 | | The way we were: January, 1994 —Thomas Main
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| | | I just read through the first month of postings to rec.toys.lego (January 1994) and was amused and impressed by some of the things I read. There were many "firsts" of discussions that seem to be ongoing up to the present. I thought it might be (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | (...) Interesting topic. (...) ... (...) I think I first posted to rtl in 1995, although possibly 1996. (Would that mean I should have a mastadon icon?) That was my first realization that I was not alone in my hobby. I was fascinated that so many (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | (...) That would make for some nice history of the online LEGO world. One question- where did you find posts so old? We're talking nine years plus there! It would be a real kick to get a look at this very early stuff. (...) It's funny how one looks (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | | (...) Probably Google. Here's an interesting page, regarding old usenet messages: (URL) can search all the way back to May 12, 1981. (The entire collection, not rtl) (URL)Anyway...just thought this topic list from r.t.l might be entertaining. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Google. Here's what would appear to be my first Usenet post: (URL) possible there could be an earlier post that I didn't sign my name to but still used this account. Hm poking around at a few other names, I see Lar++ used to run a BBS (and I'm (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | | | "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3ED3A29F.D6191A...ing.com... <snipped> (...) I decided to go ahead and do some goofing though google and look up some "old timers", but only on RTL. I also kept the span between Jan 1, 1996 (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | | | (...) too bad though. -Tim (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Heh. Here's the earliest one I could find from me: (URL) was a lack-of-anything-better handle before I felt like committing my name to public consumption. Goofy. Anyway, I'm glad to see that I've been consistent in my pro-clone views all these (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I wonder how many of us can say that clone bricks dragged us into online AFOLdom? See, my first post was about clonedom too. I beat you by 19 months, but I was talking about TENTE, so I think the obscurity/time comparators are about equal. :) (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I found this RollCall from me back in January of 1996 (URL) pretty lame looking back at it...LOL jt (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Here's me as a newcomer: (URL) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Joseph Gonzalez
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| | | | | | | | (...) i see the mandroid mentioned in lou's sig....that brings back lots of memories! wasn't mandroid the guy that also went by the name cerberus? i remember what a jerk he was. also found my own first/test post: (URL) for the trip down memory (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | (...) Here's my first: (URL) never saw the replies the first tim around... Here's my second, about 6 months later: (URL) Six months after the second post, I was finally reading the group regularly, so I filled in my first roll call: (URL) bet my mom (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | | | | I guess it was April 1996 when I joined in by offering this little tidbit: (URL) thought my comments here were interesting (and still true): (URL) as I can tell, this was my first Roll Call post: (URL) find it curious that most of my personal (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | Interesting to dig around there. My first posting (though I'd been reading since the dying days of atl): (URL) It is especially embarassing because, as luck would have it, my first LEGO-related posts were about a clone brand. (TENTE) Yeah, yeah, (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: The way we were: January, 1994 —Eric Brok
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| | | | (...) FYI, I did something like that for a short while in 1996. So it's more a sorted and annoteted snapshot than a history. See the 'Quotes' section of LEGO on my Mind, (URL) like your idea though. The good thing is, thanks to the internet's 'own (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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