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| I think there was a published list a ways back, I just couldn't find it. I know that Chicago-area got 2 stores, Boston got another one, Southern California (LA-area) got another store, NY City Metropolitan got 2 (1 in NJ - Paramus Park) and 1 Nyark) (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Well, it's not really a "list" per se, but I was referring to this page of new store openings on the LEGO site, which lists cities by country: (URL) Strutt (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) G'day Tim, To which "big list" are you referring? Can you post a link? Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) As a side note, our benevolent member-at-large has been willing to help us by shipping 50, yes, 50 large PAB containers worth to us so far from Boston. And we have orders for many more still. That number would be a lot higher if we were able (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I agree Jake. Ottawa would be an excellent choice as it is between Canada's two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, it is Canada's Capital, it has a population of over 1 million people in the region, it lies on the border of the two largest (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Dear LEGO...
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| Jake, ...or whatever other LEGO representative that might be reading this... Why has Canada been left out of this big list of LEGO store openings?!?! Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a couple years ago, and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
| | | | | Re: MonLUG's 6th Train Show, April 3rd and 4th
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| (...) x-posted to Ottawa and ParLUGment Looking forward to seeing those who can make the trip. Jude (20 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: Photos (Re: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.)
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| (...) Cool I will have to try a setup like that when I get some time. Thanks, Kevin (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
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| (...) snip (...) Thanks Tim! Honestly I don't think it's any different from when you guys last saw it. :) I think the only thing I had left to do after that was some minor detail work and swaping out some yellow hinges for black ones I was waiting (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Photos (Re: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.)
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| (...) Thanks Kevin! Here are some details on what I usually do... Setup: Here's a (URL) of my usual photography setup. I used to use a long piece of heavy paper from a (very) large printer but I find the bed sheet is much easier to work with. Due to (...) (21 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
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| (...) That looks incredible. We'll have to plan our next meeting for your place so we can all 'oo' and 'ah' over it. I've had the privilege of seeing this near completion, and it looked GREAT. Great to finally see it in all its glory. You've put us (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | Photos (Re: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.)
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| Very nice Jason. Between that and Junkbot I can see you've been using your time very well :) I have one question. How are you taking such high quality photographs - especially the ones with the all white backgrounds? The photographs are brilliantly (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish.photography, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Meeting Monday March 29th, 2004
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| Hello LEGO fans in the Ottawa area, We are having a Parlugment meeting this Monday night at my house. If you are interested, give me an email for more information. Kevin (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Super Junkbot!
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| Introducing my latest MOC, Super Junkbot! The recyclingist recycler this side of LEGOLAND. Beware his shifty eyes... (URL) those that don't know who Junkbot is, prepare to say goodbye to countless hours of your life (assuming you like puzzle (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !!
| | | | | Re: PlayValue Clearance Items
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| Thanks Tim, that was a lot of work you did! I stopped by there today at lunch to pick up a couple of items. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Strutt" <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> To: <lugnet.org.ca.parlu...gnet.com>; (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | PlayValue Clearance Items
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| I took a trip to PlayValue today and decided to write down all the clearance items, not including Bionicle and Duplo/Primo. For those who aren't familiar with PlayValue, they are located at 1501 Carling Ave in Ottawa, and are the best location for (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: Selected Sets at Toys R Us on sale!
