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I don't know if there is anyone still around LUGNET in Toronto, but I was hoping for some local info. I've never been to Toronto (other than an hour changing planes at the airport once), so don't know the area at all. My other half (buys me LEGO and (...) (11 years ago, 6-Apr-13, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | VIA Rail Safety Display in Halifax May 2nd
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Thursday May 2nd VIA is hosting their annual Rail Safety Day at the Train Station in Halifax. It is geared towards school kids, but the general public is welcome. There will be model train displays (including my LEGO one), safety talks, assorted (...) (11 years ago, 6-Apr-13, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | Canadian Sales
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Walmart flyer this week has "LEGO Legends of Chima: Lions and Eagles" for $6.98, cover price $9.99 Canadian. An activity book. (URL) flyer is good from Friday April 5 through Thursday April 11th. 25% off LEGO boardgames. Excludes clearance. (...) (11 years ago, 6-Apr-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Unknown Japanese LEGO Sets...
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A Japanese acquaintance of mine... Yashihiro Kondo... has left me gasping... there's a whole other world of LEGO out there... this time sold in Japan from 1970-78! It is called OLO... and it was produced during the identical time that Minitalia was (...) (11 years ago, 4-Apr-13, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Lego Agrees to Discontinue Jabba's Palace
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(...) Still, I wonder if this will make this set even more of a collector value with the controversy. I wonder if it would affect a future re-release or re-hash of that set. drc (11 years ago, 3-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Agrees to Discontinue Jabba's Palace
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(...) Today's Wall Street Journal has a follow-up article. In what will not surprise AFOLs, Lego explains that they did meet with the Turkish Cultural Assocition, but that the set is being disontinued as part of their regular product cycle. As we (...) (11 years ago, 2-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Agrees to Discontinue Jabba's Palace
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(...) Apparently, it's the real deal (the article hit 31 Mar), but the association that is hailing a victory may have misinterpreted what they were told. -- joshua (11 years ago, 2-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Agrees to Discontinue Jabba's Palace
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(...) And here I was wondering if this would be a year with no special 1 April stories on LUGNET... (11 years ago, 1-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Lego Agrees to Discontinue Jabba's Palace
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A story in the British newspaper The Independent reports that Lego has agreed to discontinue set 9516 - Jabba's Palace - after complaints by the Turkish Cultural Association in Austria. Full story: (URL) course, I figure that they'd have (...) (11 years ago, 1-Apr-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Classic castle and pirates - figures, weapons and armor
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Hi there, I've recently decided to sell off most of my Lego collection to support my photography hobby and am offering up a collection of classic castle and pirate parts. The pieces in this collection range from the late 70's through the 80's and (...) (11 years ago, 31-Mar-13, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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