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| | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —John Porter
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| | | | | (...) You shouldn't have tempted me... with that extremely large Lego lot. Pity that the seller will only send it to Germany... 9V trains, 12V trains (both grey and blue tracks), Model Team, Castle, Pirates, Technic, Space, Town, Western, Aquazone, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | (...) I often wonder how effective it is to sell such a big lot. Lots of us might drool but who has that kind of money? Obviously you'd have to be a serious Lego collector to be spending those kind of dollars (or DMs as the case is). But, if you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Santosh Bhat
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| | | | | | (...) It could also be bought a group of people, say some sort of "body" that can pool money and have already figured out who gets what sets. This is similar to an Idea that got thrown up at a SYDLUG [1] meet once. That we should all consider making (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | | (...) can (...) True, but I'd like to see the group of adults that could get their act together sufficiently to decide who would get what sets, and how much they were prepared to bid collectively and how much they were each prepared to contribute. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Peter White
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| | | | | | | | (...) It would have to be a rather formal arrangement and an ongoing thing to purchase large ebay lots and distribute/onsell accordingly. I remember the USians running about and proposing, when that other very large auction was running in the US not (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What's all this about? —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | | | (...) This is just silly. I was the biggest proponent of 'Studs' for all the reasons we have disccussed so many times. We talked about this and sorted it months and months ago. However I am not at all interested in defending it forever - I leave the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: What's all this about? —Peter White
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| | | | | | | | (...) Silly ? Possibly. Petty ? Possibly. Important ? Possibly. (...) At the time it was discussed, I thought it was a trivial matter and not worth arguing about for the sake of a casual group of Lego wranglers. Maybe it was all a bit hastily done. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What's all this about? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | | | I think you should call yourselves the STUDS and then run adverts like "Join the STUDS. Phone XXXXXXXX" in the personal columns of the newspapers to attract new members :-) I work for the Cooperative Research Centre for Enterprise Distributed (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What's all this about? —Melody Brown
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| | | | | | | | | Hehehe or "STUDS eat spuds so don't be a couch potato and join the STUDS". I could rhyme some words with 'Brick' but I guess I can't do that here haha. We here could say "better to be a Bug than a Slug" :P ok ok back to my medicine :P Mel (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: What's all this about? —Peter White
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| | | | | | | | (...) Then when we go on Lego shopping excursions, we will have to wait for them to finish chatting up the Cash Register Operators at Woolies(CROWs). (...) Exactly. That's where SLUGS, BUGS and MUGS come into it. Fun without pederast connotations. I (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Dave Low
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| | | | | | | (...) Perhaps we could talk to Michael from ozbricks.com about a LegOz frequent buyer scheme... He seems to have the parallel import thing happening okay. On a less hopeful note: (...) My take on it is this: 1. I'm a member of STUDS (capitalised, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Santosh Bhat
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| | | | | | | | In lugnet.loc.au, Dave Low slices,dices,analyse...rates,then remoulds,groups together,combines and concludes: Very well looked into Dave! (...) It's great as a joke. Especially as an insiders joke. (...) We'd like more people involved wouldnt we? (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —David Drew
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| | | | | | | | | From: "Santosh Bhat" <santob@ihug.com.au> (...) This reminds me of the name for acronym for the INTERCAL programming language. Taken from the INTERCAL primer; "The full name of the compiler is "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym", which (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Melody Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) BASIL! HAHAHAHA reminds me of Basil Brush or Basil from Fawlty Towers :P Mel (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Que? ROSCO (alias Manuel...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —John Porter
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Now, what about SYBIL for the Sydney Group (SYdney Bunch for Initiates of Lego) It clearly follows on from BASIL. John (Who doesn't really want to get into this STUDS/SLUGS/whatever? renaming thing...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) That's "Melbourne Assortment of Natives Using Exciting Lego" (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Santosh Bhat
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) no can't be Melbourne because... He's from Barcelona He learnt to speak English from a booooak Santosh (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Peter White
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| | | | | | | | (...) But not for outsiders. (...) My whole point. snippage... (...) The more I think about it, the more I think LA or their parent will come-a- stomping on LegOz. At this point LegOz is only a label of an idea. What was the train acronym James (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Deidre Rushton Brumby
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| | | | | | | | (...) I've often wondered about that. Perhaps we should formally ask them. Who was it that has been corresponding in email with one of the managers, Kev? Perhaps he could ask on our collective behalf (if he wishes), get something in (electronic) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Kevin Hall
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I did actually mention we were thinking of a name.. and I did mention LegOz... he didnt say anything in return...??? I'll email him again specifically asking im about it.... I'll let you know his response.... Kev...: ) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | | | (...) come-a- (...) I'm not sure if they can come a-stomping. Firstly, they would have to have registered LegOz as a trademark, business name, etc. I don't think having registered "Lego" would be sufficient to prevent names like "LegOz". Secondly, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | (...) Although IANAL, a lot of my work covers trademark law (also, I know a lot about meat, but that's probably not relevent to this!). In order to maintain its trademark, TLG must not allow its trademark to become generic. (When you hear the term (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | | | (...) Now this is a valid point, and something to be borne in mind, if we do put on a public display (e.g. the train show). If the Lego word is used, then we probably have to ensure there are no clones. If there are clones, then we probably need to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Santosh Bhat
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| | | | | | | | Richie's made some excellent points. Consider the term Kleenex or even Coke. Yes we do have to be careful *if* we get any endorsement by Lego. Though having said that, we're much more likely to make mountain scenery out of Megabloks than with Lego (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) I'd prefer STUDS. It's original. As for SLUGs, there are already some of those (er, us): (URL) Keep that salt away! best LFB (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | (...) the garden state. I'm afraid the first thing that comes to my mind when someone says New Jersey is the New Jersey Turnpike. I don't know what that says about NJ or about me. However, I note that the fame of the NJ Turnpike is now worldwide (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | Re: Whats all this about? —John Porter
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| | | | <snip> (...) Interesting - nobody bidded for this (Auction now completed), German super-lot of lego - at 22,222 DM (approx AU$20,000), I wonder why? John (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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