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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <38DACFD8.1F4C8F79@m...ne.net>... (...) interested... it (...) found a (...) a bit (...) problem? (...) fantasy (...) pack (...) the (...) I think there's also at least one timelosers sets with it (a quick look at my (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) ^^^^^ Hehe, I like that... haven't heard that one before. Now, please be honest with my here. I was unfortunate (fortunate?) enough to not have enough cash and lego accessability while the time cruisers sets were out. I don't have ONE Timmy or (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general)
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Shiri, Well, I think the Time Cruisers series were a real waste of plastic, talent, and manufacturing time. It seems that they had bunches of spare parts laying around, so they thought, hey, let's make some models out of it! The sets contain some (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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I have a feeling that your message will get about a zillion responses, but we'll see. I actually bought up several time cruisers set on sale laster year from LEGO shop-at-home (for about 1/2 price). I was primarily interested in aquiring a few rare (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The time lab is actually a fairly decent set (and has lots of parts potential - I've bought like 8-10 of them). I disassembled mine, but I did like the building. It's a little bizzare, but a much more reasonable construction than any of the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) Well... what other sets are left, then? I mean, there's only about one more set that's over $10, that you don't "sort-of" like. So basically you just sort-of like all the sets, but dislike the theme (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think there's also at least one Divers set (big set) that has one of these. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) So did a lot of people--S@H is out of them, at long last (just as I wanted to buy a second, naturally). best Lindsay (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) *there*... :-) They have all of the sets at the Virginia LEGO Outlet store, I got a few at a pretty good discount. They still have a bunch if you ever wander down this way. =) I hated the sets when they came out during my dark ages, they just (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Good parts ,Toss the instructions away, Hide minifigs in common pool-I love TT,tolerate TC-and grab em when i can ravi (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) Actually, Time Thingies are the way to make themes interacting with each other. If you have means to travel in time, you can relate castle/town/space to each other..:-) Not that I like Time Thingies, by the way. I'm not a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the general consensus is that: a) the official models suck b) Dr. Cyber and Timmy are annoying c) Either the designers were under the effects of certain proscribed narcotic or hallucinogenic substances, or TLC decided to 'just make (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Two big things that seriously bugged me about Time Cruisers: 1. Prices were too high. 2. Because of the high concentration of speciality parts, and the diverse nature of these speciality parts, it was very hard to build anything substantial (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Arrrrr, these here castles lubbers be not informed about us piratical types (I be having letters of marque and reprisal, I swear) love of Timmy. We be not a'hatin' 'im. So, all you pirate people run for cover, 'cause once again.... TIMMIES! (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, one can like the sets without liking the theme, yea I know, it sounds weird. I think for me the problem is in the details. The Flying Time Vessel is a nice concept, but just seems lacking in some way. The Mystic Mountain Time Lab is a (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd just like to interjct and note that Mel the NLNLF was skeptical about the current attitudes towards Timmy when I described them. However, after placing a Timmy in her city (as a streetsweeper), I was able to observe her repeatedly running (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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An interesting question, just what didn't work about Time Cruisers/Twisters... I decided I liked 'em this year and got the rest. The dinky sets suffer from too many discordant parts. About the Time Vessel, last night I was thinking that the deck is (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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Shiri Dori skrev i meddelandet ... (...) In part it seems to be a thing an AFOL *must* do - hate Timmy, and TC. An unwritten law? The holy code of the community? It's just like any other group - you think like the group, speak like the group to be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The Flying Time Vessel was my first set after y dark ages. I liked it. I thought it was really cute (picture me vrooming it up and down the table giggling like a maniac). Once I got tired of it as-is, I built a proper ship out of it, obviously (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You mean <set:6560> ? -Shiri (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) At least that one. I've got four 6560s now, so I have more magnificent merry morions! Ack. That hurt. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeh, I'm pretty much convinced that what's going on here is the same sort of thing that occurred with the Weasley Crusher character on ST:TNG. Some people thought it was okay, but a LOT of people just HATED the idea. And it DID get really (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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---...--- (...) Doh! Darned typos! That's "witch," not "with." (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Let's hope she never builds a catapult :-) Rob (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (Following up to a stale thread...) Timmy was the first minifig with big white eyes. Before Timmy, all minifigs had tiny black dots for eyes, or in a few cases, a thin black horizontal line (for a squinty face, I guess). The white eyes were (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And he has a *nose*. That's just plain weird on a minifig. Of course, you know what this means...big white eyes and a nose...Timmy must be an Indian! They're the only other minifigs with big white eyes and noses... J (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes! Great big blue plates with a half BURP-half Armada base has been the inspiration of many Pirate forts! (though the Flying Time Vessel is pretty decent also). A good start for those of us unlucky enough to start collecting after the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Allow me to rephrase this, now that I actually have some Timmies in my hand. Timmy is evil. The above was said at a time in which did not *have* a Timmy... (such happy times, I once had! ;-) Now that I've got some TC sets, I agree with Frank (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Several possible reasons: a. He's a fan of Mr. Peabody (who seemed to get pretty good results out of Sherman. Of course, he did have a good excuse: bein' a dog 'n all, his lack of opposable thumbs made it hard to twiddle knobs). b. Intensive (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, for all those living in fear that their Timmies will organize their stuffed animals into a mob that will sneak in and suffocate them in their sleep: I still have a softball team to build, and I'll spring 50 cents a pop for the first ten (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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