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(...) And I just saw it on CNN Headline News... (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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Looks like Bill is one step closer to making new friends in cellblock C. And This time Bricklink made the story. (URL) RENO, Nev. -- A 40-year-old man has been arrested for stealing Legos from several Target stores in Oregon. William Swanberg was (...) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops) !!
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I just picked up 7705 and I agree on the designs. While Lego is paying attention to the mecha lovers out there they haven't really embraced a great design yet. A lot of nice pieces and the new minifigs make it a pretty good value for the cost (...) (19 years ago, 24-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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So the friendly postman drops off the November S@H catalog, and bright and shiny on the front cover... a Christmas sphere! Really nice. On the very back page in the lower left corner it mentions "Shown on front cover: Vintage inspirational LEGO (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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LaCie is making hard drives that look like Lego blocks (but bigger, of course!) and color coded by capacity! Check out (URL) LaCie's site seems to be down now... Roy (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's the worst Lego-related thing you've ever done?
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(...) < <SNIP> (...) One question: Did you get the employee discount? :-) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Jim! Yes Norway was the first country (besides Denmark) that sold Lego. As has already been mentioned the first Lego sales to Norway were sets that were produced IN Norway. This production probably continued on into the late 1950's. By (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(URL) notice the link they have for LEGO is to the LUGNET Cool Site of the Week... ROSCO (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NQJ - wanna trade? -Followup
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(...) Calum, The great thing about NQJ aka Brick It Forward is that there is no ending time set. Just to keep you in the loop, I was in deep discussion with several people yesterday who were offering me fantastic sets. I am not at liberty to name (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not sure about illegal but perhaps. When I worked retail if we no longer had an item and another store did we could have it shipped from a store that did. When KK1 was ending I noticed that the sets were 40-50% off so I checked the system to (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indeed it is!! /me swats Dave on the nose with the Newspaper of Goodness™ -Lenny (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey all, About 2 months ago now I was challenged/ asked to make a double crossover. While I thought this project would be difficult I had no idea how long it would take me. In total I have between 20-40 hours of time invested in the double (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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I have not met or traded with Bill before. Still, this news shocked me, as if suddenly I discovered that one of my close friends were a criminal. It's sad, sad, sad. Stealing is wrong. Stealing for profit is very wrong. Still, he could have commit (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: The history of LEGO in Norway
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(...) Oyvind: I have been doing some research on this topic for my lego history site. See: (URL) licensed it's toy molds and sold the technical knowledge to Svein Stromberg A/S in 1953. Several different toys were licensed, including the Ferguson (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The World according to Harshbarger, Lambrecht, and Lowell
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(...) I saw this and thought it was the greatest thing ever. I did my own virtual version with (URL). (URL) Plate Lowell Globe>> I followed Mr. Harshbarger's lead and based it on a 48 stud diameter Lowell Sphere. The land masses come from the (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Probably will Gary Istok have this information (but anyone else that have any information is free to answer): From the Norwegian technical museum homepages ((URL) in Norwegian only) I can read that we in Norway was prevented by law to import plastic (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ***snip*** here it is, for anyone joining the conversation late: (URL) What's the worst thing you've ever done in a (...) Unbelievably, the worst I've ever done was to steal a 1x2x3 door from a friend, about 25 years ago. (URL) not just that (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I gavethis guy in my Lego club a whole tub of old bricks to go through, and I told him they were Lego, but they were really clones that I had stamped "Lego" onto using a special tool I created that stamps the Lego logo one stud at a time. Boy (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah one time I punched a kid for his LEGO. I was like gosh darnit kid dats my lego! my lego! let go of it or else i'll punch you. And then i punched him. Didn't even give him a second to let go, i was that pee-ohhed, if ya know what i mean. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | What's the worst Lego-related thing you've ever done?
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Hey all, The recent, yet not-too-terribly-surprising, Lego-related law-breakin' news got me to thinking. What's the worst thing you've ever done in a Lego-related way? I'm not talking about modding the brick or fanning flame wars (or starting them), (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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