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(...) It makes one wonder... Where are the cow-girls (or would they be milkmaids?)? :) Jeff (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Palm Tree Junior
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(...) It's kind of sad, actually... Having palm trees actually used to be a reason TO buy the sets... now it's a reason AGAINST buying them. I used to justify my set buying with the fact that sets had a palm tree in them. That's one reason I've (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I remember playing with my first tree and thinking how fabulous it was, that wasn't LEGO a great toy because it was inventive and managed to create a tree from the most unlikely looking bits. Then I had fun bending them and shaping them to my (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog page 16
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(...) about (...) *somewhere*... (...) They ought to make some Moo Men pasture playsets, them being cow-boys and all. ;-) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: an update -- and an apology
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It is a privately held corporation. The letter I received from costomer service said that LEGO would be releasing Mindstorms for Macintosh in 1999. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Palm Tree Junior
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(...) new (...) Hey, I had monkeys climin' the old trees as well! -Shiri (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The only good thing about that tree is that minifigure hands can hold onto the trunk. You can have monkeys climbing the palm trees! Does that make it worth keeping? I guess that's up to you... ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I bought a second 5976, on clearance, and *threw out* 2 of 3 pieces of the new palm tree. (I kept the 2x2 round plate.) This is the only Lego element I've ever discarded so. I even keep broken pieces around. James (URL) getting paid for this (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 2000 catalog page 16
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(...) Nope, it doesn't come with any other set... (...) Well, it looks like they just threw it in... but I won't object if they make a set of it... (...) I'd love that. Make some Moo-buildings! Better yet - bring back the Dark forest sets! -Shiri (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yep, me either. For a while I was planning on buying the big one <set:5986> but after getting the 5976 I decided against it. The palm tree was a major reason why. -Shiri (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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