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"Overview and Definitions lugnet.com (“LUGNET”) is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and exchanging information about (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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(...) Do I detect some lurkers here ? Not the first time some shelves have been stripped after a post here in (.au). (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) This isn't Larry again is it ? Lar, the anti-Claus, robbing Australian kiddies Xmas stockings, minifigs forced to walk metres from the Lego train station to the Lego soccer ground. Seriously, the TRU bus stations are a bit bare, Gone are the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Meta-discussion: comfy with clones here in lugnet.loc.au?
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(...) While I don't care too much, I would prefer if the Followup from the first post would be to .clone-brands. Sometimes I have to read through the web page and it is difficult when the are is cluttered by MB posts. I've no intention of jumping on (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) WAS a Holden town. All the Falcons are gone from Mt Gravatt. Tim (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Remember how I had said i haven't had a dark age yet? Well perhaps a conversion to MB (given the poor performance of Lego of late) is a pesudo-dark age? Nahhh i like my trains. But I'll be quite happy if you told me that MB makes trains :) Santosh (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, I was in TRU Chatswood yesterday, and I can tell you all about what MB they had, but to tell you a shattering truth that only just occurred to me [pause for ominous musical interlude] I never went to the Lego aisle. Ummm ahhhh. Maybe I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Nope, I love them BV cats... I'm allergic to the real ones, so at least I got'em in plastic. ;-) (...) Heeheeehee! ;-) (...) Ah-yep! They won't look at you *that* much weirder with a BV set than with a town one. ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hiyas, Since my thesis is (almost) finished, and I need to buy about 60 soccer sets, I thought I'd hit the TRU's and grab some busses? So, can some Sydneysiders who have been to TRU in the past few days tell me which TRU's have the largest numbers (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Dave.L, don't tell them about the phonecard or travel rorts or the 'tripod' incident. Anyway with the TRU 25% off sale, the 3409's are AU$37.37, which is equivalent to US$19. I bought six to go with the two I already had. I am creating a huge (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Treacleheads (was Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database))
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(...) It's normal language behavior. People call Netscape Navigator "netscape". I even know people who (not so much now, but a few years ago) call Microsoft Word "microsoft". No one says "may I have a kleenex facial tissue". It's natural to treat (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Brunswick, VIC. My LEGO re-birthing is based around wargaming: GO BRIKWARS! (...) Woah, slow down Prof. Low, I was just making pretty pictures with MY number-box, YOU seem to know what those OTHER buttons do! (...) Yeah, that's what I just (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Brunswick, Vic. I'm mostly approaching my LEGO re-birthing from a wargaming angle: GO BRIKWARS! (...) Umm, I was just making pretty pictures with MY number-box, you seem to have some knowledge of what the OTHER buttons do! (...) Yeah, that's (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I don't really think so, no. Because to have a total competition vacuum assumes that you're talking about a company that makes boxes full of elements and hands them to kids in a round grey room with absolutely nothing else to do. I guess a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Huh? The argument is circular whether viewed from a cultural relativist standpoint or not. (...) I understand that you're working on very little sleep, but to proclaim someone's lexicon as "illiterate garble" just because it doesn't adhere to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But you can't order them from S@H until 2004! 8^) Dave! (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) You'd be surprised to know that since all our politicians are honest, respectable and genuine it's worth paying US$25 for <set:3409 a soccer field>. --DaveL (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I am so _not_ going to get in a cultural relativism argument over grammar and aesthetics. I'm a liberal in principle and a conservative in practice (except for anything from the seventies). (...) Yeah, it's not really a disagreement. I know (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Treacleheads (was Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database))
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(...) Thank you Matthew. And because I've had two hours sleep in about forty I'll just point out that 1. fast and red are in fact adjectives, hence the first example, and 2. Coke is a trademark and a proper noun (like LEGO) hence the second example. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fair enough, but you must agree that because of that circular reasoning the argument won't convince anyone who doesn't already agree with it. (...) I understand and accept that, but many people identify LEGO as a singular noun in that usage, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Treacleheads (was Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database))
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(...) It's wrong, but not for that reason. It's wrong because it's an adjective, and adjectives don't really have plurals. But in popular usuage, it's a noun, and there's no reason for it to not have a regular plural. And people do say "I drank a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Treacleheads
