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(...) Ah, but no one here has bought the Lego trademark, only ABS. As an analogy, I could buy a case of Sprite, but if I made a movie wherein a character visibily drank from cans of Sprite, the Coca-Cola company could be within its rights to sue me (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That is good logic. There's a flip side to that logic, however: LEGO markets a kit that has really bad equipment and will allow the purchaser to make really sub-bush-league films. It probably rankles them to see someone making a good-quality (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanks for all the info on where to acquire cheep sets that contain Horses. And yes, I am a member of Lego Shop @ Home. Nevertheless, this simply won’t do! My army is well over 800+ troops, and I need about 45 black horse, 20 white horses, and 15 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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A company cannot control what you do with a product after you've bought it. Once you own the product, it's yours to do with as you please. They especially have no say in this as they've marketed sets for the creation of these types of things. They (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3ABF5935.C98C83...est.net... (...) news (...) the (...) start? (...) it (...) TLC. (...) Well even if Lego wont share the information, the guys who are being threatened by Lego are. Just read (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually, it's along the back wall of the shop. See (URL) of black weapons, one of the best-kept secrets of King Leo's Castle is that it comes with two black pikes, as well as the grey one. Weapons from the 80s! Those weapons are about the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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In lugnet.castle, Bradley Dale writes: [snip] (...) It is behind the horse's front legs, in the saddle clip. John (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Alex, even if these rumors were true, I doubt that that is the kind of information that TLC would be willing to share publicly-- seems to me that it is none of our business and a private matter between the producers and TLC. But as always, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi, sorry to bother you all with this but I am hearing some disturbing news in the fourm at the Brickfilms site. The news being that the producers of a fan-film called One: A space Oddessey have been told by someone at TLG/TLC that if they (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I would have considered the Flowers & Trees accessory set far more fundamental to general LEGO building than horses and the latest version of that went the way of the wind as well. While the new bulk system has a long way to go to replace all (...) (24 years ago, 25-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) I think he means the quality of the swords has gone down. Prior to Knight's Kingdom release, swords were always made of the same hard ABS plastic as other parts, now they are made of softer stuff and the color is a slightly different shade of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) them (...) than (...) Dark grey swords aren't new. My oldest Castle sets are from 1990, and they came with dark grey swords. Silver goes back ot 1995. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Sorry, I didn't even know saddles ever existed in black and white! I'm a bit too young to have any one-clip saddles. (...) I can't see it in the picture. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Gotta disagree here...I say black and white one clip-ers. The only two sets I know of are the King's Castle <set:6080> (both saddles) and Jousting Knights <set:6021> (white saddle). I have only one black saddle. (...) There was one in the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) the (...) Ah. They're not absurdly rare; they're just in sets I probably wouldn't get. . . (...) I remember looking for my <set:6080 King's Castle> off and on for *years*, primarily because it had a yellow saddle (it had been lost when my (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) 6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon came with a green saddle. Maggie C. (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) No. I have a green saddle from <set:6718 Rain Dance Ridge>. Looking at the pics in the guide, it was also in <set:6748 Boulder Cliff Canyon>, and in <set:6766 Rapid River Village>. Maybe some others too. I consider yellow saddles to be the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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Excellent. Thanks! I'll be watching the site. In the meantime, I've noticed that Top Deck (makers of the Survivor, Wizard Academy, and soon Bionicle CCGs?) is located in Carlsbad CA, and makes trading-card sized CD roms for their sports lines. -gyug (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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wow. I hadn't seen the foal before. they are cool "TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:GAo987.Ixq@lugnet.com... (...) US (...) Good (...) longer (...) cavalry (...) a (...) about (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> I don't care about the horses---Lego always has a high proportion of cavalry anyway. But what about the SADDLE? Wasn't 5394 the only set to come with a green saddle? Doesn't this mean that now green saddles are going to be (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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(...) Tamy, Thanks! I will pass that on