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(...) Agreed, but for MOST people (which is what I was trying to say) it's pretty useless. That's not to say there aren't exceptions to the rule. Kinda like shell promo sets selling for ridiculous prices or some such. It'd be pretty stupid for ME to (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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From work it takes me 10-20 seconds to load a menu page over DSL. From home... well, despite my ADSL 1Mbps connection and major ISP, I can't resolve the site at all because of a long-term DNS screw-up. Sigh. Jeff (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just opened my Jan '01 S@H cat. Flipping through, I notice a few editorial additions -- things like "Bulk Bricks Building Tips" (which prove that brick packs can be made into models), and a desk clock pictured in a LEGO soccer stadium. "That's (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Snipped... (I got a copy of the January catalog today so I've now read the contest rules) (...) If the goal of this contest is to acquire designs to be put into production, there are more effective ways of doing so than having D.L Blair sift through (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think you hit the nail on the head... They showcase what can be done with just a few elements, too. ++Lar (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I second that. I saw the Big minifig model on sale at legoland - almost missed it. The model was in a very plain, ugly box. There was no color, no pretty pictures - nothing. this shows me that it is a mail order item. (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G6M3o2.Mos@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) to (...) I too have thought about this quite a bit over the past few days. I was excited to see a train building contest. I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The votes have been cast, tallied, and audited -- it's time to announce the winning entries! 30 people entered a total of 67 entries. There were a total of 205 vote- points applied to the entries and tallied up. Thanks to everyone who participated, (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.announce) !!
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Having just picked up an 8241 "Battle Cars" kit for parts (wheels and gears), I was astounded to find plastic wheels in place of the usual plastic hub/rubber tire combination in the 30.4x14 size. Except for the hollow back, they look just like the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Shucks;-) J2 (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm glad there are people like Larry who are less bummed out. I don't want anyone to be as bummed out as I am. But I'll try to clarify my prev post. I know my views are often critical -- I'm like that. Usually I bite my tongue in this news (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) So what looks like black 30.4x14 hubs with rubber tires on the picture is really a one piece molded plastic part with a hollow backside? This is really bad in my opinion. And to think that I was looking forward to the black hubs in this set. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Agreed. Simple packaging sends a "this is serious stuff" message and keeps costs down too... look at how low run Model Railroad kits are packaged. ++Lar (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Pardon my ignorance, but who is Blair? Thanks, ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) D.L. Blair is a marketing company. One thing they do is do the initial stages of contest (qualification based winnowing) judging, or when it's a contest in which the winner is randomly picked, carry out or supervise the random draw from all (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:G6Lz7K.BwE@lugnet.com... (...) building (...) being (...) no big (...) fine (...) Any idea as to whether these competitions will be open to the whole world, or just USA? regards lawrence (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | D.L. Blair, Inc. (was: Re: Contest goals? (was Re: Fansploitation))
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(...) D.L. Blair, Inc. is a consumer sales promotion agency headquartered in New York and Nebraska (USA). Their clients include Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola, and Miller Brewing. LEGO has been using D.L. Blair since 1995. They also handled the Star (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.build.contests)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G6nGGG.H0p@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm...what a terribly designed slow loading site for a company that does so much business with such large clients. One of the pages even said something like (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Yes, these are hollow 1 piece ABS wheels (32146). They first appeared last year in the 3057 Create 'n' Race set. I suspect the reason that they are in the 8241 set is cost. After all it would be hared to expect 8 real tires in a set that only (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.technic)
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(...) ... (...) Thanks for the heads up; I was actually going to purchase this set specifically for the black wheels (without the tires); since they aren't seperated from the tires they're of little use to me. D'oh. I may still need black wheels (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.technic)
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