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| (...) I'm against it, but to fulfill the request Reasons For a Flame Group 1) Could be the "Soup of the Day" in terms of hot topics 2) You could really hurt someone if you wanted to 3) Good place to send the undesireables Reasons Against a Flame (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) No, I knew it was you, I just didn't want to make it a personal thing, so I didn't see the need to mention you by name. (...) No, what it does is make a new, non-LEGO created piece. Yes, this part seems as though it's going to be available in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) <snip> (...) That was me. Didja forget? ;^) (...) No, what it does in this particular instance is, it makes a single use SPUD, the thrower arm, useful in a multitude of ways because it can now interface with anything that accepts a technic (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) I'm with you on this. Except for string, and for DCC if and when it becomes available, oh, and couplers. I do cut tubing, but then the instructions sometimes tell you to. (...) Yep. Except what about defacing a common piece to make a rare one (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Well, Dave, now you've gone and opened up a big bag o' worms. :D I think you'll find that everyone's level of "purity" is a different one. Personally, I think that purposely changing a LEGO piece in any way is just not right. I guess that puts me on (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| This is the very thing I'm talking about. Thanks for posting that, Lar. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Ok, well, here's my $.02: I only mod bricks if the end result makes them *more* functional. F'r instance: I cut off one o' them ThrowBot thower-arms so I ended up with a ball joint with an axle on it... I could then use it for other things. LEGO has (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| OK, here's something I ran across with the perspective that companies getting "too" tight with trade marks and trade dress control are doing themselves a disservice.... maybe I'm wrong on this (IANAL) and TLC hands are *not* tied or at least are (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I hate to say it, but that's YOUR shortcoming (ignoring whether what the other person said was proof a shortcoming or not). I also take things personally....for a while. Usually a very short while. Rarely a very long time. I don't think (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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