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Re: Guarded Inn
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lugnet.aquazone
Date: 
Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:33:05 GMT
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In lugnet.aquazone, richard marchetti wrote:

> In lugnet.castle, Nick Cameron writes:
> > "Hydro something or other"? Do you mean the "Neptune Discovery Lab (set 6195)"?
> 
> Why, yes!
> 
> And the truly embarrassing part is that as I wrote that yesterday, I could
> have looked over my left shoulder and seen the box for one of the four
> copies I have purchased for around the price you mentioned.  I am always
> amazed at the manner in which some Lugnuts seem to have the set numbers and
> names memorized.  Heck, some even have the type and number of each of the
> elements in a set down. If memory serves, the 6195 has 1 of those yellow
> wall corners in each set.

I don't know about anyone else, but I almost always have to look up set
numbers.  I just don't put in the verbiage describing my lookup.

So I'll write "Aquazone Neptune Discovery Lab #6195" instead of "the big
Aquanauts lab, let me see, it was Neptune's Lab or something, <dig, dig,
search> oh, yeah: number 6195, and the name is Neptune's Discovery Lab".

:)

Steve



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  Re: Guarded Inn
 
(...) Indeed. I know a few numbers of some memerable things, like 6399 Airport shuttle, the 6990 Futuron Monorail, etc. I do know the train collection are all 45 somethings unless you are talking about 2326 (?) the extra cars one. I have a few (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
  Re: Guarded Inn
 
(...) I always assumed the same thing. But trust me, there are people I have had face-to-face conversations with that can reel off set names, numbers, inventories, etc from memory, and it works fully in reverse (ie, "is there a set that has Piece X (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.aquazone)

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  Re: Guarded Inn
 
(...) Why, yes! And the truly embarrassing part is that as I wrote that yesterday, I could have looked over my left shoulder and seen the box for one of the four copies I have purchased for around the price you mentioned. I am always amazed at the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.aquazone)

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