somebody tell me what's the price for the LEGO bricks (for 100g or whatever amount) in LEGOLAND Denmark and in LEGOLAND Germany ? Thanks. Mike (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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Cool model! What set do you mean though? 770? (URL) hardly looks like a helicopter to me.... Duq "Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:HDoB8n.C43@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) they're (...) look. (...) works. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) SNIP (I agree here to but have to cut my quotes.... (...) Well said. I agree, God Bless You, Nathan (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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The tannish bricks are raw ABS with no pigmenting, so they were probably snuck out of one of the plants, or someone threw them in a trash bin instead of shredding them. They were most likely test runs of a mold or the entire molding process - why (...) (22 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pick-A-Brick
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(...) If they get one of these at the Orlando LIC, I'm gonna be in biiiiiiigggg trouble ;) Ray (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) -Gratuitus Snippage. Allen, I can't agree more. Ya hoo to the Lego Company. I had to have one of these (at least) and I picked up the 4101 Wild Collection. Why? It was the Chameleon model on the box, it's too cool for words! Well, I have to (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) Thanks very much. :) What's amazing is how many pieces are leftover! (...) I was pretty pleased with that. I used a similar technique on the Jimmy Neutron Strato XL Rocket Ride(1) that I did a while back. I really like the way that slopes and (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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(...) sets? (...) think (...) were (...) bricks (...) of (...) They came in a load of old mixed bricks brought at a car boot sale (like a garage sale if your not british :) ) I can only assume they were liberated from a factory somewhere, as 70 odd (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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they appear to be exactly the same as normal bricks, in feel, composition and weight. Just no colour. "John Gerlach" <gmltc_j1@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HDJKJx.t59@lugnet.com... (...) appear (...) a (...) something... (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | A&M LWorks presents a LEGO Poem called Crayons
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It's been a while since I last uploaded a LEGO Poem but alas here is a new one to add the to general collection entilted Crayons. See it at (URL) LWorks (URL) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) the little stub winglets. Nice model! The more I play with these sets the more I like them. (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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so cool ....a kid with the correct idea. (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) Oh, Hi David. After reading the follow-ups on this thread, I realized you were that seller I greeted with a request to keep religion out of BrickLink a few months ago. Matt has used this incident as a way of "prooving" that I don't respect (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) That's a perfect encapsulation of how I feel about the types of models you can build with these sets. Especially the last line. So, to have some fun with that idea, I decided to sit down and build to a goal, using just the pieces in the 4100 (...) (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) I think you just put into words what I was trying to describe to my wife about this set. I bought it with great enthusiasm after reading the intial review and love it. It really helps me think what to do and I take it on the road with me in a (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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Hi David - (...) Snipped a good illustration :-) (...) I think it would be appropriate with followups set to lugnet.people (which I've done to this message). It would also be appropriate in lugnet.off-topic.debate, though from experience I seriously (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: online communites
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(...) Ive only been here a few weeks but I already see this atleast software wise. I'm a distributed systems solutions junkie of the old kind and to see: pov, mlcad, ldraw, l3p, l3pao, bricktrack, bricklink, brickset, peeron and who knows what else (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: The "LUGNET community" vs. the "LEGO community," and computer literacy
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:HDJoDL.156p@lugnet.com... (...) documentation (...) joining (...) I wasnt sure where to put this but since it came up here I thought this might work. I am an NNTP posting fan so when I found (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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No he was basically showing dont judge a book by its spiritual cover. Its a sad an unfortunate thing that todays churches are regularly filled with people who look and act and seem like the nicest people around but in fact are anything but saved. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | spinner/tilter amusement ride MOC
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hey guys, I've been dying to begin my first contribution to the NELUG group's train layout and finally I have something to offer for the fairground portion of the town. After seeing the amusement rides at the last meeting, and talking about roller (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.town, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Legoroscope : Daily Lego Horoscope at www.rotule.qc.ca
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(URL) it is. We had promised you a new feature for about 10 days now, it's now finally ready and running. The Legoroscope : LEGO Horoscope daily updated. Just go on our website, write your birthdate in the textbox and click. A cookie will be set on (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Mini AT-AT
