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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37481559.6A62EB56@v...er.net>... (...) The K-Mart set is 2146 (recently added to the DB). Our local K-Mart has a good size stack of these still. If someone is interested in my buying them for them, let me know. (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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(...) The red ones are a different set number - donpt have it off-hand, but they were 3-5 basic sets. (...) I have a bunch of the red/yellow ones as well. Those yellow baseplates are pretty useless. (...) I had that problem a few times, but found (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Piece sorting (was: building exhaustion)
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(...) Ya. that's the form factor all right. But it's blue with green baseplates. the one Conan has scads of (he does have some of the blue) is red with yellow baseplate covers. Does it have a different set number and is it categorised in a (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Just got back from TRU . . .
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Hmmm I'm sensing a pattern. I, too, just returned from 2 different TRUs (Bloomington and Burnsville) and found no Anakin's Pod racers, and only 1 Sith fighter (which Larry P quickly snatched up:-/) Most were there for the <shudder> non-Lego stuff (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Twin Cities garage sale season
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FOTD: 5-quart ice cream pail full of miscellaneous Classic Space for $2.00 at a garage sale this morning in Maplewood... I quadrupled my supply of blue slopes in one shot! This Saturday 050199 is the annual Maple Grove community garage sale on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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(...) Old Polish folktale, actually: Seems this thief was caught redhanded. He was brought in front of the king and the king sentenced him to death. The thief, pleading for mercy, claimed that he could teach horses to sing, and that further, if the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Star Wars LEGO (Classic)
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Hey, thanks, Mike! Because of your heads up last time I got the first five sets at Kohl's 20% off:-) I think I will go to the TRU in Bloomington (don't know yet if they are planning to be open). Lego Late night minifest at 12:15 at a TRU anyone? (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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I was at the TRU in Minnetonka tonight and they had about two-dozen each of both the X-Wing and Snow speeders. No ep. 1 sets but there was a sign in the window saying that they will be open at 12:01 on May 3 in the window. Mike (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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(...) Ok, John didn't bite, what joke? (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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Last time I looked at the map, Michigan fell into the "greater Midwest" category....and, what the heck, you *actually could* visit your sister, too;-) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is difficult to predict that far in advance.(1) But the probabilities are improving. I'd be comfortable at this point stating that there is a 1 in 3 chance, which is a lot more than I would have said 4 weeks ago. 1 - which reminds me of a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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(...) I suppose I could claim I was visiting my sister and her family... Steve (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention
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(...) Are you still going to be around? I marking it down on my calendar now to be there. Maybe some other folks would be willing to schedule a visit to the area and we could have a Lego Fest. (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not THAT far of a ride... :-) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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This is great. Wish I could be there to see it! Steve (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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This is a major coup, as this will be a well attended convention. WTG to the GMLTC for setting this up. Lots of planning to do to pull this off. We need to make up a good flyer to hand out to build on interest expressed (I have a start that I handed (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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Anybody from the Lego Fest we had have a copy of the group picture online yet? Or if someone has one but no place to put it, I could put it up on my page. (25 years ago, 8-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Discounted Star Wars Sets!!
