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City council results: NO, but fix the plan and come back. From the article: Among the problems: The proposal does not include a guaranteed revenue stream to pay for $64.3 million in bonds developers want the city to issue; public participation would (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Birmingham Lego shop closing
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(...) I would tend to agree with you there. The only really great thing was the PAB, and that could be better served from the web, with a minimum order, and being able to order at least basic bricks by volume or selection. This is not the same as (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I agree with you, but as long as Legoland is not owned by Lego, it is an amusement park like any other, and developers are going to use it as the draw for retail, hotels, other tourism, etc. and since it will increace the tax base enormously, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven. If it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this. But if it fails in the end, it could affect the reputation of Lego... the product. I am leary about (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Birmingham Lego shop closing
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The Birmingham Lego shop is sadly closing down. 3/4 of the shelves are empty. Everything is 50% off or more, except for pab which is full price (I asked the staff). They had some Ferrari sets and lots of medieval stuff left and some small bags of (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Halva priset i tre dagar
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(...) Jag hann dit en vända, och lyckades få med mig "lite grann" (så mycket jag orkade bära!) Det saknades ett par saker dock; varken den stora bärgaren 8285 (URL) eller (URL) NXT (8527) fanns där. Jag blev dock såpass inspirerad att jag byggde (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.se.or.ore)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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Legoland KC is supposed to be presented to the Olathe City council tonight. It looks good except the current plan has tax payers paying 2/3 the cost. I don't think people will be real excited about putting up this amount. This has been discussed on (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | 3 and counting
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We now have three lego builders coming to our meeting. How many more will take the challenge to start AZLUG? (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az)
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| | LEGO events at Worldcon 2007
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Since I've successfully run LEGO-based events at the (URL) SF/F convention for the past three years, I've been asked to investigate doing the same for the 65th World Science Fiction Convention -- (URL) Nippon2007>, the first Worldcon to be held in (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.org.us.delvalug, FTX)
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| | Re: new Thomas the Tank Engine sets
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No, not yet - I have been looking for them too. I think they were supposed to be released this month. (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Legoland Drivers license
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Hi; I am currently working on an article about the history of Legoland and I am looking for someone who has an old Legoland Drivers license. What I need is a high-resolution scan. If any of you would happen to have one from your childhood please let (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.dk)
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| | Re: new Thomas the Tank Engine sets
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(...) No, but I recently spotted the 5552 etc on "clearance" (ie at normal retail price) at k-mart chaddy. ROSCO (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | new Thomas the Tank Engine sets
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Has anyone sighted the new Thomas the Tank Engine sets: * 3300 Harold the Helicopter * 3301 Cargo-Loading Cranky here in Oz? My Thomas-loving nephew has his 4th birthday in a few weeks, so I'm hoping to buy one of these sets for his birthday. Kerry (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | New MOCs
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Just posted some new MOC pictures: Coaches to extend my Hogwarts Express, Hopper Wagons with SNOT lettering and my station building. Coaches here: (URL) including pictures of the underside and bogies. These are 8mm:1ft scale British Mk1 coaches in (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.schleim) !!
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| | Re: AZLUG Gathering 08/19/2006 2pm
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Just an idea. Any one that is coming please remember that BJs is a restaurant and we should be respectful of that. Try not to bring big models. I for example am only bringing a few things that can fit in a small container with a handle on it. Larry (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az, FTX)
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| | QuéLUG at the Canadian Railway Museum
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(voir le message en français plus bas) Hi! August 19 & 20, QuéLUG, the group in Québec, Canada, will display at the Canadian Railway Museum in St-Constant (south of Montreal) with a 21 ft x 8 ft train and town layout. Find all the infos you need (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que, lugnet.trains) !
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| | AZLUG Gathering 08/19/2006 2pm
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If you are in the area on August 19, 2006 please stop by BJ's at 2 p.m. in the (URL) Desert Ridge> shopping center to meet up with fellow LEGO fans from Arizona. All are welcome. Bring a creation or pictures of your newest creation to share. Hope to (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az, FTX)
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| | Re: oztion
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(...) True...but then again, if it's only starting up (as referral bonuses seem to indicate) then that's pretty understandable. [1] (...) Seems quite useful...AND you can adjust your feedback upwards. So if you have an NSS, you set it to never deal. (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | oztion
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Ben Whytcross mentioned the oztion on-line auction site in another posting. This is the first I have heard of this site. Not surprisingly it looks a lot like ebay, although I notice a couple of interesting differences. Firstly, not much stuff seems (...) (18 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Looking for a G. Braken
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(...) No worries. Thanks for trying to help. It looks like the QLD Police will be hearing about this in the near future. The Victorian Police have already been informed, and N.S.W. and W.A. are not too far away. And with what little information (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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