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(...) Thanks for the clear information Jake. While I am upset that I won't be able to compulsively buy a Viking set everytime I go to the store, I am glad that they will be available via SAH. The Viking line is one of the best, most exciting themes (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) <snip> (...) Oh you tell 'em Sava. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o t n e t ]> :: lego weblog :: creations :: moonbase (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) actually to my knowledge Vikings will be in Retail stores as the order forms are being done now they are currently Avail in Japan in retail stores and will be available in Australia within the week in retail stores so not sure what Jake has (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I think, (and hope) they have read my (and your) post about the contest and they are doing some controls about all the entries in order to find the real number of different votes (if would be simple if they check the IP number... even if you (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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<snippage> (...) Wow!!! Tony, you really threw the guantlet down! :D (how's that for a castle reference?) And while he's at it, how about retiring bley and dark bley. Oh and since you're making requests, I want some new monorail track and blue (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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For a company that is struggling to make ends meet, something is puzzling me... Why two series? Why Dino Attack and the Vikings? Why not Vikings only? Let me elaborate: With the Dino Attack series, you have New Set Concept - some unknown number of (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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If a general release of Vikings in North America would act as a boat anchor, then I really don't have a problem as long as I can still obtain the Viking sets via Shop at Home or LEGO stores. Why Playmobil can offer Vikings (and fig (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) OK. Looks like USA AFOLs are ambivalent about this one. So when TLG does celebrate the 50th in the USA in 2023, many of you will be in your 50's and 60's. I will be celebrating my 63rd year of Lego (in the USA!) by then, if I'm still alive. (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) That would take a fair amount of time to research thoroughly, but luckily you can do it yourself by just changing the ship to country and checking the items available. ROSCO (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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What will australia get? I am assuming that Shop @ Home australia will get the same things as Shop @ Home europe. And that australian stores will (as usual) carry whatever they think will sell. (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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Are there any things people in europe can get from Shop @ Home that people in australia cant get? (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Thanks for the update Jake. And, bearing in mind this is a worldwide community, I see no reason why product won't spread around the world of its own accord. I've certainly done my share of "transporting Lego product across international (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) Jake, Thank you for taking the time to post on this issue and clarify some concerns. I am interested in the outcome of this strategy, and, whatever the case, I hope that the Company finds some successes in the year to come. And (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) There's a big difference between the *mould* tolerance (the 5 micron one) and the tolerance on the resulting ABS part. Running the process faster, releasing the ABS parts at a higher temperature, will make the produced parts more irregular (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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All, Sorry for the delay in getting posting this info. I've been crazy busy lately (when you aren't traveling, people are actually able to get ahold of you!), and still trying to catch up. There has been some question about the releases of Dino (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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Was Jake talking about the tolerances of the actual mould whereas the Lego facts are refering to the bricks themselves. The moulds would need to be much more accurate than the bricks that came out of them. Dunno, just a thought (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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Interestingly, TLG removed the vote totals from all 33 final entries. They are no longer posted.... Mark In lugnet.lego, Luca Giannitti wrote: snip snip (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego)
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Crossposted to .lego to make sure Jake can see this. If this is true, this is very disturbing and we need an answer about this. -Lenny In lugnet.build.microscale, Mark van 't Hooft wrote: Hi all, I'm sure most of you know that the Lego Factory (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) This doesn't line up with what Jake said about plate height tolerance last June: (URL) He said it was 3.2mm +/-0.1mm, twenty times the tolerance quoted above. What publication was the 0.005mm tolerance taken from - can the relevant part of it (...) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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Hello according to a posting of Jan Beyer at 1000steine.de, this is a fake and TLC doesn´t plan to release the Black Cat again. (URL) Draschka (Marmaris) (21 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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