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Just like busses - you wait ages for one and then loads come along together!!...... I was just filling a few minutes of my lunchtime by browsing the S@H website, when I switched my basket to UK, I came across this; (URL) new tub - this time 1305 (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: BIP Contest: Reloaded....again
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(...) OK, I've added a total count to the contest page: (URL) like we are up to 709 BIs added! Only a few more until the Teaser prize is given away! Jake --- Jake McKee Webmaster - BIP (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) That's crazy talk! Of course it does! :) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:Hntn0v.M6u@lugnet.com... (...) somebody who (...) gave him (...) parts wich I (...) Hey, just finding another nutter doesn't make you sane! ;-) Duq (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) Ooops! I'm not that crazy after all :) Hope you told him about Lugnet and all! I'd love to empty the bin(s) pice by piece into some other conatiner thus picking up every single piece there is. I'm up to ten bags now in four sessions... (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO® Ready to Build Profit
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From Financial Times LEGO® Hopes Pieces Are in Place to Build Profit Even strong brands cannot stand still, and 2003 has been a significant year in the 71-year history of LEGO® Company, the iconic Danish group. Recent months have seen a new branding (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Great idea, but... those parts do not exist!
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It has happened again... I have an idea for a new project, and found that one part does not exist (1x3 tiny technic beam), later I find that another wanted part is now available in the colour I need. These I can work around. Then I have another (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mindstorms 3.0 Wish List
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I'm giving a presentation about Mindstorms on Wednesday. I have a slide near the end that talks about all the stuff I know people want to see added. Here's what I have so far: RCX === RC communication (but keep the IR port, too) more I/O ports (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dacta, lugnet.edu, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I know what I'll be doing next year! :) Thanks for the tip! (22 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Obviously not castle, town, SPACE., or starwars. Trimming follow-ups to .general. Lets keep it there. (URL) Admiral Giddens <>< (URL) space. (22 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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(...) Trains? Who said anything about trains? I didn't see anything about trains! What trains are you people talking about? Steve (22 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Halloweeny Punkin'
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(...) Actually, the majority of the lines are cut all the way through, but the corners where the lines join *aren't* cut all the way. Instead, it's carved about 1/2 of the way to the inside, which still lets it glow, but keeps its shape :) DaveE (22 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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(...) I love it. I wanted to do something in Lego, but I didn't know what. This is perfect. So how did you keep the pumpkin pieces inside the brick from falling out? (22 years ago, 2-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun)
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The (URL) Southern California LEGO Train Club> returns to the San Diego Model Railroad Museum this holiday season with its biggest and longest running exhibit ever. The layout features six operating trains (including two fully automated ones), a (...) (22 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Hey brad/LD
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Send one or more of those big boxes of assorted parts (like they have been talking about in Europe) over to australia... (22 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: BIP Contest: Reloaded....again
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(...) Not currently. I had that functionality up for a while, but took it down. Currently, we have 711, so it's only a short time before the first prize package is given away! In case you haven't visited the contest page ((URL)) LEGO Sets 3219 - (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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| | Re: BIP Contest: Reloaded....again
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Hi Jake, Is there a way to tell how many instructions have been submitted already? Am I just missing this on the site? Or is that information classified ;) Ben (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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| | Halloweeny Punkin'
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Ok, it's not all that scary, but we all carved punkin's the other day for Halloween: (URL) not all that scary, I spose... I guess I coulda carved a 1x2x5 brick! *Those* are scary! :) Happy Halloween! DaveE (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun) !!
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| | Re: BIP Contest: Reloaded....again
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Oops...forgot to add .cad to this post! All, After a bit of slow growth in the BIP additions, I've decided to tweak the content rules a bit. There is now a new prize category, reduced number of BIs uploaded for all categories, and yet more prizes! (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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| | Re: Web Host Concept
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(...) Why equally split? Suppose I have a high traffic site that hosts movies and therefore consumes lots of bandwidth. Why should I get to pay the same as some guy who hosts a few highly compressed gifs and doesn't get a lot of traffic. Very unfair (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) Just one hour ? Yesterday I was at a Toys R Us in Den Haag (The Hague) where I met somebody who was digging the box from 12:00 till 20:30 !!!!! The shop's employees gave him food and drinks ;-) I only spend two hours filling up two liter bags, (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Where is Skully?