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(...) (assuming it's an open question...) Could you ever have a total, _total_ competition vacuum? Because if there's a market, there's kids, and if there's kids there's no vacuum since they can always make up their own games. And if they couldn't (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My take is that LEGO's trend toward Juniorization would continue with or without market competition, since we have evidence of its roots long before any serious competitor hit the market. LEGO can't blame (not that they do) their own reduced (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Absolutely, which why it's In My Humble Opinion. (...) I would argue (and again, this is entirely the way it works in my fat head)that you, as a LEGO user, would be as wrong (or right) to identify a single brick as "a Lego" as you would be if (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Are they the only thing keeping LEGO from complacency, or are they driving LEGO to juniorise the heck out of everything? If they didn't have to contend with competition, would they be dumbing down their sets, or would they be producing (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Parts one and three of this argument only hold true if you decide in advance that they're true. If, as a LEGO user, I identify a single brick as "a Lego," why is it grammatically incorrect to refer to several bricks as "Legos?" Forget about (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Where are the Dark Sharks
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Peter White wrote in message ... (...) HA!!! I wish some LUGNET members thought like that a bit more often, instead of whinging incessantly about the aesthetic limitations of a commercial product that has had a global corporation's worth of effort (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Treacleheads (was Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database))
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(...) Warning: exactly the kind of post that should go to .o-t.vent follows. So I've o-t.d'ed, but since this <treacley juggernaut> of a thread is still in .au, I'm not holding back. And I should say that I'm more than a bit <treacley>'d off with a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Where are the Falcons
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(...) Aha ! So that's where they are. Maybe Brisbane is a Holden town. Kerry, you said you prefer Commodores. (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi, I'm looking for some castle knights! Trying to build a army! E-mail me if you have any also visit my site I made: (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Well, if there isn't support for a clones database that's fine. But I still think that the L stands for "legos" in the generic plastic brick meaning -- at least for most people that see it. Most are not purists, especially from the outside. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Warning: Australians (Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Maybe include a reference to a national fondness for robust discourse and colourful language, and a general suspicion of delicate sensibilities? I like it :-) Richard Still baldly going... And I do realise that I rather inflamed the situation (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Close Encounters
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(...) ROTFLMAO I stopped, crawled back up into my chair, hesitantly read it again out of the corner of my eye, and was ROTFLMAO all over again... This otherwise intractable issue is clearly settled, by an argument so pithy, so piquant, so poignant (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Close Encounters
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(...) ...and you've de-lurked with style!! Hi Jeremy! Where in the wide brown brick are you posting from? Want to have a go at the "fun facts about me" form? (...) In a frantic frenzy of futile factorisation I found: 20637 = 3.3.2293 73602 = (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Where are the Falcons
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(...) Again, in total constrast, TRU Mt Gravatt had no UCS Ties and no UCS X-Wings but some Millennium Falcons. Kerry (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Where are the Falcons
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As the TRU 25% off sale chugs along... No Millenium Falcons to be seen, the two at Parramatta are gone. Still heaps of UCS Ties and X-Wings at Chatswood, less at Parramatta. Given the same price tag, you think they would have got in more MF's, given (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Most definitely. I was referring to Todd's stated intent (from way back...) that he might at some point place the code that runs LUGNET or parts of it under GPL. (that's probably an incorrect paraphrase of what he said, though, I think it was (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) But even then we come back to the fact that Todd is paying to run the server, and paying for the traffic. If he just plain doesn't want Lugnet to host scans of clone instructions or catalogues, then it won't. Of course, meanwhile, there are (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Lego Building Comp at MSFC
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hi all for those in Melbourne on Friday night (Nov 10th) the Melbourne Science Fiction Club is having a Lego Building Competition. Entry is open to all members and non-members. meeting starts at 8pm - building will probably start around 9pm. The (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) No reasons?..:-) What do you think that this "L" of Lugnet stands for?..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: 21 Australians
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(...) currently A-E) Well, fancy that. All these years I've watched Star Trek in its many variants and I've never even noticed. Live and learn, I guess. Kerry (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | I am now throwbots complete! (almost)
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I now have all 8 of the origonal throwbots thanks to my determined hunting and to martin scragg for comming up with the sub and ice I needed to complete the set. now all I need is the blaster spark and flare and I will be 100% throwbots complete (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Hear Hear. Very well put, Richard. I would hasten to add that the contribution of time, money, scans, information, etc. to Lugnet is subject to the Terms and Conditions, just like participation here. Merely contributing something doesn't give (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Meta-discussion: comfy with clones here in lugnet.loc.au?
