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Allan Bedford just asked me what the first year for minifigs was. According to Lugnet/Peeron/Bricklink they say 1977. But that may not be correct... Some of the sets that show the 1977 minifigs are USA sets #588 (Police Station), #575 (Coast Guard (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickFest 2005 Event-Graphic
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The BrickFest Event Graphic has been selected and as such you can now see what the event T-shirt will look like. This logo will also be on various other BrickFest items. We received 6 entries for the BrickFest Graphic. I’d like to thank Michael (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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(...) snip (...) You want X to verify orders from Y, Z, Y', Z', et al for a $1 handling fee ? What exactly do you mean by 'verify' ? Are you expecting X to open all the bags and recount the parts to see if the proper quantites are present ? For a $1 (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pick-a-Brick inventory
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(...) Maarten, Thanks for the info. If anyone out there lives close to a store/Legoland with Pick-a-Brick I am interested in buying some parts that aren't available in Bricklink in quantity. Previously I've had to buy direct from Lego Shop@Home but (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inv, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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(...) Here is a solution that doesn't put any strain on Bricklink. 1. Bricklink adds a field for sellers who will amalgamate/consolidate their items with parts from other sellers, before shipping an order to a customer. Perhaps the sellers would (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Pick-a-Brick inventory
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Hi all, We just got back from Germany where we mainly visited LegoLand Günzburg (with our seasonpasses). Last year I made an inventory of the Pick-a-Brick section in Billund, now I did the same in the "Fabrik". You can download the Word-document (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inv, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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| | Re: AoJT3: Johnny Thunder and the King of the Gypsies (Finally Completed!)
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Well gang, five months to the day after I first started posting, here is the end. One-hundred scenes long... I hope it was worth the effort. So for all you faithful readers, here you go: (URL) whole gypsy-rotic story (when moderated of course): (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego and other brand trademarks
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(...) The current line of Ferarri sets has a holographic sticker attached to each box with Ferarri Officially Licensed Product or some such text. Along with that is a serial number. I do not know of any other LEGO products with a serial number of (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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There is another solution that could help you. A system connected buyers who will order your item from the seller in their home country and then ship to you. Id like this because many sellers in foreign countries want cash, bank transfers, etc in (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | BrickFest is less then one month away!
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BrickFest 2005 Washington, DC AUGUST 12-14 You don't want to miss the Best Three Days of LEGO fandom! 30 days from today, Pre-Registration ends July 27th. (URL) Build LEGO moments with new acquaintances, meet community members from all over the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Where in the world?
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(...) I would say it's LEGOLAND Billund. GPLR Dave (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND sold to Blackstone
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(...) (crossposting to the various Legoland groups) This looks like it will be good news - by reading this article: (URL) it looks like there may be new parks in the future and they want to make the park destination resorts - so this is good news. (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.billund, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Twins accused of stealing and selling LEGO® sets on Ebay®
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(...) It really bugs me when reporters can't get their facts straight. If you're not going to report the details accurately, then why bother? /rant -Bryan (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego and other brand trademarks
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(...) Good point Dave, I have never seen any acknowledgement of trademarks on any of the old 50's-70's Esso or Shell items. Ditto for the 1:87 cars/trucks. No box or brochures (that came with these items) had acknowledgements either. On the 1:87 (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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(...) and that is the understatement of the century. Transport costs are already a goodly portion of the gross order billing. One year I calculated that 28% of remittances were for shipping/transport. Parts (unless the part is rare/desirable/low (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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Quoting David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com>: (...) Ok, so now we've also got the issue of near zero demand. *IF* demand was higher, costs could be split through multiple orders from the same original sellers, potentially. I would say that your average (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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(...) Bam. (...) Yep. In my experience, AFOLs are generally interested in saving more, not spending more. There are a bunch out there who *will* pay more, but in general, I think your average AFOL would much rather spend the time doing it themselves (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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Quoting David Eaton <deaton@intdata.com>: (...) The largest issue I've always seen with this was that the amalgamated carriage fees would very quickly pile up. Not only would the buyer pay for the first shipping fee to the middleman, but then the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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(...) The biggest issue as I see it is probably the fact that it's not worth the primary seller's time in this example. The point of them instigating a minimum order is so that they don't have to deal with stuff that's "not worth their time". But (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink frustration
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This is a pretty interesting idea. Here's a variation that might be slightly more likely to happen: A group of sellers could get together and form a company to sell new/used LEGO parts over the internet, in a network like you describe. Their online (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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