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(...) Then there's the poor little kids who have jsut started building lego who get these cheap sets and when they get tired of them they go in the closet like any other toy, accept they fall apart. One reason for Lego's success is the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) They actually look at Lugnet daily and steal ideas (at least I think). People mention stuff and BOOM sometimes it comes out. (...) Yes, an important part of Lego (in my opinion) is taking time. Makes you feel proud of something when your (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Just as a note to why I (the author of this few pages of rage fueled text) dissappeared for a few days is that my computer was very unstable and my dad and had to rebuild it (which we've done successfuly) and add a new hard drive. I'll try to at (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That would have been nice... Dan (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Uhg, now I'm depressed :-) But, no, really, I do like that polce HQ. It's got a similar feel to the buildings I make today. I *really* wish I had some of those older sets. (...) Sounds good, probally is true. (...) I saw these in the store the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ok, now I see where your coming from. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well put. I'm no lawyer either, but for everyone participating it should be presumed that posting your work is almost like giving carte blanc to anyone (or any entity) wishing to "borrow" the idea. I suggest that those who desire to protect (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks again, Tomas! (...) *grrrr*...re-playing "Run The Gauntlet" right now for the save...*grrrr* (...) Yep...that's how I've been doing it...down to 32 moves now... (...) Yes, yes, YES! OH GAWD, YES! Ummm...please.... That would also make (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.gaming)
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(...) The bug that was keeping players' progress from being saved has been fixed. Our apologies to all those who completed levels between Friday morning and Monday afternoon! (...) I believe there are only three levels -- mostly the one Matt (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sounds good to me! Im going to order them when they come on the website too. (...) if you buy K10001,(the Metroliner and CLubcar together), you pay only $19.50 for the CLub Car!!! Thats a good deal all in itself. (...) Im looking foward to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Forgive me for falling right out of my chair. Thanks for the great news, Brad, we look forward to seeing all the great surprises! (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Brad & All, (...) Great news. I will wait for the internet ordering! (...) Excellent. : ) (...) Oh, you are so evil, Brad! : ) I can't wait to see the Space and Town entries! (...) Indeed. I just want to say super work, and I am looking forward to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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As I'm sure everyone is now aware, the Metroliner (formerly 4558, now 10001) and Club Car (formerly 4547, now 10002) are the next arrivals in the LEGO Legends line. I'm please to announce that both sets are now available for preorder through LEGO (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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(...) more (...) The thing is that 6091 is 524 BIG JUNIORISED pieces (OK not all of them, but quite a few - grrr..), I assume bigger pieces cost lego more to produce (printed pieces probably do as well)... Which is why they should bring castle sets (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Agreed. And I would argue that the sets that LD has brought out so far under their aegis are hitting this mark quite well. LD gets it. LD knows what we want and LD is delivering. I've said it before and I'll no doubt (to the annoyance of those (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Just my two cents. I bought the green dragon. I found the set to be challenging, and a well designed set. Granted it is a little too cute for me, but still a nice design. On top of that, once you take it apart you have tons (tonnes) of green (...) (23 years ago, 13-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) OK. I'll defend the Camel as a good, even great, model, though. It isn't minifig scale but neither are other model team sets. It's a bit bigger scale than model team but it is along the same lines. I found it to be a very enjoyable build. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I guess that's true but I thought we were talking about instances where the TLG model was good. If we're talking about as a set of parts, then yes. (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That would be cool! I would be OK with it not saving high scores, etc when it was standalone, and requiring all scoring record attempts to be while connected (to prevent hacks). We were connected to the LEGO website for many hours yesterday, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think that Lego have got themselves into a viscious circle. For some reason they realeased Juniorised sets, these sets didn't sell as well as they hoped. So to make up for losses they've diluted their product range and created these sets (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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