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I dunno where to post this, but I just had to share my excitement. I had my first Find Of The Week in some time last week. Of course, that makes me wonder whether I should call it the Find Of The Week, Month, Or Whatever. Well, this is what (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think this question has popped up before in some form or another. But it's the fun sort of topic that is always good to revisit. My 2 cents... After some thought, I have concluded that if I could choose only one year, then it would have to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup. 1987 was the year in which the best thing happened for lego space....I was born. Really though, B1 is far above the other space themes, mostly cuz the cool 'figs. Star wars remains a pretty good line nowadays. Click hinges, new colors, (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) *smacks the young padawan of little BT1 knowledge* Blacktron 1 will always beat out Blacktron 2. One of the reasons is that BT1 have a flight suit, while BT2 have a "B", how do they stay strapped in? Trans Yellow is also a much more better (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) Well now that is kind of interesting. I always thought most people liked the trans-yellow better than the neon green. I know I do. I wonder what other people think about that? -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Thanx Josh, (Even though I can’t see your poster photo yet... 'cause it ain’t moderated) Here’s a great close-up shot of the strange dark-gray armored knight that’s in set # 7419 Dragon Fortress. (URL) jus’ for no apparent reason, I wanted to add (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay, so you're right about the 1998 thing, but 2003 are you crazy?!?!?! :) I don’t want to buy the Orient Expedition sets, they look dumb. (...) Hey! I like the Stingrays! :) Although I can see what you mean a little... Anyway, Aquasharks (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dire translations
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(...) Hi Duq, If you think poor translations are bad... we just lost our edition of the catalog, it is now (again, after 15 years) bilingual in Castillan and Portuguese :-/ Not bad because of the language mix itself, but because we lost most of the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl)
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I'm just after browsing through the dutch version of the jan-jul 2003 catalog, and can't help but thinking that some of the translations must be quite poor. Are scans of the english version of this catalog available online somewhere? Could someone (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Nicknames for favorite LEGO parts
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The first ones that pop into mind are these: (URL) (gogles) (URL) (binoculars) and (URL) (hockey stick) I probably use more, some in dutch, but I can't think of them now... Duq "Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) always thought of these as "electric eyes", even though I can't recall having ever seen them used as such in an official set. That's just what they always looked like to me. And since my youth was spent almost entirely in Classic Space, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Nicknames for favorite LEGO parts
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Quoting John Riley <Rohnjiley@yahoo.com>: (...) To add some of my own nicknames for favorite LEGO parts: Old Pre-LUGNET/RTL days: tiles = smoothies plates = flats bricks = fatties/thicks studs = bumps Still think of to this day: universal joints = (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe you called them as follows: My brother and I, in our early years, called plates "flats," tiles "smooth flats," (or sometimes just "smooth" as in "smooth 1 x 2") and slope bricks "tiles" (the last because of Lego S&H calling slope bricks (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Jeremiah VanderMark" <doggybot_37@yahoo.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:HDxM13.20zn@lugnet.com... (...) Those were the days- when I really could say I was 12 (WOW, 20 years do fly by). My friends and I didn't use the name "talls" but sure did (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Around our house my kids call this part (only in brown) "mommy hair": (URL) a while back I heard them singing a jingle from Cartoon Network which went: "...wherever you rub it you know it feels better because it is a typical head of Jesus." I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Ahh, yes. This part: (URL) always be a "cannonball", courtesy my discovering Lego during the Pirate era. Also, being far less creative than Tim as a kid, these: (URL) simply "dots". On a related note, "bricks" and "plates" were foreign concepts to (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Whew! For a minute there I thought you were calling me a geek.... hey, wait a second! ;) (...) That's a fairly widely used term, isn't it? I guess I was thinking more along the lines of personalized nicknames for less common parts. As I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You can admit it if you want... I promise not to make fun of any names you may have come up with. I started this silly thread, I'm certainly not one to poke fun at anyone else. :) (...) I meant to clarify something in my initial posting. I (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes: <snip> Bulldog? Hydrant? Hmm... (...) Um... well... not that I'm going to admit, I guess. (grin) More seriously, I actually don't do that. I try to memorise the LDraw names for stuff and use those (and I try (...) (22 years ago, 26-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You, a geek, nah... ;-) (...) (URL) part is commonly referred to as a "jumper" plate or tile, since it allows for you to build on top of it in half-stud widths. (URL) best friend and I, potty humorists as we are, started calling this piece a (...) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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