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| | | I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy Fair, so naturally I went... I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink. They haven't been (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.lego) !!
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | Duh! I forgot what I think is pretty big news. The Thomas rumours are true. He'll be along later this year. In Duplo, but still... hope LEGO didn't have to pay through the nose. And, I saw the long awaited LEGO StarWars game, it's now almost done (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Kelly McKiernan
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| | | | | | (...) It's for PC, PS2, XBox, and GBA - not the 'cube. Which is what I have, so my boys are likewise miffed. The screenshots and demo movies so far look awesome. (...) Excellent! I saw pix of that a few days ago, I'm so gonna get that one. I'm (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | (...) Larry, I don't recall pictures like this (from yourself or anyone else) from past Toy Fairs... so just let me say thanks right off the bat for taking and posting these images for us. (1) (...) (URL) Is that a microfig scale Status of Liberty? (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —J. Spencer Rezkalla
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| | | | | | | (...) That looks like the senior winner entry from the 2nd week of the Lego Factory competition. It was created by former Lego Master Builder Nathan Sawaya. See: (URL) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) It is. Both that one and the Microfig Statue of Liberty were winners. I am not 100% sure but I got the impression that Nathan's set is going to be one of the first ones out of the chute in the set project. (...) than hi... (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Kelly McKiernan
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| | | | | | (...) Yep, that looks like Anthony Sawaya's winning entry in week 2 in the (URL) LEGO Factory competition>, and the town hall is a winning entry from week 3 (this one deservedly beat out my entry for that week). Coolness. Also, according to a (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Yes, this release was in our press kit as well. Reading between the lines of some of the comments, I got the impression that (not surprisingly) they don't have the fulfillment of this completely sussed yet, as pricing wasn't discussed. They (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Kelly McKiernan
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| | | | | (...) Well, naturally ;) "Lar went to Toy Fair and all I got was this lousy Brickshelf gallery..." - j/k! (...) (URL) just one (loaded) question: bley? (...) Actually, I set this particular FUT to .color, for I hope obvious reasons. - Kelly (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | (...) I know, sometimes a typo is just a typo. ;-) (...) Thanks for posting the pics! And thanks for not giving Clikits short shrift! :-) Maggie C. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | | | | (...) What’s with you and the critique of language in all its forms? Is this how you playfully jab at people in an affectionately cute sorta way… Well, you do it admirably! BTW, haven’t seen you in a while. Just thought I’d say hi… But I had to mask (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Yes it was. I was in a hurry. Don't get me started on BL, please. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | | (...) cost? The ideals of the past gave relevance to the notions that Military (guns) and Mortality (graves) were not the ethics the company was founded upon… What compromise is this? ...unfortunately, it’s a realistic one! But the new gun-heavy (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —David DeNuzzo
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| | | | | | | Greetings all, New poster here. While looking at Lar's pix from Toy Fair, I noticed that Lego had moved the minifigs in the Harry Potter theme from traditional LEGO yellow "skin" color to colors intended to more realistically match the actors (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Search back in LUGNET, this has been discussed at some length. Briefly, LEGO is using flesh for figs based on real people or on movie characters (which are played by real people) and retaining yellow for generic people. That's not a very good (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Tyler Maciolek
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| | | | | | (...) I must respectfully disagree. I don't see the new Dino and HP lines as a new compromise. Lego has had guns before (pirates, space, adventurers) and graves (adventurers, castle). From what I saw, it doesn't apppear to be much of a radical (...) (20 years ago, 24-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IC6vyG.1p88@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) 2005 (...) Thanks for the pics Larry. Anyone catch the age range on the Magnetic toy in this picture? (URL) Mike Walsh - (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) You're very welcome! (...) Obviously learning a bit from LEGO! (...) manufacturers need to realise that kids abandon toys at earlier and earlier ages, because they want to grow up, and adults go back to toys, more and more (not all adults, but (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | (...) Interesting observation. In the past ~8 months I have noticed a major change in the store-stocking attitude of TRU. Stores which used have shelves oveflowing with older stuff are now clean as a whistle. The store directors seem to be more (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | | | (...) Maybe in your location but here in Charleston, SC the TRU employees bring new meaning to rude and incompetent (so much for so called "southern hospitality") and the stores are still trying to sell old sets with damaged boxes at full price. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | (...) Thanks for passing along the pictures! Especially love those of the Technic crane and fork lift! Question- Did they have the Technic Enzo you could pick up and look at? Thanks again, Adr. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) No. They only had the smaller Enzo, not the space frame (ala SuperCar) one. Unless I missed it. I didn't get many pics of the smaller one because it's released product. The reason I took any pics of released product at all (unless I forgot) is (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Keith Hui
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| | | | | Larry, thanks for being first out the gate with such detailed pics set! My question: Do you know the piece count and price of the huge Technic crane 8421? I can't make it out from the pics you posted. I only know it will have more than 1000 pieces (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) They had little placards with that info. I thoguht I got one pic of the placard, but I don't offhand remember the numbers. Hopeuflly someone else got that info? Sorry! Waitaminit! It's in the 2005 Product Guide they gave me (which doesn't have (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Darrell Urbien
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| | | | | | (...) Mmmmmmmmm... Nitrous. Darrell ps Thanks for the pix, Larry! (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Huw Millington
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| | | | | "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IC6vyG.1p88@lugnet.com... (...) At BZPower one reporter also at the event states at (URL) "The revelation that there will be no Vikings sets this year was the biggest shock." (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I missed that completely, I have no idea. Sorry!!!! Was wondering why they weren't on display but forgot to ask. I was pretty sick, unfortunately, so was not operating on all 8 cylinders. (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Benjamin Whytcross
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| | | | | (...) Looking at the construction/town sets, I have one question...which crane is the release version? There seems to be a built model, and a box for the set, and the two are completely different vehicles (look at the wheels for a start.) Benjamin (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Yes. That's why I took the pics, as this is a released set in the US and I have one on order. I skipped taking a lot of pics of most of the released sets. I think/hope the box (bigger 6 hole wheels, but fewer of them) reflects the production (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Mark de Kock
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| | | | | | (...) Here you can see the released version: (URL) yes, it is the one from the box. I must say; it is a great build and nicely detailed. But my 6361 Mobile crane is afraid of it! Mark "so is my dragon" de Kock (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) First, THANK YOU for posting these pictures! I'm already drooling over some of these new sets, and that hasn't happened in a while. 2005 looks like it should be a good year for LEGO and AFOLs. 2nd, I think we'd have to handicap a LUGNET team (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Adrian Egli
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| | | | | | (...) Awe, the heck w/ the ISD build. Let's make 2005 the year of the Death Star!!! Adr. (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —John Barnes
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| | | | | (...) Hey Lar, Great set of pics. I had to wait til Monday so I could look through them at work with a higher res. tube than here at home on my laptop. I was very happy to note you made sure to focus (mainly) in on some of the new parts which are on (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Yes! (...) I think there are a lot of nifty new pieces coming too! (...) I noted that too. (...) I packed some chewing gum, so we'll just see what happens. Supposedly it's not illegal any more but if you get notes from prison, you'll know why! (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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| | | | | Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005 —Joseph Greene
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| | | | In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <SNIP> (...) Need more info, as in who to contact about getting a team in on this.. Since it is taking place in Indianapolis, which is where I live... maybe I could get some of the local LUG in on a team.. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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