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Given that there is lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands group, would people prefer it if those of us dabbling in the Dark Side kept our discussions out of lugnet.loc.au? Ditto for lugnet.org.au? NB. I'm asking out of a sense of Netiquette. I haven't had (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: The TRU 25% off Lego sale
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(...) Well, it started as an exercise, but then it was just too much effort to unload the trolley again :-) So, yes, I did buy the sets in question. In all seriousness, I was sufficiently pleased with the quality of the aircraft carrier to be (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) It's not in the business plan. (...) It's also a matter of principle. (...) LUGNET would not be LUGNET. (...) --Todd (also baldly going :-) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Dan & Jenn Boger do, yes -- and have done incredibly huge great things in the past few months for the data in the DB. Selçuk Göre and Joshua Delahunty also have access and have done huge great things too. --Todd (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: The TRU 25% off Lego sale
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(...) Same at Chatswood TRU: dozens of people, many of them buying two or more sets. (...) Kerry, did you actually buy that much MB? I was hoping it was just an exercise... --DaveL (25 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Oh, certainly!! Neither Todd nor Richard are saying that. I think the inference is that everyone hanging out here is part of the community; but the sandbox itself? Yep, that's Todd and Suz's only. And ultimately, if they decide they don't want (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) I have a real problem with Lugnet being considered Todd and Suzanne's exclusive sandbox -- in reality, it is and it isn't depending on what part we are examining. People contribute time, money, content, scans, etc. It strikes me as a community (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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Hey, I think Todd was being overly polite there (see: Are we being to nice?). What he <b>could</b> have said is: "**** off, this is LUGNET. This is our site. We will host what we want to host. You want register MegaBlocksUG or TycoUG .com? Go ahead, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Sticking it to Todd (was Re: Clones Database)
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(...) Before Todd wears yet another hammering, a quick note in support, feel free to hunt me instead. Contrary to the culture of entitlement popular in the US (you know, I'm owed stuff just 'cause I'm here, ne'er-do-wells protesting 'I have rights' (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: Clones Database (was Re: MB sightings)
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(...) It costs money to run a server. You wanna throw your own money at hosting content related to imitation brands, go right ahead. There are plenty of hosting services. (...) I agree. (...) I'm not against helping people find information about (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: 21 Australians
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(...) That puts Oz in 3rd place (it was tied with UK for 3rd place), but it's still a close run -- someone from .nl just activated today. (URL) are the current numbers, excluding the U.S. Enjoy... 39 5.97% ca 21 3.22% au 19 2.91% nl 19 2.91% uk 12 (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 21 Australians
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(...) Of Star Trek fame...the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701N (where N would equal whatever suffix denoting which enterprise you were referring to - currently A-E) -Tim (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 21 Australians
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(...) :) I guess I just have to ask. What is the significance of 1701? Kerry (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Clones Database (was Re: MB sightings)
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(...) but (...) Blimey, I make a humorous off-the-cuff comment in the Australia newsgroup and next thing I know it's all set to become World War 3 in other groups. Perhaps we should put a warning on the Australian newsgroup along the following lines (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: The TRU 25% off Lego sale
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(...) it - (...) minute. Well, in constrast, the Mt Gravatt TRU was very quiet when I was there on Saturday. A few people wandered past and fingered a few sets but they didn't seem to specifically interested in Lego, just generally browsing. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | The TRU 25% off Lego sale
