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Warning: Please note this post contains pure speculation on the part of it authours...!> DB: VIEW SUMMARIES FOR 2005,Lego,Products. 'Welcome to the City! Lego is proud to reintroduce it's oldest theme. The New City range will be availbe from Summer (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Farlie A wrote in message ... (...) old (...) Megabloks have ski/snow sports sets out at the moment, along with skateboard/bike sports sets. They actualy look very cool. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Asher Kobin wrote in message ... (...) produced? (...) I have a question: do the white slope bricks used on top of the restaurant appear in other sets, with that red roof-tile printing? Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Taken from: (URL) INmotion Makes Debut at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show The LEGO Company Works With Innovative Design Company, Johnson Controls, Inc., to Create the Ultimate Family Vehicle Enfield, Conn. 11. January 2001 The (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.announce)
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(...) I have bought a few sets at Wal-Mart that were opened. The boxes were taped back together and they were in the clearance isle at 50% off or so. -Marc Nelson Jr. (26 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I work in a local supercenter (i.e. a Wall Mart or Target with a grocery section). It's pretty simple, they tape it up, reduce the price substantially and chuck up on a shelf in a clearence section. Sometimes they may wait until there's (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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"Marc Nelson Jr." <manjr@bricksonthebrain.com> wrote in message news:G74FIM.H98@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) they (...) taped (...) I saw some similar sets at TRU yesterday. They were marked about 30% off. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (26 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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I would like to purchase a LEGO Mosaic product using my iMac DV computer running Netscape Communicator on MacOS 9.0.4. However, when I get a few steps in, I come to a page (URL) a blunt message: "The LEGO Brick-o-Lizer is not available for use on (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Dear LEGO Direct: Please view the following webpage on a Linux system and on a Mac running a non-Microsoft browser: (URL) that page, you will see is a passage of text which goes like this: We need LEGO parent’s help. Note that the text is displayed (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Well, that's embarrassing... I meant for there to be a four-item list there. On top of that, I said your page was using character #147, but the correct number is #146. In any case, here's some more background, and a table of the characters I (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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Anyway, the spostrophe should come after the s: We need LEGO parents' help. not: We need LEGO parent's help. in order to refer to something belonging to parents in the plural. Jason J Railton. (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.publish.html)
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Unfortunately, that doesn't always apply to damaged sets at TRU (Australia, anyway). I found a already opened UCS X-wing on a shelf the other day and asked what they could do, and they said emphatically "Nothing, it goes back to Lego". Might depend (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Here where I live most (but not all) l TRU returns or damaged boxes are routed through the local Goodwill. Goodwill removes the UPC from the box then uses *way* too much masking tape to tape up the boxes to prevent people from opening it in (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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Jonathan Mizner <mizners@aol.com> wrote in message news:G74EML.F1J@lugnet.com... (...) They do not resell them, instead LEGO buys them back and puts them into large boxes called K8's. They use these boxes for play area LEGO at events around the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Where do you live? I'd never thought of looking to Goodwill for cheap parts - good idea. The Stars Wars UCS series may be the worst packaging of any retail set Lego has ever sold. I can't say I've ever understood the fascination with Star Wars (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yea, definitely bad packaging. (...) I certainly enjoyed the movies, and I have kept some of the models together, but to me the attraction is the parts they offer. The biggest attraction of course is peasants for castle set ups, but almost (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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<Warning!! This message contains pure speculation on the part of it's authour> Tripping The Light Fantastic. 'It came from a 'fortunate' encounter with a prism and it sort of devloped' stated a senior Lego designer today. Now not only can you build (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <snip> (...) Silly Alex, Optrix is for kids! :^D ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin -- Mark's Lego Creations (URL) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
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So, what you're saying (to cad.dev) is you'd like someone to put together a real-time radiosity solution to use semitransparent bricks and multiple light sources? Hmm... might take 2-3 months... Oh wait, it could be done with plastic, like those (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe , but I thought Pov ray did that!! But i'll consider adding radiosity and light sources to the LCAD02 Standard I am thinking about writing.. (...) Yes.. Exactly... The whole purpose of the a 'speculative post is to encourage friendly (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.cad.dev)
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