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(...) That is odd. When I get home tonight I'll double-check. It's possible, I suppose, that I was remembering seeing it on the Web edition. --Bill. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) This is strange. The Peninsula edition I bought in Campbell does not have "Gyugyi" in it. It stops at Petersen. -- Russell Clark Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG Member Representative, ILTCO (URL) 39423705; AIM/Yahoo: Russell844 (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | This Month's Contest: Alternate model under $10
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We only have a few weeks to work on our entries for this month's BayLUG contest. For those of you who missed it, the theme is "best alternate model of a LEGO set priced under $10". And no, you can't use a Podracer bucket just because you bought it (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG in the San Jose Mercury News!
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(...) You're in the Peninsula edition. I bought mine in Mountain View, and it appears to be identical to the web version (plus the B/W photos). Strange that they have so many variations in different regions... --Bill. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG in the San Jose Mercury News!
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Paul Gyugyi wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] No, the East Bay papers don't. People mentioned in the Fremont/Newark/Union City edition of the Mercury News: Eric McCarthy Roger Rothaar Russell Clark Bill Ward David Wegmuller Elaine Petersen People (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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My kids and I are mentioned in the on-line edition, but not in the edition we get in Sunnyvale. :( But it was really cool to see the group hit the big-time press! Does the east bay or Peninsula editions have "Gyugyi" mentioned in the last paragraph? (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG in the San Jose Mercury News!
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We are also in the Fremont Argus: (URL) Clark Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG Member Representative, ILTCO (URL) 39423705; AIM/Yahoo: Russell844 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: BayLUG in the San Jose Mercury News!
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(...) The Peninsula edition had both photos, but both were B/W. --Bill. (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Also front page of East Bay section. Color picture of dragon train, and on second page, black and white of people digging in Dan's parts piles. Mark (...) (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | BayLUG in the San Jose Mercury News!
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At yesterday's Bay Area Lego User's Group meeting in Fremont, CA we were interviewed by a reporter from the San Jose Mercury News. And in today's newspaper, there's a very nice article with the headline "Ready, set, Lego: Aficionados gather to share (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Best Buy Mindstorms - no dice
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I don't know when you called, but I was able to pick up a RIS 2.0 at the Pleasant Hill Store on Friday. It was a fantastic buy at 64.50. I went there in the early evening hours around 4:00 PM. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Reminder: 100 piece MOC contest at the next meeting!
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As you may recall at the last BayLUG meeting we agreed to hold a contest for the January meeting. I want to remind you that there's still time to build your entry, and to let you know more about the contest: WHO: All members of BayLUG are welcome to (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Place to stay? Please?
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Hey all, February is really creaping up, and I still don't know if I can go to BricksWest. I can't afford to stay in a hotel, so I'd really like to be able to crash at one of you local's houses. If you're driving to LLC every day of the fest, you're (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Target update
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:Gp3746.62n@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Railway (...) 65$ (...) cost. (...) available. (...) have (...) week. (...) It is unlikely (IMHO) that you will see 50% off or 75% off at (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Target update
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(...) I plan to visit the local Target the next few days to check the 4561 Railway Express as often as possible for a 50% or 70% discount. I bought one at 65$ plus shipping last summer and was satisfied with the purchase at that cost. If the cost (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Target update
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:Gp30JK.FFv@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) not (...) door (...) the (...) grabbing (...) the am (...) the (...) Two years ago it seemed that all of the Target stores reduced (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Target update
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(...) Be careful about that 8am bit. One Target that I hit fairly regularly (but not all that close) cost me a bit of sleep several times trying to hit the 8am door opener. One day last summer, I just happened to be passing by (middle of the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Best Buy Mindstorms - no dice
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I've called all of the Best Buy stores in the Bay Area, and a couple in Pennsylvania in the hopes that my brother-in-law could pick it up for me. But all of them are all sold out of Lego Mindstorms. If you have a Best Buy in your area that still (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Target update
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My local Target (Mountain View) still has many Lego sets on 30%-off clearance. But be careful - many sets are still full price. Someone posted recently that Target tends to progressively slash their clearance discounts as time passes, all the way (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0
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I'm crossposting as a courtesy to readers of lugnet.market.shopping and lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf who might have missed this in lugnet.announce: --Bill. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | My Christmas Train page
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I've put together a small page with pictures from our Christmas LEGO Train at (URL) The track layout image is a bitmap (track designer, clipped and pasted into MS paint = 800+ KB! :-O ) so you may want to wait until next week to check the page, so (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Shopping report - no great deals yet
