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(...) That is the biggest piece of hogwash I have seen come from you yet. I don't believe there has really ever been a "we want it because we want it" crowd -- that's just a straw man of your own creation so that you can make yourself seem important (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hey Y'all: Check out eBay auction #526012994. LEGO 6987 MESSAGE-INTERCEPT BASE (UNOPENED) -- that is MISB. Perfect shape. I just recieved it today, it's my second MISB copy of this set. With shipping it came to approx $130 USD. That's 562 elements (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well put. (...) Yes to both. That last point is critical. We need crispness. The increased response is great but is it temporary? Setting some clear expectations, and maybe further sorting stuff into different channels by what it is (a bug (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Telephone calls cost money, and unless a large amount of you have Conferencing ability, you can't get that many people involved. Just set up an AIM or IRC chat room and have at it. If you're worried about people wandering into an IRC room, make it (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Gary Istok wrote in message <3A8849CA.D0115B43@u...ch.edu>... (...) Yes, he just entered it in the Town Building Contest. Are we going to see anything from you Gary, or did you miss the announcements? (URL) Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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Update: this bug should be fixed now. Tomas Clark LEGO Direct (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
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All in all, what does it really matter???? I mean, they made a SPECIAL effort to offer these sets to US FIRST - they could have easily ignored us alltogether, but no - They gave us first shot. I would definitely say this belongs in all of the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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richard marchetti wrote in message ... (...) bag (...) I'd tell you that drawing a comparison between retail prices and one-off bargains is silly! $130 USD for a 6987+shipping is a complete bargain. People were happily forking out $200 USD (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
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(...) I think this is one of the most amazing old photos. Waycool! It almost seems, though, as if they were marketing more to companies (like, serious architectural firms and stuff) than to adults per se. Does that make any sense? Are the adults (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Clearly if you're going to carry on a business relationship with someone, there is a correct and an incorrect way to behave. That does include finding the right tone to use to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
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(...) There are specific guidelines set up on the newsgroups to keep things orderly. If people posted anywhere they liked, things would get rather messy and confusing. When I was a newbie, I posted an auction announcement to .space, and people (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
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(...) For us AFOLs, it was an incredibly nice thing to do. And for LD, it's a nice way to gather a data point on our buying power. It's a win-win. But... (...) Actually, it doesn't really belong in the main .announce group -- it was an unsolicited (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Hmm. Looks to me like 6987 only has 3 1x8 bricks, so you'd be dropping about $1200 bucks to get your hands on 25 1x8 bricks going that way. And of course, you're SOL if you don't want black ones. Me, I'd spend the $5.99. Or were you not (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Sorry Kevin, but I missed the announcement. I'll have to enter the next contest you have. I just looked at the entrants, and I am impressed. I see Kevin Loch is building himself a downtown. Great job! My current project is CENTRAL STATION, a large (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) The reason is that you and I have done it the hard way, so we can appreciate what a great thing the bulk service really is. We've spent $1000s to get certain parts, slowly collected onesies and twosies through auctions and parts sales (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ... (...) Mark S., I thought it was OK as long as the X-Real-Life-Name identifies you. If I look at the full headers for his post, I see: X-Real-Life-Name: Mark Papenfuss /Eric McC/ (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) My mistake. It didn't show up on my newsreader, but it shows on the web interface. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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(...) Thanks for the update, and for getting it fixed. However, I still can't shop! I no longer get any javascript errors. However, after I click on the USA flag and it contacts shop.lego.com, I get put right back at (URL) clears and refreshes the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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This sounds like a cookie problem -- possibly on your end, which is easier to fix, so it's the best place to start. Have you tried: - clearing out your cache (aka temporary internet files, but I believe in Netscape it's usually called cache). Always (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bulk Pricing (Interesting comparison?)
