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(...) LOL, Chris, this happened to me too! Though in my case the pillowcase wore out after several uses for washing LEGO, and it was random used LEGO rather than a set (I dusted my Space Shuttle as I took it apart a few years ago... it's still in a (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) snip (...) This is my tale of woe from a few years ago with a old pillow case and a washing machine. Your milage may vary. (URL) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(sniff) YEARS!!!! I was around from the "old days" (wipes single tear from eye) (1) I have enudured lots, the growing pains, the mocking, the "others."(2) The rise and fall and rise again of nations and empires. After a while, you just give up. You (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. Change made. The web site made it should like I was stuck waiting for a 24-hour review of the results, but it looks here to be correct. -- joshua (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) RGB - rainbow light spectrum, as a prism splits the light. Toss greyscale at either end or a separate sheet. (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Chris is right, this is a hypothetical dicussion... but I not naive enough to believe that every Lego ambassador's motive is purely altruistic in nature... Probably a more realistic example is, if the LAs knew that next year, Lego will release (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) All new lego to the collection that comes from second hand sources goes through the dishwasher here. I put them in a mesh laundry bag that zips up, and put it on the top rack away from the heating element. I've put things as small as technic (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, my recomendation is to use a thick blush makeup brush. I use them for dusting off my models. They work well and do not scratch trans elements like canopies and windows. They also conform to the studs and clean them well. (URL) Like the one (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I'm looking for suggestions on the best way to clean large amounts of lego bricks. I have a middling-large collection that has been set up for some time in my basement, and the cheap paint on the walls has started flaking off onto the assembled lego (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I never criticized your post--I think your question is a good one to be asked. That said, what I did question was: (...) As for b) I don't think anything's really lost. It's not like we're preventing the next Nobel prize winning thesis on (...) (18 years ago, 16-Apr-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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