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| "Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H0L43p.B6F@lugnet.com... (...) Sadly, LEGO greatness has been reduced to a company on SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! Please excuse me, I need to cry in a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
| | | | | "I'll get you Gadget!"
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| Hello again. Inspector Gadget is one of my favorite cartoons. I was bored and didn't have any ideas for Space. so i made this little scene. (URL) Deering (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) I am technicaly still a kid and had loads Spyrius and Unitron sets. They had Loads of cool modles and as somone did point out, why the hell didnt people like the colors. when i go the sets i was incredibally young (6-7) and only saw the modles (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) You're the one that did Brickenbloom! I was wowed by that layout at Brickfest when I saw it! (...) Thanks for the compliments, I just wanted to make a car that had a unique look (and while my roadsters are not truly accurate to an actual make, (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Yeah, I think the 1999-2000 line had a lot of useful parts, and great designs, and I'm not gonna scream about that. In fact, I bought a snowspeeder and a few packs of speeder bikes just for the parts, but the newer SW models such as droid (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| Joe - Your roadsters are fantastic! I hadn't seen the red one previously so your announcement about the green one gave me the chance to see them both for the first time. The designs on these cars are really well done and are exactly the kind of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Circa 1880 Horse Drawn, Steam Powered Fire Engine
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| (...) Very cool! I would love to see more horse-drawn vehicles from that period. Keep up the good work. -Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) HE HAS SEATS!!! (...) Looking forward to them. Looks like mine needs an uprate:) Joe Meno (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
| | | | | Circa 1880 Horse Drawn, Steam Powered Fire Engine
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| Well here it is!! my Horse Drawn, Steam Powered Fire Engine!! I wanted some that kinda looked older, then I saw this picture in a book, of one, & went from there!! The Boiler has hot coals in the rear, the driver has reins... the Hoses have brass (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| (...) Hiya Justin, I signed it, I'd love it, but REALLY I'd rather it said remake THE BEST sets from the 1980s AND 1990s, and reissue them with UPDATED DECORATIVE PRINT, PART & COLOR selections. Otherwise it would be asking for the Golden Harp from (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Three things to remember: 1. Kids like toys that reflect culture, as well as fictional elements of culture and subcultures (i.e. Star Wars). 2. Lego is a business that makes toys. 3. Lego makes toys that kids like. BTW, if 2 isn't accomplished (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Okay, really look at those old Space LEGO sets (which I LOVE!), their design is WORSE for anything like atmosphere. Imagine the hell a Starfleet Voyager would have landing on, say, Hoth?? HOW could a Galaxy Explorer carry enough fuel to land (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) I guess you haven't seen the petition I started a while ago: (URL) would love to get it to Lego, it's just I only have about 25 people on the list! I need everybody's help so this can convince TLC to bring back the sets we love. If you want to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) I was just at a Target in Los Angeles yesterday and saw a bunch of Alpha Team and Harry Potter stuff. I don't know if you'll find the AT helicopters very easily. This year's release of AT stuff is all based around submarine vehicles. Some are (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) That's why they call it Lego Direct. As in, direct to the customer. Not through a retailer. Lego makes more money on each set sold that way, so they can afford smaller production runs (which cost more). The sets that are unique to Lego Direct (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) The theory goes that Space Port was a town sub-theme, and LoM was what happened when the Space Port guys made it to Mars. The supposed reason was that LEGO had to agree not to make any non-SW space sets when they made the deal with SW. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) You could *look*, but LoM was discontinued last year... --Bill. (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) You serious? What circumstances cannot allow lego to sell through the retail outlet, but not online? Since the last time I checked, the only way to get some legends sets or accessory packs was to fly to tbe nearest lego land, or buy online. A (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Several new vehicle MOCs
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| (...) It took me a while to figure out a way to make the trailer hitch. It's not quite accurate, but I think it's the best that can be done at that scale using the parts available. The folding engine cover on the yellow truck isn't new, it's the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Thanks. Although I think they should probably be trans-orange, after having looked at more real life trailers. (...) Well, they're very common where I live (San Francisco Bay Area). The deal is that you only need one lifting ram this way, and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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