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I'm a current Colorado resident and Lego junkie (see my posts in loc.us.co.den). I have been offered a job in the Bay area with Sun Microsystems. I have to be out there by May 17, so I'm driving out the Wednesday prior. Here's my problem...I'm (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | I have an extra Naboo Swamp
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I have an extra Naboo Swamp set that I am willing to sell at cost plus tax ($11) if anyone is interested. I am giving priority to people in the local area. Also, there were about 20 Anikin Pod Racer sets at TRU on Winchester Blvd as of last night if (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Sunnyvale TRU
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(...) I was at the Target on Hillsdale last night at 9:30, and they had several 7171 and 7121 on the selves. Russell (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Sunnyvale TRU
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I showed up at the Sunnyvale TRU at 5pm yesterday, and still managed to get 7101, 7111, 7141, 7151, and 7161. I got 7131 at Target around 6:30. So being lazy, I still got all but 7121 and 7171. Of course, those are the ones I wanted the most :-/ (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | New newsgroups for LEGOLAND parks
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[Followups set to lugnet.legoland] Newsgroups for LEGOLAND parks have just been created. For background on what has led up to this, please visit the following thread: (URL) lugnet.legoland (group and hierarchy): General LEGOLAND® (not (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.rb.bil, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.uk.en.bk.win, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Sunnyvale TRU
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I just got back from the Sunnyvale TRU. I got in line at 7:30 and was number 4 in line. I got one of every set, three of two of the smaller ones. I did meet Brian Kendig inside. I was packed. 20 people at a time were let inside. The actual line to (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | starwar stuff
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Just got back from TRU... I went to the one at Winchester at around 12:30am, the line extended to the corner of the building, and a friend of mine was at the end of the line, he said TRU at Sunnyvale was packed and had a lot more people, that's why (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: mini 'fest at Sunnyvale TRU?
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(...) Bummer Z. You've had a rough few weeks lately. But we're all with you. If you need to delay anything about the site or whatever, we'll understand. Jump back in when you're ready. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 2-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: mini 'fest at Sunnyvale TRU?
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(...) It is this Monday morning, May 3, at 12:01 am. It hasn't happened yet. (...) I'm soirry. You have my condolences. Russell Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: mini 'fest at Sunnyvale TRU?
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So, how did it go? Who was there? (My mother passed away last night, so I was off email for a couple days.) -Z- -- 8<----( clip and save! )---...--- (URL) Grand Opening Planning Page (URL) my main page (URL) the Firehouse (URL) the Round House (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: mini 'fest at Sunnyvale TRU?
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(...) the (...) It has been posted at Toys R Us, and spoken of a lot on LUGNET, especially lugnet.starwars. And on r.t.l. It is for all Episode I stuff, not just the LEGO sets. So it will include general Star Wars fans, not just LEGO fans. For (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: mini 'fest at Sunnyvale TRU?
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(...) Ooh, this is the first I heard of this, probably since I'm not on all of the mailing lists. I assume this is for early sales of the Episode 1 Star Wars sets? I'll gladly join you! (Although maybe not for the whole time; it depends. Of course, (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | mini 'fest at Sunnyvale TRU?
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I am planning on getting to the Sunnyvale Toys R Us at, oh, 7:30 when they close Sunday night, and get in line for the midnight opening. Anyone want to join me? Russell Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 1-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) Hello! I am beginning the planning for the grab bags, and so I need to get a good count of how many to make. People seemed to like the $10 bags last time, so I'll stick with those. Please email if you would like any bags, and how many you (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | namebadges for BayLUG quarterly meet
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Once again, I am requesting that anyone going to the quarterly meet, please e-mail me with how you want your badge to read. Russell Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: LEGOLand newsgroups?
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Oops. I accidentally posted the message below to the San Francisco group...meant to post to the San Diego/Carlsbad group. [followups still set to lugnet.admin.general] --Todd Original message follows ===...=== (...) [Crossposted to lugnet.loc.dk, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: LEGOLand newsgroups?
