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  Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
 
In lugnet.lego.direct, Alexander Farlie wrote: ***big snip*** (...) On the plus side, the auction ended without a bid. I only glanced at it, so I don't know if it was terminated by the eBay powers-that-be, or if it truly lapsed without interest. (...) (16 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Ebay auction... (suspect?)
 
(...) I've email Lego about this several times. They don't seem to care. (16 years ago, 24-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
 
  Ebay auction... (suspect?)
 
(Note to Moderators, If this post is not appropriate please fell free to remove it.) Dear TLG, I note the following EBAY auction: (URL) seller claims: "THIS DISC IS NOT AN UNAUTHORISED COPY.THE COPYRIGHT OF THE CONTENT IS EITHER, OWNED BY THE (...) (16 years ago, 22-Dec-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: wrong e-mail addresses
 
(...) I have one other option left. If that one brings no results, I think I'll just follow your suggestion. Thanks, Maarten (17 years ago, 31-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: wrong e-mail addresses
 
(...) In what capacity are you looking to contact them? These days, there's a very wide variety of ways to contact Lego-- I dunno if they would have a "general contact" e-mail address. I guess one way of going about it would be to e-mail Steve Witt (...) (17 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  wrong e-mail addresses
 
In August 2004, I asked for an e-mail address to contact TLC. I asked this in LegoLand Billund (the parks weren't sold at the time). The e-mail address didn't work. Last month, I was back in Billund. I mentioned this and asked for a new e-mail (...) (17 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Parts, Parts, Parts
 
www.bricklink.com or www.ebay.com (...) (17 years ago, 19-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Parts, Parts, Parts
 
(...) Hi Jordan, After an attic sort out we've been rebuilding all our lego to sell on ebay or similar (my daughter discovered her grown up brother's collection and has pursuaded him to sell to buy Playmobil). We have quite a lot, including a (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Parts, Parts, Parts
 
(...) I think the catch was that while AFOLs were quick to jump at the chance to own one of these sets, they were NOT so quick to buy *more* of these sets. It seems as though a lot of AFOLs who owned the original set were passing up the opportunity (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Parts, Parts, Parts
 
(...) Hi Damon, I enjoyed reading your post and share many of the same sentiments. I recall LEGO saying somewhere that generally speaking, sets re-released as Legends do not sell very well. This seems odd to me, since I would jump at the chance to (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Parts, Parts, Parts
 
Dear Lego Direct; With the introduction of the Lego Factory/Pick a Brick site you have given to us a huge resourse. Thank you. There are some items that I, personally, would love to see reintoroduced to the Pick a Brick assortment. I understand that (...) (17 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: 10183 instructions in PDF please?
 
(...) I'm caught with a older operating system, too. I just realized that I won't be able to run LDD and see any of the instructions. This won't prevent me from buying the hobby train set, but it will prevent me from buying any other set with LDD (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: 10183 instructions in PDF please?
 
(...) While LDD 2 does have a HTML export, it has a couple of drawbacks: It produces fairly low-res images The images are all from the same viewpoint (wherever you're viewing from in LDD when you export I think) The images are clipped if the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: 10183 instructions in PDF please?
 
I have reported this situation to a contact within LEGO CAnada, and hopefully they can work it up the chain/get someone to quickly create PDFs, surely LDD 2.0 can be used to just generate a printable version of the instructions. Heck I'd do it (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: 10183 instructions in PDF please?
 
(...) I completely agree with the above statement. I can NOT run LDD on my computer due to its operating system. This problem has kept me from buying sets before and will likely again unless an alternate format for instructions is implemented for at (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  10183 instructions in PDF please?
 
