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Re: Comic book of Jim Spaceborn
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 6 Aug 1999 07:35:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, "Mark" <Mkock@spammed.Tulip.com> writes:
[snip]
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> I think I might have a couple crummy old Quick-Cam photos up somewhere from
> a copy I sold in an auction in 1996...lemme see...OK, got it:
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> http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/jimspaceborn/
Yes, definitely the same book. Although mine is in dutch.
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> > And my second question is: Where did I get this book, and why is there a big
> > number 1 on it? Are there more books, dealing with Jim Spaceborn and if so,
> > has anyone got a spare copy? (Never hurts to ask...)
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> I've always wanted to know that too! AFAIK, there was 1 and only 1. :-(
Too bad. It really has potential. And a great salespitch; children will have
to buy Lego to make the cool models from the story.
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> > Although this book is not build out of lego, the cover says LEGO Publishing,
> > so I guess it is on-topic...
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> Definitely on-topic to this .general group!
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> --Todd
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> p.s. I have one archive-quality copy of the book in mint condition, which
> I'm keeping, and one copy which got wet when it was sitting in front of a
> window during a rainstorm. I put paper towels between every page and put it
> in front of a fan for 2 days to dry it out, and this seems to have worked
> due to the excellent no-smear ink used in the printing process. The pages
> are still wrinkly, but I think all of the images are still great. So this
> would be a perfect candidate copy to hack apart for flatbed scanning. If
> someone wanted to scan the entire book for posterity, I could loan it out
> for that. (First I'll have to find it though, which may take a couple
> months...)
Hmmm... I have scanned the frontcover. Perhaps you want to use that picture in
Pause?
Mark "rereading Jim Spaceborn at work! And my boss wants to read it too!" de
Kock
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| (...) that's the title. I'm not sure where the set number 5909 came from, but it was in the original Pause-Mag DB inherited from Lou Z.) I think I might have a couple crummy old Quick-Cam photos up somewhere from a copy I sold in an auction in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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