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Legoean posted 12-10-98 10:37 PM ET
Become a Lego mini-fig today.
(no Prequsites required)
we have extra body parts in the back room.
(includeing heads)
-Legoean
Spoe posted 12-10-98 10:42 PM ET
Oooh, Legos.
Speaking of which, anyone else see the Star Wars legos that are coming out? Blasphemers. A _blue_ tie-fighter(ok, so it's not all blue, but still)?
Pudz posted 12-11-98 12:50 AM ET
Ill join, i had all of the blacktron when they came out. ugg, i feel old now
osric posted 12-11-98 01:32 AM ET
Ratsum Fratsrum kids. We didn't have no stinking specialized parts in my day. If we wanted a hinge, we'd have to break a peice. You wanted a color other than red or white, ya had to paint it. They never knew they had it it so good... Why ... (more ranting as I look for my dentures)
Spoe posted 12-11-98 01:39 AM ET
I, too, remember those days, osric. I passed the age where people stop thinking Legos are acceptable gifts right about the time the first special set were coming out. I think I did get one of the space ones, but that's about it.
osric posted 12-11-98 01:49 AM ET
(back after building a set of Lego (r) dentures -- hey, the white ones work pretty well!)
Serriously, has any heard about any robotics courses taught with legos?
Old_Guy posted 12-11-98 02:29 AM ET
LOL! Osric, I was just thinking along those lines before I reached your message. I remember the parts as being much simpler than what I see now, but to me that inspires more creativity. I remember spending huge chunks of days designing fire trucks, police cars, and my town.
I also remember having Lego wars. One time me and some friends made Lego gun. You would fit a rubber band around the Lego bullet, pull the rubber band back, attach the bullet to the back of the gun, aim, fire. I remember one Lego when flying past my ear and put a hole in the curtain behind me!
My Lego SMAC soldiers will have plenty of Lego guns mind you. If one of you guys imports some Lego bitmaps and use them as custom units during a game I swear I'll die laughing.
Steel_Dragon posted 12-11-98 03:04 AM ET
Me and my sister build Lego forts and catapults to go to war. It was quite a bit of engineering to build a catapults with a lot of fire power that did not break when used.
Requesting a Commission as General of Lego forces on Alpha Centauri, with that $1000s of dollars of part I've got the supplies ready.
Calculus posted 12-11-98 11:06 AM ET
I used to LOVE legos... But now they really suck, the pieces are just to big and special for a person to *really* use his imagination.
osric posted 12-11-98 11:47 AM ET
Actually, I'll admit buying a few of the newer sets (money than sense -- and was unmarried at the time). Really cool model of the space shuttle.
But it was a good excercise to make do with what we had -- not sure what it's taught me for my adult years, but it was fun learning.
Our Lego wars consisted of building vehicles with little space men in them and rolling them into each other from across the living room. Whoever's car stayed intact won. Some of the new parts wouldn't hold up to that. Certainly not to putting holes in curtains, WOW!
DJ RRebel posted 12-11-98 11:54 AM ET
Lego my Eggo !!!
Actually, I have found memories of lego .. lol !!!
The funniest being those when my mom would be walking around at night, and actually stepped on a piece !!! LOL ,,, how many of you remember stepping on a piece of lego ??? (OUCH) !!!
I remember the basement setups .. at it's peak, I must have have obout 20000 piece of lego, I'm sure !!!
Those were "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" where we had absolutely no idea of what "THE REAL WORLD" was !!!
Old_Guy posted 12-11-98 01:09 PM ET
Oh I knew what the real world was. I had an exact replica of it in my Lego town.
BTW, I do remember stepping on Legos. In fact I think I still have eight small, close-together holes in my foot.
The DirectorGeneral posted 12-11-98 01:44 PM ET
Hey Legoean, I'm on to you...
You're one of those new "Mindstorms" sets that has acheived sentience, aren't you?
About the overspecialization of Legos:
there are sets available still called "Lego Freestyle" that are all just the old basic pieces.
personally, I am a believer in the fusion of lots of old basic peices with some new specialized stuff for truely monstous creations.....
Star Wars Legos !?!?!?!? I'll have to look into that...
The DG,
still road-trippin'...
"Gee, if we're in Idaho like you say, then why are all the street signs in Latvian?"

BigER posted 12-11-98 03:27 PM ET
I am still waiting for "upgrade parts for my Tinker toys"
BigER posted 12-11-98 03:28 PM ET
Or was that lincoln logs?
Legoean posted 12-14-98 04:52 PM ET
I belive lego mind storms will be the key to our building weapons. we will use catipuls to arm our ships. We may have cheap weapons but i mean we can rebuild our selves.
