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| (...) Color me.. disappointed. I think it's kind of entertaining that several folks have counseled either a 'wait and see' approach or that they personally were just going to sit back and see how it pans out. Honestly, what choice do we have? TLC (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The first MOC (not my own) that I see in person, Eric Harshbarger's Crayons
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| Hi all, I'll follow up George's post by pointing to my webpage I just typed up about the weekend: (URL) correction: Alphabet Blocks and Checkers were this year's inductees to the Hall of Fame (the toys George mentions were already in from previous (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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| (...) Lego has CONSTANTLY been perfecting the designs of pieces. Witness the hole in the minifig head; the slots in the sides of the Technic pin; etc., etc., etc. The camfering is another step in the ongoing development of product, though for what (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | The first MOC (not my own) that I see in person, Eric Harshbarger's Crayons
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| Hello, By the time everything else in my life is taken care, I have precious little time left for lucny meetings, or brickfests, or meeting any other AFOLs. But, this weekend it worked out. Saturday, Mary (my wife) wanted time to clean up the house, (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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| (...) Cynthia, this is almost certainly aging. Any collection of gray bricks going that far back will have variations from contact with UV light. (I have not checked vs unopened sets.) White bricks are the worst agers. There is also such a thing as (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| I just bought the 2004 Mos Eisley Cantina this afternoon (#4501), and was disappointed to find that this set also has the new off colors. It wasn't just the 2 grays either; brown is a lighter shade now. The dark red, verdigris (sometimes called (...) (22 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: New Snowspeeder uses new grays (was: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!)
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| (...) Entirely the new colors (the set is largely white, recall). That's to be expected, I think, the light grays in particular are very close and there's really no reason to ship both of them in the same set. Kevin (22 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I have no problem with those that build in whatever way they choose at all -- in my view, playing and building is the point of it all. I think we're on the same page there. I also don't have a problem with additions to the color line, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
| | | | | Re: New Snowspeeder uses new grays (was: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!)
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| (...) hi, quick q: does it use the new greys exclusively, or in conjunction with the old greys? thanks! hoping its the former... I can't wait to get some new grey! (22 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Richard, With no offense intended, this sounds as if those builders out there who are "stuck" with the bricks they have (for whatever reasons) just can't be as good at MOC-ing as those who can buy the bricks they need to make the "refined" (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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