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(...) Yeah. Wish I could try it too. Bummer. Graphic Designer and Mac user for 14 years. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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So basically they are proposing to do "Cafepress for LEGO". Bloody brilliant if you ask me although I have to figure out how to justify something like $350 (cdn) to buy Virtual PC for my Mac. :( I also am looking forward to packs of the new road (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) It had been indeed often been topic of debate, but I am afraid economics dictate this. As only 5-10% is non-PC user, it does not make business sense to develop a mac version. On the other hand, it is well known that the "average" Mac user has (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Definitely! To me it came up as trying to be hung off a LUGNET path which clearly is wrong unless I *really* missed a memo! FTX URLs can be tricky to get right. But hats off to Jake for bringing us this info in a hurry, FTX URL snafus are not (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) That also makes sense--that said, I know when I clicked on the link provided via FTX, it was a little wonky. Ahh, the internet... in all its mixed-up glory--the propagation of names is fickle--I have no problem here in southern Ontario, but (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) Thanks Dave, I think that there's a chance the domain name may not have propagated everywhere yet, as it times out for me too, even using the pasted link. Patience, Patience... The stuff at club.lego.com is accessable though, and shows off the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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(...) While I'm very very happy to see something like this happening, I will not be able to participate becuase I (like a few others here it seems) do not use Windows. This page (URL) states "LEGO Digital Designer is not Apple Macintosh compatible." (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hey Manfred, THe link seems to be posted incorrectly using FTX--try cutting and pasting the link-- (URL) your web browser or click on the link I just provided. Dave K (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Guess I have wait a little while longer. At the moment, the site times out on me. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Posting on vacation, yep I'm that dedicated! :) I just got this note from colleagues and couldn't stand waiting a week to post about it! As of this week, children are invited to come forward with their very own LEGO micro model designs and enter a (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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(...) Ya, but I can get by without all that other stuff, while LEGO? LEGO I gotta have. :-) (...) Follow up on that line of discussion probably ought to go to off-topic.debate (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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(...) You're worried about just Lego? Everything made out of plastic, from clothes to carpets to housing materials to cars to appliances to electronics to computers to decorative junk around the house will increase in cost. Plastic, its everywhere. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:I6rL4n.19uw@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) grey (...) [ ... snipped ... ] This past weekend I finally sat down and did a first pass sort on the Spirng Cleaning boxes I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi, I just read this in local newspaper (Le journal de Montréal) edition of Nov 8th 2004: ==liberal translation from french== "Montréal based compagny MegaBlock indicated in October that they will need to increase cost of their toys to compensate (...) (22 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego)
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(...) This is the one I was going to call 'D' (...) I did not get any of these, so this would be 'E' (...) Someone emailed me privatly and indicated that he had found six versions of the large bonus bag. So there may be an 'F' lurking about as well. (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I've gotton two more large bonus bag varieties (D and E, I guess). I don't know which one you already have, so I've listed both below. There's one part in the second set that I couldn't find an official color to match to - it's the one I (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) That would be me. (...) If you read the notes at the bottom, there is one small standard bag per box. I encountered two varieties. (...) That is the only difference I could find between the two small standard bags. Note that none of the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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I see someone has added notes to each piece for this set on Peeron, which is great. [However], I removed any listings for Bonus bags, printed out the remaining listings for [small standard bag A], [small standard bag B], and [large standard bag A], (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) 8652 Enzo Ferrari 1:17 8415 dump truck 8418 mini loader 8419 excavator (on treads) At least. Heard something about large motocycle and larger forklift (with 8479 wheels). Jindroush (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yes, I have seen this happen. I keep a small white baseplate with sample parts from all the colors so that I can do actual compares when sorting parts. When the light gray/bley parts are put next to the samples (under a bright light), its (...) (22 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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