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Inspired by the Mini series, though not necessarily as economical on parts as some of those sets. I wasn't sure if anyone had done this vehicle in a small scale like this, so I decided to give it a try. The results aren't perfect, but it looks more (...) (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | LEGO Mosaic: a&a logo
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Hi all, I just finished another mosaic. Most interesting about this one was the necessity of arches to create nice, rounded letters: (URL) harshbarger (22 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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Matt, You can download dozens of different HTML editors that will make creating HTML no harder than using a word processor (in fact, most word processing programs can save as HTML these days). However, if you are using Netscape client, I highly (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) Let me understand you teaching... You mean that you were convincing children that they belonged in church? (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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The morning after I read your review I got the set for my birthday! You're absolutely right. But rather than just a 'metoo' post I wanted to add something. What I really like about the models (I've only built a few so far) is that none of them is (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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(...) Oh, okay. Thanks, but I was wondering if you knew any kind of free web hoster ((URL) for instance) although different. I tried to make a site once, I didn't get any visitors except for me, and it was hard. Also, do you have any tips on making (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | After a failure you have to bounce back
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Well, Last question of Top 10 lists was: Top 10 LEGO recors it would be fun to watch someone break. It didn't generate enough answers, so we dropped it. Apart from stucking parts up your nose or swallowing then, there was nothing really interesting. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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I went the other way once in a Sunday morning service some time ago. I made a parable using an ordinary LEGO brick, a LEGO minifig gun, and a 100% compatible 2x4 clone brick. I asked some children to point out which one was not a Lego part, and of (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | To Thomas Stangl (positive stuff)
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Hey Tom, this is Nick. After reading over the various posts, I still stand by my "my comment was stupid" post and think that the whole argument was stupid anyway. Lets just forget about it. I can actually see your point of view. Truce? Thanks, ~Nick (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Obnoxious over-reaction vs. sugar coating
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(...) Oh, come now. Read all my posts on Lugnet. Not just the ones in .debate or just this thread, ALL of them. Then come back and tell me I like to see how much trouble I can stir up. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've flamed very few people on Lugnet. Maybe you just have a sore spot because you were one of them? (...) Well, we agree on something else. I find you too obnoxious for words too. Of all the people on Lugnet I ignore, Scott is the #1 on the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating
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(...) Yay, great, a Believer!... (...) Hrm, uh, er, maybe not... (...) Yay, he Believes again!... (...) Nevermind, he's degenerated into calling me insane... NOTE: ;-) END NOTE. I'm politically incorrect, but progressive (I consider Political (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Obnoxious geekdom
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(...) You have no idea just how high the scale goes, you should see some of the things people have showed me over the years. I was pretty impressed by the Palm OS BrikWars calculator, and then there was a guy who made a Java app that let you play (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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Well, whatever else they are, they look like they are quite old. I don't think that the molds for the 2 x 4 bricks have the injection points on the ends like that any more. I can remember when I was a kid, those points ( dots, really) annoyed me (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The "LUGNET community" vs. the "LEGO community," and computer literacy
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(...) [...] (...) Cool. (...) A good goal for LUGNET to have. What I'm trying to get to is this; I believe, based on what I've heard coming out of discussions with many different types of LEGO fans, there are (sometimes quite valid) perceptions (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating
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(...) See movie-comics.com, in the archives.. one of the characters, IIRC, was a guy who just holds up signs with emoticons and internet abbreviations like LOL. Pretty funny (one of my fave bits of the comic actually) HTH! (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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(...) Did these all come from the same set? Or was it a bundle of different old sets? (...) While we would all love for Lego to make 100% perfect bricks, I don't think this ought to be seen as a serious breach of quality control. If they were all in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The "LUGNET community" vs. the "LEGO community," and computer literacy
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(...) I agree. Let's all keep this in mind over the next few weeks as the setup/sign-up stuff on LUGNET is overhauled and keep our collective eyes out for points of confusion. (...) I'm not sure what you're trying to say. The core purpose of LUGNET (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Obnoxious over-reaction vs. sugar coating
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(...) Hey, don't discriminate on age! :) Though, some younger teenagers tend to go through mood swings in which they alternatively moan about how bad the world is and then suddenly respond to evey MOC posted in the past month or so. Also, some less (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: how odd!!!!
