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(...) The 3055 was part of a promotion campaign in UK from Kellogg's Cornflakes in 1998. The campaign included the three sets 3054, 3055 and 3056. The 3055 should still be available from Kellogg's Cornflakes in UK until December 1999. Getting this (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Does anybody out there know of anyone selling, trading, or even mentioning set 3055? It is a small Adventurers themed car with Johnny Thunder and was given out as a promo for Kelloggs cereals in the U.K. If anyone can help me in this matter it would (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I haven't heard anything at all. If anything, I've heard that the Adventurers are on their last year (with the current trend of a two-year lifespan to themes). (...) Hey, that would be cool...especially one of those old time diving suits with (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) the (...) I haven't heard anything, but I'm fairly certain that the rumours about the artic line are based on the fact that the Adventurer's Club attraction at LL:Carlsbad has three portions: Amazon, Egyptian, and Artic. James (URL) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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In lugnet.adventurers, Mark Lindsey writes: Attention everyone: (...) Let me hear some facts, opinions, and ideas fellow Adventurers. (26 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) a (...) Hi Joseph, Glad to hear your input on the vehicles. I heartily agree that the 5909 car is the best. I love the engine and exhaust pipes on it. The vehicle from the 2995 set is also superb, much like the Scorpion Tracker but the back (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Hi Mark My favorite aircraft are (just counting the ones I like): 1) 5909 large tan and white bi-wing 2) 5928 bi-wing baron 3) 5956 expedition balloon (...) 1) 5909 car with passenger sideboard guns (though not overly realistic) 2) 5918 great (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) plane (...) I think it is time for an informal poll of what everyone's favorite aircraft from this line really is. There are seven aircraft by my count and here is how I rank them with 7 being lowest and 1 being highest: 7)Shell exclusive (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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Success is just within his grasp. The adventurer can reach out and almost touch the golden crest of Tlaloc. "Hurry up!" he hears his companions shout from the balloon above, "the storm is almost on us!" Just a few more vines to clear with his trusty (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) {SNIP} 'Full marks for literacy,' he said, tugging a slightly elongated ear-lobe. <grin> Cheers, Roger (26 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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"Well I'll be superamalgamated! Posthumous disfigurement to the cranial structure with a proclivity toward the assessment that the act was vehemently executed!" said the gaunt-featured archaeologist, William Harper Littlejohn. A smile played across (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Pontoon Plane vs. Biwing Baron (Re: My favorite Adventurer sets)
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(...) Well, the P-38 Lightning from WWII was a twin engine single seat plane, so the concept isn't that far out there. Of course, that doesn't mean that the set isn't still undersized, but there is precedent. Adrian (URL) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Remove the pilot from the PP. Does it look better without the pilot? To me, pantoon plane is seriously undersized. Two engines just for a single-seat plane? The PP is a single seater, only for the same reason that all the semi rigs in Town are (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) I wonder if they'll have snowball fights with 1x1 white 'dots'? :) Richard (26 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Hi, Kevin. I originally gave a response here: (URL) I'll try to give some abbreviated comments again here. I guess my main gripe with the PP is that the two sets of wings are too close together (in my opinion the upper wings should be above (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Yes, they are called Tail Draggers because it appears that they are dragging their tails, not because they actually do. Tail Draggers are harder to take off in, you have to do a series of S turns in order to actually see down the runway. And (...) (26 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Yes , they did have a skid of some type. I put the term "tail draggers" in quotes because I think that was the nick name of the style of landing gear, as opposed to the tripod or "tricycle" style which has a wheel under the front nose and two (...) (26 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Nope, the normal price for 5978 is $49.99. See: (URL) to whether or not TLG is discontinuing Adventurers, there's two possibilities (more or less): 1: Most TLG themes lately have a two year life-cycle, implying that we've seen the last of new (...) (26 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Hi all, I came across a few sets of Adventures #5978 at Target the other day that were $27.00. That wasn't their normal price was it? And they weren't on sale either. It has over 300 pieces in it! I bought one set a few weeks back and I have no idea (...) (26 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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