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(...) So, for starters, I checked the weight of my entire collection according to Peeron: Total Weight: 446376.280000005 grams Total Pieces: 367662 Total with weight: 10426 Total without weight: 2541 Total pieces with weight: 339630 Total pieces (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) For the curious, I'm actually in the middle of doing a more precise calculation. After I answered yesterday, I went around and looked for previous LUGNET posts on the matter, and found a staggering number of estimations for less pieces per (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks DaveE, After I get the weight of one of my dollar store microwave containers (my preferred means of storage) from the delicate mail shipping scale here at work, I am going to try this out. Much Appreciated, Karl (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The estimations I've heard and used (to reasonable accuracy) are 400/pound and 500/pound. So I generally go with 450/pound and it seems to work out ok. I've also heard the estimation 1000/kg, which works out to roughly 454/pound, which is (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Thank you & Open Invitation to the Hobby Show, Nov. 3, 4, 5th
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First of all... I want to start by thanking Dave Koudys for all the work he has done over the last two years with planning and organising the Hobby Show. His efforts have been outstanding and allowed many of us the pleasure of displaying our MOCS in (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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Good Afternoon, I'm looking to estimate the number of pieces in my collection. I have an average mix of bricks and specialty pieces, That have come from sets, but also from garage sale aquisitions, PAB, and friends donations. I don't have the time (...) (18 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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Just wanted to drop a quick note and wish everyone a good time who is heading to BrickFest this year. (There is only a very very slim chance I might be around as a public viewer, but otherwise I must miss out again this year.) I can't wait to see (...) (18 years ago, 9-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion, Bob. The brake fluid worked! It even removed the cloudiness caused by trying out the hairspray for removal. (I didn't have a dry erase marker so I couldn't try that method.) Janice (18 years ago, 9-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, here is the screen directly before you confirm your order. What more warning do you need? (URL) Sorry, but you seem to be flaming (or trolling) Lego. I'm gonna defend Lego. It would be flaming to call you an idiot, which I'm not gonna do. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Well, I finally got off my butt and tore apart one of my SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB drives, and fit it into Lego. I decided to use plates so I could add more color. Pics are at (URL) it took was a Dremel, some MEK to glue it up, and a LOT of fiddling, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Josh Breese wrote: .... (...) Getting pissed is our business, and we can do it how we want. I suggest not getting mad at us for protecting our assets and profits. Cheers, Selçuk (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) By an amazing coincidence, I just got an email from LEGO.com this morning that says that they have free shipping on orders of $75 or more, and when I go to (URL) they have the free shipping promotion right on the main page. That would take (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I knew the price of the parts and that there would be shipping however I didn’t know about the new shipping price structure or the sales tax thing until the second page of checkout. (...) If I did, I would, but that is not the case. I am after (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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A PC demo version of LEGO Star Wars II has been released by LucasArts, and is available for download. Here's one place: (URL) I had the opportunity to play a dev build of the game a little more than a week ago (made it through the first five (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.games, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What do you have to complain about? If I place the same order on S@H I get a final price of 1182.25 SEK ($165.379 according to (URL) the fact that the average US person has 30-70% more money to spend than a Swede doesn't make the equation (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Wait, you are pissed because of their prices? Did you buy this without knowing, or did you see everything up front? If you already bought this and then realized what happened, then be pissed at yourself for not reading the quoted price properly. If (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Also, news from the Burlington store indicates that you can order from Shop At Home *from* the store, which can be used towards the loyalty cards (yum!). Hence, they likely changed the system around to accomodate this. Actually, since loyalty (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ondrew: Lego switched to a fixed percentage for shipping a few months ago. As for sales tax, they only seem to charge it for states with actual Lego stores. Ken (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: removing black marker from transparent pieces
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Break fluid works great. swab a little bit on with a cue tip. let stand for a few minutes then wipe off. bob (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | One really pissed off Lego customer!
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This sucks. So today I was going to finally order the windows I needed for a building I’ve been building for a while now and I ran into a couple snags. 1.) The lego.com and it’s shop.lego.com sites are not loading properly. I had to refresh and (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
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