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(...) Yup. (...) That seems to have been a rather widespread confusion, but the last set to be released under the Model Team name was in 1999. Since then, the SW UCS sets and the WW2 fighter planes (apparently with the Wright Bros. flyer coming (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) WOW, really??? The Advanced Designer sets are those three (blue: boats, ski doos, red: planes, helicopters, yellow: trucks, dragsters, motorcycle?)! I thought those will be under the name of 'Model Team'. It doesn't matter anymore, thank you (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) No, those are retailer catalogs. I've seen those, and they're about the size of a magazine. The Product Books are about 7.5" square, and they're made available to everyone who attends the LEGO Toy Fair showroom. (...) I won't name names, but I (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) It's something they hand out at Toy Fair that contains small images of nearly every set that will be released at retail. (...) The design of the 2003 PB is not conducive to scanning. It's bound with a 1/4" thick glued spine. Last year's was (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) If I remember correctly, the Product Book is the retail book given to authorized retailers of LEGO. I think it is a violation of LEGO's confidentiality code to post the scans as there are dealer prices on them. (...) This is what LEGO has done (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) Um....what is this Product Book you are talking about? Could you make any scans of it? Yeah that's most of the 2003 sets but what is "Advanced Designer"? Are those the Designer sets? Anyway, LEGO might pull of some surprises (e.g. Train Shed, (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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Hi, everybody! Some of the neat new curvy pieces in the LEGO Designer sets reminded me of the curved fenders of classic American cars. My latest creation started out as a miniland-scale 1949 Chevy Pickup truck: (URL) A friend of mine kept pushing (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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Hello everyone, For those of you who read and enjoyed the first issue of the Unlikely Society Lego-based comic book, we have now posted a special teaser for issue #2. We posted the first page, just to whet your appetites. I'm not sure when the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town)
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(...) All six of the World City (ie Police) and all four of the Train sets for 2003 are due out in July, according to the 2003 Product Book. Admittedly there are a few sets that weren't even listed in the Product Book, but the only set that lists as (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) I haven't seen any of the World City sets yet. There is a good reason why. Most of the summer sets are due in July and August. They were posted on Shop@Home as sort of sneak previews but even a long time ago on MarzDistribution, it said that (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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(...) I do have a CAD file for it. I might just do that, but later - I've finally started clicking bricks together again after what must be weeks of no building. (...) Thanks. It was fun to build. I'd never built anything that large or involved (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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I've had this depot building hanging around half-done for a while, but I just recently finished the interior and took some better photos. After moderation: (URL) building assembled (URL) into sections (URL) furniture :-) (URL) Mall is back: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc)
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Whoa! That little yellow sports car is really cool! If I may suggest, I think it would be super cool if you posted instructions for it and post them to Jakes Building Portal Contest. (URL) I hadn't noticed your Moonbase before, interesting design. (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) thanks to you too. Allister (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I'm kinda fond of zooming that one around my desk. It feels really solid. It's a single seater only, and even then the interior's fairly rudimentary - must tart that up one day. Cheers, Allister (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thanks bloke. (...) I'm always here Cheers, Allister (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Allister, These are great, you've really put a lot of details into a small package. I like the pipes on the Hot Wheel style car, why didn't I think of that? Thanks, George (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Hi Allister, I checked these out this morning, they are excellent. I like the look of the yellow in particular, it looks like my idea of minifig scale, but does it seat two? great work, I always look forward to anything with your name on it... (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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Looking good Allister, i had a brouse of the rest of your folder, and i'm impressed. I must ask you one day to help with my rendering Aaron "Allister McLaren" <allistermclaren@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:HG1K5L.1vJL@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town)
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Still can't seem to get away from making cars. The first is based on a Hot Wheels car belonging to my son. It has an unusual shape, and struck me as a nice challenge to render in LEGO. The results can be seen (URL) The second is a sports car in the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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