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(...) You think that's amazing, then check out the blue family car tht has been in the range since 1990. And the ambulance that has been around since 1988! And the Fire truck that is still living since 1990. And the garbage truck introduced in the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) Nice, Dan! Especially the roof (like the blue roof on your farm too). I also like the lattice windows on the ground floor done with lattice fence pieces - nice idea! Kevin (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Speaking of the farm, I've been wondering about something. Does anyone know what you call that style of architecture with the black lines on white walls? It can be seen specifically here: (URL) on the cover of Bill and Mary's book (I've built (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've heard it called either cross-timbering or wattle & daub. I'm not sure which is the "correct" term - I suspect they are varients of the same thing. James (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I remember a friend who owned a Playmobil cannon haven't seen the cannon's since '87 (a guess but it's definitely before '90) so dunno if they changed the design. So the european version of the Playmobil cannon can shoot. A small cannon-ball (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.castle, Silas Pierrot writes: [part snipped] (...) I my place (and I think most parts of Holland) there was some kind of 'friendly' competition between Lego and Playmobil. You either was a Lego-fan or a Playmobil-fan but hardly a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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I've seen Playmobil in *some* Targets and a *few* TRUs. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) In N AMerica it's usually called "Tudor" (and of course there isn't any real Tudor, it's all mock Tudor". Growing up in the UK I always heard it called "half timbering". The (british) book I have about it calls it "Timber Framed" and says the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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Tony Kilaras wrote in message ... (...) Just about every specialty toy store chain, i.e. the learning store, the children's store, etc will carry Playmobil. In addition Targets are converting their stores to carry Playmobil. I was in Denver last (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) mostly (...) a (...) a (...) support a (...) over (...) at a (...) Ask in Buy Sell Trade, you will get a response. Many trainheads have way too many (Larry P. always pipes up that he will sell one). Another (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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