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(...) Wait a minute. There's only room for one Orion on LUGNET :-b (Just Kidding) - (The Real) Orion (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Orion, I feel the same way... unfortunately the posts that go only to lugnet.admin don't show up when you scan thru the posts on the main post menu. I didn't realize this until 2 days ago. There are a lot of posts over there that may not be (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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I agree totally with this. Please stay Lugnet.... (19 years ago, 17-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Gary, My 0.02 cents Like cars in the US the model year starts in Sept. Oct. of the previous year So I think that is appropriate for Lego sets. Base the year on the catalog year. Of course the history of when Lego pieces/parts/sets were first (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I would like to lend my voice to this. I find lugnet a great resource, and I am happy to promote, or link to it from orionrobots.co.uk. I use lugnet pretty much every day, or at least read the feeds to my mailbox from it. I support you (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thank you for the reply Lenny. This is a good message on the topic! (...) Hey that's fine! So now we are at least two guys with the same feeling about this. I hope there are some more out there. (...) We all have to work on LUGNet to make it (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, I spent and spend most my time in .build.mecha and .space. I care for the MOC and the LEGO related stuff. As I was tought by my parents I try to treat everybody the way I'd like to be treated. I have a rule I keep in mind: Listen - think (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Hey Marco, I am sorry for confusion - I was being a bit coy and cynical. I really doubt that Lugnet will be turned off - Suz has a plan for getting Lugnet to a better position and I have confidence that her plan will work. I too (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) snipped (...) I have been a card carrying member of Lugnet (so much for "lifetime" membership lol) since 2000 and I would have agreed to your last sentence there wholeheartedly a while ago. But not anymore. There was a time when Lugnet was the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello all, I read in (URL) this message> by Lenny Hoffman that LUGNet is dying the next two month. I was shocked and did some research. So I found this (URL) thread> he's refering to IMO. I read all the messages in the thread and some of the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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Hey, My research for (URL) this article> largely consisted in going through catalogs that used to be in the Brickshelf library, and I found no appearance of the poseable minifig before 1978 (across several countries). The first appearance of the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) 'minifig stiffs'? That seems so derogatory. can't you use 'old-style minifigs', or anything else? I also note that you use 'big-head people' instead of 'maxi-fig' again this seems derogatory, but I am just ranting. dave (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I just scanned what I think is the smallest lego catalog See it at: (URL) is 2 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches It shows 1:87 cars 650-657, 258-268, it also shows 231, 232, 235, 236, 270 Interestingly, I think the 651/652 labels and the 653/654 labels are (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) On a followup note, I do use the catalog year for new items in my Lego CD, but for when Lego came to a certain country, I use the actual year. For example, Lego may have come to the USA in the autumn of 1961 (1962 catalog) but I still would (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Strand and I had this discussion a few weeks ago, and today Allan Bedford reminded me of this discussion. How should Lego items be dated? As we all know the Lego year goes from autumn to the next autumn, based on the Lego catalog of the (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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