As I have (URL) on my blog>, I have been unable to get LDD2 running on my PC, and (URL) I'm not alone>. This means when I buy this set, I will not be able to view instructions for the 29 alternate models. I request that TLC please provide these (...) (17 years ago, 26-Mar-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) Wait a minute....you turned down over 2,500 LEGO pieces...because it was the wrong scale...and then you made your Mom go through the hassle of returning the set??? Dude, let me trade one of my Christmas presents for it - oh, wait, I liked (...) (17 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)  
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) Well said. Jude (17 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)  
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) STFS (17 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)  
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) I agree fully. My nephews picked out a couple small Bionicle sets, which I'm not at all interested in, for me this year (and last year actually), but I accepted them with a smile and a thanks. I didn't even return them to the store. To do (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
ROTFLMAO (17 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) I think the claim from Lego that the set had been opened is also a possible cause for complaint. But while it may not have been opened by Gregory or his mother, you never know what happened to the package on the return trip. Otherwise, I (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) Seems to me they were acting entirely in accord with their return policy. Always read the fine print - (URL) "Custom items such as LEGO Factory models and Pick A Brick orders cannot be returned or exchanged." I guess it could be argued that (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) Actually according to (URL): "Also, LEGO direct-to-consumer (Shop at Home) sales division announced a partnership with PFSweb Inc. to fill Internet orders of Lego products from its catalog and online store, according to a statement in December (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) I think you missed the real point. It wasn't the price per piece that he was dissatisfed with. It was the set. Remember, not everyone who likes LEGO builds MOCs. The first thing I noticed was that his mother didn't notice the scale. Something (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
LOL (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) I fail to see the humor in this. Sorry. (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
(...) Pardon my naivety, but at 2,776 (per the box top) pieces, (URL) set 5526> seems to be a fairly decent way to get a variety of legos at an average of $0.047 per peice even if you don't want to build the set using Lego's (online only) (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
LOL (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct) ! 
 
  Very poor customer service from Lego Shop at Home
 
I wanted to share my extreme displeasure with the Lego Shop at Home service. My mother, knowing what a big fan of Lego I was, decided to surprise me with a set this Christmas, the Lego Factory set 5526. At the time she didn't realize that it was not (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)  
 
  Re: Hobby Trains at LEGO Factory
 
(...) This looks pretty good, and I hope it's going to expand. I did send them a message though that the link to "Other users' train designs" gives some pretty poor results. A lot of the good stuff has dropped off the end. They need to link to 'Cool (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H site does not contain additional item needed for this NXT add-on.
 
"Juergen Stuber" <juergen@jstuber.net> wrote in message news:87bqmngteb.fsf@...ber.net... (...) Thanks, Jurgen! But indeed I had noticed there isn't a power pack available from S@H site for Australia! (...) Interesting to note, so if anyone has it (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H site does not contain additional item needed for this NXT add-on.
 
(...) Sure, I'm just trying to be helpful. When I bought my battery packs in Oberhausen I didn't know whether I could use the train transformer, and neither did the shop staff (they didn't have the transformer in stock). Later at home I found out it (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H site does not contain additional item needed for this NXT add-on.
 
(...) That is true, but I think this is more about the fact that the standard train transformer is not available from S@H (at least not to Australia), so anyone reading the Battery information and not knowing what the standard train transformer is (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H site does not contain additional item needed for this NXT add-on.
 
Hi Geoffrey, (...) you can use the standard train transformer. Jürgen (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  S@H site does not contain additional item needed for this NXT add-on.
 
(URL) is the Lithium Battery for Mindstorms NXT - unfortunately, while the S@H page clearly states that you require the additional purchase of #9833 Transformer Pack sold separately, there is no way to buy this with the 9798 kit shown on S@H site. (...) (18 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
 
(...) Starting yesterday, Shop@Home is selling the train in European countries. Change 'country' (top-left) in the S@H site, and check it out. On the details page they also mention a K101== nr., regarding a set with 9V (!) track and motor! Usually (...) (18 years ago, 26-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Building the Christmas Train 2006: Set 10173 - brief report & pics
 