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It just doesn't seem like Halloween without him... JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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(...) Now that I actually think about it - forget I asked :-) Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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(...) "Seite nicht gefunden" Is there any other site that has these? Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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(...) I was hoping to see the trains i've heard blabbering about... Josh (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Web Host Concept
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(...) This is pretty similar to the idea of MOCPages, except that MOCPages is free? In general, it's a good idea, and I like it :) Some technical problems I can see, but probably nothing that can't be figured out. (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: A little lion I'm working on...
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Hi Anthony! (...) This name fits perfectly as it exactly describes what the shield shows :-) (...) I think you came close. In fact I think closer wouldn't be necessary. It's funny that your design is somewhat "over-correct". In your picture the (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is just a little post to say that my shield article has been posted to classic castle. Feel free to read it. (URL) Classic Castle> --Anthony (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Web Host Concept
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If this doesn't belong in .general, feel free to just direct it to .publish. As some of you may know, Brinkster.com, which is where I and many other LEGO builders host our websites, has recently announced that it will be adding advertisments to its (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: MEGA Bloks Net Earnings Up 22%
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(...) quarter but their 3rd quarter sales are about the same as 1st and 2nd put together. I did not know that. Curiosity piqued, I went and checked Hasbro. Same thing. (URL) leads to (URL) Mattel (URL) leads to (URL) thing. 3rd quarter sales for (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | MEGA Bloks Net Earnings Up 22%
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(URL) went into TRU the other day, and I was surprised at how much competition there is in the building toys category. The TRU here in Media, PA has had a minor revamp in the Lego & contraction toys area. K'Nex are across the aisle from LEGO. There (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: top poster statistics
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(...) This is the list for 2003 (meaning: the list that gives stats for 2002) timj (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Thanks, I should of thought of searching using the word frequency but I would never have thought of noisemakers as a search term tim (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Er... Oops! Sorry about that. Well, I'm one of your friends, right? :-) (...) That would be truly awesome! (...) As would that! Are you working geometrically or bitmapping? It would be nice if your stuff could be somehow transferred over to (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) gives (...) get (...) Not a prestigious title by any means, but it does prove that you are full of hot air and long winded! ;-P -The one who modz the bricks (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: top poster statistics
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) On it ++Lar... ;) Dave K (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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I bollixed up how I describe this... (...) (meaning: the list that gives the stats for 1999, the one that Tim Courtney was referring to in the post that caused Todd to generate post 1396) (...) I'm also not sure where 2003's list is either (meaning: (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Thanks much Larry! I'm glad you liked it, next to the Black Monarch's shield it was the hardest one I had to do, simply for the lack of high quality, like-new sticker images. That isn't to say I couldn't find high quality images, just that I (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Nope. But I know how to look for stuff, a valuable skill to cultivate here. The search box is your friend. start here: (URL) get reminded that the list is called "top 1000 noisemakers" which is a singularly un-useful name for it as it's not (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Tim, I did a news search on "noisemakers" and came up with (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Every so often (yearly presumably) a list is posted of number of posts per user over the year I can't remember what group they'd be in and I can't find them. Larry will know:) Tim (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I can't speak to how accurate it is as I've never managed to acquire a 1592... but it sure is PURTY! In fact your (URL) Shields Article> is just chockablock full of nice work. I like all the variants that nevertheless fit in thematically... (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: FTX courtesy to NNTP
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<snip> (...) and (...) (URL) .brickshelf.com/gall.../ciggy.jpg Cigarette>> (...) in (...) space (...) </snip> AMEN!!!...!!! -Brickmodder (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | FTX courtesy to NNTP
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As more of a newsreader user, incorrectly formatted FTX code on LUGNET has been troubling me lately. Non NNTP users might not realize, but FTX code formatted like the link below is a pain for NNTP users to just click on and be directed to you link (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.space, lugnet.publish)
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| | A little lion I'm working on...