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(...) I know where you're coming from. Back in 1987 I bought NINETY of the 517 small basic sets just to get enough windows (180 1x4x3 yellow and 180 1x2x2 yellow) to finish my 25 story ONE SHELL PLAZA Art Deco office building back then (building is (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) than 24¢ a brick. I understand that parts packs do not move in the volume that LEGO sets move. So, parts packs will be more expensive than sets, but sets go on sale, parts packs don't. Being a train fan I am used to not being able to shop at (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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To all, (...) 90?!?! I know you are crazy now, Gary! ;) Seriously, I am very excited about the bulk sales, I think it is a great service, especially after having experienced similar, but not in that great of quantity. I bought a few 4561's for the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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(...) rm -rf ~/.netscape/cache/* (...) UNIX versions of Netscape keep their cookies in the file ~/.netscape/cookies better than deleting the file, just edit it in your favorite editor (please, no vi/emacs holy wars here!) and delete any lines (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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(...) <snip> Just an FYI, Tomas; I've noticed this error both from home & work (one is Netscape, one is IE; both on Windows 98). The standard 'bad cookie' fixes didn't seem to help (although I didn't kill my cookies at work - too much of a pain to (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Is there a "Bottleneck in Billund"?
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Is there a bottleneck in Billund? No I don't mean problems in bulks sales, what I mean is "rare colors". I recently talked to someone (unnamed) who was visiting LEGOLAND in Billund, and got to meet with some folks at the company. I was informed that (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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(...) Really?? Sure sounds like one;-) FUT off-topic.pun John (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) On Solaris, it is in the file .netscape/cookies under your home directory. It is possible that the original poster had cookies disabled, however; if so, he may need to turn them on. --Bill. (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: shop.lego.com bug report
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(...) ... (...) and (...) and William Ward wrote: (...) That was actually the first thing I tried, a long time ago. Also, my netscape cache was in a nonstandard location, but I found it. After removing all my cache files and cookies file and (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just updated the BrickShelf poll (finally). The new question is: Do you think LEGO Direct is helping LEGO fans? (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Just to say it, that is the approximate price I have paid during the last year for both MISB copies of that set. If it used to go for $200, well I guess the price has dropped. Frankly, I wouldn't pay a lot more than I have on these sets. You (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Ok, what is up with the S@H site? I can't get past the gateway.asp page at all anymore on any of my browsers sans Netscape 6 and many of us know what a burden on our system that beast is. Navigator 4.08 (latest version of the standalone browser) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'd gladly pay a premium price for an unopened older castle set (6071, 6067, 6074, 6086 come to mind) before I pay full or even 70-80% of full retail for the junk they have on the shelves now. I bought my last new sets at 67% off and I barely (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: The effects of Bulk Sales are evident....
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Gary Istok writes: <portions snipped> (...) My personal top 10 wish list of bulk parts (aka - wallet drainers) 1) 2x2 or 1x2 gray tiles. (Sidewalks, parking lots, streets that can go anywhere, aircraft carrier decks, etc.) 2) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I'll tell you what. What we are talking about here are apple and orange AFOLs. You are the type of AFOL who likes to build and collect *sets*. You pine for the old days when sets "were still good". Me? I am the exact opposite. I look (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) No, actually it's about the elements for me too. I never even wanted any space stuff until I conceived of Castle Blacktron some months back. So, it's absolutely about the bricks, but price remains important too. The only reason I care about (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Mac Java Clarification
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Here is another useful URL, for the MRJ plugin: (URL) it's included in the current 4.76 distribution too. So, I have tried to run the Brickolizer under the Netscape MRJ plugin with no success. (It is also necessary to spoof the UserAgent string to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO.com website errors
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I was finally able to get into the bulk pages! it's been very hard to get to the Lego site lately, I know you are working on it though! One thing I noticed, all the new items don't show a price? is this an error? or just that we all got excited, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
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(...) how the quality of the Lego brick is way down. Anyone that has old Lego can put it sid by side with the new ones and can see that there are huge differences in the quality. Here are a few: 1. The old Lego were much brighter and had a better (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Since i came out of my dark ages almost 2 years ago, I haven't paid MSRP for any non-SW set. As you said, the value for the dollar just isn't there. I echo the sentiment that I'd rather spend on the secondary market than pay full price for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Search for Jason Catena, he did a very sweet summation. It hasn't been as active lately, I think people stopped sending in their suggestions. ++Lar (26 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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