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(...) ;) James (26 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Here's a Bionicle's Face (URL) - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Lugnet Member# 151 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lego Magazines from the Past and Present www.lugmag.com or www.lugmag.co.uk (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Hey Michael, calm down a little. Nothing has happened so far! (...) Probably, TLC will be clever enough to release the masks all over the world. However, the rumors I heard were about a US McDonalds promotion which does not mean Europe (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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You what!!!!" McDonalds PROMO Mask You better check that again Lego, that is not on..... Unless we will be able to get them from every McDonalds in all European Countries, not just the US Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Lugnet (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Excellent! Thanks a lot for these few lines. Although that won't help me anything right now, I can at least be sure that someone at LD does care about it and will hopefully be able to do something regarding the masks. I doubt that I'll buy any (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) ...Wow! Well, good to know all our comments aren't totally wasted... Good to know someone is listening and looking into it. I'll wait for more posts and info! (...) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I too, was going to try to collect all of the masks when they launch in September. Since you are trying very hard and have not yet suceeded, are you willing to part with the oodles of copys you have. Since I have none and you have obviously already (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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To Christian and everyone else who is concerned about this issue, I'm just posting to let you guys know that we *are* looking into this. I don't have enough information yet to give you any answers, but I or someone else will post when we do. Tomas (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Actually the handling of Magic in the early days carries a few messages that I think Lego might do well to study carefully. The problem with Antiquities was an over-abundance of common cards and poor planning of how they would be inserted into (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) "New from Hasbro: It's Rough-n-Ready Mister Greenjeans, with Battle-Action Ploughshare and Corn Husking Power!" You know it's time. We'll make a mint! Does anyone have their phone number? Hey, it's no dumber than 'Pokemon.' best LFB XFUT -> (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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How do you think the Bionicle storyline will end? My ending: The Toa are fighting Makuta. He is extremly powerful. The six Toa fuse together and awake Mata Nui. He forms with the fused Toas and they manage to defeat Makuta. With the evil one gone, (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Bah, believe me, *every* booster has a rare, and one in three is a holo. With a lot of time, money, and diligence I was able to complete three sets of Pokemon cards. For this reason I know how it is to open 5 boosters in a row to get (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) That reminds me of one of our running jokes for the summit :) Also reminds me of the scripture which says '..and they will beat their swords into plowshares...' or something like that. -Tim (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The Wall Street Journal article had a large-print sidebar quoting "They're not weapons, they're tools." Right..... As a side effect I've got a new understanding of "Codewarrior: Tools for the Professional Programmer." They're not weapons, they're (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Trimmed bionicle from FUT (...) I agree with Bill. Violence in a story isn't bad, per se. It's *celebrating it* as an end in and of itself that's bad. I hold with a philosophy that doesn't initiate violence but that doesn't mean I'm against seeing (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Trimmed bionicle from FUT (...) I agree with Bill. Violence in a story isn't bad, per se. It's *celebrating it* as an end in and of itself that's bad. I hold with a philosophy that doesn't initiate violence but that doesn't mean I'm against seeing (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) This may stir up a firestorm (not my intent), but why is violence in a storyline so bad? Violence is a regrettably necessary part of life. If children learn to comprehrend the difference between violence that defends or protects innocence and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I agree with both of you. I do think it's disturbing. I'd just like to raise some points to clarify some things. 1. If a computer virus is programmed not to like being killed, it won't like being killed. Now, this may not be true, today, but it is (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, I hadn't read the Bionicle.com story yet. I didn't expect to find anything beyond the 2001 TECHNIC brochure found in the LEGO boxes. So now we have a character that is definately evil- is it okay now? I still think that evil LEGO was (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Makuta followed his brother, Mata Nui from there home. The islanders of Mata Nui worshiped Mata Nui because he had made the world into a paradise. Makuta was jealous and tried to get the islanders to worship him by using fear and pain, but (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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