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(...) Just last Thursday, at our local LEGO store, the manager had a copy of each for showoff. They are $19.95 MSRP. These sets are definitely way overpriced. The checkers set is a bunch of 2x2 DUPLO bricks, for at least twice the normal cost of (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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Maybe these have been out for a while, but I just came across them at a department store online: (URL) Checkers> (URL) Dominoes> Apparently University Games has licensed LEGO for making these boxed products. Has anyone seen them? I wonder what (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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(...) OK Dave, you have me scared now. Accoring to Peeron, I have 335367 parts from sets. Add several hundred pounds of Pick-A-Brick and I seem to be in the half-ton ballpark as well. That number just sounds huge. Or it means I am half way there. (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | From Engines to hearts??
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I am currently in the process of designing my first space ship, and I was attempting to come up with a new engine shape... That led me to this neat discovery... (URL) I also realized that I never really posted Our wedding Favours (URL) A couple of (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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(...) BrickLink also has info (in many cases) for the weight of: the complete set, the original box, and the instructions, from which you could calculate the weight of just the parts (and polybags). Newer sets are more likely to have more complete (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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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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| | Enjoy BrickFest!
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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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| | Re: removing black marker from transparent pieces-CLEANING
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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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| | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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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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| | YALUB (Yet Another Lego USB Drive)
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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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| | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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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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| | LEGO Star Wars II Demo released
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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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| | Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
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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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