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Richard, I couldn't agree with you more. I bought 12 of those Blacksmith Shop sets back when they first came out (and I am not even into the castle theme) just for those two glorious red steep sloped corners (and the 1x4 red arches). We do need more (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I wanted to mention if it hasn't already been noted that Dinosaurs and Jack Stone are now available on the web site. The photos have all been seen before back when Christian Gemuenden grabbed them. Also the web site has reintroduced mouse over, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) I wouldn't worry, I was the first to place an order for the Sopwith camel and yet still got that letter in the mail. S@H's system seems to be setup so that all pre-orders are actually considered backorders. Jonathan (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm on the phone with an operator now (on hold). They're apparently out of backorder stock! Amazing! How many of you guys ordered 50+ of these babies, anyway? ;-) Wait...wait...no biggie after all, I was still able to order some, and they're (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Whatever premium you paid for your first (at least current first) #497 will be completely worth the joy of building something that you found to be so valuable. The #497 was obviously worth (to you) the price you paid for it. If you can get (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just received an e-mail from S@H that my Guarded Inns are backordered due to unforseen demand. Is this just because they aren't scheduled to ship until July 8, or is it because ordering within the first hour or so of availability wasn't soon (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I suspect that the number of builders who would have serious problems would be relatively small. One way you can get a higher ratio of corners would be to buy more Guarded Inn sets (may not be terribly practical depending on your ability to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) IMHO.. Any time you put more than one kind of part into a pack, you run into the problem of how many of each to put in. This is true EVEN when the parts are "paired" like hinge tops and bottoms. So this is a real challenge. No possible (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Maybe its just me, but Dark Forest/Western isn't exactly what I'd consider "some time now." :) Jeff (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) My bad. Just walls, or bricks too? Maybe something like <set:3732> in red and black? Or a whole new set, a medieval townhouse maybe... --DaveL (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
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I'm very excited about the Legends perspective as well. But to me personally, there's one option that would really make this even greater: *Reruns in a different color from the original.* Why? Consider: - Variety. It would be more interesting to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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does anyone else notice that they started losing money when the last gerneration of themes left?. the space colection, castle, town (not Jr), big and nifty technic sets. "Bryan Wong" <green_paper@hotmail.com> wrote in news:GELJ78.D9L@lugnet.com: (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I remember reading that same article and I sure came away with the impression that the molds were being referred to. Could be misinterpretation on my part, though. (...) Agreed. ++Lar (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I didn't gasp or fall out of my chair. I did run around in circles a few times while visions of all this means danced in my head. Giddy is the only word I can use to describe myself. Woo-Hoo! -Mike Petrucelli (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree that the mould tolerances would be higher than the part. I was assuming the referenced article was referring to the parts, though. (I don't want to sign up for a new Web Account to read it, until I've heard back from their site admin). (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Nah, that doesn't make sense. What WOULD make sense is ONE corner wall and 2-4 straight walls. Otherwise, you'd only be building skinny towers over time, to use up all the excess corners. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Except in rare cases, the tool has to be a tighter tolerance than the product. I have no trouble whatsoever imagining (read that as speculating please!) that the tolerances on the molds are at .001 mm and that due to non uniform cooling, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can't get into the Web Club to read this (because my userid has been nuked for some reason) so I don't know the context. But as Jake McKee has already posted, this would be thousandths of a millimetre (1/1000 or 0.001 mm). For you non-metric (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Chris, That is thousandths of a millimeter, versus 1000 millimeters. Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL LUGNET Member #211 (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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When I went to (URL) noticed this statement Thousands of a mm - that's the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO mould factories. I don't think that you mean that the tolerances are on the order of meters (a thousand mm is a m), do you? Chris (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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