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| (...) Well, Ottawa's Merivale TRU had 3 less 4511 High Speed Trains when Kevin Dixon and I left this morning. I hadn't intended to get this set, but at 50% off, you can't go wrong. I got there when they opened at 8, fortunately there was no rush, (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| For anyone that has not heard of this bucket, see this link (URL) Regner, PE R Squared Digital Media rose@r2dm.com www.r2dm.com "Tim Strutt" <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:Hn609y.s9G@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| I would also like to give credit for the following building I built for the show: (URL) is Reinhard Ben Beneke's design as can be seen here: (URL) built a fairly close copy using the ldraw file he had posted. I must say it is an amazing model. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| (...) Hi Tim, Thanks for these pictures! I've added them to my collection and if I win any money in Las Vegas (leaving on Saturday) I'll buy the ISD and make some. And thanks to Jason for creating them. Hugs to all, Shirley. (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| (...) I notice your two 'people' pictures have your wife in them. Yes, Pam is a person but I think there might have been a few other individuals at the show. :-) Jude (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| Looking at that inventory, I DO hope it shows up at US S@H or US stores. Heck, I just wanted the red tubs before this inventory was posted ;-) Anyone willing to swap some empty red tubs/lids with some of my blue, if these don't make it to the US? (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) Tim, You have inspired me. So I only picked up another 3 last night.:-) At first I went to the CTC on Coventry thinking that I cleaned out Ogilvie. And I was treated to the now famous here at work red shirt laziness. I asked three people where (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| (...) Hi Shirley, The fountains were Jason's, since he was the only one with an ISD at his disposal. :-) I uploaded a couple more pictures of the fountains for your benefit. (URL) Play well. Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) Is it just me or is there a history of new buckets/tubs like this showing up in the fall, quite unannounced? Didn't the 4107 sort of drop in from the sky like this last year around this time? Curious, Allan B. (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| Hi Kevin, Thanks for posting your pictures. The one of the restaurant has the best picture yet of those fountains I'm so enamoured of. Tim's fountains I think? Hugs to all, Shirley. (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) That's odd. I can't find that one at S@H. Closest there is 4727 or something like that. ~Mike (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| Here are my pictures from the show: (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) <snip> (...) I was a little more reserved and only bought 3 of the dozen at Merivale CT. Thanks for the tip Jeff. Tim (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) I spent hours trying to figure out which colour was which, light blue, medium blue, light green, medium green, etc. I've been using the wrong colour names quite a bit up till now. Anyways, yes, the single 1x1 brick is aqua coloured. Thanks for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) Has this been confirmed as a Canada only set? Calum (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) (URL) looks like the 1x1 brick you listed as 'lt.green' is actually aqua as defined on Peeron and BL. See Aqua here: (URL) is also listed as a color on Peeron, one of the aqua parts is the teddy bear, which is the same color as pictured above. (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) <snip> I hate replying to my own posts, but... Dan Boger has now added the inventory to Peeron. (URL) well. Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) I'm already checking driving distance from Minneapolis to Thunder Bay... *grin* Just don't expect Yahoo! or Mapquest to give a good route. Yahoo wants to send me there via Winnipeg, Mapquest via International Falls. That's just not right! (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) Yes, we thought it was worth buying multiples of, as you may see in the following picture; (URL) well. Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) Wow, that set has an *amazing* selection of colors in it! This looks like a 'must buy several' set... JohnG, GMLTC (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: 4400 Red Creator Tub
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| (...) Well, I finally finished inventorying the 4400 Tub last night. Submitted it to Peeron and Lugnet, although I got a bounced email message from one of them, couldn't decipher which one. Pictures are here; (URL) delimited text file inventory is (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
| | | | | Re: Storage
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| (...) <snip really long URL> (...) Thanks for the tip Jeff. They only had 9 at my local CTC, which just so happens to be the max amount I can fit in my Neon without cleaning my trunk out first. <grin> The down side to a one bedroom apartment is I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Storage
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| If anyone has been looking to buy the plastic towers with drawers, but found them way too expensive, you might want to look at the following url. I found some priced at 12.49 Canadian last Sunday at Canadian Tire. (URL) made it into my car from the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment at Railfair 26, Ottawa, Canada
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| Very nice work! I particularly like the 6X6 trans-light blue radar dishes in the 8X8 gray dishes as water in the fountain. (I bet the ISD creator wasn't thinking of THAT when he included those pieces.) I also like the way you've taken some of the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.trains)
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