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Hey Guys, This was the last triangle shield I needed to do before I had finished drawing all of the official LEGO released triangle shield designs, at least the ones to my knowledge. It is the Lion Heart Shield (my own name, don't really know what (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: A little something I'm working on...
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(...) --snip-- (...) How about this? (URL) --Anthony (22 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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"Jaco van der Molen" <jmolen@zonnet.nl> wrote in message news:HnJ9y1.168C@lugnet.com... (...) Wow, so many of those sets look so... not juniorized! That (URL) helicopter> actually looks like a helicopter! And the new sets in the racer's series! (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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(...) Thanks for the link,interesting there are no new themes here for the start of 2004. New sets includes 4 Creator, 3 Jack Stone,5 World City, and 10 Racer sets. Also included are the 3 Star Wars sets already announced, and 4 SW minis. The World (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Marz?
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(...) That may be the case (although noone has said it exactly). One other person has confirmed that they no longer carry Lego... (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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With the first snoops of the 2004 sets out now I thought I'd see what's on the Marz distribution site. Nothing! Well, no Lego anyway. Did they lose the license after showing too much too soon last year? Duq (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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If you want to see sets, go here: (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Ultimate Electronics Store Sells LEGO!
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Last night I went to the new Ultimate Electronics store. It isn’t scheduled to open until 10/31/03 but for some reason they opened early. I was expecting this chain store to offer a high quality line of audio and video gear, but I was completely (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | BIP Contest: Reloaded....again
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All, After a bit of slow growth in the BIP additions, I've decided to tweak the content rules a bit. There is now a new prize category, reduced number of BIs uploaded for all categories, and yet more prizes! For all the details check out the site: (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.announce.biportal, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Re: A little something I'm working on...
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Looks brilliant! Would you be able to make say a shield for the crossaxe Crusaders, as lego never made any? Or say a bull shield notif for the original lego shield (they only madeteardrop/kite shields)? I suppose the posisbilities are endless, you (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | MOC: Cigarette
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Hello again, I've uploaded a small cigarette MOC that's been sitting around for a few months. I'll elaborate on it in the near future (details on the page). Anyway, click (URL) here> to see it. Feedback is welcome. Thanks. (2 URLs) (Bruce) (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: sets in 2004? Wish List
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(...) I want houses/apt./hotels, stores & schools for town: ARCHITECTURE! Jeff (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ...WoW!
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(...) Thanks Matt, I was aware of that incidentally. I actually *developed the scabbard ball-joint attachment and the curvature of the axe blade btw. (I'm kinda proud of this involvement into a product I believe in) The point of showing these (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.western, lugnet.general)
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| | sets in 2004? Wish List
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So I've been eagerly anticipating the 2004 releases and I have no idea what to expect. How far has lego come with their anit-juniorization? What will become of Town? And what new or returning theme do you wan to see? Yikes I'm dying to see some (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Are you going to try out?
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I'd try out for the same reasons I'd run for Governor of California - to say I tried, even though I know I'm exceedingly under-qualified.. I think it's a great idea, and I'd love to work for LEGO.. But unless you plan on working for 60+ hours a week (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Collective Group Resources
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During a recent meeting here in Ottawa, the topic of acquiring group parts like baseplates and track came up. Being a member of two groups that have everyone contribute what they can for shows, I really don't see much benefit in doing this. I would (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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This jus' has to be seen! (URL) Sometime you see something that's just so close to your ideal of perfect that you wanna share it with everyone... More on this page: (URL) --==Richard==-- (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) I don't think so; I find that claim a little silly, to be honest. Why do top-posters never *intersperse* their comments? Because it would pretty obviously be unpleasant to read, of course. And certainly not, either, for non-interspersed (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) Of course the news ettiquette is also to trim your quotes. If people took care to do this, the first point would more likely show up in previews. What I hate about the quoted article on the bottom is that people never trim them. They carry the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) Usenet is different to email, since (due to crossposting and stuff) the original post might not be around anymore to read, so the post by itself needs to make sense. So it's normal that when replying, you type your reply below the piece of (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Most active local groups on LUGNET by population
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Hi all, here's some statistics. I sorted the list of loc-groups here in Lugnet by how many posts there has been compared to the population of each given country. Country Posts[1] Population[2] (in million) Quota Cocos Islands 2 0,0006 3174,603175 (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) Here is the picture of what i'm talking about, the sand purple pants. the one of the left is Zam Wessell, the other one is the one i'm talking about, she has no zam leg markings, just plain sand purple. my question is if anybody knows what set (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BimP News in Full Swing
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That subject should read: BimP News "In" Full Swing ...sheesh... (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Emplacing a gem onto a minifig torso
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Ahui, I would tend to say that any jeweler should be able to handle it. Basically, you want to bore a hole in the torso, push an earring into it, bend the pin of the earring over to lock it in, and probably also epoxy it in place. The skill will (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ummmmm thats not who is replying, it's who they're replying to. Or is that to whom they are replying? Stupid English. ROSCO (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | A little something I'm working on...