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I don't know what TRU are calling the sale, but as far as we're concerned, that's what it is, right? I went into my local TRU today to buy a UCS X-wing. I couldn't believe it - the Lego area was PACKED. I'd estimate they were selling a set every (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: world club renewal keyrings
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Well I thought the card was also for if you ever go to a Legoland and receive a discount etc! Well ok so not tooooo many people from Australia will end up at one, I will in February though yayayaya :) But I thought that was the main idea of the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB sightings
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Imagine if Megablocks were to start making decent town sets, or train sets. I think Lego would rue the day they decided to let this side of their business falter. Perhaps Lego will come out with a cyber version of their products instead of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Clones Database (was Re: MB sightings)
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(...) This seems like an unnecessarily severe attitude to take. I say we should have both a Tyco and a Mega Bloks clones database link from at least the off- topic clone-brands section of Lugnet. If one is interested one can find it; if one is not (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Re: MB aircraft carrier (USS Kittyhawk)
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Hi Kerry, There are some very good MB parts maybe time for lego to take a look and maybe listen to us die hards, about what we would like. My Visa card is getting well used because of these MB sets, but well worth the money for the amount of parts (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB sightings
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(...) Rather proves my point, doesn't it? :-) Kerry (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB aircraft carrier (USS Kittyhawk)
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(...) The flightdeck is made from about 15-20 large black tiles. They are similar to the base plates used in the Lego soccer sets in that there are studs on the corners of these large tiles which you can use to connect them together using smaller (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB aircraft carrier (USS Kittyhawk)
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(...) Parramatta TRU has them too. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB aircraft carrier (USS Kittyhawk)
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(...) Tiled flightdeck - cooler yet! Chatswood TRU here I come... Richard Still baldly going... (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: TRU Chatswood info (was:sale dates)
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(...) but (...) look (...) for (...) Ah, it all becomes clear to me now. My recent defection to the dark side must have been caused by my primary car being a Holden Commodore. Indeed, on both occasions when I did this dastardly deed, my Commodore (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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(...) Actually it turns out that the F-14s have been designed to sit on studs quite securely. Admittedly the flight deck is almost all tiled, but there are a few studs left and I use them to park my F-14s. I'm just about finished the aircraft (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB sightings
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(...) LUGNET is based on LEGO(R) products and will not have MEGA BLOKS in its database. --Todd (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: October(Stud)fest on-line..
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(...) Can you use the one I emailed you for my profile.... Kev... : ) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: MB sightings
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(...) useless), (...) Indeed, thank goodness we have LUGnet to make up for Lego's useless WWW site. Will a MBnet emerge? Or will LUGnet include the MB sets in the database and news hierarchy etc? And who's brave enough to ask Todd? Kerry (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: October(Stud)fest on-line..
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(...) Glad you like it - I'll have to have another go at it next time though - its a bit flat, the focus isn't just so, and I should have told the minifigs to huddle together more closely. The first one I took (earlier on, before everyone had (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Set wanted [6465] and reason (and LA does NOT win friends here)
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(...) Ben.... I'll check up here on the Central Coast for you this week OK Kev.. : ) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: October(Stud)fest on-line..
