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whats CES? (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yah, it's a replica of the Brown County Historical Society building in New Ulm, MN (a small Germanesque community). It uses hundreds of the 1x2 tiles w/ top center stud to achieve some subtle detailing. One of these days I'll get some digital (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Meet in Las Vegas this week end?
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Anyone going to Las Vegas this weekend for CES show? Want to meet? I can get mail from my yahoo account on the road, stevebarile@yahoo.com, for arranging a time and place. SteveB PNLTC (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | What's "a car" & what's a "digital picture"? (was:Re: LEGO Trains on trial?)
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(...) Hmm? What constitutes "a car"? 1) Would a double-stack container group with shared wheelsets be more than one "car"? 2) Is a steam locomotive with tender actually TWO "cars"? (unlikely to be viewed as two separate "cars", but can it literall (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Trains on trial?
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(...) Rich, I'll front for any of your trains, even the "Citirus Express." Bob (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Preparation for SuperTrain 2001
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(...) With the much improved rope barrier and the huge play area to distract grabbing/touching, not to mention the elongated "three-sided shape" meaning we're mostly facing one direction, I think we should be OK. Of course any AFOL from NALug and/or (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: LEGO Trains on trial?
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(...) EEE...EEEHHH...HHH wrong if you read the rules you can only enter A CAR (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Preparation for SuperTrain 2001
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John, If I use the GETS money to buy one of the packs of conveyor belts from myself, and then use superglue to permanently stick the mailboxes (or safes, lets not go there again!) to the threads, do you think that would fix the problem? Michel (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: train show
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(...) How about Lionel, Hornby Doblo, Triang, Trix Twin, ect? The "fan" layouts are almost exclusively of one manufacturer, and do promote the stuff- although 3 of the 4 mentioned above are now defunct :( (...) give (...) (snipped stats) Yep. I (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Future of Belville
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(...) Check out this thread, Wes. (URL) Sean (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter speculation
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(...) Agreed. It depends on how Warner Bros. feels about Lego interpretation of the work. Warner seems to have most of the domestic (U.S.) merchandising for HP tied up with some sort of an agreement to approve or disapprove licensed items based on (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: train show
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Actually I don't have any big issue with having some of the LEGO train sets in the layout. Some of the sets I rather like. I will admit that rarely have any of the sets of the past 3 years shown up as permit aditions to the layout, but the classic (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: train show
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(...) Since NELUG did this at the train show (along with showing off empty boxes for some sets), I'm relatively sure what Eric K is arguing against is showing off LEGO sets assembled and in the layout. I have to agree with him, there. eric (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: train show
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip> (...) I agree that it's not the LTCs job or purpose to sell train sets for LEGO, but I do think that the LTC have a purpose of not only displaying layouts but to promote the hobby of LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) I can totally relate to that statement. When I worked at the LEGO Imagination Center, I would hear that all the time. Parent & child would look at one of our displays, parent would say "That's impossible", child would look carefully and say (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: train show
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(...) You are correct in that the TCS display did have some stock sets but as you say that was kind of the point and it is their window after all. Train shows are not LEGO's "window" they are the clubs "window". My question is why should we try so (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Harry Potter speculation
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(...) "leaning in the Belville direction" ??? ?Really? --What do you base that on? Wouldn't it be hard to create a train large enough for those silly Belville characters. Also, I would have never thought that if Lego purchased a licensing agreement (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Harry Potter speculation
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Actually, I think the Hogwarts Express is a VERY likely candidate for inclusion in the HP Lego series, but probably NOT as a 9v train line item. Think Time Twisters Twisted Time Train (6497) rather than true Lego 9v Train. Lego is thinking for sets (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | More ramblings about the train contest
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I have decided that I will probably enter the train contest, and I was thinking about what really happens if I loose the copyright to my design. 1. Nothing. For those of you that market your designs loosing the right to do so would be significant. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: train show
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) It was not my intention to suggest a display should be dummied down. Mediocity rules in so many things these days. I don't think excellence = intimidation. Well maybe for some adults ... kids (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org)
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