Ps. I have already baught 5 lego min storms sets and have been building Moble missle launchers that realy work.
PPS. Steel dragon Is head of the military.
Legoean posted 12-14-98 04:56 PM ET
Old guy i will take that into consideration. I think it would be funny
LONG LIVE Legoland
DJ RRebel posted 12-14-98 04:56 PM ET
What on earth is a mind storm ???
Legoean posted 12-14-98 05:00 PM ET
Mindstorms(R) Is a Robotic invetion kit that legos you program your lego invetions in the set. Go to www.legomindstorms.com for more details
Legoean posted 12-14-98 05:26 PM ET
I was thinking of takeing a big box full of legos and pour them all along our fronters for when troops cross they hurt there feet.
LONG LIVE Legoland
Old_Guy posted 12-14-98 05:29 PM ET
You should scatter Legos around your cities to catch incoming spies. Only the best-trained spies can avoid Legos or not cry out when they step on one.
Legoean posted 12-14-98 05:37 PM ET
The current mini-figs i have in the club are
-Legoean(me) Pres. of Lego Faction
-PudZ (no rank)
-Steel Dragon (Millitary person)
Reply to the thred if want to be on or off the list.
LONG LIVE Legoland
Legoean posted 12-14-98 06:47 PM ET
ALL of you lego fans join the lego faction
LONG LIVE Legoland
Zan Thrax posted 12-15-98 03:21 AM ET
Am I the only one who made stop-motion movies with legos? Did this one five minute epic with a dragon and some knights. Had a buddy hold the dragon in the air with strings so that it could fly. Couldn't think of a good way to get it to breath fire, though.
The secret to still being able to play with lego is to give sets as birthday and christmas gifts that are slightly too dificult for the younger sibling or cousin in question. They invariably ask you to help them assemble it.
Zan Thrax posted 12-15-98 03:22 AM ET
Oh yeah. Mindstorms is cool, but have you seen the price!!! AGGGH!
Kurn posted 12-15-98 03:38 AM ET
I hate all of these new lego collections ! When I was 10 I would make my own lego space adventures just using my imagination nd 4 blocks of lego! It works! Try it!
DJ RRebel posted 12-15-98 03:23 PM ET
Zanny, good to see you back !!!
I love getting my little sisters Lego for x-mas !!!
But really, they are great gifts, they incite imagination and all sorts of other positive qualities in children !!!
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Author	Topic: Join the Lego faction, NOW
Legoean	posted 12-10-98 10:37 PM ET Become a Lego mini-fig today. (no Prequsites required) we have extra body parts in the back room. (includeing heads) -Legoean
Spoe	posted 12-10-98 10:42 PM ET Oooh, Legos. Speaking of which, anyone else see the Star Wars legos that are coming out? Blasphemers. A _blue_ tie-fighter(ok, so it's not all blue, but still)?
Pudz	posted 12-11-98 12:50 AM ET Ill join, i had all of the blacktron when they came out. ugg, i feel old now
osric	posted 12-11-98 01:32 AM ET Ratsum Fratsrum kids. We didn't have no stinking specialized parts in my day. If we wanted a hinge, we'd have to break a peice. You wanted a color other than red or white, ya had to paint it. They never knew they had it it so good... Why ... (more ranting as I look for my dentures)
Spoe	posted 12-11-98 01:39 AM ET I, too, remember those days, osric. I passed the age where people stop thinking Legos are acceptable gifts right about the time the first special set were coming out. I think I did get one of the space ones, but that's about it.
osric	posted 12-11-98 01:49 AM ET (back after building a set of Lego (r) dentures -- hey, the white ones work pretty well!) Serriously, has any heard about any robotics courses taught with legos?
Old_Guy	posted 12-11-98 02:29 AM ET LOL! Osric, I was just thinking along those lines before I reached your message. I remember the parts as being much simpler than what I see now, but to me that inspires more creativity. I remember spending huge chunks of days designing fire trucks, police cars, and my town. I also remember having Lego wars. One time me and some friends made Lego gun. You would fit a rubber band around the Lego bullet, pull the rubber band back, attach the bullet to the back of the gun, aim, fire. I remember one Lego when flying past my ear and put a hole in the curtain behind me! My Lego SMAC soldiers will have plenty of Lego guns mind you. If one of you guys imports some Lego bitmaps and use them as custom units during a game I swear I'll die laughing.
Steel_Dragon	posted 12-11-98 03:04 AM ET Me and my sister build Lego forts and catapults to go to war. It was quite a bit of engineering to build a catapults with a lot of fire power that did not break when used. Requesting a Commission as General of Lego forces on Alpha Centauri, with that $1000s of dollars of part I've got the supplies ready.
