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Hey c'mon you guys. It's been 3 whole days since you've got back from Carlsbad and I've only seen one trip report! Cough it up! I want everybody's take on the park. What you liked and didn't like, what needs improvement, how much it cost, etc. etc. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Carlsbad Legofest Confirmation?
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Has a time and place for the Carlsbad Legofest been confirmed yet? I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, so I'll need to know before then. I'll be checking th group all through this afternoon and once tomorrow morning, but I'd prefer an e-mail. (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Shirt status ... Was (Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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OK, here is the scoop on shirts. Thanks to John Neal for busting his tail to do these despite teaching all week. Based on Todd's answers prohibiting AFOL and LUGNET on the same shirt, I will have three different kinds of shirts with me. The market (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Carlsbad Crowds?
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(...) 15,000 to 20,000 according to the staff I talked to at the preview day.. she also said it's a good idea to show up earlier.... Judging from what we see at the preview day (we got to the front gate at 8:30ish and there are already 20 cars in (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Carlsbad Crowds?
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Does anyone have any idea how many people will be attending the opening day? I am flying from San Jose with my son on Saturday Morning (6:30am) and am just wo ndering if anyone has any estimate? It won't matter though..... I'm going no matter how (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | A few SW at Mountain View Target
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Speederbikes only, this AM. Kevin (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Larry, are you selling shirts via mail? (Was: Todd...)
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(...) Um, a newbie-ish "me too!" :-, Lar, are you going to be selling these via mail for those of us not able to make it? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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(...) You better. :) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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Hi Zonker, I hit the Newark TRU saturday am, and cleaned out: 3 snow speeders and 2 x-wings. All they had. Will sell you a snow speeder at cost. Mark (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Star Wars and Stuff
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I went to Sunnyvale TRU to pick up an RC car Sunday (I finally saw one in action at the Learning Express in El Paseo, Saratoga and it works pretty nice) and spotted two of the big Technic Shuttle (8480) which, according to S@H is discontinued. But (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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(...) Alright!! Sign me up for one! Mark "if it ain't Lego, it don't count" (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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(...) I'm sure we'll make them available by mail afterwards. (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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Bum deal... I can't go and I wannnnna go!!! (and yes, I'd buy the shirt in a flash) -- Everything else is just a toy... (URL) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: [snippety-snipp] (...) Hehe :) I love the 'My dad has more Lego than your dad' idea, Larry! Can't wait to see it Saturday and probably buy a Legofest shirt. I know if I had kids (loong ways off) I would (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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I checked Fremont (Newpark Mall) on Friday night. No sign of them. (That is, no sign where they would have been, if they had already been there and gone.) Staff knew nothing about them. :-( I also checked the overhead bins...mostly empty, except (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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(...) Bummer, I didn't see this message earlier and I can't it anywhere in any of my accounts. I'll respond to the copy you just posted. If you still have a copy of the e-mail in your outbox, could you try forwarding it to me again with all of its (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Todd: Urgent message: Use of the term LUGNET(tm) on a shirt.
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Todd, I know you're swamped and you have my heartfelt sympathies. It's hard to lose someone you cherish. However there is a time urgent message in your inbox relating to the Tshirts being done for LL opening day. If you have any issues, please speak (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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Uh, why didn't you mailorder them from S@H like I did? Got mine weeks ago... On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 18:18:08 -0800, Paul Gyugyi <paul@gyugyi.com> wrote: In message <36E9CAE0.65D5C0B3@gyugyi.com> thou hast written: (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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I managed to zip down to Winchester at, um, the legal speed limit, and picked up one of the last four landspeeders. And I picked up another for a friend's kid. Everything else was gone. OTOH, they had all four of the "evil" Throwbots. The Amazon (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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DOH! I was RIGHT next door at PopBoys at 12:30, but didn't have time to stop by, I had to meet someone at work. DAMNDAMNDAMN! I have YET to get any of my S@H sets :/ (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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(...) San Rafael hasn't gotten them yet. Maybe tomorrow. -Bill (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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AAARHGHTRHHHHAHAHAHA...AAAAAAARH! AAAAAAARGH! AAAAA! I _called_ them at lunch time, and they said they did not have any and did not know when they would. Excuse me while I do something cathartic. -gyug (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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The TRU at Winchester has 3-4 of Speeder Bikes and Landspeeder left as of 4:30pm. According to the nice lady who's stocking up the other LEGO stuff while I was there, the other sets sold out within 30 minutes... (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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(...) I just got back from there. As of 2:30, they only had 2 landspeeders, and I bought one of them. I was a little dissapointed that everything else sold out in just over 2 hours. The lego rep had no idea when additional shipments would arrive. He (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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I just got back from the Sunnyvale TRU on my lunch break. The guy was just unpacking the sets. They had 4 out of the 5: X-Wing Fighter Snowspeeder Landspeeder Speeder Bikes There were maybe 10 of each. Russell (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Events for Carlsbad Legofest?
