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| Back in '63 there was only the Town System. All 138 parts packs were for Town. Today there are about 25 or so parts packs for Town. All the rest are for the other Lego Systems (although many of the ones I include in Town can be used in other (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: L.A. Times article on Legoland 'masters'
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| (...) From what I remember reading, of the 35 model builders in Enfield, all but 9 got dismissed with this years downsizing. Can you imagine being a model builder for 20 years, and suddenly have to go out and get a real job? What else are you (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What pieces do you wish existed?
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| Scott, In 2004, when they open up the three permanent downtown Detroit Casino's (MGM Grand, Circus Circus, etc) on the riverfront (800 million dollars each), there will probably be something like the "Caesar's World of Shops" (in Las Vegas). That is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Tom, the MGM Grand (temporary) $250 million casino opened 3 weeks ago with the other 2 "temps" opening up in the next 2 months. Metro Detroit will be North America's largest gaming center (population wise) when it's all done. There are 5 million (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| While I'm not a "Mozillionaire" either, I have done well in the Stock Market in the last 5 years (thanks partly to the pending sale of my former employer - Ameritech). I plan on retiring in about 7 years (I'll be 53), and devoting my fulltime (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| OK, someone recently asked me what Samsonite Lego is. LEGO, as we all know was founded in Denmark. By the mid 1950's, it was sold throughout the Scandanavian countries of Europe. In 1956 it started selling in West Germany, Europes largest market. By (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hey Tom, Thanks - I've been trying to remember the toy store name where I got the large number of London Bus and Lear Jet sets back in the 1980's. It was KB Toys, the toy Liquidator! (I don't think they have Detroit area stores any more.) That (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Secrets Revealed.
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| Thanks Beth, All additional folks are welcome to add their name to the letter. I am still rewriting it, and "toning down the rhetoric". So far I have about 30 signators to the letter. I will be sending out another request for more signators after (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Nuernberg (Nuremburg) Toy Fair .... isn't that Europes largest toy fair? And my cousin (who owns a Teddy Bear factory 60 miles north of Nuremburg) always goes to that fair every February ..... hmmmmmmm, I wonder if she could take me along (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Well, there were a lot of sets in the 1970's that had those 10x20 green (1 brick thick) baseplates with the tubes around the bottom inside edge. Several sets come to mind immediately - 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 148, 149. Back in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: U.S. Lego (Was Re: What is Samsonite Lego?)
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| I'm sure there are a lot of nuances that went into this decision. The Danish company was only into its' 8th year of exporting it's product when it entered the US market. As to whether tariffs were a consideration, I'm sure they were. Even the sets (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Adam, right now, only Name, # of sets, and # of pieces. I am going to do a followup request after September 1 when a lot of people return from vacation/holiday. So far I have about 25 names. I have gotten a lot of pointers on changes to the letters. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hmmm, Let's see, I have sets 148 (Central Train Station) and 149 (Shell Refinery). They both came out in 1975, and both have the green baseplates with the tubes underneath. That would place the conversion date prior to 1975. I also have a 1970 US (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Richard is right. We do whine a lot...... BUT Americans do make sure their elected representatives HEAR them (whining). When USA taxes are raised, the usual result is someone in government gets booted out of office. Lower taxes are the norm. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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