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(...) #1592 Castle Town Square. Hmmm... Set number pattern forming here??? Just Jono .oo (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Were they smaller sets? I'm pretty sure that the offer I saw was just the one fairly large set, and you had to collect several tokens and then pay a large proportion of what you'd expect to pay in a shop for a set of this size. The spaceship (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) It's U.S. and European verions, with very small differences. -- Tore Eriksson Sweden ICQ: 76066510 LEGO: MOC++++ FS,SP,TO++ TC+ LS YB@m (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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And while we're on the subject - what's the story with the (URL) ? I've never seen it in a UK catalog (Not sure if I've seen it in a US catalog either...) Steve (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Thanks Todd :-) What struck me as interesting is that (old) idea books (6000, 8888) made it in the top ranks of the best rated sets. The 'most wanted' list is also very interesting: the top is dominated with train sets and the 8480 Space (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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(...) I do indeed remember the special offer sets (I think that there were two space sets), as it was my mum's washing powder - Persil to be exact. However, this set doesn't ring a bell. I have often meant to look out for somewhere on the web which (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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LEGO DACTA 1038 FROM 1985 Picture here: (URL) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) And 1682 at no.43 and 6339 at no.75 Visu (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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(...) Those are the ones I own. (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Thanks for this list Todd, it is really nice. Many shuttles in this list, but what I found stranger was the difference between above sets 497 and 928. Both refer to the same set, but there is some difference in (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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Here is a compilation of the top 50 LEGO sets of all time, as rated by LUGNET members... RANK SCORE VOTES SET ==== ===== ===== ===...=== 1. 96.50 20 6399 Airport Shuttle 2. 96.41 64 8480 Space Shuttle / "FOS Light" Space Shuttle 3. 96.40 25 4547 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.general)
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A couple of updates from trolling through my set list... 515 Basic Building Set has 113 pieces (according to the inventory on the box). 4819 is called Rebel Chariot (according to www.lego.com/shop). (I don't know the piece count...I threw out the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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Name: Cars & Planes Set Number: 3226 Elements: 300 Figures: 5 Year: 1998 Price: ? Picture: (URL) says c. 1998 Lego Group, Dist. in USA by Lego systems. There is no clear set number. The upper right has the number 204 00 0322, lower right has 3226 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I remember a Classic Space set that you could only get by saving tokens from packs of washing powder in the UK (not my mum's regular brand unfortunately). It certainly wasn't shown in the catalogue at the time - this 1593 may well have been (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Hmmm good response, Todd but I was scanning the newsgroups and there is a lugnet group for the software, why not have one for the sets as well. I did a search of "Alphateam" and came up with 15 postings on its own, and I'm sure that there is a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) As a model, it doesn't look that attractive, but then I like some Classic Space and dislike some Classic Space (a blasphemous opinion, I know). The box certainly looks immaculate. (...) What is the story of these supermodel instructions. Were (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Hmm, hmmmm, hmmmmmmm... This actually shouldn't be too hard to verify. Has anyone ever done this before?-- Using instructions from 6880 and 6929, collect together a pile of pieces that are used to build each of those sets. Then, using that (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.space)
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(...) It's that rare, ya! I could see it going to $2000 or more if someone had pockets that deep. Just the instructions alone are incredibly rare, and the box is...well, we've never even seen a box before. Scans and color photocopies of the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Maybe Tim Burton would. Steve (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) What about the space port / launch command sets....are they not trying to tie town with space??? I think so...why not use Alpha Team to bridge the gap? (24 years ago, 9-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.admin.database)
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