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I arrive on the 19th, staying at Grand Pacific Palisades resort. Welcome dropins on the nite of the 19th.. I will have T shirts that people might want to wear opening day (they say Adult Fan Of Lego(R) on the front, and "I read RTL... and LUGNET(tm) (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Events for Carlsbad Legofest?
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What sort of events are planned for the Legofest? I've never been to one, so I'm just wondering if people will be bringing MOCs, creating some sort of set-up (town, train, space, etc.), etc. Also, are there any updates? Where and when will it be (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Visiting San Jose 3/14 to 3/21
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Not really, but if you are going to be in SJ, consider flying down to San Diego for the Grand Opening of Legoland CA in Carlsbad. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Visiting San Jose 3/14 to 3/21
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I'll be visiting San Jose from March 14th to the 21st. I have an interest in space Legos, and would like to know if there are any stores in the San Jose area that are special or unique in some way, or are interesting to visit? Are there any places (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: //WWW.BAYLUG.ORG(!)
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Hi, I agree, and I know its more work, but maybe the intro page could have a frames toggle? Mark (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: //WWW.BAYLUG.ORG (weavers)
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(...) Tom Stangl wrote: (...) Well, rather than SPAM the trains and SF list with website/HTML talk, I've created a small mailing list for the webmasters on the BayLUG site If you have comments and suggestions, you can send them to "weavers" at (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: //WWW.BAYLUG.ORG(!)
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I don't know, frames done RIGHT are very useful. A thin strip on the left side used as a Table of Contents comes in VERY handy. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | LA Area Robot-Arena Competition April 17, 1999
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Tired of playing by yourself? An informal Robot-Arena competition will be held in the Los Angeles Area on Saturday April 17th 1999. This will be a...er...slightly destructive Lego(TM) on Lego(TM)smashing/sho...g/whatever competition using autonomous (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.lb, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.pas, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.bak)
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| | Re: http://WWW.BAYLUG.ORG(!)
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Zonker, This is very cool that you have done this. Sure I would love to talk about what the site should look like! Oh, and I will volunteer to be responsible for the "Ancient" LEGO directory ;) Erik Wilson erikred@itsa.ucsf.edu (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 7777 Train Idea Book, Carlsbad Grand Opening
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(...) Well, the original pages are A4 (a bit taller, and slimmer, than our 8.5" x 11" pages in the States ;-). And the scans are also large, so you might find that the top/bottom would need to be cropped a bit, or you may need to reduce the image a (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 7777 Train Idea Book, Carlsbad Grand Opening
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David, congrats on your win! I just got a really nice HP 895C color printer. Has anyone attempted to build their own 7777 book using the online scans? I'm wondering how many ink cartridges it will take to print all the pages, full size at the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: //WWW.BAYLUG.ORG(!)
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One quick note. I would like not to see frames. I don't care for them. I'll write more when I feel better. Russell ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 7777 Train Idea Book, Carlsbad Grand Opening
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I also have scored a 7777 Idea Book from ebay, but I paid a little more than Zonker did. If requested, I can bring mine as well, if I get it in time. Russell ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | http://WWW.BAYLUG.ORG(!)
