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(...) Open-ended play; that is, the ability to create what I want, limited only by imagination and the physical limitations of the bricks. Durability; I have Lego elements in my collection that are at least 30 years old, and they still work as they (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The are a great toy and I believe they have educational value and are just great to let your imagination run wild (...) The fact that no matter what I build if I dont like it I can change it and the fact they are so cool most of the times. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) having worked at the woodfield store i can tell you that it really depends on sales. that being said it also depends on when the company desides to ship product to the store. it's been known to take 3 months for a pick a brick shipment to come (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Flip, The PAB selection is a fluid thing. The selection change depends primarily how fast items are bought, then what they are replentished by. Sometimes, special items (1x2 trans clear) come in. When working on the CUT project (took a lot of (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You can create anything you want. It stimulates my creativity. (...) The quality of the bricks, that remain usable over many years. That bricks from the past still connect to the bricks of today. (...) Introducing odd colors available in only (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) --Anthony (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oliver, I've got some educated guesses at dates, including V-1869 and LE-21-66 here: (URL) think the -66 actually stands for 1966, but I'm not 100% sure. I would love to see your scans of 3551-CA (or host them with your permission). On the (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes Oliver, it sounds very interesting!!!! The first one V-1869 is likely the 1963-64 Canadian Samsonite catalog. The LE-21-66 is the 1966 Canadian Samsonite Spare Parts list. "THE LEGO STORY" - 3551-CA is likely the 1968-69 Canadian Samsonite (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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G'Day Finally found my catalogue collection, I think i have some Samsonite from late 60's and early 70, but it is very hard to tell, i can not see any obvious copyright dates. I have a page of instructions, looks very old, Samsonite, prnted in (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I have 2 simple question to everyone reading. * When and how often does the pick-a-brick selection change at your local lego store? * And does anyone know of a store that has a pick-a-brick selection any were close to Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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I was looking at a few old Lego catalogs, and I came across some errors that were made 25-30 years ago. Here's 2 examples.... Error #1) the 1977 German catalog.... (URL) is a nice 16 page catalog... but there is something missing.... 19 sets that (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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Wow, David Eaton just pretty much hit the nail on the head... Here's my $0.02: (...) They're fun to play with, and they'll never go "out of style". I can pass them down to my kids in the future. (...) Best quality compared to other building blocks, (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have to agree with Dave S on this one insofar as it's sort of mundane for many of us to answer these sorts of surveys. I would seriously be amazed if anything appears in this thread that hasn't been voiced before, or has ever gone to Lego (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) They are the quintessential Schrodinger's cat. A big pile of bricks is *everything* waiting to happen. (...) Lasting interconnectivity. There's are very few parts that can't be connected to every other brick produced. Bricks made 20 years ago (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I know. I decided to make this survey for that reason exactly. I myself have complained or praised dozens of new things made by LEGO and the chances of anyone actually caring what I or anyone else thought about just about any topic was almost (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) With due respect, Dan, I think that an eleven-question essay test is a bit of a turn-off. I speak only for myself, but I've already articulated their likes and dislikes throughout this forum, and I'm reluctant to go through it again. I suspect (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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This is my final plea and I will be silent about this (I will post the results though) from now on. Lugnet isn't filled with little children. There are thousands, I think, of members here who have jobs, families, children, spouses and other things (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.western)
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(...) Oh boy, sorry you had some many issues with the park, Maarten. That's a bummer. I've routed your notes to the General Manager of the LLD park. I'm not sure what the follow-up will be, but rest assured that your comments are in his inbox. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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From July 1 until July 11, 2005 we stayed in Germany. With our seasonpasses we paid several visits to LegoLand Günzburg (nine to be exact: we had planned many other excursions in the area but the kids didn’t like to sit in the car for hours every (...) (19 years ago, 28-Jul-05, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.deutschland, FTX)
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(...) Yes, an automated web form would have been better in some respects but I don't know how to do that and as simple posts people can edit their responses if they want to. I don't want off the cuff answers, I wanted people to think about what they (...) (19 years ago, 27-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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