(...) I guess it should reach *every* european countries soon as the sets available thru SaH for France. Eric Borrega from FreeLUG has shot some pictures : 7898 : (URL) : (URL) Didier (...) (18 years ago, 25-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Full access appears to have been restored, however I still have no information on what the issue was, or whether my scanning script was to blame, so I will not be adding any new instructions until this has been clarified - I don't want access (...) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message news:J5pK1q.o44@lugnet.com... (...) OK, I went, I complained. Buth then suddenly one download worked for me. I did it again, it failed. So, having now spent a number of minutes (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Great idea Kerry! I initially contacted them via the contact form on the website. They have opened a problem ticket, so I'm communicating via that system now, but if any other aussies are experiencing this problem, it can't hurt to let them (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
What email address are you using to contact them? I'll moan too bcause it's not working for me and I'm not doing anything that might offend them. Kerry (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Well it takes about 7 days to check them all. And it's only grabbing the header unless it's a new file. (...) Yeah, we'll see. ROSCO (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Ahh. Yeah, I could see that as being potentially red-flagging, if they're getting a million hits in a short period of time. I was definitely thinking smaller scale than that. (...) Heh, the inevitable 1st level of tech support :) It will be (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Ahh. Yeah, I could see that as being potentially red-flagging, if they're getting a million hits in a short period of time. I was definitely thinking smaller scale than that. (...) Heh, the inevitable 1st level of tech support :) It will be (...) (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) It's more complicated than that, because the PDFs are stored by the 7 digit LEGO number, not the set number. Basically I scan the header of all files in a certain range (about 1 million), and if it is a PDF I check against my database, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Hm. given what you're talking about, it doesn't seem terribly likely that they'd shut down your IP based on that alone-- unless your polls are REALLY hitting them hard. But I'm assuming you're doing something like: for each set in the Lugnet (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) To put a number on it, I have received 22329 requests to my page since April. That's total requests, including non-search, and failed search requests. I have no way to tell how many requests that generated for lego.com, and besides, blocking (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) I poll from Australia, roughly once a month. (...) that URL. Which either means they are blocking the same IPs on that server too, or it is a temporary cache and it has been flushed (in which case it is useless for polling). (...) I do not (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Negligible. I would guess LEGO's own instruction download page probably generates significantly more. ROSCO (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) I just tried it, and it gave me 'Server error' when clicking on the link. Right clicking in the browser (FireFox) and choosing 'Save link as...' worked! Clicking on the link again also seems to work now, so maybe it's just some intermittent (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) So... I don't quite understand-- It says your site is hosted at NorthStar, which is in Chicago, yes? Are you scanning Lego's site from that server, or from a machine in Australia? Other question I guess would be how often do you poll? Of (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Actually, I just did a search on your page for 10143, and it was found. Then I did download the PDF. So there may be something to your theory about TLG blocking your IP range. How much traffic do you generate when you search for instructions? (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Ross, It's not working for me or another European so it seems they might have reversed their earlier NA blocked/rest of the world allowed system. Very odd either way. Tim (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) I'm thinking maybe they've put in some anti-scanning check, to try to stop me getting data for my instruction download page: (URL) and said check is blocking a large number of Australian IPs. My ISP is Primus, and as my IP changes every day or (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message news:J5M2wE.MEB@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm, I get Server Error too. Maybe it doesn't like Australians? (By the way, I didn't see the Death Star instructions listed). Kerry (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Hmm - I have to say, I am having no problems here either ROSCO. Maybe you ought to copy the text of the error page, and post it to a Lego webmaster to see if they can help. Have you tried deleting all your Lego related cookies, and revisiting (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: LEGO instructions
 
(...) Huh. :-/ It's working ok for me. Have you tried downloading from different computers? Or logging in/out as a Club member? -Suz (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  LEGO instructions
 
For almost a week now, I have been unable to download instructions from the LEGO site: (URL) I have been getting a page saying "Server Error", no matter which instructions I choose. I sent an email off, but got no reply, and then asked some other (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)  
 
  Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
In lugnet.general, Josh Breese wrote: .... (...) Getting pissed is our business, and we can do it how we want. I suggest not getting mad at us for protecting our assets and profits. Cheers, Selçuk (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: One really ticked off Lego customer!
 
