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Someone on a local Detroit area Historic Preservation site asked me if "LEGO By Samsonite" meant that Samsonite sold the company to LEGO. Well I went off on a long tangent, and I thought I would cut/paste it here on a LEGO forum. Since I wrote this (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Best year
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Dear Lego, You've restored my faith in the company. If you asked me last week, I would have said 1991 was the best year ever for Lego town. (URL) after seeing the new sets, I think 2007 might be better. And that's saying a lot. (URL) left my dark (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: Get a Sample Downloadable Chapter of the LEGO CD
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(...) Anders, (you should be getting your CD in a few days) The gray garage frame and base were first introduced in 1966 in the #325 Shell Station, and later (after TLG used up the inventory of white frames and bases, circa 1967-68) the gray garage (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | BrickLink down?
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Is BrickLink down? I've had my last correspondence around 3:00 A.M. (Eastern timezone)... (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: Get a Sample Downloadable Chapter of the LEGO CD
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(...) I read it with interest, and noted the thing you say about flip-up garage doors "Gray garage doors have never been found...". I do have a gray *frame* (and base) for a garage door, although I can't find any door (at all) right now. Was this (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Season's Greetings
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Season's greetings to all from the frozen north of an unspecified planet. (URL) peace>> Peace on earth, Professor Whateverly (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: a christmas stalking
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I wouldn't worry until you get the pen you dropped under the couch a month ago and a note saying 'Just a reminder, you're out of milk.' ;). Soren (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | a christmas stalking
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gives the true meaning to the word stalking. yes, i am a teacher. yes, i do get two weeks holiday. i'll admit it, it's a perk. but there is a downside to this profession. yesterday, after the proverbial christmas sing-along/concert at school, one of (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LEGO Star Wars II "Santa" cheat
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Welcome to the LEGO Star Wars II "Christmas Hack"! Play LEGO Star Wars II in "Santa" mode with these cheat codes: Santa Hat and red clothes: CL4U5H White beard: TYH319 (URL) (Click for gallery when moderated) From the publisher: "Happy Christmas (...) (18 years ago, 22-Dec-06, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.games, FTX)
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| | The Brothers Brick has a new home!
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Hey All, In order to serve you better, the Brothers Brick (TBB) has moved to its own domain: (URL) most of you already know, TBB is a Lego blog showcasing the finest MOCs from all themes, communities, and genres. All MOCs are posted and reviewed by (...) (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general) !
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| | New homepage for LUGNET part 4
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Hi all, please see former discussion here: (URL) Thanks to all who were contributing ideas and suggestions. So here is -without much fuss- the 6th draft of a new homepage: (URL) Known bugs: Upper header section isn't displayed correctly in some (...) (18 years ago, 21-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria wrapup and Billund visit...
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(...) The building itself is 4 x 5 feet, so it will be about 20 or so feet x 5, best guess. I was really impressed with the level of detail it has. Joe (18 years ago, 19-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital event pics
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This past weekend TexLUG Houston held a private event for the children of the Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital. It was a pretty mixed bag of themes, but everyone had fun. The LEGO Company donated 200 X-Pods to be given away to the children who (...) (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria wrapup and Billund visit...
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I'm sure may of us will have been in the situation where they thought a model was the real thing from the thumbnail. Well, when I saw this full size I still thought it was real, the venue before setup or something! Outstanding. (URL) How big is it (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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| | Bricking Bavaria wrapup and Billund visit...
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Hi all, I have only recovered from my trip (way too much going on) but wanted to show some pix of some great models at Bricking Bavaria: (URL) The interior (work in progress) of the Frankfurt Train Terminal. Even at this point the model is (...) (18 years ago, 16-Dec-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX) !
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| | video from interview for job in Lego Discovery (germany)
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Hi! I found this on the net: (URL) (18 years ago, 14-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | New homepage for LUGNET part 3
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Hi all, Reference: (URL) and: (2 URLs) Thanks to all who were responding to the previous draft, here is another one: (URL) A few comments: --- Ted Michon wrote: I notice that if I have already visited a top 10 item that it's compacted and expands (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !!
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| | Re: TCLTC Layouts Rendered in Sketch-up
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(...) Wow, that's really nifty. Can you imagine how cool an entire NMRA 3-D layout model would look? Naturally the next question would be: so when are you going to add some trains? However I suspect I already know the answer: "Ross has been working (...) (18 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: When is "Bring a minifig to work" day?
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(...) Here's Todds' post when it became 'Bring Your Minifig to Work WEEK': (URL) And here's another thread about bringing figs to work: (URL) Ken (18 years ago, 12-Dec-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Eric Harshbarger is interviewed
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Though my LEGO career has slowed significantly in these past years, someone still found it worth their time to interview me for their "podcast". Currently the top of this webpage: (URL) that the interview was done a month ago, I, at least, enjoyed (...) (18 years ago, 11-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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