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Here's a little something I'm working on for a Classic-Castle.com article on Shield designs and stickers. I'm in the process of re-creating the triangle shield designs, by hand, by drawing over enlarged scans or vectored images. Though these (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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Kevin, I can use the same arguments about chronology for top posting...but the MAIN ADVANTAGE to top posting allows the email to be previewed and/or read without having to open the entire email...or at least it does this for those of us that use an (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Netiquette
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(...) It is a fairly widespread standard on discussion newsgroups (as compared to email). (...) This is fairly common for email, esp. in business contexts where retaining a complete copy of the original, for reference, is desirable. For newsgroups, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Netiquette
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I just noticed something when I went to reply to a post here at Lugnet that doesn't match up with the way I use email on a daily basis at work and everywhere else. In other words, who decided that when replying, the "Proper Netiquette" is that (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Emplacing a gem onto a minifig torso
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I am wonder if anyone has attempted to place any type of gem onto a torso of a minfig? I would image that you would need to fill the torso with something so that when you place the gem on the torso it won't fall off. =) Is anyone here capable of (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Mosaic: Song Of The Angels
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I recently completed a sizable mosaic (about 6' x 8', Studs Out). Like my Mona Lisa I did years ago, this is a rendition of a well known painting: 'Song Of The Angels' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau: (URL) questions welcome, cheers, eric harshbarger (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Newspaper: Lego is firering 257 people
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Hi! I found this in the paper today: (URL) made me look for this: (URL) stock is to large... I wonder if the "crisis" is still present in the world, as for now people are taking about a rise within the next 6 months... maybe that will help sales? (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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Well, it was nice meeting you on saturday Tim. As soon as i got home i tore open the designer set and put together a mecha, then i opened up the pick-a-brick cup and sorted the parts, i was actually suprised how much i got for only 12 bucks. I am (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ancients Theme - armies, buildings, and cilivizations
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(...) Excellent! I also like to build fairly 'big.' I find trying to scale a floorplan to actual minifig dimensions dictates a pretty large building. So, if live anywhere near New Hampshire..well, my castle can whoop your castle in a bit o' (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | Ancients Theme - armies, buildings, and cilivizations
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I've been working on my Ancients Theme for past 3 years. I was a Castle fan but after witnessing the gigantic castles made by other Lego fans I decided to out do them. So to go one better, I decided to make MOCs far larger than a castle, so I moved (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| | BrickPix version 1.61
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BrickPix 1.61 is now available for download. The new version has added options and new features. You can download it from (URL) . Look in the Appz section. Windows compatibility only, sorry Mac and Linux users. Rob Want to port this to another (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Price difference
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(...) Sounds like you Europeans are getting the short end of the sticks again. You might want to wait until you find cheaper ones on eBay and BrickLink. (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Variants on old train couplers
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Last monday at Legoworld in Zwolle I bought some second hand bricks, including two old train couplers as in set 403 (URL). When I looked at these couplers at home, I noticed that they were different. One has a gap in the hole on the 2x4 plate (just (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Price difference
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Dear Lego, I noticed 8453 is listed on Lugnet as costing $20,-. As it's EUR 24,95 in dutch shops I thought I'd compare the S@H price: US: $19,99, NL $29,45! (EUR 24,99) On the front page of the US shop site I noticed the new UCS Snowspeeder for (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Correcting some misinformation in "LEGO Software Power Tools, With LDraw, MLCad, and LPub"
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I just tested Amazon.com's new "Search inside this book" feature (which provides a cool new full-text search across the content of its books) by doing a search for "LUGNET". I found a few references in various books that I hadn't yet known about. In (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.books, lugnet.cad, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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Looking at that inventory, I DO hope it shows up at US S@H or US stores. Heck, I just wanted the red tubs before this inventory was posted ;-) Anyone willing to swap some empty red tubs/lids with some of my blue, if these don't make it to the US? (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) They'r not NavyBlue? (URL) Violet? (URL) know who Zam Wessel is. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Does LEGO ldraw?