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The domain is now registered, and I'll be setting up the related settings (DNS, server entries, a few starter accounts, mail services) in the next few hours. On the other hand, there isn't any "there" there yet. I haven't had much time to develop (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: March LEGOFEST info page
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Just a note to tell folks that my planning page has moved to a shorter URL! (URL) My LEGO pages are at (URL) (My pages are also still in the FTP section of jeffk, so there's no rush to change any links from your pages, unless you want to. :-) I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | 7777 Train Idea Book, Carlsbad Grand Opening
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Hi folks, I recently won a 7777 Idea Book at auction. Even though it's a bit worn, it has been good to have the book to look at, since many of the illustrations and pictures span two pages. (While this works well in books, the online scans split (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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(...) IMM ("in my mind") the phrase covers everyone 14 and older...or basically anyone older than the proscribed age range of the products one takes a liking to. --Todd (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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I can't get hats in time at this point but I am going to have some made... cost will be under 20. If you really really want a hat at LegoLand I can get one made at MoA but it will be over 30... Or you could make your own, find the location... (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | Carlsbad/San Diego Questions
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Does anyone have any information on transportation from San Diego to Carlsbad? I'll be arriving in San Diego on the evening of the 18th, but since I'm 19, I can't rent a car (unless there is someplace that rents to people under 25). If all else (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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(...) Can you bring some hats, too? I'd rather have a hat. Also, is 19 too young to be an "Adult Fan of Lego"? ;) Jeff (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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(...) *grin* if you have any of these left other, I'd be willing in buying one. Sarah (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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I'll be in Carlsbad from the afternoon of the 19th on, and would love to fest or just meet with anyone there. We're staying at the Grand Pacific Palisades resort which is right across from LegoLand, supposedly. What, if anything is still going on? (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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(...) Has anyone found out what time the park opens on opening day? Russell (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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(...) I think we reserved at ~$45/nite, but we have an extra guest in the room. -Z- -- 8<----( clip and save! )---...--- (URL) Grand Opening Planning Page (URL) my main page (URL) the Firehouse (URL) the Round House (URL) my trains page (URL) LED (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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I was quoted $42.99 per night for the one 1/2 mile away. Russell ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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Actually, I have NO idea where I'm staying, as I haven't reserved a room, because I still may fly down the morning of, and get a rental car. Though I'm thinking of copiloting Yifun's car if he WANTS a co-pilot ;-) (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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What are the rates for that Motel-6? I may need to call them and get a reservation, need to know what I am in for. (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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(...) I will be staying there Friday and Saturday nights. Russell (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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I'll be heading down for the Grand Opening, with my wife and a friend. Since we're bringing some Train stuff, and other goodies for the evening get together, I'm afraid we won't be able to take any other riders. (We're also toying with the idea of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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I have two plane tickets, motel reservations, and two tickets to the park via S@H. I will be waiting in line when the gate opens on Saturday the 20th. Russell ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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I am planning to head down on the afternoon/night of 13th, staying in maybe LA or somewhere further down south, and headed down 14th AM for Carlsbad. (was planning on flying down, but decided it's too much trouble than driving) and head back to San (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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Raymond, Are you driving down separately each weekend? If so, let me know your schedule, I was planning on flying down for the Preview and riding down with someone the Grand Opening, but if you are driving both times, I wouldn't mind tagging along, (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND anyone?
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Sometimes I wish I was still single, but not very often. Mark (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | LEGOLAND anyone?
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Is anyone headed down for the opening weekend? How about the preview weekend? I'll be at both, and I'm hoping that Gary's plans for a big get-together can still be realized. The new planner is apparently Jerome Scott, and he requests mail at (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Hooray! Discussion!
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(...) how about not having a parallel port? :-) really.. I never find myself wanting a scanner... but for some strange reason, I thought a digital camera and a video capture card is a must. so I guess I can volunteer my digital camera and capture (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Hooray! Discussion!
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(...) Sunnyvale. (...) Ditto. I have a flatbed scanner at work and home, and PaintShop Pro in both locations, so can scan stuff for people. Same rules as above apply. NOTE, however, that living in/near Sillycon Valley, IF you have a computer at (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Anyone Going On March 14th???
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I read an article in the local paper dated Tuesday talking about Legoland CA opening up on March 14. Select Ralphs grocery stores in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties will be selling a total of 7,000 tickets for $25 each, adult (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Hooray! Discussion!