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(...) Looking GREAT Richard..... : ) I love the group minifig shot... Kev... : ) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 21 Australians
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(...) I wonder how many have also requested the number 1701. :) When I used to play MUSHes, that was always one of the most sought-after room numbers... :) Later, David Drew (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's it ! (I have never seen Scala). Should have castley uses. I can think of uses for the trans-blue canopy. (...) Can never have too many trans 1 x n's. pw (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The lumpy piece is a vacuum formed piece, same piece (with different printing) as in the Carla's Winter Camp Scala set. I think that is a new canopy. It looks neat, I hope they use it in a castle set in a more reasonable color. See my post in (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I wished I had, AFTER having my number allotted. But I'm glad I didn't ... now. I wonder how many others have requested 666. pete.w (member (666 divided by 2, then 11 subtracted)) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Peter White wrote in message ... (...) officially (...) seems (...) Feh! When I applied for membership I effectively requested 666. For "Membership number range[s] you wish to exclude:" I specified: "[1-665,667-1000000]" But no, LUGNET wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Any comments ? The German catalogue has been scanned showing the 2001 sets. Looks like it could be the last year of the Fairytale series, the sets are getting a bit non-bricky, as if they weren't non-bricky enough. Obviously only a concern for those (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.loc.au)
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We're up to 21 official Lugnet members now with Darren and Frances officially clocked in. With Lugnet's newish front page, the stream of new members seems fairly constant. I wonder who will be member 666 ? Todd and Suzanne continue to improve the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Presentation of one's membership card was worth 10 percent discount last year at Toyworld stores here in New Zealand. This is no longer the case though. We have not had 'free' gifts here when signing up or renewing memberships. Grahame (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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You know, all this trouble means that there's probably going to be a major retaliatory brick-migration. Heck, if the larger MB sets some have noticed are actually worth my while, I may buy a few myself. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (Who wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Its ironic. When musing on names, very early in the piece, I was toying with Port Lego Block, or Legoblock Bay (a three syllable echo of Botany Bay). TLC's avid persecution of all those who 'diminished their brand' by mentioning their name, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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Hi Kerry, With prices like that you wonder if it is worth going over to the dark side the force is strong in me but is it that strong, mmmm only time will tell. Some of the MB sets are not bad give them a few years to improve the quality and look (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Off to Port Mega Blok perhaps? (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org)
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(...) I went to TRU this morning to see if there was any Lego of interest at 25% off. Well, lets be honest, I was thinking specifically of the new Silver Champion. However, when I got there, I saw the Silver Champion shelf-priced at $320. Great, I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I don't know how many people here signed up for 2 years with the world club, but apparently the keyrings are only when you renew your membership. Unfortunately for LA, the magazines are packed in Singapore, and shipped here, so there was a BIG (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'm certainly not looking forward to their customer service if S@H ever arrrives here. [then again, I'm probably in their bad books for exposing their bad customer service practices anyway, so I may not be objective enough to give an un-biased (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Good for business ! (...) Erina Toyworld have the three medium RR sets for half-price, it's almost a quarter of their display. When the RR get in somewhere, they get in big time. (...) An AFOL I spoke to today, said they got terse phone (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) In order to hi-jack this tread and purge it of it's heretical musings I will mention that there is a tentative get-together penciled in for a place near Bowral next Feb. It's a bit closer than Syd, hope you can make it. OTOH if you're a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I was up at my local toyworld this morning to check on the status of an order I had, and I was informed that this store has ceased to deal with LA (and has cancelled all orders) for the remainder of the year following LA's poor treatment/refusal to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Hey thats where I frequent too! Though usually its just walk in, greet the giant lego guy carrying his suitcase, check the shelves, not impressed by much, walk out, and get suspicious looks from the staff who wonder I was so quick. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi Peter, Would love to attend one of the lego meetings but live in Canberra so bit hard maybe one day have one here, yes MB okay but will always stay true to lego never stray to far. Wish Lego was as cheap though as MB. (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Craig Roberts writes: Hi Craig, There have been get-togethers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Hobart this year. Hopefully Adelaide and Perth will manage some as well. If your in one of these places, think about coming to a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) 9761 actually (sorry to get you excited), I'm sure a hybrid model could achieve a tan version of 9707. Just a short word about the MB site(and I thought the Lego site was useless), who designs these things, I certainly hope they don't get paid (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) When we say a tan tank, do we mean a thingie with large black wheels (as per their site (URL) micro, probuilder, 9761), or a tan version of the tracked thingie (etc etc 9707)? Richard Still baldly building an army... (25 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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