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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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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: Star Wars in the Bay Area
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(...) I was at a Target here in the east bay the other day and they had a sticker on the shelf for landspeeders, but alas, and of course, there weren't any. I thought maybe they were getting ready to set them out but the next day I returned and the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I don't know if everyone has already been able to find the SW sets around here yet, but I thought I'd mention that I was at the Serramonte Target the other day, and while they didn't have the sets, they did have the aisle tags up for all 4 of the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) to (...) John - I was in California recently on a business trip and stopped by Legoland on Marsh 26th, soon after the grand opening. Even though it was a miserable, rainy day, I was shocked at the number of people still visiting the park. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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| | Followup: BayLUG.org is on-line
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Since the naming thread didn't get copied to the San Jose list, I wanted to post a followup message. The name BayLUG.org was chosen, and the website was launched 3/2/99. We have a tentative graphic in place, and we are still looking for feedback (...) (26 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Carlsbad still crowded?
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Now that the Grand Opening is over and things are settling down, I would like to take my family to Legoland in Carlsbad. However, I am worried that large crowds will ruin the Legoland experience for my 4 and 6 year old children. Can anyone tell me (...) (26 years ago, 2-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: thank you for coming
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Hi Raymond, Did you take any pictures in the park? Are you going to scan and post any of them? Can we point to your pictures from BayLUG.org? (Would you care to have them hosted on the baylug site? Do you want to put your LEGO page(s) there? Where (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Oh yeah, the videotape...
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Like I said in my earlier blurbs, I shot a fair bit of video at the park, and a bit more at the LEGOfest afterwards. (Tom Stangle: I may have even caught you up the kid-power tower in the morning...or your evil twin! ;-) It's a bit more than an (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Thanks to the people who reported broken links. Image 16 and 23 work now. I will rescan image 28 when I get a new scanner. Russell (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I was told this by a park employee, but when I asked at the Big Shop, I was given the number to customer service. I asked again as we left, but the lady at the entrance had not heard of this. Russell (26 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) OK, ok! Sheesh, I've got lots of new Star Wars models to build before I get back to web pages! ;-) So, in brief; We had a great time, despite the rain and ind and cold at noontime. The rides (Story Brooke, and the safari ride, and even the big (...) (26 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | LEGOLAND pictures
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My scanner has apparently taken a dump on me this weekend. I have uploaded the pictures that I got scanned. (URL) don't have an index or descriptions yet, but they will be up when the rest of my pictures are scanned and uploaded. Russell Clark (URL) (26 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I only took about 130 more pics the second weekend, I was too busy at work to mess with them, but I hope to thumbnail them next week. Then begins the fun part of taking notes to logically reorganize the pics by area, so I can scan the park map, and (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Trip Reports?
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Like Fred, I'm looking forward to reading whatever folks post to baylug. Right now, Tom Stangl's site is providing my picture fix. Thanks Tom! If I had my head on straight a month or two ago, I should have organized, or at least suggested, a "sour (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I will be writing a trip report to post with my LEGOLAND images. I am trying to catagorize and scan the images. They will be at (URL) when I'm done. I hope to have them done this weekend. Russell ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Sorry to SPAM the group with my last message. It was written in haste, and meant only for Fred. Ooops. :-( I've got a trip planning page on BayLUG, and I need to update this a bit, since it was originally written for the Grand Opening. It still has (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Trip Reports?
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Trip report page coming soon... Check (URL) some photo bits... Do you have any graphic ideas yet? -Z- -- 8<----( clip and save! )---...--- (URL) Grand Opening Planning Page (URL) my main page (URL) the Firehouse (URL) the Round House (URL) my (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Trip Reports?
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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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| | 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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| | 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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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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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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: 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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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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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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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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| | 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: 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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(...) 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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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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(...) 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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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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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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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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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Proposal for a Bay Area user group
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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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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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| | Re: Proposal for a Bay Area user group
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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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| | Proposal for a Bay Area user group
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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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| | Proposal for a Bay Area user group
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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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| | Re: Is March LEGOFEST kaput?
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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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| | Re: 7777 book
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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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| | Lego Loco
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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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| | Best-Lock review: 4314 Shuttle & Crawler
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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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| | 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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| | Best-Lock set in SF Bay Area Target!!!!
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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.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Who made the Grab Bags at the October Lego Meet?
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Raymond Flournoy made the bags. Russell ---...--- (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I didn't, but I have a couple of Halloween buckets I can donate to the mix if you want them. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Who made the Grab Bags at the October Lego Meet?
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Will the person who made up the grab bags at the October Lego Meet in Golden Gate Park please contact me? I have some questions on how things were done. I'm starting to shop for the grab bags for the Carlsbad Legofest in March. Thanks, Gary (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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