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(...) Just to say it, that is the approximate price I have paid during the last year for both MISB copies of that set. If it used to go for $200, well I guess the price has dropped. Frankly, I wouldn't pay a lot more than I have on these sets. You (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just updated the BrickShelf poll (finally). The new question is: Do you think LEGO Direct is helping LEGO fans? (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ... (...) and (...) and William Ward wrote: (...) That was actually the first thing I tried, a long time ago. Also, my netscape cache was in a nonstandard location, but I found it. After removing all my cache files and cookies file and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) On Solaris, it is in the file .netscape/cookies under your home directory. It is possible that the original poster had cookies disabled, however; if so, he may need to turn them on. --Bill. (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Really?? Sure sounds like one;-) FUT off-topic.pun John (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Is there a bottleneck in Billund? No I don't mean problems in bulks sales, what I mean is "rare colors". I recently talked to someone (unnamed) who was visiting LEGOLAND in Billund, and got to meet with some folks at the company. I was informed that (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general) !
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(...) <snip> Just an FYI, Tomas; I've noticed this error both from home & work (one is Netscape, one is IE; both on Windows 98). The standard 'bad cookie' fixes didn't seem to help (although I didn't kill my cookies at work - too much of a pain to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) rm -rf ~/.netscape/cache/* (...) UNIX versions of Netscape keep their cookies in the file ~/.netscape/cookies better than deleting the file, just edit it in your favorite editor (please, no vi/emacs holy wars here!) and delete any lines (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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To all, (...) 90?!?! I know you are crazy now, Gary! ;) Seriously, I am very excited about the bulk sales, I think it is a great service, especially after having experienced similar, but not in that great of quantity. I bought a few 4561's for the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) than 24¢ a brick. I understand that parts packs do not move in the volume that LEGO sets move. So, parts packs will be more expensive than sets, but sets go on sale, parts packs don't. Being a train fan I am used to not being able to shop at (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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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