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(...) In the Napa-Solano county area they were reduced Dec. 23rd. Fairfield Target had shelves bursting with LOM 7313 and 7314 (the mecha-esque sets), but by the very next day they were gone! Breaks my heart to be so darn cheap that I didn't buy (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Shopping report - no great deals yet
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(...) Actually, Christmas Eve in San Leandro (...) Yes, that's the combo pack I saw (...) As Mike said, I think you'd have to go to that store. El Cerrito Target has a bunch of the Soccer combo packs, and several Women's soccer team at $6.90, but no (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Shopping report - no great deals yet
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"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2zo44xui0.fsf@...rds.net... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Target's price for this was $15 however Wal-Mart had it for $20. So Target currently has it at 30% off. (...) Same for Watto's (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) That's much better than what I saw yesterday. Do you know when those prices took effect? Is the soccer pack (URL) ? The MSRP is not listed for that set. But based on the price of the 3403 Fans' Grandstand with Scoreboard, which is one of the 3 (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Shopping report - no great deals yet
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As well here in Atlanta. Nothing great to report, some good deals (30% off) but in another month or so we'll be able to hit the clearence centers and get this stuff at 50%-75% off. (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Shopping report - no great deals yet
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(...) Target San leandro has the soccer value pack for $10.40, Watto's Junkyard for $24.40, tri-wheel trike and the SW green speedster for $6.90, a few Power adn Swamp Roboriders for $3.40, and some Droid Escapes for $4.80 Paul S (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Shopping report - no great deals yet
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I visited Target and Wal*Mart in Mountain View, CA, and Kmart in Santa Cruz yesterday, and didn't find anything exciting in the way of Lego. Target had a few sets at 30% off, but otherwise everything was full price... --Bill. (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Blockade Runner coming to next meeting
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Hey everybody! I hope that all of you had as good a Lego christmas as I had. Grandma did what Grandmas do best and gave me the Rebel Blockade Runner, ensuring a double exposure response on my part (showing both rows of teeth when smiling!). (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Wanted: Movie Maker Coupon from Lego Mania Magazine
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Does anyone have an extra $50 off coupon for the Steven Spielburg MovieMaker Set from the last Lego Mania Magazine? I carefully cut mine out and placed it lovingly in a secure location. So secure I can't even find it. My sons and I just got back (...) (23 years ago, 25-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: More train work this week...
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(...) Lego train but have yet to sit down and really try to build some of my own cars. These pictures and ideas of yours may just inspire me. (...) To me this just begs for some sort of walkway overpass from the control tower to the viewing area. (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.cal)
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| | More train work this week...
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I cleaned off the kitchen table this week, in order to sort some LEGO bought over the past few months, and to *finally* build something! I worked on a couple new iterations of the multi-bed 'well-car' designs. I'd made a new page ((URL) to document (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.cal)
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| | January 5th Baylug meeting availability
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Initially, I was not going to be available for this meeting. I have since changed my schedule and I will be at the meeting. In addition to bringing a much better selection of Legos for your perusal, I have one agenda item. For unknown reasons, I (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Zonker's visit to Lansdown (B.C.)....
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Paul Sinasohn wrote in message ... (...) LOL... but it has all my blue and white macaronis tied up in it! I have so many buildings to tear down after this show, I am tempted to do at least one by dropping it from a great height... instead of being (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Zonker's visit to Lansdown (B.C.)....
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(...) DON'T DO IT!!!! SEND IT TO ME - I'll give it a nice comfortable home!! :-) Paul (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Zonker's visit to Lansdown (B.C.)....
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Paul Sinasohn wrote in message ... (...) Thanks Paul, that's part of my City Block. It's actually my least favorite building... it comes home on Sunday after its last outing and I am looking forward to nuking it :-) Kevin ---...--- NEW Tank Engine (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Zonker's visit to Lansdown (B.C.)....
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Nice job of picture-taking! I wonder if the Great Mall would give us space for a permanent display? I still think we should try for a display at SFO... I like the Int'l Transport bldg - blue & white with rounded corners. I wonder how they got the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: K-Mart Rant (Was: Re: K-Mart Sale)
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(...) No apologies needed, I well know how you feel -- I almost never see the sales I often read about. And I almost never get to score in quantity for one reason or another... I'd take one bucket off your hands if that would be okay... -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: K-Mart Rant (Was: Re: K-Mart Sale)
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(...) OK, so I was gloating in this post. Sorry about that - I never get a chance to score the way folks on the east coast do. And I'm willing to share with folks in the Bay Area who may want one of these and didn't get one. I am sending 2 for gifts (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Zonker's visit to Lansdown (B.C.)....
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(...) your amazing camera! Wow, the resolution is incredible.. We finish setting up our Train layout tomorrow (Friday) for the Sat/Sun showing. It's the last time this layout will be around. Then a much needed break. Dean (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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