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(...) No, actually it's about the elements for me too. I never even wanted any space stuff until I conceived of Castle Blacktron some months back. So, it's absolutely about the bricks, but price remains important too. The only reason I care about (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I'll tell you what. What we are talking about here are apple and orange AFOLs. You are the type of AFOL who likes to build and collect *sets*. You pine for the old days when sets "were still good". Me? I am the exact opposite. I look (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Gary Istok writes: <portions snipped> (...) My personal top 10 wish list of bulk parts (aka - wallet drainers) 1) 2x2 or 1x2 gray tiles. (Sidewalks, parking lots, streets that can go anywhere, aircraft carrier decks, etc.) 2) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd gladly pay a premium price for an unopened older castle set (6071, 6067, 6074, 6086 come to mind) before I pay full or even 70-80% of full retail for the junk they have on the shelves now. I bought my last new sets at 67% off and I barely (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Ok, what is up with the S@H site? I can't get past the gateway.asp page at all anymore on any of my browsers sans Netscape 6 and many of us know what a burden on our system that beast is. Navigator 4.08 (latest version of the standalone browser) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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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