Calculus	posted 12-11-98 11:06 AM ET I used to LOVE legos... But now they really suck, the pieces are just to big and special for a person to really use his imagination.
osric	posted 12-11-98 11:47 AM ET Actually, I'll admit buying a few of the newer sets (money than sense -- and was unmarried at the time). Really cool model of the space shuttle. But it was a good excercise to make do with what we had -- not sure what it's taught me for my adult years, but it was fun learning. Our Lego wars consisted of building vehicles with little space men in them and rolling them into each other from across the living room. Whoever's car stayed intact won. Some of the new parts wouldn't hold up to that. Certainly not to putting holes in curtains, WOW!
DJ RRebel	posted 12-11-98 11:54 AM ET Lego my Eggo !!! Actually, I have found memories of lego .. lol !!! The funniest being those when my mom would be walking around at night, and actually stepped on a piece !!! LOL ,,, how many of you remember stepping on a piece of lego ??? (OUCH) !!! I remember the basement setups .. at it's peak, I must have have obout 20000 piece of lego, I'm sure !!! Those were "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" where we had absolutely no idea of what "THE REAL WORLD" was !!!
Old_Guy	posted 12-11-98 01:09 PM ET Oh I knew what the real world was. I had an exact replica of it in my Lego town. BTW, I do remember stepping on Legos. In fact I think I still have eight small, close-together holes in my foot.
The DirectorGeneral	posted 12-11-98 01:44 PM ET Hey Legoean, I'm on to you... You're one of those new "Mindstorms" sets that has acheived sentience, aren't you? About the overspecialization of Legos: there are sets available still called "Lego Freestyle" that are all just the old basic pieces. personally, I am a believer in the fusion of lots of old basic peices with some new specialized stuff for truely monstous creations..... Star Wars Legos !?!?!?!? I'll have to look into that... The DG, still road-trippin'... "Gee, if we're in Idaho like you say, then why are all the street signs in Latvian?"
BigER	posted 12-11-98 03:27 PM ET I am still waiting for "upgrade parts for my Tinker toys"
BigER	posted 12-11-98 03:28 PM ET Or was that lincoln logs?
Legoean	posted 12-14-98 04:52 PM ET I belive lego mind storms will be the key to our building weapons. we will use catipuls to arm our ships. We may have cheap weapons but i mean we can rebuild our selves. Ps. I have already baught 5 lego min storms sets and have been building Moble missle launchers that realy work. PPS. Steel dragon Is head of the military.
Legoean	posted 12-14-98 04:56 PM ET Old guy i will take that into consideration. I think it would be funny LONG LIVE Legoland
DJ RRebel	posted 12-14-98 04:56 PM ET What on earth is a mind storm ???
Legoean	posted 12-14-98 05:00 PM ET Mindstorms(R) Is a Robotic invetion kit that legos you program your lego invetions in the set. Go to www.legomindstorms.com for more details
Legoean	posted 12-14-98 05:26 PM ET I was thinking of takeing a big box full of legos and pour them all along our fronters for when troops cross they hurt there feet. LONG LIVE Legoland
Old_Guy	posted 12-14-98 05:29 PM ET You should scatter Legos around your cities to catch incoming spies. Only the best-trained spies can avoid Legos or not cry out when they step on one.
Legoean	posted 12-14-98 05:37 PM ET The current mini-figs i have in the club are -Legoean(me) Pres. of Lego Faction -PudZ (no rank) -Steel Dragon (Millitary person) Reply to the thred if want to be on or off the list. LONG LIVE Legoland
Legoean	posted 12-14-98 06:47 PM ET ALL of you lego fans join the lego faction LONG LIVE Legoland
Zan Thrax	posted 12-15-98 03:21 AM ET Am I the only one who made stop-motion movies with legos? Did this one five minute epic with a dragon and some knights. Had a buddy hold the dragon in the air with strings so that it could fly. Couldn't think of a good way to get it to breath fire, though. The secret to still being able to play with lego is to give sets as birthday and christmas gifts that are slightly too dificult for the younger sibling or cousin in question. They invariably ask you to help them assemble it.
Zan Thrax	posted 12-15-98 03:22 AM ET Oh yeah. Mindstorms is cool, but have you seen the price!!! AGGGH!
Kurn	posted 12-15-98 03:38 AM ET I hate all of these new lego collections ! When I was 10 I would make my own lego space adventures just using my imagination nd 4 blocks of lego! It works! Try it!
DJ RRebel	posted 12-15-98 03:23 PM ET Zanny, good to see you back !!! I love getting my little sisters Lego for x-mas !!! But really, they are great gifts, they incite imagination and all sorts of other positive qualities in children !!!