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(...) [Crossposted to lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.rb.bil, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.uk.en.bk.win, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.de, and lugnet.general for more visibility -- with followups set to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.dk.rb.bil, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.uk.en.bk.win, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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Todd, once again, the wisdom of the train NG prophets shines through like a Mack truck careening through a wall of stacked Ritvik Mega Blocks -- Offline conversation with Steve B. last week and and the number of posts I've reviewed have got me (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | ------( Terms of use for lugnet.com )------
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM 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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca)
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| | ------( Welcome to lugnet.loc.us.ca )------
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Welcome to lugnet.loc.us.ca, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.loc.us.ca (group): California, U.S.A. lugnet.loc.us (group and hierarchy): United States of America (U.S.A.). lugnet.loc.* (hierarchy): General-purpose discussion groups (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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StarWars siting: Sunnyvale TRU, approx 6pm Thursday, I picked up the last snowspeeder set. Since there was nothing else, I didn't rush to send this out, but pass it along incase someone is keeping track of what shows up when. -gyug (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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(...) It was never my intention to speak for anyone other than myself alone. I merely used bayLUG as an example too. I can tell by your posts that you don't seem to think I spoke presumptously or authoritatively, but I'm saying it just for the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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(...) I hope I didn't cause any heart attacks or spasms by mentioning things like lugnet.trains.org.pnltc and lugnet.x.y.z.baylug -- these were just mentioned as examples for the sake of planning. I understand that pnltc.org and baylug.org folks are (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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Tom McDonald wrote (in part); (...) Boy, I turn my back for a week, and look what goes on! (Just kidding! ;-) I like the BA-LEGO email list, which is also automatically (email) linked to the lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf groups list. (Though I don't know for (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BAYLUG "Quarterly" Meeting Announcement
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(...) I am getting ready to make name badges. For those going to the quarterly meeting, especially "members" of BayLUG, I need your name the way you would want it to be on the namebadge. I will hand them out as you arrive. Please e-mail me directly. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together grab bags
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(...) Thanks for the suggestions, and generally speaking this is what I tried to do in the past. In the last couple times I've made grab bags, I've always tried to include at least a few sets with unusual or hard-to-find parts and colors. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Hello! Anybody home?
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Anybody out there in Fresno area? Talk about a dead group, not even a "First Post" put up. (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together grab bags
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The Carlsbad LEGOfest did something interesting for the grab bags; They bought one of the big Model Team sets, to get a bunch of rare, hard-to-find parts. Maybe we could do that, or get a few Star Wars sets to break up? Just a thought. -Z- -- (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) sell (...) I do have to thank Raymond for the great job he did last time. I like what he selected sight unseen even though I was not at the last meeting. While I like the idea of Grab Bags, I don't want this to be a burden to anyone either. I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) Well, I may regret saying this, but since I've been the grab bag guy for the last two meetings, I'll go ahead and volunteer again. I haven't had a chance to build up a good reserve of clearance stuff since the last meeting, so if anyone has (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) OUCH! So near and yet so far! I live so close but I'm in Florida that weekend. :-( :-( I hope it goes well for everyone, /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) Great. I plan on being there. (...) Make it general, please. More and different stuff can be there that way. (...) I'd do it, but somehow I never can find the sales and really cool sets like some people can. <snip> (...) You da man. -Tom McD. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | BayLUG Get-together in May!
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Mark Benz, Well done! Thanks for taking the lead on this! :-) (Mark's message is appended to the end of this message.) So, the gauntlet has been thrown down. We have a large meeting room at the Fremont Public Library (Stevenson Blvd. just east of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | BayLUG Get-together in May!
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Mark Benz, Well done! Thanks for taking the lead on this! :-) (Mark's message is appended to the end of this message.) So, the gauntlet has been thrown down. We have a large meeting room at the Fremont Public Library (Stevenson Blvd. just east of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | BayLUG Get-together in May!
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Mark Benz, Well done! Thanks for taking the lead on this! :-) (Mark's message is appended to the end of this message.) So, the gauntlet has been thrown down. We have a large meeting room at the Fremont Public Library (Stevenson Blvd. just east of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: Carlsbad still crowded?
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It did happen. Legoland did have to close for about two hours last week because the park had reached capacity of 15,000. The weather here in Southern CA has been rather crappy(lots of rain and clouds) for those on spring break and that was the only (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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| | ba-lego mailing list?
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Is the ba-lego mailing list still operational? It has some functionality, because it properly forwarded to this board a message I sent to the mailing list, but I never received a mailed copy of the message. Does anyone know the status on the list? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets
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I have heard that the LEGOLAND Store doesn't have the Star Wars models either, and S@H is quoting that they don't expect to have any until May sometime. This sure lends credence to the rumor that the models were released too early, and that they (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Carlsbad still crowded?
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There were radio reports earlier this week that people were being turned away from the park because of crowding. I have this second hand. Didn't hear the report myself. John C (25 years ago, 10-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LA Area Robot-Arena competition may Not happen...
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(...) I prefer the objective oriented competitions. Maze solvers, find a can and bring it back. That sort of thing. The RCX hasn't been out long enough for folk to have mastered the art of agression on one I think. Also, it has been suggested around (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena, lugnet.robotics.events)
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