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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to 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 (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, 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/ (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Update: this bug should be fixed now. Tomas Clark LEGO Direct (...) (24 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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-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 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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