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(...) Ouch. Did TLC hire Diebold? :^) - John Ladasky (22 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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It does look like the week 1 winner that violated the size rule and at least seemingly the voting system was removed. The container ship is currently listed as the week 1 winner. Bruce (22 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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This sounds like a lotta fun, if not somewhat short notice. One critical question, regarding the competition itself: What is the programming environment? -Ted (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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My colleague, Jan Beyer has asked me to pass along word of something cool he's working on. As he works to help community build and spread even further in Europe, he was thinking it might be fun to pull together an AFOL Mindstorms competition. Sorta (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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(...) Just to clarify, LEGO Direct always had a limited time directive. The purpose was to run outside the "corporate structure" long enough to get up and running, then start to integrate the unit (and thus the ideas) into the organization overall. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) They pulled the plug on LEGO Direct a year ago when Brad left. They reorganized and broke LEGO Direct up, spreading parts into various sections of the company. It's a good thing - LEGO Direct was a successful experiment so the entire company (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Hello! Yes, I appreciate what LEGO has done for me (me, being an AFOL, as I am only entitled to speak for myself) and I really like many of LEGO Direct's products. I simply love the concept "LEGO system" and that's what I'm grateful for as well as (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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(...) So far, I have been unable to locate these in north Fla. One store I spoke with indicated that "a bunch of Lego is going to be on sale", but she did not yet have the ad-copy. We shall see what happens on Thrusday. Ray (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hello! (...) Sic est. Bye Jojo (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I have not seen one scrap of evidence that Jake or anyone else at TLC has been dishonest at any point in time. And what's more... FACT: The toy industry is cut-throat, competitive, season-driven. FACT: TLC is a privately held company. FACT: (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I much prefer the new transparent orange, although the old one worked OK for flames. I didn't find it very usable for much of anything else, as the color was too saturated, and its hue was a bit too far on the red side of the spectrum. For (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) That is true. I have plenty of "old-gray" bricks, and there will probably be plenty "old-gray" elements on bricklink for a long time to come, but my main issue is that elements introduced after the color-change (like the 3x12 wedge-plate) will (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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I think that the new "Trans Orange" was also reported as being present in the recent arctic alpha team sets. In fact, mabie that explains why Trans-Orange is not in the universal color list. Because they have dropped the classic transparent orange (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Also, forgot to ask this as well: does the entire vertical area have to fit within the 16x16 "knob" area? (I'm so used to saying "stud"...) For example (URL) entry> is pretty cool but the bow and stern appear to hang off the baseplates. Is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Ack! [Was: Re: to LEGO factory : You are not being fair.]
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(...) OK, OK, I just noticed that there is, and I have done so. Geez, I'm doing well today! [ stifles a growl ] --Muze (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Ditto! I inadverdently uploaded an entry that exceeds the 16x16 limitation, but there is no mechanism for me to retract the entry, nor is there a mechanism to make sure it is disqualified. Yes, it's actually important to make sure it's (...) (22 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I just wanted to clarify this, just because you don't like the color change, it doesn't make you ungrateful. I can fully understand those folks who are into space and castle and perhaps are reminded every day about how they pick or choose what (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Christian, I did not tell people to shut up. What I am saying is that last week it has been ONE YEAR since this came out. ONE YEAR!!! Isn't it time to stop the grieving process over the old gray. You can still get the parts from the company or (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Another mix-up I've observed is many under-13 entries in the Senior category. (I didn't check to see if there were over-12 entries in the Junior category). Personally, I'm still waiting on the fix for the garbled images, both within LDD and on (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Don't be lying Jake - you know you be bowing to ALL of my mad skillz. I be all rooling yu like timmy roolz lassie. yo. -Da Mastah (22 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.build.microscale)
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