to the appropriate people. I know we are working on getting that fixed now. Jake --- Jake McKee Sr. Producer LEGO Direct (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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You know what I don't understand about the voting, the little dude tells me I've got 4 votes, I do 2 of the votes, he tells me I have 1 left, I do the last one, he tells me I have 1 left and doesn't let me vote again. I don't know if this has been (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Maybe you can't get horses as conveniently, but TLG still makes them. If you're a club member, you can buy <set:6013 Samauri Swordsman> for $2.00 US from S@H. Cheap black horse and blue saddle, plus a mini-fig and armour. Good buy if you like (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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-Set number #5394 (Horses & Saddles) ***Discontinued***?- I ordered 15 sets of #5394 along with a few other sets a week ago from Lego Shop at Home, and on the invoice it said: “The following items have been canceled 15 #5394 Horses & Saddles” “The (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.western, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.town)
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All, To those of you who have been following the lugnet.trains post regarding the unauthorized use of Ben Fleskes' train image at: (URL) have replaced this with another image. Thanks for keeping your eyes open to this! Jake --- Jake McKee Sr. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) ?? Suppose I posted a question about Castle which, to quote Todd's post #6 above, raised "Issues/concerns/suggestions which haven't yet been raised" ? The resulting thread, although about Castle, would of course live in .lego.direct. I think (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Holy cow! I kept this message open on my desktop since it first appeared so that I could think about it and then remember to reply to it. It was message 317 in this group. The latest now is 680! Brutal. Anyhoo... (...) Todd, I agree 100% that the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) 2nded 2nded!!!! If all we get these days is the 3 minifig hero sets, I'd like to see: - 2 Ogel's henchmen + 1 Ogel - 2 Imperial Guards + 1 Emperor (or 1 shuttle pilot) - 2 Storm Troopers + 1 Tie Fighter pilot I'd also like to see a minifig (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego/Lego Direct, Is there any chance you might release special minifig sets with Ogel's skeleton henchmen? I would buy many of them. I really like the figs, but with only two in each Ogel Command Center, I don't imagine I'll be getting many (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Mark Papenfuss writes: <snip a whole heap of well gathered information> I'm preferring to take a very simple approach. It's Suzanne and Todds site. We're participants, but not the authority that regulates this site. If Lego is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) To each his own. We all should be VERY grateful to Todd and Suzanne for all they have done. Shame on those who have nitpicked what Todd has created for all of us to enjoy. When I came ot of my dark ages and discovered LEGO trains, I was (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I've entered a couple models of my own as well. And as for the issue of legal rights to our designs? Well, we must remember that LEGO is a fun pasttime and I know that I can never make a living off building with these either. So if LEGO takes (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I wouldn't read too deeply into those clauses-- I'm sure it has to do with lawyering more than anything else. (...) Actually, are the contest and simple recognition mutually exclusive? I think you have a good idea in its own right, Zonk. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee wrote to remind us of the Train Contest. While I applaud that LEGO has chosen to recognize the Train enthusiasts (including the "over 18" builders :-), I'm a bit disappointed in the claus that forces the builders to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just a couple of nits to pick: One, TLC can't "pull rank," although I'm sure that's not literally what you meant. Two, editorial control was not exercised, so "censor" isn't really accurate. --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Kyle D. Jackson writes: <snip> (...) THANK YOU! This really did explain more to me than everything else combined. Now if this had been posted 2 or three days ago, it would have been even better, lol!! But really - Thank you. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) was a Good Thing. Particularly in light of some of the less than rosy incidents that have occurred between TLC and LUGNET in the past[1]. You are right that TLC is a company and the things they do are for business purposes, not primarily the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree that it would be a little presumptuous to dictate to TLC too much about _how_ dealings should occur (as in expecting unreasonble things to happen), but it's not presumptuous at all to dictate (or let's say specify) _where_ official (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) One quick thing I haven't mentioned in much detail yet: the way groups are coalesced currently in the web view will probably always be a default view, but there will be other views (customizable) and folders to store personal article (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Absolutely. --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct)
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