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(...) Gary, There is a slight chance that these jumbo bricks made it into the Europe market for a short time. There is also a chance these are just prototypes and were never sold. (URL) The 501 shown here (in the LEGO Billund archive) is in a Europe (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Thanks guys! Any idea why they were not made to be compatible? Russell (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | The importance of studs in holding storage shelves
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And I don't mean Lego studs - I mean wood studs... (2 URLs) My wife kindly took these pictures of me in my Lego room, after she removed what little Lego remained on the shelves, while I still held the remnants of the shelves. This wall was mostly (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Thanks Clark! Russell, those bricks were sold in USA Samsonite sets from 1964-72. Here is a cut/paste from my upcoming Lego Set/Part History CD (the chapter on Duplo/Pre-School). This table lists all the sets that were produced with Jumbo (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Exo-Force lego anime influenced minifigs and mechs!
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons wrote: SNIP (...) yep, thats why they had to come out with new grays jeff (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Question for Gary Istok
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(...) Samsonsite in the US (and possibly Canada) in the early 1960s thru the 70s. They produced several sets in the line (URL) bricks come in 4 colors (red, white, blue, yellow). There was also a truck in white or grey with red wheels. They are NOT (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Exo-Force lego anime influenced minifigs and mechs!
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Some interesting parts, but I'm "meh" on the designs I've seen so far. Not much variation between the mechs and I'll bet their flimsy as all get-out using the smallest click-hinges. New hairpieces and othere pieces too, so that's groovy! BTW, it (...) (19 years ago, 17-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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Hey Gary! Is there anything you can tell me about these bricks?: (URL) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | HI / HOLA
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Hi Group, (Texto en castellano mas abajo) I am residing in northern Spain (Bilbao area), and am looking for any LEGO organisation/group of people. I dont know anybody with this interess here (although the availability of Lego shows it is fairly (...) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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Go to this address to check them out! (URL) (19 years ago, 16-Nov-05, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: S@H bulk packs - old or new grey?
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(...) I just rec'd 10 packs of the assorted light gray (10145) They are old gray. Ordered Friday, delivered to me today. Jonathan (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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| | New for '74
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I wasn't really expecting anything new or different when I clicked on this 1974 catalog update at Peeron: (URL) I was pleasantly surprised! A very neat illustration on the cover as well as some "drawn" Lego models inside were a treat to see! Well (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A bit ticked!
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(...) Well I should follow this up... after some more contacting Lego very kindly sent me a 4105 tub, which I have just received. Fair Play to them... Thanks for your help! God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Gluing Lego
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Hi folks, I need to glue together some Lego sculptures (ersatz FLL trophies--hey, I learned a new word from reading rtlToronto). Could someone recommend a glue that is easily available at Home Depot? I've read Methyl Ethyl Ketone was what they use (...) (19 years ago, 15-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Advice needed on antique LEGO bricks
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(...) Aaron, That is a very good question. The secondary market is good for old Lego specialty items such as old road signs, beams with names, trees/bushes, Esso/Shell Station accessories, etc. But, there is little secondary market for other old (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Big Brother?
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(...) Lego don't make a 7x2, it's obviously a clone. That would also explain it being an incompatible size. :-) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Big Brother?
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(...) Allan, I have some bad news. The guys at MIT did a study on TIN FOIL helmets, if you are using one; you HAVE to stop. (URL) is a snippet of results: (posted without permission (1)) --snip--- We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Looks like the Market Update column still has some more math problems to work out: "Price: strike$29.99/strike $79.99 (Sale: -166% off!)" (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | NGLTC building session at Egleston children’s hospital
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The North Georgia LEGO Train Club (NGLTC) visited the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. For the fifth year in a row the NGLTC held our annual Christmas ornament building session with patients of CHOA. The children are helping make (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga, FTX)
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(...) This is why I have the blackout curtains and wear tin foil hats when I'm at home. Oooops.... maybe I shouldn't have told you that. (URL) (...) I guess I'm a bigger geek than I realized. Because my first thought was, "hey I don't think LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 14-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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