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(...) Though I shudder to point it out, there is also an apocryphal Inuit belief about the ratio of diameter to circumference... Dave! (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've heard that one, but I think it was an extra-biblical belief of the ancient Hebrews. Steve (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Unfortunately, your stated position doesn't jive with the position stated by Ryan: "I believe the Bible to be literal truth about the universe!". The two statements are different. Not saying that either of you is more correct, just pointing (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This isn't really Mecha-related, but your mention of die-cast puts me in mind of Solido military vehicles. Solido, of course, has for decades offered a wide range of civilian as well as military vehicles, but they used to make 1/43 scale armor (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Die-cast metal is expensive to produce and ship. However, the Macross Plus figures I posted the link to have some die cast parts. :^) ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Robert gets to invalidate logic (was Re: Science and beliefs (was Re: Alien races))
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(...) Not smoking anything but Camel, but, just breathing your melodious fart that sounds like "oh my dear lovely and only intellect" maybe? Selçuk PS. Why don't you put your true identity that we are already familiar, Hatter? (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Mad Hatter? Wow!.. Where have you been? We missed you so much (eeghk!..) By the way, haven't you already been kicked from here last time you around? Selçuk (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Lookit me!! I'm a big scary gorilla, and I change into... the form of a man!!! Oooh! That is soooo cool. How can we make more monkey toys? I can't get enough monkey toys!!!! Maybe KB Toys will buy MORE monkey toys!!!!!! Goin' Ape, Capt. West (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's funny - although I completely agree with you, my grandfather used to say the same things about my toys. Did you ever have the all die-cast metal Mazinger figures? Those things were beautiful! I also loved my die-cast metal Star Wars toys. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK, I can agree with that. :^) Gimme some transforming cars and planes, dangit! ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm curious if anyone knows of any real analysis of the price of toys. My gut feel is that the quality toys have possibly actually fallen in real cost (LEGO certainly appears to have done so, looking at the Lugnet Set Guide, the 10 cents a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I dunno, I guess I was getting too much into the spirit of "inciting to riot" since the post was here in .off-topic.debate. You know, can't be here unless you take up an intellectual position stating a contray point. "No, no you came (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<Sneep> (...) Dare yo question my carfelnees?!? I ar the mest crewful person I new!! Oops, I bimped my heed agast thee waal agen?!?! Ooch! Aaron West, Captain LSF Ertbergle (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's true. The Barbie I played with as a child had clothes with real buttons and zippers rather than cheap strips of Velcro. My Creepy Crawler maker had molds made of real metal. My Schwinn bicycle with the balloon tires later became trendy as (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think that the lower quality of later Transformers causes the earlier ones to suck. I'll agree that the stuff released toward the end of the 1st Generation sucked, however. ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not when you look at them from a play value/cost standpoint. You could get an Autobot car for about $8.00 back in the day. conversely, Jetfire (VF-1 fighter) cost about $40. The Alpha I had was around $25-30 and the SDF-1 was a similar price. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh. I dunno about that, but I'm glad you like the links. :^) ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, that Super Fire Convoy sure looks a lot more complex and poseable than my Optimus Prime ever was. Why do you say that they suck? ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I understand the NBA, as noted before here, and the guy retaliating always getting called for the foul. :-) I take it you didn't make it to the end of message, where I said the following: (...) Happy? Bruce (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey Bruce, watch yer attributions - You're actually replying to your own post ((URL) I really think such long & scathin) replies belong in e-mail, rather than a public post. I'd say the same to Robert / Matthew / Mad / ??? but I feel it would (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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