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| (...) More candidates: Ice Planet 2002 version of the BT2 allied avenger (I've seen someone do this already and it is a REAAAAALLY good idea). Actually, it'd be really cool to see more space done in different colour variants. Also, it'd be cool to (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hi Richard, I agree 100% on the idea of 'Variants'. I am even convinced that has by far more market potential as the 99,8% copies which are now sold as 'Legends'. But for the 375 castle, I would strongly recommend to make it in sandcolour tan. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | Re: Official posts at a glance
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| Of course, this does no good whatsoever for people who use newsreaders (you know, those things for reading, uh, news). Have you looked further into appending footers/headers when they want to make an official announcement? (...) -- Tom Stangl (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | Recycle symbols
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| I have noticed that the various bulk offerings are in a bag of recyclable plastic, and they display fairly clearly the triple-arrow recycle symbol, which is definately a good thing. Kudos to whoever it was that designed the packaging for including (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| (...) ~My _Magic 8-Ball_ says that: All signs point to Yes! But seriously, quite a few people already expressed interest; Tom Stang: would have done a gray 375, I would have voted for it instantly. Allan Bedford: I would as well. I could turn it (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
| | | | Re: Official posts at a glance
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| Oh wow nifty :-) -Tim (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | Official posts at a glance
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| (...) Cool idea -- nice to be able to distinguish visually. We're actually going to try something a little different than coloring the topic/subject title... an idea from long ago: on the web interface, we're going to display an itty bitty red (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct) !
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| Hm, very tantalising subject. Do we still do polls somewhere in the community? If so, I'm very curious about the outcome of the following question: Would you buy a re-issue of set #375/6075 (Yellow Castle) preferebly in a Light and/or Dark Gray (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle)
| | | | New way for LEGO to gauge interest in sets?
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| One of my other hobbies is borad games, especially what are commonly referred to as "German Games" and wargames. One of the U.S. game manufacturers, GMT, was having a hard time making ends meeet a few years ago, because new games weren't selling as (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| (...) Hey, its just a start, we just cant plan on going sub-orbital on the first attempt. Theres far more potential in this concept
but initially I honestly believe that to create a 375/6075 Yellow Castle in Dark Gray would be the perfect launch (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| (...) Indeed this is a better idea
and even extends the concept of variants to include color but not be limited solely by such. However, I think it is most prudent to take baby-steps with Lego Direct. Nothing too dynamic, thats why a simple color (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| (...) [Thank-you] See, now TLG has no reason not to go forward with Variants. ~Cause its been done before, precedent has been set! :) --==RïçhårÐ==-- (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| (...) Not so, because in infinite-time anything is possible
Therefore it is to be expected in some shape or form one-day. (...) Twould be nice also
But I just choose Dark Gray cause its not as readily available as other colors. Plus, any (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle)
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| (...) I remember one: on 1992 LEGO produced (URL) on 1996 was Variant to (URL) live to build Yaron Dori (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Aha, are you pondering what i'm pondering? I want to see a revamp of the technic back hoe released in 1989. Improvements: 1)pneumatics on the front bucket 2)pneumatics 3 times longer than the orignals 3)pneumatically powerd rotary motors (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| (...) These are some good ideas - I don't think there's much potential in simple colour variants of sets. Using more realistic colours may appeal to adult builders who are after the parts, but I don't think they'd have the broad market appeal (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Let's not put words in the mouth of Brad Justus. I asked this question at BrickFest because it needed to be asked, but I was less than satisfied with the answer given. More information would have been good, but is/was not reasonable to expect. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
| | | | Re: $Heres the Deal$
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| trimmed to lego.direct to reduce "noise level" (...) hopefully yes....but this is still too much of a broad assumption. Consideration and Actually coming out with a specific set are two different matters. (...) I like the term you initially used as (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | $Heres the Deal$
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| -On Variants: (...) VARIANTS -Are- going to happen
¯¯¯...¯¯¯ Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, :::But Someday::: And thus, I feel adamantly inclined to persuade TLG, and Lego Direct, to consider my supplication to have set # 375/6075 become (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce, lugnet.year.2003) !
| | | | More SpyBotics Info
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| All, Looks like there is still some confusion about the memory in the Spybotics module. I just got this from someone who knows much more about the details than I do: The EEPROM device that we use holds four kilobytes (that's 32 kilobits), of which (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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