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(...) I guess in this particular instance it's worth what somebody would pay for it. Being someone who's sold a single LEGO piece for two grand, I can see both sides of this. Like you, I wouldn't pay $400 for a set I could easily build from my own (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I hear the new US $10 is coloured now... Kind of a cantaloupe shade. -Rob A> (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When I saw the tile at the junction between the wall and the sealing, I suspected that it was upside down. (...) creative solution for a your application. (...) Too bad the white isn't white. (...) Thanks for the details, I'll save this part (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Except that AFOL's are a tiny percentage of their consumers and of those, "collectors" are merely a small percentage. Therefore if they really wanted to keep 99% of their consumers happy they would try to limit the actions of collectors - such (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That was southern Ohio. In Michigan on Thanksgiving, the turkeys are frozen by the time they hit the tarmac. It's more like bowling balls being thrown from helicopters (but the still make nice potholes). (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, keeping your consumers somewhat happy, and promoting your public image, can sometimes be a very good way to run a business. As to the collector end of things (i.e., hoarding a commodity to control the market, then making a profit off (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I thought it was nonsense when LEGO had to offer to buy back some of the Maersk container ships when they were able to produce a second run of them. "Collectibles" are a gamble and the "dealers" lost. So sad, thanks for playing. Catering to (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You must drive past a different Detroit than the one I'm thinking of... Steve (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll send you the serial number bricks--I have a few sets of 'em. All the other bricks you probably already have. Dave K (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have a few in red if you want 'em (...) And that's what separates the fan from the fanatic. A LEGO piece produced cira 1972 is technically different from one produced in 2007. Yet, for the hobbyist, they do exactly the same job and in (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's funny. My mother-in-law has a Galaxy Explorer that belonged to my wife. She lets my sons play with the pieces, when they visit. She even has the box & instructions. I'd love to buy it from her, just to have it, but she won't give it up. I (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) "They're hitting the ground like bags of wet cement!!!" Dave K (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I never had that gate. I REALLY wanted that gate as a kid. Oh wait...I do...I have a Metroliner. I think it's in white. (...) Well, some people want collectable stuff. It's a complete set. There's something to be said for a set of, a (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) set from the 1960's--Set #345 (LUGNET Ref-- (URL) ) K, how many people right here in our very group can build this set with the pieces they have in their collection? (Peeron instructions -- (URL) the shrubs and trees, I could probably build at (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Nathan! Calum (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) No, the minute you pass into Michigan you can tell the interstate has potholes the size of turkeys. Calum (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yeah, it's a pretty neat piece. Jeff Van Winden used it in his space ship shown at BrickFest last year. Unfortunately, it's upside down! :) There's a lot of bracketing behind the wall to attach it upsidedown without a seam. Even (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) ya but you cant be to careful. a lot of places seem nice from the interstate... like Detroit. Chris (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I actually drove past Lafayette in November. It seemed nice from the interstate. Calum (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hey, 200 Years ago, NO ONE asked my opinion about the French! other wise, this place would be SO different. My offer still stands. to round out your New Orleans "French district" I'd be willing to swap Quebec, for Alaska. I mean, its Alaska. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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