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(...) This is exactly what I have been doing. I want to see what everyone says before I sway the jury. : ) (...) San Jose (...) I have a single pass flatbed color scanner that can scan up to letter size originals. I also have Photoshop 2.5 LE, so I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Proposal for a Bay Area user group
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well. if connectivity is an issue, I've got plenty of co-lo space (and bandwidth) that I can offer to put box in, or server space on my co-located box. heck.... i even got a dozen name servers if we need them for registering domain names. (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Hooray! Discussion!
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I'm glad to see some active discussion from folks on the topic of a BA group. Please keep it up (and "Play nice. Don't fight! ;-). In the interest of keeping the discussion going, I'm not going to weigh in with any opinions for a week or so, but (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Name of Club
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I did not go to the last get together, but I wanted to very badly, so all of you don't know me from Adam, but here's my $.25.. I think either baylug.org or sfbaylug.org is perfect because: 1) they are intuitive urls; 2) "L" is for Lego, which is at (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Name of Club
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(...) I disagree. Model railroader groups tend not to be brand-specific. Similarly with craft groups such as beading, knitting, and the like. I'm sure we can find lots of examples of both brand-specific and non-brand-specific groups, but I'd rather (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Erics comments
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Eric must have a flame-retardent suit on when he says this: (...) Blasphemy! There ARE no other brands of building bricks. Fred - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fred Yokel Design 2635 North First Street, Suite 204 San Jose, CA 95134 (408) (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Name of Club
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Or ask Lego if it's ok to include their name? Seems to me that they'd prefer not to acknowledge the existence of "plug-compatible" bricks. [techie allusion intended] (...) Why? The others aren't nearly as good as the original. Do you have a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | re: Name of Club
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Points made in prior messages: (1) "users group" term too techish (2) "Lego" word might be trademark problem I agree with these points. Besides, I think it's reasonable to include other brands of building bricks instead of restricting the discussion (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | re: Club Ideas
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Danger, long post. These are my comments on the Club/Group ideas: Of course they are all my own twisted opinions. ;-) FWIW. (...) I'm not too concerned with the name. baylug is fine. It's probably easier than researching/getting approval from LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Club Name discussion
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(...) One thing maybe worth considering is how the name is likely to be pronounced... BayLUG or BAYLUG would most certainly be pronounced BAY-lug by anyone who sees it. They probably wouldn't know what it stood for, but they wouldn't mispronounce (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Proposal for a Bay Area user group
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(...) I have server space that could be used for hte club. I'm currently hosting the "mini-fig world tour" among other things. Space is limited to the size of the disk (hundreds of MB free). We could host another domain name on this server. -Bill (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Double messages (was Re: Club Name discussion)
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(...) It's because you're subscribed by e-mail to both the ba-lego@cinnamon.com mailing list and lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com. To stop receiving double messages, simply unsubscribe from one of the two lists. To unsubscribe from (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Club Name discussion
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(...) While I agree that "users" seems technical, and that Bay Area LEGO Club fits us better, I have to swing towards BALUG.ORG or SFBALUG.ORG. I agree completely with Todd on the trademark issue. I want to be on LEGO's good side, not against their (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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One of the problems with Geocities is the pop-up advertising. You also only get 12 MB of space. I think we might need more than that. You can get more space and remove the advertising, but you have to pay a fee. That kind od defeats the purpose of (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I would caution against using the name "LEGO Club" in any capacity without the explicit approval of LEGO. Note that "LEGO Club" is a name already taken by TLG and used by TLG in an official capaicty -- in the U.S. and Canada and possibly other (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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(...) By now, most of us probably already know that Gary died on 2/6, and his memorial service was on 2/13. This is just a reminder that Gary had some help putting the get-together together, and they are still planning to have a gathering. We're (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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Mark Benz followed up in email to me, asking about the choice of domain name. I'm reposting his comments here, since it looks like he was trying to reply to the newsgroup as well, but I couldn't find the message here to refer to; (...) The naming (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | More SF Bay Area LEGO club ideas (need feedback)
