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(...) Nick, I agree with part of what you're saying, but if that were totally true, then why would TLG have Service Packs at all? I wouldn't care at all about bulk orders if TLG improved and expanded their Service Pack selection. As I've stated (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well im no economist (thanky you oh great one who decides careers), but I was told that the Sales tax/import tax etc..on lego came to about 22%, but with a flat GST of about 10% then that would be a 12% saving. But even then its not cheap. I mean (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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FYI: Wired News has their MindFest article up: (URL) Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around here... I'm going to bed." - Jackie-O (Parker Posey, THE HOUSE (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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James Howse wrote (...) less). No complaints there from me. Some of the models are brilliant (snowspeeder, Y wing). The second release (Phantom Menace) didn't seem anywhere near as good, and the pictures I'm seeing for the third and fourth releases (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Santosh Bhat wrote in message <38135ECC.F3C04196@s...edu.au>... (...) Excellent place. Seems to have gotten a bit bogged down in buy and sell, still, ther's a proverb about beggars and choosers. (...) may improve things. Buy from the US, new or (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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They do, with printing on them atleast. From some of the UFO sets. I'm not sure about without printing. Troy Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message news:3813E89A.2CBE4B...ail.com... (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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"The man who would be King" - I haven't thought about that for many a year. Now I've got to go trolling the video store again :-) In a similar vein, what about a contingent of Welsh Guards and a Rourke's rift (?) scene, a la Zulu? 40,000 Zulu (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Lego Garage set was sort of a parts pack. Back in the 50's and early 60's many of those early sets/parts packs did not come with instructions. Sometimes, however, they were on the box itself. Gary Istok (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ship (...) wing? (...) It stands for Blade Wing. Jason F. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Make signals 0-127 be for RCX A, and 128-255 be for RCX B. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: One of the Mindfest pics
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(...) I plan to label all of the pictures someday. :) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Do the quarter saucer hulls come in grey?
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(...) Maybe soon; check out the (possiblely real) Millennium Falcon pics floating around. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) Dave's original pictures might give a better idea of scale: <URL:(URL) It's huge! (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Update and thanks to all of you (was: Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
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Wow, thank you very much. The photos from digital camera are ready (obviously) and I can send them to you after some resizing to reduce their size.(This evening most probably) with some annotations and a little story. The ones from the conventional (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Has anyone had any success ordering this? I've tried about 3 times from the Lego World Shop (www.legoworldshop.com) and each time it barfs finishing off the order :-( Next up is to see if it will be available retail from Lego shops. Neil. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Troy, Thank you so much for doing this for us. We literally have hundreds of photos to go through and what you have done will help us in a big way. (...) Pat Justison, What do you think of these pictures as a group entry for your contest :) . (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: I got a Battle Droid!
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Got mine in the shop at Legoland Windsor weekend before last. As it was my first trip I was good and didn't go into the shop until we were ready to leave, if I had I don't think I'd have seen much of the park :-) I agree, it's a great kit. Acquiring (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3814497F.CE8577EB@v...er.net>... (...) I'd (...) saw, (...) Oh, you're right, stupid me..:-) But in the one that I saw (a smaller copy) it was not readable (or I ignored it somehow..:-) By the way, do you know who (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Oh no! Seriously though, that's great. It'll probably take me a little while to get around to anyway. (And we all know what happens to projects that start with that sentence....) (...) Magic -- I put all of the groups I think it belongs in on (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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I did some digging and it does indeed seem that this offer hasn't made it on to the website :-( I'm told that will soon be rectified. I know it exists as I have a Biker Bob on top of my monitor :-) However if anyone can't wait, the book can be (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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