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Re: Help with part ? from 540, also FOTW
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 31 Oct 2000 02:56:04 GMT
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"r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G39KC7.A6x@lugnet.com...
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> Mike Walsh wrote in message ...
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> > [ ... snipped ... ]
> > I got one of these sets when I was a kid. It was a special set and it
> > stayed in its own box. I can't remember if I got in when I lived in the • US
> > or when I lived in Spain though (my dad was station at the US Naval Base • in
> > southern Spain for three years when I was a kid).
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> > I do remember that I was somewhat dissapointed that the tree in the box • was
> > not the same tree that was on the cover. Mine came with a round tree • like
> > this: http://img.lugnet.com/ld/3470.gif I still have mine, in fact, it • is
> > still assembled although I do need to locate the TV antenna as my son
> > wandered off with it at one point.
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> > Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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> The 540 set that I have is a US version from 1974. I really beleive that • the
> pine tree came in the set, Mike got an egg tree and the box shows the old
> tree. Is this possible?
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> Is the egg tree stiff? The abs used for the pine tree in this set feels • like
> they used the regular brick abs. TRhe p-lastic they use for the pine trees
> today is different than the bricks and is flexible. This pastic is almost
> brittle it is so stiff.
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> Rose
Taking a quick look at it to give a diffinitive answer - hmm ... the tree is
not there either, must be with the antenna. From my recollection mine is
very similar to the trees we get today, somewhat pliable.
Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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| Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) The 540 set that I have is a US version from 1974. I really beleive that the pine tree came in the set, Mike got an egg tree and the box shows the old tree. Is this possible? (...) Is the egg tree stiff? The (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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