(...) By an amazing coincidence, I just got an email from LEGO.com this morning that says that they have free shipping on orders of $75 or more, and when I go to (URL) they have the free shipping promotion right on the main page. That would take (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
(...) I knew the price of the parts and that there would be shipping however I didn’t know about the new shipping price structure or the sales tax thing until the second page of checkout. (...) If I did, I would, but that is not the case. I am after (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
(...) What do you have to complain about? If I place the same order on S@H I get a final price of 1182.25 SEK ($165.379 according to (URL) the fact that the average US person has 30-70% more money to spend than a Swede doesn't make the equation (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
Wait, you are pissed because of their prices? Did you buy this without knowing, or did you see everything up front? If you already bought this and then realized what happened, then be pissed at yourself for not reading the quoted price properly. If (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
(...) Also, news from the Burlington store indicates that you can order from Shop At Home *from* the store, which can be used towards the loyalty cards (yum!). Hence, they likely changed the system around to accomodate this. Actually, since loyalty (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
Ondrew: Lego switched to a fixed percentage for shipping a few months ago. As for sales tax, they only seem to charge it for states with actual Lego stores. Ken (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  One really pissed off Lego customer!
 
This sucks. So today I was going to finally order the windows I needed for a building I’ve been building for a while now and I ran into a couple snags. 1.) The lego.com and it’s shop.lego.com sites are not loading properly. I had to refresh and (...) (18 years ago, 7-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
I tried this solution out for myself, and it didn't produce the best results for rolling friction. Not to say it isn't a good solution, because I do see major improvements, but just that there is a better one. Adding the metal sleeve around the (...) (18 years ago, 5-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) (URL) Brick Blast Vermont>. This was are first experiance doing a mid summer train show and it was extremely hot and humid durring the event. My trains which have been running at shows for 7+ years would not run at all because of the friction (...) (18 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
  Re: Illegal EBAY Auction?
 
The seller has 15 of them! And the seller appears to have a track record of selling multiple copies of CDs and DVDs. Doesn't sound like someone selling off a few odds and ends from home. I think they are perfectly well aware of what they are doing! (...) (18 years ago, 23-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Illegal EBAY Auction?
 
"Farlie A" <alex@gfarlie.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:J19JL7.u7@lugnet.com... (...) Seems like I came across a PC cdrom LEGO digital designer at my house the other day. Don't remember how, when, or where I got it, but nonetheless... This leads (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jun-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
 
  (canceled)
 
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) I picked up 300mm x 3mm rod just in a local hobby shop (URL) (18 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Why price doubled on baseplates?
 
Someone at Shop@Home mis-priced them. They cost more than 5.99 for dealers, WHOLESALE so I knew something was up, but it took them along time to figure it out it seems. Heck I bought our store stock from shop@home since it was cheaper than wholesale (...) (18 years ago, 20-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Why price doubled on baseplates?
 
I bought a pack of the new road plates a month or so ago: (URL) costing CN$5.99 for the pair. Now I see the price is CN$11.99 for the pair. Yikes! That's quite the price increase. What gives? (Especially since I have a new kit based on the straight (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
Cool, missed that part. Now...details on the sizing, where to buy, etc? I'm sure I could bore out some brass rod, but if you have a supplier that stocks the right size, it would save a ton of time... (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) Umm yeah, well I think you missed the point, NO lube is needed In lugnet.trains, Peter Edwards wrote: (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
A slightly better solution may be to find similar stock in the pre-lubricated bronze used for bushings. I don't know the true name of the stuff, but if tubing of the right size could be found, you wouldn't need to worry about grease or oil. (...) (18 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) Hi all! This is in fact a nice idea! But I have one comment to make: this solution is causing friction between brass tube and metal axle, while the original solution is "rubbing" only on the very tip of the metal axle. The higher the diameter (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) wonder? Way better solution than knifing away plastic if it works... ++Lar (18 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)  
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) (URL) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
 