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(...) Looks like a color change to me. The red and green pieces are tell-tail signs of color change for sure. The more clear stuff looks like a different resin altogether. You would get that from a barrel purge....it's common to use acrylic as a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | online communites
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howD all, as a professional online community manager and developer, i also agree that the lego community needs to "get w/ the program" as it were. online communities are held together by sharing standards among multiple kinds of websites re: their (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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Wow... I am awestruck. We're funding his college, definetely. This child is one smart person. If only he would throwout POOPs too... :) ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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(...) Both have their place, but I think the click hinges are definitely better for younger kids for two reasons: * click hinges are easier to manipulate for younger children due to their more limited strength and dexterity * although not able to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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(...) In a way, this is a bit scarey too because it illustrates how much power a parent has to shape the values of a child, whether consciously or unconsciously, whether for good or for ill! Imagine our outrage if the story was of young Max (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: posting setup
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(...) Yep, I've noticed (in fact, I think I was a catalyst, from some recent mails) ;-) Thanks for this! (...) I would much appreciate a feature to easily be able to post from multiple addresses! When I fanned out, and added a brickmedia.com and an (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | posting setup
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(...) That's a really good point. We should make this a lot easier to find. (...) This would be ideal. All the sign-up and set-up stuff is sorely overdue for a rework. I'll be giving this some serious attention in May when I get back from San (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Obnoxious over-reaction vs. sugar coating
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(...) I tried that strange liquid you refer to as 'cheap light beer' once. Blech. Gimme an import - does that make me more geeky? -Tim (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Obnoxious over-reaction vs. sugar coating
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(...) Dare I point out that some people <gasp> post MOCs of Dr. Who and Star Wars models.... eeyaaah! I feel the sudden need to run out, grab a cheap light beer, and watch a football game while grunting at other "non-geeky" men. Maybe that will cure (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Obnoxious over-reaction vs. sugar coating
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(...) I just got a huge 5' by 9' green indoor/outdoor carpet for a Fantasy Rules! miniatures battle with Lego. Geek, geek, geek. Still, I could ratchet it up one more notch by using a game actually designed for Lego (which I keep meaning to do). (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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Yea, Max!!!!! Woohoo! Better keep him.....he's a good egg!!!! Play on, Dudes!!!! Mike (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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(...) Hehe, Max got my vote for President :-) I highlighted your post so that everyone will read it! It's a great story. You should be named parent of the year! Keep up the good education! Terry www.rotule.qc.ca (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The "LUGNET community" vs. the "LEGO community," and computer literacy
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(...) Keep in mind, people who just discover LUGNET, or who do not participate in the newsgroup discussion are going to visit (URL) You scan the front page and what do you see? A link to LUGNET membership. MANY I have talked to have confused (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Obnoxious over-reaction vs. sugar coating
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(...) lol I was hoping someone would pick up on that! It's like the triple crown of geekdom. (...) Well no, you're one of the people I view as ignoring the criticism and going straight to jumping on Tom. Nothing wrong with that, since you seem to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A Three Year Old Lego Purist
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(...) That is such a beautiful story it brings tears to my eyes! Keep up the great work! You should be very proud of Max - we all should be proud of Max! Mark P (URL) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The "LUGNET community" vs. the "LEGO community," and computer literacy
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(...) Okay, I've read this several times, and I still don't get it. How is the setup for LUGNET posting confusing? Links from the main page ((URL) and from a page that appears each time you post through the Web interface take you to (URL) page is (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Snip a LOT... Wow, I just posted, but Bruce, you put it far better than I could have, I think! :-) -Tim (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating
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Hi Mike - (...) Well, I'm not offended by any of it :-) I think it's all good stuff moving the discussion forward. (...) LOL! (...) I'm not offended in the least. I've long known that, ever since starting to LEGOfest even way back to 1999. I think (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It gets worse: Lego, computer message boards, gaming. The last is damning! No emoticons to soften that. Happy? (which comes off as snippy for those who don't realize I'm a long-time gamer, which illustrates the problems with the written word) (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating
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Quoting Mike Rayhawk <rayhawk@artcenter.edu>: [snipped everywhere] (...) Why didn't this ever occur to me?! I might have to print some up and keep them in my wallet! Man! Year's wasted! Now if only I could come up with some sort of easy format "joke (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New trans-color in #4808 High Flyers
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(...) I just bought my first of the current US$20 1000 piece blue tub. It has 8 1x2 bricks in a new grayish trans-light blue as opposed to the older greenish trans-light blue. I like the newer trans-light blue much better. (maybe that is (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating
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(Speaking of sugar coating... After reading through this post again I can see that there's bits in here to offend probably every single person who reads it. What can I say? I can only advise the casual reader that if you find yourself strongly (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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(...) I don't give people the full art-school style firm, no-nonsense critique - which I'm perfectly capable of doing, having come up through the Long Beach State illustration program and have had as many as 10 artists working for me on software (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | New trans-color in #4808 High Flyers
