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(...) I too liked the 70's boxes. But they were no match for some of the very heavy early boxes from 1957-68. The European Town Plan sets (700, 810) were heavy wooden boxes. The USA/Canada Samsonite Town Plan (725) and Junior Constructor (717) were (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:3897B05F.EB0C57...ger.net... (...) Besides the fact that most of these packages are a retailers product placement nightmare. Too much shelf space, not enough product. -Rob. (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, I note that your current plastic thingie set, Air Zeppelin, seems to be a glut on Walmart shelves, even at 9 bucks which is significantly less than original MSRP. Every single Wal Mart I was just at (and I hit about 10 in the last week) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yeah....what I would do with truckloads of Lego, and some professional film equipment and a masterful crew ;) (...) Yeah, I'd do that in a heartbeat. (...) up minifigs in ranks and they fall over like that?? -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, James Simpson (<Fp9xAJ.J47@lugnet.com>) wrote at 23:01:31 (...) Too true. I really have to steel myself to open some of the old stuff that I've got. But I bought it to build it, as well as enjoying the packaging :-) Last year, I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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James Simpson <jsimpson@rice.edu> wrote in message news:Fp9xAJ.J47@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) box. I (...) and (...) classic (...) were (...) long- (...) dark-ages (...) was my (...) Dark (...) the (...) said (...) hearty, (...) grew up (...) whole (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) An important part of my Pre-Dark Ages Lego experience was enjoying the box. I remember fondly those substantial boxes from the 70's with the deep trays and wonderful Alternate designs on the back and inside lid. I loved the way classic space (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Tim, (...) Well, I think this thread started out wishing for the impossible, so I put up my impossible wish. I would be happy with another 20 so or each, but since it is impossible, lets go for the big numbers! :) I always wanted to build a really (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) DUDE - you could go *swimming* in a pile of several thousand of just one color of them, and not make any significant dent in your collection! What the heck would you do with all of those anyways? The bigger question is, would you have room to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Like 'The House With A Clock In Its Walls'? I read all of them that I could find in '79. So, yeah, there are others here. -Erik (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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