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| (...) ... (...) Well, duh. This didn't give it away? "Oh, there's one more explanation for all this -- from my wife. "The trains go around in circles and they spin their wheels a lot," she observed after we had been gawking for more than hour. "And (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yes, if you are not familiar with the original "Operation Wolf", it is a 2D game. And so will be my remake. OpWolf is a late-80's arcade classic.. www.klov.com/game_de...me_id=8927 (...) A couple of people, (Danny Staple in particular) have (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| (...) Well put. Seems to me that there are some underlying issues with the author and his wife;-) JOHN (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: TLGs wasteful box sizes?
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| (...) snip 8< (...) When I bought a 4757 when thay went on sale at Wally-the-walrus-mart last year, I asked an associate why LEGO boxes no longer hav windows, she answered someting like, "Because kids would tear the windows and steal the elements". (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (URL) "LEGO Trains Tantalize the Standard Male Brain">, from the Courier Post (...) I found this line interesting, "I didn't know you could do that with Legos," my wife allowed at one point. But I could hear the sentiment left unsaid:"Or why you'd (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) it's too much out of my areas. Your project reminds me a little of the Lego environment and cars I made in another computer game, I think it was Micro Machines. (...) I assume that you are doing this for a 2d game, or else you'll need the (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.gaming.brikwars)
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| (...) I hear you, Danny...! Not only technic sets, most of the medium-large sized System sets also had the cellophane window highlighting some of the sets' parts. Unfortunately, they did away with all this cool packaging to save costs. 9 times out (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) At least in the case of PC's the dead space can be justified for air flow and cooling. When I received the red technic pneumatic studless truck ((URL) there were two boxes, one for the truck, one for the back end, with some dead space because (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Seeking Lugnet community help for a freeware computer game
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| (...) You're welcome. It's not my site, though, it's Willy Tschager's. I don't think his name shows up anywhere on the site, though, for some reason. --Travis (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.gaming)
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| (...) You're right, the boxes are definitely way too big for their contents. But in addition to the billboard qualities of a large box, they also help justify the price. It would probably be harder to convince parents to shell out $30 bucks for a (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jul-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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