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Indeed, it all looks great, except for the plates around the engine. They're quite bowed. I hope that's just a sign of hasty assembly. Even though I probably won't buy this set because it's in the new colors, it does look they did a superb job with (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10179: Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™
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(...) SNIP (...) Cool set! I like this one and will order it as soon as my wife regaines contiousness. Oh, on the shop at home website, the pictures won't load. This may keep some shoppers from ordering one (or 5). Mark (20 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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!!! Can you say Millenium Falcon Timed build at Brickfest? (20 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Awesome! I really like that you made the UCS set compatible with minifig scale, and hope you'll apply the same concept to other UCS sets (AT-AT) in the future. -Steven (20 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10179: Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon™
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(...) in a word: WOW In more than a word, I am very pleased to see another large "ok huge" Lego set catered to adult Lego and Starwars fans. You have to remember the mere idea of a set this large was literaly just an idea untill people talked about (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hey all, The community team would like to present the new Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon. I'm excited to show this off to you all. Below is the official announcement for the set as well as some links to images. I hope you're all as excited (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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(...) I would be interested in the result, Rob. Just for your information: CA has a much higher material damping coefficient in comparison to ABS. So CA will make less noise and sound very dump when it hits the ground. Especially for the classical (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's an experiment that I will have to try when my collection is closer at hand :) -Rob A> (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Rob, thanks for your feedback! In that case I would think these are US-made bricks, since the LEGO-logo on top of the bricks is of the old design. This has been used within Europe (= Billund made bricks) only in combination with CA-bricks (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wouldn't assume that 1965 was necessarily as good as, say, 1990. But you're right insofar as quality from the 60's and 70's is not necessarily the same quality as the 80's and 90's. If someone's really looking for proof or disproof of (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Not sure how you come up with that conclusion. These bricks are from my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would doubt that ir contained 10 year old (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not suer how you come up wit that conclusion. These bricks are from my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would doubt that these were 10 year old (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) Hi all! I know this thread is really old, but eventually I came across this discussion while uploading a few more new quality issue pictures ast brickshelf: (URL) new pictures of 2007 building session> So I just wanted to (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO CEO - Jørgen's interview in Singapore's papers
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hi all .. I have written a short report about the evening spent with Jorgen .. please do check out the post at LEGOFan.org. (URL) also check out out this MOC Page for the gift that the group presented to him (special creation for Jorgen). (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi I love this share this .. (I have posted same information at LEGOFan.org too!) Jørgen, the LEGO CEO is coming to Singapore next week (arriving on Sunday, 26 Nov 2006) and will be attending the "Beyond Submit2006 Global Submit for Creative (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.lego)
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Hi, the German ambassadors started a new survey a few hours ago, asking what kind of sets we would like from LEGO: (URL) such a survey planned here too? If not, should we translate it? And another question: Would it be useful to have a group (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego) !
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| | Re: Official LEGO Poll: what car should LEGO make?
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You will need to have an account on Legofan to enter this. You can register (URL) here> Tim (20 years ago, 26-Oct-06, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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TLG may create a collector car set, and they'd like to know which car you'd like to see. The official poll is hosted on LEGOFan ((URL)). Here are the constraints: The car will be for display, which means it will have little functionality The car (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi! I, as many of you, am on the mailing list og TLC (shop.lego.com news), but I have a problem. I get all mails 3 times, when trying to adjust anything, I see that I am only subscribed once. Whenever there is something new, I am told 3 times. I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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| | LEGO Star Wars II has gone platinum
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According to TheForce.Net, LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy has sold 1.1 million copies in less than two weeks. (URL) Granted, this is the combined sales of the game for all platforms including the GameBoy Advance, but it's still an amazing (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.games, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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