(...) I was on the site earlier today before 2:00 PM eastern times. I placed several things in my cart and then moved them to my wish list. I then started searching other LEGO foreign sites to see what was available outside the U.S. While shifting (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
 
(...) Thanks for confirming that it's not just me! :) I think it likely that 'something happened' given that it was already down for several hours before this splash screen went up, together with the site misbehaving yesterday, and the timing of (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
 
(...) Yes, the site is currently down for maintenance it seems. They usually do this late at night, so doing it Friday afternoon seems odd unless something happened... (18 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
 
(...) lol ... sorry to reply to my own post, but I should have known that no sooner than I click on 'post' first time around that a page would go up confirming the site's down for maintenance, after several hours of 'error - page not found' ... I (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  S@H & www.lego.com down?
 
[These see to be the appropriate places to post?] Is the whole of lego.com frazzled right now? Or is it just me? I've noticed it down for maintenance before but not usually for this long. I noticed yesterday evening that my S@H wishlist had vanished (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
 
(...) That's it in a nutshell. I bought some SF carriages and Super Chief and after running them for only a short amount of time it slowed right down. The Motor was cutting out due to the load, from the weight of these heavier carriages. Not the (...) (18 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)  
 
  Re: Shop At Home feedback requested.
 
(...) Clickable link: (URL) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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Well I know I'm late on my input, but I was having the same LUGNET posting problem that the Italian AFOLs were having. Couldn't post for a while, but now I can again..... (...) First of all, I do like Town System buildings suitable for Train System (...) (18 years ago, 6-Mar-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Thomas Stangl wrote: <snip> Hey Tom- Random question: Have you built the (URL) 5541> in yellow yet? JOHN (18 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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(...) Yeah, I wouldn't mind this either, so I could build my 04 or 06. But I'm not holding my breath, still too niche of a car to garner enough sales for Lego ;-) If it had anywhere near the gizmos of the real 2G Prius, though, it would be an (...) (18 years ago, 27-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
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LOVE THESE IDEAS!!! Town Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays Bridges Other Structures Oil rig with functions Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides Dont like these ideas World (...) (18 years ago, 23-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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(...) I'm assuming that your winky steals any thunder of pointing out the irony of that statement. But not so fast... have you checked for one under your hat? Hi-0 I'll be here all weekend, and I'm hijacking this thread to OT.fun! JOHN (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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(...) Yeah, but you like 8 wide too, so... Well, I have no point, really... ;) Dave K (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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(...) ??? What a jaundiced perspective;-) I, for one, LIKE "fleshies" and all who don't like theirs should send them to me! JOHN (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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"Michael Zecca" <fizzixrat@mn.rr.com> wrote in message news:IuruxG.1s3G@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I agree wholeheartedly. The flesh colored minifigs are creepy. If LEGO really feels the need to have all of their licensed minifigs have (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
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(...) Enola Gay? Yours, Christian (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
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Thanks for the Info everyone, I am currently compiling the data and will be sending it back to LEGO shortly. Jeff VW (URL) (18 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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SNIP (...) YES-more houses, retaurants, general store, bank, office building, machine shop, & FARM theme with brick-built animals (Olde Brick-donald?). maybe a school, movie/stage theater, or a zoo (brick built animals) (...) Hmmm...maybe some big (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
 
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(...) More everyday buildings in minifig scale would be great. I'm not sure that building designed specifically to fit train displays would go over that well. There are lots of ALE's that would love them, but most kids who have a LEGO collection (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)


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