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(...) Yes, but our "stealth" sales taxes are almost always in the 4-8% range, much less than your VAT. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well even in the 1970's they were already going towards simplification. In 1963 (when I was 9) I got a JUNIOR CONSTRUCTOR set #717 (a Samsonite LEGO set). It was a model kit of a modern house (a 2 story house with flat roof that looked (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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The puzzle thing is very good - I don't know how many others do this, but I usually try to build a new set from the box cover illustration. For smaller sets, it's easy; for technic sets, it's often quite difficult. But fun! Jeff (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snipped bits> (...) Or better yet, sell a specific grouping of plates and bricks that make a mosaic picture. Rather than an instruction book, have a booklet with several "alternate models" That would be cool! James (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I sure would like to know, but it doesn't seem to matter to much as of right now. Besides, i have to use my existing collection first, anyway. And when i am done, maybe I can look to the new LEGO direct, or whatever! Scott S. (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yep - besides which, the reason I posed the question in this newsgroup, was to see if TLC wanted to supply us with a reason for the whole juniorisation movement. Not that they need to defend themselves in any way, of course.. but the question (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) adults (...) of (...) Hmm. That's not what I was thinking, but it sounds cool to me! :) I was thinking more about repeated sections (once the instructions show how to build the first floor, and floors 2 through 10 are duplicates of 1, don't (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Crash Bandicoot, If I recall right. And I have to disagree with the video game thing, but alas, another debate.... Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I like this idea, let me know on the progress -- Michael Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: www.technic-uk.co.uk (URL) to be updated, soon to be good 212 models and going up Farlie,A (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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A follow-up note to Alex, Farlie,A <ba124@city.ac.uk> wrote in article (...) I think this is the best idea that I've heard in a long time. Perhaps expecting LEGO to produce adult-oriented sets is expecting just a bit too much. But a magazine, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I believe that the closest Sony has to a mascot is Crash Bandicoot, but they haven't played him up as a mascot as much. Mike All other themes are just spare parts for Castle! (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Tobias Möller write (...) And make some new usefull sets for trains again because everybody can build a trainstation with regular bricks but a railroadcrossing you can't. Hans (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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And please make new ones as well, I haven´t seen any new for 2000. --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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What´s wrong with their spelling? They´ve written it the same way as you did. Or, they have corrected the mistake. --Tobias (...) pages: (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In article <388167F6.DDCD0D3A@c...erve.com>, 70641.507@compuserve.com says... (...) It's 17.5% actually. We buy our LEGO from shops - that's hourly delivery time. We have access to Busy-Bee offers weeks before anyone else. At least our VAT is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) newsfeed, (...) TLG (...) excess (...) quantities. (...) few (...) for (...) 4's. (...) using (...) My TOP 10 wanted Lego pieces are: 1. 50 pairs Train doors in R, O, Y, G, B, Gray, Black and White 2. 200 pieces of Train windows in R, O, Y, G, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) All the prices I've seen where there were US and Canadian side-by-side to compare, they worked out the same when you take exchange rate into account. SOmetimes exchange rate fluctuations would give Canadians a temporary break - and sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jonathan Wilson writes: Even more at fault are several (...) screen (...) wire (...) wont (...) makes a (...) rosco (...) Random aside - so Mario and Pikachu are Nintendo mascots, and Sonic is Sega's mascot. What's Sony's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) [snip] (...) Hi there, I'm a little surprised that this thread wasn't at least cross-posted to lugnet.dear-lego. I'm sure that TLG is capable of reading the entire newsfeed, but I'm not sure that they are actually doing so. So, I'm making that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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