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hi folks, on my way home from legoworld 03 I did a little shopping at legoland germany buying, among other things, this legoland exclusive: (URL) comes in a bare plastic bag, like the ones we use to store vegetables in a refrigerator. no (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A mighty mini molded mouse MOC I made many months ago
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In lugnet.general, Anthony Sava wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] You where wrong here, it is worth posting. Glad you did. I understand the cartoon reference, he looks a bit like a scary mouse robot. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | How about this for scales? (pun intended)
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Here's a shot for y'all: (URL) The definitive size reference pic for the Kingdom of Ikros Actually I needed to clean up my LEGO room and so I was told that if I wanted to display my stuff it had to be out of the way, so there they sit along side my (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I made this creation specifically for the LEGO "What will you make?" Roadshow Dallas event. I was given the task of creating new designs from one of the designer sets, and the set assigned to me was the 4101 Wild Creatures collection. Since I was (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | LEGOWORLD 2003 recieved 40.000 visitors
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According to an article in the regonal newspaper "Zwolse Courant" the organisation of the "IJsselhalen"-complex where the event was held, reported a total visitor count of 40.000 people, 5000 more than the record of last year. With friendly (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: Minifigure legs assembly - sand purple, not Zam Wessell's
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(...) No the Gilderoy ones are sand "red" i'm talking about sand "purple" like Zam Wessell's. with NO pattern on the legs. thanks though, Monica (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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(...) Well, I finally finished inventorying the 4400 Tub last night. Submitted it to Peeron and Lugnet, although I got a bounced email message from one of them, couldn't decipher which one. Pictures are here; (URL) delimited text file inventory is (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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At Legoworld there were several cardboard boxes (I didn't count how many, but I assume it was around or over 10), but there were more kids and alduts than there was space around these boxes, so several shoppingbaskets were filled with bricks from (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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(...) In this case it was a fortunate accident. Someone attempted to tilt the box, the result was that the bottom torned loose and fell out. Several AFOL's (including me) dived on it like a swarm of hornets and started eating themselves trough the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, sounds chaotic enough :) The only thing we did was support the box a little on the side with a BASIC-bucket so we more easily could dig the corners. I'd love to empty the whole box into a larger container or move it part by part so nothing (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brad's talk
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:Hn5JIv.812@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> - she found it rather boring to watch two grown (?) men digging in a cardboard box for about an hour :)</snip> She should have been at LegoWorld: entire (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.general)
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X-FUT: lugnet.general (...) We have now "inventoried" three sets of these boxes and for the major part they are the same. Some contain other elements though. For instance, the two I have been digging in has plenty of both rats and frogs while a (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.events.legoworld, lugnet.general)
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| | GMLTC to show at St Paul MN GATS this weekend
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The Greater Minnesota LEGO Train Club will be showing this weekend at the Great American Train Show (GATS) (URL) us at the RiverCentre 143 West Fourth St St Paul, MN Saturday & Sunday October 25 & 26, 2003 11:00 am - 5:00 pm, both days We hope to (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: 2 Lego Stores open today!
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(...) Saturday I work until 5. Erik Olson should be coming down to the store then too. (...) The construction on 355 has ended pretty much. There aren't any more barracades, no lanes closed, and they're just working on shoulders and tidying up the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general)
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