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Drats! Foiled again! I went out to Kohl's at Penn and 494 and found *no* SW sets:-( I did find 3 completely bare shelves! Thomas, did you forget to mention that you *bought* them all;-) I had to settle for some Adventurers sets 20% off, so ALL was (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Next GMLTC meeting
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is on Wednesday of this week... Due to some game where you chase a little ball around the countryside that Gerlach plays on Thursdays, we changed the meeting day. Silly, but there it is. See you then, I hope. (yes, here for another week, at (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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CI$?? ptui... Back when CI$ was popular I was running my own games BBS with 30+ online games (Including Trade Wars 2002, Sproat... and Planet Busters, which I wrote myself) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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(...) Sounds like a great time was had by all. (...) I thought you had time on CI$ (CompuServe). Pardon Me For Jumping In. Used when butting into the middle of a thread in which you hadn't been a participant. It's not usually applicable to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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Thanks to all who mailed or posted directions, I found the place. We all had a blast. Paul Foster had a very very impressive line up of fire apparatus, Ricky brought his supercustomized 5571 and trailer (and I made his day by sliding him an extra 8 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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PMFJI, Look at (URL) (erk, that's a long URL) Dinkytown is the area north of the university. I lived in an apartment at 4th St. and 35W one summer. Long ago, in a lifetime far, far away. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Can someone post some more specific directions than these? I'm not from around here and I can't make sense of these, or of the map, they assume too much shared context (like which direction is north, where downtown is, etc.). Assume I'm starting out (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Hi! You probably don't know me, because I'm new to Lugnet, but I'll be to the Lego Minifest! :D I'll be there, --Mark Nelson (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: SW shut out of SW
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(...) I feel your pain. I took my nephew on a tour of retail establishments searching for SW sets. Eventually, we did find a few snowspeeders and speederbikes in one store. Pretty frustrating. :-/ -- Terry K -- BTW, If that LIC _does_ get some more (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.starwars)
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As promised, my report: As I was running errands this morning, I personally checked out three Targets and TRU Bloomington. Targets Richfield, Edina, and St. Louis had *no* SW sets, as did not TRU. After "strike four", I was feeling like I really (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.starwars)
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Zoinks! I will check out Target St. Louis Park, Richfield, and Edina tomorrow and report...whether I left any for the rest of you guys;-) [1] [1] Actually, I already got mine from the LIC -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Greetings, I dunno if this is old news but looks like the Star Wars LEGO sets are finally going to be available everywhere-I bought mine this morning at the Target Greatland store in Maplewood (they put the sets out after closing last night) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Sadly (or maybe not so sadly) I will be in Florida during our first mini Legofest.[1] I propose, however, a monthly or bi-monthly meeting to get together. A mid-May affair sounds good; I'm toast for June, but July is good. We still are up in the air (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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(...) So who else is going? What faces will I finally get to put to names? So what is the traffic like from 5 to 6 pm on 35W? Everybody is bringing stuff to show off I hope. I'll bring a box of six wide fire trucks. And John Neal, if you show up, I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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Greetings, A group of us are getting together for a Twin Cities LEGO minifest on Tuesday March 30th starting at 6:00 pm. at the University Lutheran Chapel, located at 1101 University Avenue S.E., Minneapolis MN in Dinkytown. It is 2 blocks east of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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Hi All, A couple shows ago we had a 60+ car train with two front puller engines and a pusher engine at the tail. We had to be a bit careful not to "pop a knuckle" (that makes me smile to say that) but with that kind of load the engines had a real (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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John is more modest than he needs to be. The lift bridge is operational, just not for extended periods. :) It is a very graceful lift with LEGO motors basically crawling up the towers. We took pictures with it in the up and down positions at the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Two train layouts (wasRe: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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A minor correction... (...) It was John Neal who thought of it first. I just jumped on the bandwagon. :-) I bet that kid is pretty enthused now. Way to go. As to shows, John Neal told me that they won an award voted on by the public for favorite (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Two train layouts (wasRe: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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In response to Larry's desire with Ben's second to see **2** LEGO train layouts at the same show, PNLTC did a small (last minute) show -- with a hasty display -- on March 7th at which there was indeed two separate groups each with its own display. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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(...) I'd rather see them combined! Both layouts are modular. GMLTC has more modules under construction. What's needed are two relatively simple transition modules since GMLTC and PNLTC modules are built to different standards. Then, connect the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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Now that's an idea! The GMLTC layout would fit very nicely in the middle of a PNLTC display. Actually, probably best not a good idea since the crowd may run our layout over trying to get a good look at the masterful creation GMLTC has created. I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club (GMLTC)
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A fantastic time was had by all, especially me. I was particularly impressed with the layout's ease of set-up and break-down-- each in about an hour! 'Course, if I hear "How many Legos (sic) did it take to build this?" or "How much did all of these (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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