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Hi Ben, I believe the original germ of the idea of ~abuse~ was just a HYPOTHETICAL example. NO ONE has claimed that abuse has happened. In lugnet.general, Benjamin Ellermann wrote: snip (...) :) <--- notice this (cough) (cough) Swamberg(1) (cough) (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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[so this is now a discussion about discussions on LUGNET, right? Talk about your meta-discussions... <grin>] (...) Agreed. (...) To be honest, I was completely caught off-guard by this thread. I had *not* heard this (although to be fair most of my (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Today an opened 6067 complete with box, insert, and instructions sold for $124 on eBay. Guarded Inn's have not regained their previous value completely but "collector quality" mib and misb versions are still worth a lot. Many people may not be (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) IIRC your member profile doesn't control the posting address - it's the one you entered in the News-posting setup page, here, that matters: (URL) Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths(TM): (URL) Gallery: (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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That will have to wait until I buy InDesign. I created this on a 30-day trial version of InDesign while I evaluated it (and I mean that literally, I created a very similar test with Quark -- InDesign won me over hands-down), and I haven't yet "made (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I, for one, would welcome Lego re-releasing the Yellow Castle... I'd like to have a whole classic knight army, with flip-up visors. :) And I would also welcome Lego to re-release classic sets in classic colors if possible... I'm still not (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks (...) Done (...) Wow; don't know what's going on there. Went to my member profile to fix that, and saw that it's CORRECT there <dulcaoin@alumni.cse...pam#.edu>, while even this response continues to present the wrong one. I'm not sure (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) snipped (...) YES, yes they are! Which is how all of this sort of got started. (...) In the past I was only getting intermittent feedback on MOCs I have posted, by ppl that stated they were lurkers. But now... Like you, I am also getting more (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oops Eric, I guess sometimes I am not as clear as I should be... I meant, that people asked me those questions after my first post in this thread, and I just wanted to respond publicly, I certainly wasnt questioning the motives of any other (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Dave, Great post! There are possibilities for Ambassador "insider trading" in Lego, that is true. But with the huge volume of parts that are generated by TLG, I don't have much worry about someone hoarding all the parts. Even with all hoopla about (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) until Clark Stephens recommended to me that route. There needs to be a major announcement on this problem. I wonder how many others have this same problem. Maybe Lugnet isn't dying off.... just a lot of folks can no longer post, and haven't (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Could be in some cases, because they are having trouble posting to LUGNET. Email posting confirmations are broken and have been for some time, but the problem is not known to everyone, and nor is the solution (use the web link in the email to (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) I took your motivation as asking legitimate questions regarding a legitimate issue. (...) <snip (...) Is it me or are many people 'going underground' where discussions on LUGNET are concerned? (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't think we can say that improved relations *is* the price we pay for the NDA and the Ambassador programs. I think it's more accurate to say that it's the *hope* and *desire* of most people, from AFOL's to the people at TLC, that the (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) Well my motivation was that I am under NDA and thought that perspective needed to be heard (even if my NDA prevents me from saying very much specific). (...) Ultimately the price will be (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote: As a follow up... First of all I would like to thank everyone that took time to respond to my questions, it helped bring a new understanding and brought up some points I hadn't considered. I do want to (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) This is very cool, I personally have a color collection of over 120 colors. I will have to do a comparison of my colors to this chart and see how many I have that are discontinued. It would also be a good idea to do a translation of the names (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Joshua, Great resource! Thanks for sharing. Can you email me? I'd like to ask some questions about that list, and the email address in your post bounced. Thanks, Clark Isodomos.com - marking the difference in Lego parts (URL) my Vintage Lego (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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I'm often forced to sort just to compact the Lego even further than just pulling bags out of tubs/boxes, but that's Lego bought on the vacations. Though since the Bley change, I don't buy anywhere near as much. Now I usually have to compact it to (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage)
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(URL) We do!> If you have a large LEGO collection like we do, and if you like to build A LOT but not clean up after so much (like we do), then you are probably like us in that you have A LOT of unsorted bricks around (like we do). And who has the (...) (18 years ago, 14-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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