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G'day all, I'm just back after visiting a LEGO "show" in Melbourne, where I found out that LEGO WILL be releasing a town style range next year...I don't know if it will be town Jr. [though I think it may as it was mentioned as "City" was returning] (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au) !
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(...) Well thanks for sharing the info just the same. We'll all have to wait and keep our fingers crossed, ne? Trimmed FUT to just .town ++Lar (hoping for a return of town sets I would want to buy) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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Benjamin, Thank you for sharing this with us. I find it interesting that this news came up. The fact that Lego has produced a new set of road plates ((URL) may indeed point to a new town theme offering. A recent Lego Shop at Home catalog showed the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Arrgh! I have a sneeking suspicion that this info may be connected to a Rep saying they were going to re-name JACK STONE, because (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) At LEGOWorld 2002 Brad Justus hinted that Town wasn't dead... maybe this is what he meant? Can't wait, would love to see some decent buildings (re)appear! (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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"Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message news:3DE5FF78.405080...ree.net... (...) But how many police and fire stations do people need ?? :) I understand they give a good deal of scope for 'exciting' creative play, but the average (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) As in real life, there are old police/fire stations that are "sold", redone, becoming other types of buildings... :) (...) And everyone wants to be a racer. Well... I'd rather keep on having Police/Fire/Hospital than nothing... maybe that's (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Then perhaps the question becomes: Does 'Town' always have to equate to police and fire stations? I think the simple answer is, 'no'. What about schools, a library, low-rise office buildings, churches, and the list goes on. Maybe it isn't (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:H6B7uD.5st@lugnet.com... (...) sets. (...) think (...) was a (...) this? Not trying to answer for Frank, but I understood him to mean that while the Blacksmith Shop is a great (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) While it would be lovely to see more LEGO sets like the Blacksmith's Shop, I don't expect TLC to ever compete with the buildings that AFOLs (and kids) build. Why? At the nominal price of 10 cents a brick, the types of buildings that AFOLs (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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What you'd need are churches and pubs. The average village in Ireland does not consist of 4 fire stations, 3 police stations, 1 shop and one house, more likely that would be 4 pubs, three churches, a shop and a house.... I'm not much of an expert on (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) So, if I understand you, you're sort of saying that the Blacksmith's Shop was a good idea, but one that was overpriced? Or am I misreading your stance on this? I wonder if 'compete' is the wrong word in this case. Perhaps I should have said, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) I suspect that such things appeal more to adults than to kids. Games like cops-and-robbers or playing with model cars, planes and fire engines all pre-date Lego or are successful as non-Lego toys, so it is hardly surprising that a Lego police (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yea, that's what I was getting at. And even the Blacksmith shop would normally be a $60 set (I'm real curious as to why it is such a bargain). At $60 I think the Blacksmith shop would be a hard sell for kids. Now take some of these larger AFOL (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) As I kid I loved construction toys. The original Expert Builder line included a crane, a forklift, a bulldozer and a tractor. While the first three were interesting to me, I thought the tractor was boring. Do kids really like farming toys? I'm (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, probably not the most exciting list I could have come up with. O.K. How about a junk yard, a race track, an automotive repair shop, an amusement park.... Towns all have those exciting things, right? :) (...) I built such realistic (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) That tractor was by a long way my favourite of the first Technical sets. I loved the fact that you could build three different tools for the back and I remember using my Britains farm toys (they used to sell very well so there certainly was a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Don't let T.J hear you say tractors are boring :-). His articulated one isn't boring. A tracked articulated tractor would be even better. (...) I used to have Britains toys as well. I had a Unimog breakdown lorry, two tractors, One small and (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Allan Bedford wrote in message ... (...) My experience with selling custom kits is that I do *better* with large, expensive kits. My most expensive kit was the Hospital at $389 and 2400 pieces, and it moved much faster than the cheaper kits I've (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3DE6D91F.1BA78DCE@m...ng.com>... (...) I don't think so. The ISD has 3104 pieces... my Hospital at about 2400 pieces sold for $389. Lego ought to be able to do it cheaper than me :-) Now if you're talking about a model (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) No, but they say nothing about what the effective upper limit for a TLC set would be. Other than some very one of a kind specials, TLC isn't going to be interested in a trying to market a set with an audience of less than 100. Frank (21 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) I didn't say they _are_ boring. I said that I used to _think_ they were boring. Back when I was a kid. That was just a childhood memory talking. That's why I asked the question about today's kids. Sure, I think they're interesting now, but do (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) There are certainly less farmers. The FFA has renamed itself to, well, FFA, and dropped Future Farmers of America. In a typical club nobody will actually grow up to farm--much like Boy Scouts won't actually need to survive in the wilderness. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, they do. The tractor was my first technic set, and my third all-time favourite, behind the space shuttle and the 8860 car chassis (my second technic set). ROSCO (21 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. Even if there were farming sets for Town, I suppose they'd enjoy great acceptance. I would surely buy some - and I'm a city-boy, not a farmer :-) I do recall going to the UK once and noticing that there were a number of farming toys (...) (21 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:H6Cq0B.EM0@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) every (...) them (...) hubs (...) I still have a large Britains farm set in the roof. It seems odd Lego have never really done much (outside Duplo) (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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James Stacey wrote in message ... (...) I had a lot of Britains farm machinery when I was a kid too, although it has long gone, who knows where. I loved it at the time and played with it a lot. They are still producing it, too, right? There are a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 - new road plates sighted
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Kmart Brunswick - new WIDE roads. Picture shows "Cre8r"&"Jax" dudes living in relative harmony with "Minis". No 2003 catlogs though. Sorry didn't check price. I am happy to see new road plates, I used to love mixing up my Road, Crater and Space (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) You may find these sets now called 'Junior' instead of Jack Stone. They are exactly the same. We have had the new road plates for a while, and what we have noticed is that on the back of the pack where you have the suggestions for your town, (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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