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(...) Really? I'd pay that much. But only if I needed the parts. (...) Actually, I think I've got enough, now. Steve (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) [snip] (...) I vote for a pretty good fake. If you look at the reflections on the plastic surface of the blister pack and track them around, you can see one that traverses the price tag. How do they get the price tag under the plastic? And the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Even at $2.50 it still seems a little pricey to me. But, hey, who doesn't need more Yoda eyeballs? (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) On that packaging I believe those logo choices, sizing and placements violate in-house design rules. a fake. but made me laugh. nice job. only, next time, remember that SYSTEM came off SW packaging years ago. :-) -Suz (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wow! That's kinda odd, but rather dubious looking if you ask me. No set number, no part count (could be foreign I suppose?), wacky name for a set (heck, why make such a set?), and to date I can't think of any sets since the late 70's that have (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Wow! Meijer had those on clearance? I'm really surprised... Steve (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Would anyone from LEgo care to comment on this: (URL) has to be the oddest thing i've seen recently... Troy (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I agree, and I'm sure MANY others agree, that 730 was an absolutely awesome set for parts or building. I don't think it would be considered a Legend, however. I could definitely see it as a Classic or Variant, though. Jake - if you can, mention that (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) For LDraw, we've 'declared' color code 383 to be for silver/chrome/metal. But chrome (and any metallic look) isn't a color so much as a surface appearance -- it's reflective, mirror-like. The only way to get a satisfying chrome (AFAIK) is to (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) Well I will always prefer violet over purple, (just in case I haven't made that completly clear yet :-D) as for chrome well... That would be cool but I would much rather have silver plastic parts. (as found in the Spiderman Green Goblin set) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Thats a nice truck JT. I especially like the personalized plate! -Rob "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H0BnwF.n0C@lugnet.com... (...) change (...) two (...) we (...) funny (...) supports (...) these (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Like I posted before in various threads I agree we are not the target market. Maybe if you have the finances to buy tons of sets just to get a few parts you need you can build whatever you like, most of us probably can't. And even then, some (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) OK, OK... you guys convinced me. The stuff I perceive as european is no more authentic (to european prototypes) than the stuff you perceive as american is (authentic to american prototypes, that is). But parts is parts. We. are. not. the. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Pocketses, my precious-sss...sss, Pocketses!! The secret to successful snarfing is lots of Pocketses. Gollum (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) 4563 : loco doesn't look much German/Dutch to me... maybe French, but then the colors wouldn't be right. The red closed freight car is OK-ish, the rest is pretty much simplified 4564 : loco is pretty decent, bit like the MaK diesel range. (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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You both have something that I tried for two years in the model shop to get my hands on to no avail. *grin* Congrats! Best I could do was some of the hand molded new elements that they used to prototype new model designs. -john 3 (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually I have some of those, I found them inside of the sculptures that we rescued ((URL) They're kind of a funny brown gray color with lots of swirls. These were used as structural supports inside of the sculptures. While repairing the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's in the Train Catalog. I've seen it. 5 for $148 or 2 for $65. Paul SInasohn LUGNET #115 (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I have a couple dozen assorted 'swirly' bricks.... They are kept very securely locked up. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I like it too. But I also liked the idea of purple and chrome... (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Could we please start trimming the newsgroups on this thread? Frank (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) at (...) Classroom (...) much (...) awesome (...) Wow that is so cool. Thanks for making the picture. (...) I am not quite sure what your mean here but I think that the new color scheme looks awesome. (...) -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) Tell you what Larry, I'll colour you bright red, yellow and blue and see if that helps clear things up! :-) I guess these have all looked European in the past. The "DB" stickers didn't help matters. Being British though, they look as foreign (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I was hoping there would be a Christmas special of the Santa Fe loco + motor + two of the passenger Santa Fe cars + one Santa Fe baggage car. Where did you hear about the 5 car offer ? Regards, David (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thank you very much for the RGB list BTW: anychance you know what's the RGB for chrome? We live to build Yaron Dori (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) It was add as requested (URL) it still looks to me to much as the original for your judgement. Thank you all for the inputs. We live to build Yaron Dori (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) You got the purple color right on for "Prof Dumbledore." What I was getting at is that I hate that color. The violet color as found in the Hogwarts Classroom set it one of my favorite colors. As a result I think the ship would look much better (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H08J4H.oG@lugnet.com... (...) That's exactly what I want to see, yes we *did* have them, but no more... Huw (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Honestly, I couldn't tell you. I was in the American model shop in Enfield and we had constraints that the model shop in Billund did not have. (Windsor Locks was just opening in my time and the Billund shop was handling their models.) We were not (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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<SNIP> (...) Why of course! 1> 6987 MESSAGE-INTERCEPT BASE (URL) 6954 RENEGADE (URL) 6874 ALIENATOR (URL) because LEGO said so! 4> 6941 BATTRAX (URL) OF THESE !!!NEED!!! TO BE RE-RELEASED IN THESE COLORS LISTED HERE: -Minifigures could be wearing (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) well, color me confused, don't we already have all that in 4563 and 4564? Just dust those off and reissue them (in different colors perhaps)! (...) But ya, everyone needs a Thomas. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) A great way for TLC to get their foot in the door WRT to European trains would be to get a licensing agreement with Britt Allcroft and produce some Thomas trains. Since they are all based upon prototypes anyway, I would think that we'd all (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The Sith Infiltrator was a good choice, because it was the personnal ship of a major character, Darth Maul (like Vader's TIE, for example). The Droid carrier is featured in a major scene of the movie, thus making it essential (like the Y-wing, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) While setting up the DIY Spybotics SDK is great, it doesn't actually document the byte codes and communication capabilities, etc... of the Spybot brick. But using this DIY SDK I have successfully compiled MindScript code and downloaded it to (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In response to Rene, the answer is yes. (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not to mention the Naboo Starfighter and the Special Edition Naboo Starfighter. And Yoda the minifig and Yoda the sculpture. :) (...) That's not an issue. The Sith Infiltrator is in the movie for how many seconds? Even worse, the battle droid (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You're right, but the target customers for the Mindstorms sets and 'standard Lego sets' are quite different. After all, there's been a minifig X-Wing as well as a UCS X-wing, which sets are even closer in ressemblance than Mindstorms and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Perhaps it is, but they made 'recently?' a whole lot of new models for the LEGOLAND GERMANY park, so, i guess they run a whole lot more bricks than they used for the models they build. I visited LEGOLAND WINDSOR too in the opening year and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I doubt we'd see an AT-AT in minifig scale. It already made an appearance as the main model on the Darkside Developer Kit Mindstorms set. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Actually the bricks I had available in the model shop had everything to do with the inventory that Lego had. Where do you think we got our bricks from? You think that they would be unwilling to send us the elements we wanted if they had them? The (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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