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Hi all lego fans! Four months ago, lugnet.belville opened (1) and it was pretty empty. For a while there were only 12 or so posts, and no one seemed to have new ones... But recently, people have been getting interested in Belville (2) and I'm happy. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, everyone likes everything for parts -- parts is what its about. The real problem is one of scale, and secondarily one of price. Belville figs means having to go to another scale in building and for a theme where the figures available are (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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Richard Marchetti wrote in message ... (...) real (...) WAY (...) or (...) these (...) my (...) What would be really neat is if the figures/dolls were sold separately (not just in addition to, but not be in the sets). The sets might still contain (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is a good idea, but it's pretty obvious (IMO) that TLG wouldn't do it. Two basic reasons: 1. This would reduce the price of the set for YOU, meaning it will reduce the profit of TLG - you pay less, and (as you said) not too many people (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) I see what you mean. I hate the prices too, and the scale IS tough to deal with. (...) Yup. And sorrowfully enough, I would do the same thing, and probably so would everybody else. (...) Do you mean the Good Fairy Queen? Or the evil (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) [...] Woo! I was waiting for a post like this. I noticed the activity level too. Speaking to those who don't like BV, I'll admit -- when I first saw a BV set.. long ago.. I gaged. But after years studying a wide variety of toys for their (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) set.. (...) their (...) in (...) which (...) with (...) too (...) to (...) some (...) also (...) He he he... Yea, I've played around a bit with swapping body parts. (...) call (...) Yea, that is a dramatic (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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I'll admit I am a Belville and Scala fan, although I *do* have the safety net of saying that I'm buying them for my 12 yo daughter...;-) But seriously, I like the BV figs for this reason-- the BV youth are just about the correct size for G scale (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3883D7B5.13F60B...est.net... (...) Belville (...) BV (...) respect to (...) What better is inserting a Belville adult female head on top of a technic guy body. Looks very nice. I have "Princess" (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, they were sort of girlie-girl. (...) That doesn't make them *look* better. Those faces are just weird. I think they're getting better, but they have a blank, staring quality. Oh, well. They're head-and-shoulders above Playmobil. In both (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) Long before the Ninja castle line was introduced, I thought that the Belville figures would make good Ninja figures, due to their posability. You could actually make them grip a katana with both hands. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) I could probably spare a couple figs (I have several copies of 5846, almost 2 sets of 5890 figs, plus perhaps a few extras). (...) You don't want to know how many of those I have... Actually, I do have a plan to use some of the pink ones as a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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Not to be a pain in the butt here.. though could someone please take the general followup off here ???? Thanks Tamy (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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(...) Not to be one either.. but just in general do you have anything against belville? If so, PLEASE come out and say it, 'cause (as Suzanne mentioned) it's (1) very interesting. If not, why can't we continue our discussion in .general? (...) (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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(...) The truth? I actually liked it to begin with (hey, I was 11 when I saw the first catalog with Belville - cut me some slack here ;-), then I decided it was stupid, but lately I just couldn't ignore the fact that it is a great theme. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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(...) of (...) like the (...) scale (...) Forgive the ignorance (I'm a trainie fan, not a trainie expert), but what is G scale? (...) Ooooh! At the age of 11, I wasn't that much into completing themes and I only have one BV set as of now (The BV (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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