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As we've said, the unprinted red ones were only available years ago. You'd be better off in purchasing the relevant UFO sets today, and simply removing the printing. It is a small enough part that the damage done to it by whatever you use to remove (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) There wasn't ever a Sussex group, but up until a couple weeks ago there were groups for Brighton, East Sussex and for Chichester, West Sussex. More details about the history of the UK newsgroup hierarchy: (3 URLs) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) One of the supermarkets around here had the name of 2849 misspelled -- they gave it as "Gynocopter." For anyone who's seen the movie _Dead_Ringers_ with Jeremy Irons, this is quite a scary name. --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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I bought two shuttles in response to a posting that I saw on the Massachusetts local forum. K B Toy was selling them for about $130 apiece when you could still find them. (There were still a few left in Kingston, MA when I left the store, but that (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's too bad. If I knew anything at all about how to make parts, I'd consider taking it up, but I suspect the results won't be worth the effort. Maybe I'll just use the mockup in my set. Unless some kind soul out there is willing to take up (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Gary Istok wrote in message <37B3212D.FBD2183B@u...ch.edu>... (...) <Rob likes slopes snipped> (...) Gary, Rob, others... I have a 283 parts pack, too, in red. I wondered about the 2x2 piece Gary mentioned as only being available from 58-67. Its a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I agree with Gary on the 1119 - it is probably the most valuable parts pack out there, just because of the rare parts it contains. However, I doubt it is the rarest - I think some of the old 60s parts packs must be rarer, and its likely that one of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sorry. wasn't very crisp. I've leafed through them all while killing time at the MoA and we have most all of them. So ya, I do. But I'm too lazy to write reviews. Quick take on the action maze books is that they did not hold Nik's (7 but a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I am no Lego train expert, but I think that they are different in that the Thatcher Perkins Locomotive is much much larger than any of the Lego Train locomotives. The Thatcher Perkins was a "model" kit, and not a part of the Lego Train (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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OK, now that we have established that unadorned minifig heads come in all sorts of colors Yellow, Black, Transparent Clear, Transparent Orange, Transparent Yellow, and Red I need a red one! Anyone interested in selling or trading for an unprinted (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Old train and other sets
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For trade or for sale, the following sets are used toys complete with original instructions (not 171), no boxes. #612, Tipper truck, from 1973 #6630, Digger truck, from 1981 #614, Digger truck, from1974 #662, Tipper truck, from1976 #6507, Dumper (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Wouldn't it be more of a "Mercedes" symbol? The peace sign has a third prong sticking down through the bottom :) Greg "9 stores and 3 major cities, but still nothing!" Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL)could find some of my faceless nonmovable (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Rob, I just recently got a set 283 "Sloping Ridge and Valley Bricks" in Blue service pack from the 1958-67 era, which is in the Lugnet Database. It has the following:. (10) 2x2 blue outside corner bricks (rare!) (5) 2x2 blue inside corner (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Invitation to my new train site
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Nice work. That is a very simple solution to the decoupling problem. Most other attempts (add this is what I was thinking of doing) pry the cars appart. Does your decoupler work reliably even with lightweight cars; for example, empty flat bed cars? (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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While the economy is good, I thihnk having some churn and differentiation in who gets things in what order is good. if we have 5 boxes all of which go through the same 5 people in the same order, that may not be a good thing. I'll pay extra to send (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: General Box #4 ( was Re: General Box #3
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We have a mess here. This is the same box as the next thread in the list. I was hoping everyone would cancel their posts to this thread. So Eric, you requested the same box twice with your two posts to this thread and the next one. To repeat, there (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) But how *are* these different from the ones used in several period train sets? -gbr (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I vaguely remember what you're talking about. Now I'm gonna have to go back and check all my old fat rounds. That would account for a 3rd type. That's great! Thanks! Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, those 2 (each) red, yellow and black pieces are the ones I'm talking about. No they aren't labelled as unique in any catalog. I was only trying to make a point that if you decided (like I did) to make a Thatcher Perkins from scratch (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Update Auction Sets from the 70's, Edition 2
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* * * Sets from the 70's: Edition 2 * * * Advances have started (G1, G2, Sold / 24 hrs each) Set Name St Bid Bidder 133 Locomotive G1 60 EddyM 134 Mobile Crane and Waggon G1 50 TOMKMIT 137 Passenger Sleeping Car G1 55 EddyM 367 Space Module with (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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