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Have you ever seen a scale 1:15 Liebherr LTM1400 LEGO-crane? I not, check this out! A few years ago a good friend of mine, Ron Jansen, built this briljant telescopic crane of Van Seumeren. It total height is 3.3 metres and it’s weight is 17 kg!! (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, lugnet.events) !!
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| | Briqs - new site
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Hi all, just a little note to tell y'all my new site's up and running. Kinda bare still, lots of pictures to be scanned and added, but the first bits are there... Duq www.briqs.tmfweb.nl (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Update on Maori/Bionicle dispute (OT)
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(...) Actually she wants to go to Jamaica next. That's a whole nuther kettle. (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| | Re: Update on Maori/Bionicle dispute (OT)
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(...) <snip> (...) Sorry to tease, Erik...I think it's really cool that you were so bitten with the tropical bug <g> that you wanted to learn more about the cultures you were visiting. I guess the wife knows the general area of your family vacations (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Oh wow, this book I had picked up first is online. (URL) the first page you will get the idea to consider all Pacific cultures as inextricably mixed, although the book is about Ancient Hawai'i. Another book is Teuira Henry, Voyaging Chiefs of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Well, it is one big tourist trap (West Maui.) After a while (2 days in my case) you can freak out because you're surrounded by artificial entertainments. I thought it would help to look under the surface. The most *disorienting* moment was (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) <snip> (...) Right, but doesn't that show that LEGO specifically weren't lifting Maori culture and words? It took forethought to decide to give Bionicle a Pacific Island flavor, yet not impeed on any one specific peoples culture or beliefs. By (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) I'm not sure what your point is here Matt -- quoting from the recent article: ' Mr Solomon and the groups he represents objected to the inappropriate use of Maori words, and the way the game mixed together strands of many cultures... "We would (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) <snip> (...) But the Maori are the only ones to make a stink, so they are the ones LEGO is kowtowing to...squeeky wheel syndrome, ya' know? You'd think the Maori might notice this, but of course, there's money and press to be had. I still (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Lego has nothing to gain by poking fun of the Maori, but, someone has to tell them that they are not the only people in the Pacific! The original challenge was silly, because they are not exclusively Maori words. "If an agreement can be made (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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