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Hey all, I just noticed yesterday when I was sorting out the two of these I bought that the little windscreens are a different shade of trans-light blue. It seems to be a sort of trans-electric blue. Haven't tested it with a blacklight yet. Anyone (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Quoting Bob Hayes <bobhayes1@aol.com>: [snipped] (...) Now this is a boy that's been raised *right*! :) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Michael - (...) Not at all! In fact, I think as this thread continues, we're getting better and better responses, getting down to the meat of things. (...) There are many LEGO fans which fit that description. More than half of my train club (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating (was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) Ummm...no, that would be me. (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Todd, I only recently discovered the 9V "Light & Sound" system and have been thinking about that question myself. I've been acquiring used 9V lights recently and some bulbs do seem dimmer than others. But I don't know what the life expectancy is. It (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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My wife called me a work yesterday to tell me that our 3-year old son, Max, wanted to throw away one of his bricks. He was building a tower - carefully selecting each brick. My wife noticed that he got up, went into the kitchen and put something in (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating (was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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(...) Hi Tim, I've been reading this post with fascination and hope I'm not replying too late. First, thanks for bringing up such an interesting topic! For me, LUGNET is a great way to catch up on Lego-related news, and I consider myself a member of (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Those certainly are strange! My first thought is that they might be what some of my friends call "hand moulds". Apparently when Lego creates/gets a new mould, they test it in something other than a full-blown production machine. Probably at a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Todd, I'd love to get a hold of the color .inc files you used, they look awesome! Could you make them available? I didn't see any posts in cad. Thanks, Gary (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.general)
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| | Constructive criticism vs. sugar coating (was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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Hi Mike - Great comments! (...) Yep. I think it's not too cool when people are afraid to post constructive criticism. I think though, people only get upset at posters when they say something blatantly negative about a model - which discourages (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Just a few questions to liven up .harrypotter
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Hi all, After my family and I bought and watched HP:COS, my sister and I asked each other a few questions regarding the movie. Here are some of them. Feel free to state yours. NOTE: I'm referring to the two movies, not the four books. 1) Who is your (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.general)
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(...) My personal feeling is that there are some unwritten rules that strongly *discourage* talking about a LEGO model that someone posts. I certainly have the impression that no matter how well-intentioned, if there is a single sentence in a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) I definitely concur on that point. (...) On many points, I hear ya there. I'm trying to bring discussions about the community out in the open, since my efforts behind the scenes and in personal projects have not been successful - partially due (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Well I have a 1x4 brick with 2 lights & one of the lights has stopped working. (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) From someone whose interest has waned... Lugnet and the clubs that have formed through meeting here have a collective personality, for better or worse. I find this community to be competitive, opinionated and territorial. That's okay. I can be (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Does anyone know how many hours of life one can expect from a 9v incandescent LEGO light? Or if it is in the hundreds of hours or thousands? --Todd (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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have LEGO run out of colouring pigment ?? (URL) have been well played with, but still have lots of clutch, but appear to have missed out on colour. Some of them have grey remenents wierd -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Absolutely Nothing! :) (Was: Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ?)
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(...) Hi David! Although I am no longer among the faithful, I must agree with the sentiment that there is value in keeping young at heart! Religious or not, I love your explanation of how you have come to appreciate the importance of being a child. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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A better question would be, why do people come (...) got (...) Well, I discuss religion with respect to Legos because my spiritual relationship to Christ is the focus of my life and EVERYTHING else is secondary. If it were possible I wouldnt take a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Absolutely Nothing! :) (Was: Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ?)
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I have one particular spin on lego building/playing/sculpting that strikes me quite personally. I had it in my splash page for a while at my bricklink store but Ill give you the edited down version here: (Be forwarned, its based upon my experience (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: What's so Adult about it Anyway ? (was: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
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Hey Frank - Wish I could devote time to replying to this inline -- but gotta get moving on other stuff tonight. I totally understand the concerns with this. I'm not sure our club's approach to handling this, save the parents' involvement with the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Don't be afraid to advocate techniques over others, but explain why one is 'better.' I don't think anyone will argue with you that interlocking bricks is better than stacking one on top of each other when building a wall :-) (...) You can show (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Many thanks Tim, your reply is really encouraging. I currently try to figure out the best way to write a building tutorial. The three major difficulties are: 1. It is REALLY intimidating to write the first tutorial ever. I don't want to be (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Some Weird Action Team turns 4 years old!
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(...) Nick, I realy like your site. But I'm one of those people who lurk more than they post. So I read your post and went to your site, having a good time there. BUT I did not respond to your post. Well, that's just li'll me, but my guess is that a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This whole issue leaves me unsure of where I stand. On the one hand, I think people should be nice. On the other hand, a few people do seem to constantly be whining that no one posts responses to their posts, or that so and so is being mean (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I can only suggest to you what I do: ignore Tom's postings. He has a compulsion to flame people. He did it way back on RTL, and he continues to do it here, though he usually restrains himself outside of off-topic debate, so I don't make an (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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