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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Good plan. We bought one set bearing a mono-palm, <set:5976>, but we never will again! EVER. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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G'Day The rather ambitious project below would be a fantastic way for LegoDirect to provide support. And when it is over they can cover their costs by selling the used track as used track at a discount and recover some of their promotional costs and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Yeah LEGO, those juniorized palm trees are disgusting. My 4- and 6 year old children don't like them either. Think of it. I don't EVER will buy another set that includes those trees. NEVER. Arnold (...) building (...) bringing (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) from (URL) "2,069 is the total of different moulded elements in 1998. There are 77 LEGO PRIMO elements, 435 LEGO DUPLO elements, 175 LEGO SCALA elements, 1061 LEGO SYSTEM elements, 205 LEGO TECHNIC elements and 116 LEGO DACTA elements - and (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Me too, a thousand times over! I actually didn't buy the big adventurers set from last year, as the new palm tree would have depressed me too much, but that's just me eh? I've recently increased my stash to over 60 of them, so I should be okay (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Here's a third: Dear LEGO, We don't like them either. Dad won't let us play with his old ones so please bring the multipart trees back so we can get some more. - Taya (10) and Nik (7) "Our dad has more LEGO than your dad" (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dear LEGO, I'd like to reinforce this. There has been at least one lengthy discussion about this that I'm aware of: (URL) this pieces is not a successful choice. The previous trees were what LEGO is all about - flexibility and modularity. This (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear LEGO, I personally believe that your 4x4, 3-piece palms take the fun out of building (you can't it two feet tall). And I would suggest that you consider bringing back the old, multi-piece palms. Sincerely, Jamie Bliss age 11 dedicated lego (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Shiri Dori wrote: [...] (...) Impossible to know. (...) Below are my facts as described (some years ago) when I dropped my domain name. Note, the Fair Play document has since moved to: www.lego.com/info/fair.asp (URL) update: Because Lego failed to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm sorry. Maybe I should have elaborated on my prior post to state that although they realized a loss in 1998, they have since rebounded. I was simply stating that there was a point in recent years (and even though we are in the year 2000, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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