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Hi folks, If you might be interested in joining a LEGO Club in the S.F. Bay Area, please continue reading, and then *REPLY* with answers to the questions below. :-) And, if you're not interested, you can still read it if you like. ;-) Russel's (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak)
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7110 and 7140 just arrived. Niiiiice looking packages. URL for both the lego web site and the star wars web site on the side of the box. (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Quarterly Meets February - free for all - This would be like our meet in San Francisco. It would be a general get together with displays. This is when the swap meet should be. It also allows members to show off Christmas gifts and brag. May - Space (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Zonker and I have been brainstorming ideas for a local LEGO® users group. We are looking for volunteers who would like to make a commitment to make this happen, ie webmaster, etc. We are also looking for brainstorming from others as well. This is (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Zonker and I have been brainstorming ideas for a local LEGO® users group. We are looking for volunteers who would like to make a commitment to make this happen, ie webmaster, etc. We are also looking for brainstorming from others as well. This is (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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"Robert M. Dye" <robdye@writeme.com> asked on lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd: (...) We are still working on it. Currently there are problems getting a function room in the facility I am staying at. We will continue to work on it and post an update when we know (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) 80 pages + cover? Um: ls /folioj/bandy/7777 01.jpg 10.jpg 19.jpg 28.jpg 37.jpg 46.jpg 55.jpg 64.jpg 73.jpg 82.jpg 02.jpg 11.jpg 20.jpg 29.jpg 38.jpg 47.jpg 56.jpg 65.jpg 74.jpg 83.jpg 03.jpg 12.jpg 21.jpg 30.jpg 39.jpg 48.jpg 57.jpg 66.jpg (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Anyone else get this for the solstice holiday? Anyone know of an on-going game somewhere on the net? [Seems as if lego should publish the commo specs or erect a central server for folks to connect up to] (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Zonker, (...) Please bring it to Carlsbad! Perhaps we can arrange for photocopying for the interested parties. Best, Gary GaryLouie@EarthLink.Net (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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FYI, I scored a 7777 book from the fellow auctioning in Australia. Larry P> is the trusted intermediary, and I understand tha the book is in the mail from Australia today (so we will at least have one in the group. :-) -Z- -- Zonker Harris (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Best-Lock review: 4314 Shuttle & Crawler
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(...) I ddn't even think about that! With all the e-mail about Best-Lock I have been getting, I used the form because it is so complete. I also was in a hurry to get the review out as soon as possible. Russell (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Russel, Are you sure it's OK to use the "LEGO® Set Review Form" to review non-LEGO® sets??? --Todd p.s. Please make sure *not* to post this to lugnet.reviews! (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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LEGO® Set Review Form V2.1 created by Joshua Delahunty (Internet: dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu) ---...--- 4314 Best-Lock / City Life Shuttle & Crawler Ages 5+, 680 Pcs. (C)1998?. 29 page manual: 5 models, 43 total steps. Price Range: US $29.99 + (...) (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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Hey. Anyone know if there are still plans for the Legofest the 21 of March in Carlsbad? Please email me if you have plans to attend! Rob (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Best-Lock set in SF Bay Area Target!!!!
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Hey Russell, Let me know how that Space Shuttle set is. The design looks very nice, even better than the original Launch Command. If it's that good, I'll definitely pick one up. David Simmons alienbuz@concentric.net (26 years ago, 17-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) They were at the Target on Hillsdale and Ross. Russell (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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WHICH SJ Target is this? On what street? (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I have not yet bought one, but here are the ones they had: 3007 Recon Brigade $19.99 3012 M-1 Assault $19.99 3009 Tactical Transport & Support $19.99 4314 Shuttle & Crawler $29.99 4313 Spacecenter $29.99 3010 32nd Battalion $29.99 3014 Armored (...) (26 years ago, 16-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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One of the Target stores here in San Jose had five Best-Lock sets on the shelves, four military sets and the Space Shuttle with Crawler. The two larger ones were $30 and the three smaller ones were I think $20. I will be going back on Friday to pick (...) (26 years ago, 15-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | LEGO Mindstorms Robot Arena
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Hello, Many may already know this, but I am organizing a LEGO robotic combat tournament this March in San Jose, CA. If you are interested or want more info, check out (URL) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.ca.eur, lugnet.loc.us.ca.mod)
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