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I've made a small error in my pervious post: In the last paragraph, please substitute "the UK branch of the firm operated under the name Lever Brothers up until 1990" with "the US branch of the firm ..." (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Just go to the members page, it is all there (URL) amd look for the profile of each member. Martin (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I had a very slight hunch, so to be sure, I've consulted "backoffice"-wise with Lowlug. They've confirmed that the Dutch version of the set was a promo for the brand Unox, part of the Unilever company. This also explains why the Dutch version (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Someone on Bricklink posted a question about the Canadian wave (embossed) and straight (stickered) flags. So I thought I would repost it here. Gary Istok ___...___ The Canadian is the rarest of the straight and wavy country flags. So far as I can (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general)
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"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message news:JBpuw1.HvM@lugnet.com... (...) I mirrored some of the set images and discussed them here: (URL) only one I've seen but haven't had time to add to the album is 7776. I guess I missed some (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2007)
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(...) 37 7/12, M, USA (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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31-3/12, Canada, M (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll start... 39-11/12, USA, M (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Sorry if this has been done before, but maybe we could have a census of the members in Lugnet. Please give your age, country of residence & gender (only if you want to). Thanks for sharing! :-) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Joe this is a genius of an idea. This sounds like a great way to get out into the community with benefits to both you and the planetarium. Also, it seems simple to organize and achieve good results. I would like to know some more details. How (...) (18 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Gary, I think this (and all your other recent similar posts) would be excellent additions to your "History of LEGO" page (URL) not sure who maintains that page, but it would be good if it had links to all these posts. It would also be good (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Manfred, My mistake, I meant to say "1592", and instead said "1589" (the 1978 Weetabix UK set). So let me ask again (correctly), were there specific companies that promoted the British (1980) and Dutch (1983) #1592 set? Thanks, Gary Istok (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Most LEGO parts of the 1950's are relatively obscure for modern LEGO collectors. During the first half of the 1950's LEGO was only sold in Denmark (1949), Sweden (for a short time in 1950, but reintroduced in 1955), and Norway (1953). Lego started (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hello Gerhard, Which one of the (URL) two sets with number 1589> are you refering to? :-) I guess your question concerns the set with LUGNET reference number (URL) 1589_1>, Town Square. It is just as the information in the LUGNET database says (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Willy, Yes, those 6 stickers match up to the "004159" sticker sheet. I can tell because the sticker sheet has the colors around the edges where the stickers used to be (except for the Japanese sticker, which has a white background and just (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, to be honest I'm a bit confused now 'cos the scenario above doesn't follow any pattern. Since I'm solely interested in the sticker sheet number for the portuguese, belgium, french ... flags (to get them right at Ldraw's PT), would you (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, as announced previously, NCLUG was the host of LEGOPalooza this weekend at Morehead Planetarium. This year, the event was expanded to 2 days, and was earlier in the year compared to previous paloozas. This time, we had a Star Wars display (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) Willy, I purchased the #939 in Germany about 20 years ago, but unfortunately used all the country stickers and attached them to flags. All that is except for the LEGO Sticker, which is still attached to the sticker sheet. That's why I only (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Manfred! Unfortunately the LEGO CD Chapter 12 - Promotional Sets only went to 1982. This set is a 1983 set in the Netherlands, but now that I look at my notes, it was a 1980 set in Britain, and should have been included. By the way the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) valuable info but it still does give no clues about the sheet numbers! I have authored most of the flags for LDraw: (URL) where I used the sticker sheet number for the parts number. since we have also the japanese, US and belgium flag at the (...) (18 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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