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| Long post.. you've been warned. (...) Agreed.. good post! (...) At least two reasons exist for this, and both can apply to varying degrees. The first reason is "I'm a big boy now". Primo and Duplo have a stigma that even toddlers can understand (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) I'm not sure how salaries compare. I'm a graphic designer, so it's not like I make the big bucks. :^) My home is about 20 miles north of Seattle, WA, and most of the housing prices are severely overinflated here because of all the Microsoft (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) You'd certainly need the extra money for the Lego! :) Seriously, I wonder though how things such as salary compare (not asking personally), what standard that home, location etc etc (I presume that is $1120 US) BTW what's 900sq ft in metric? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Even more important, there should be a refill pack containing the springy bases for the players. They rapidly deplete (we have a League at work with daily play and our springs are very weak after a few months' play). (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) groceries (...) OK I know that this is a little off topic but I am curious...maybe some hints from Dierdre will give me more money for Lego! Wow Dierdre, you have a much healthier budget than mine! I don't know what you guys eat, but I cannot (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) That's incredible. I pay $1120 per month for my 900 sq. ft. one-bedroom home. Maybe I should move to Australia... I'd have more money for Lego. ;^) ~Mark (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| On behalf of all of us in the Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club, THANK YOU for allowing us to display our train layout at Kidvention 2000!! We were treated very well, and we had a great time. All the people we talked to (MCs and 'Guests') seemed to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I live in Australia, and of course, I can only write from my observations of other parents in Australia. I am not a Mum in Canada, or the US, or anywhere else so I can't write from that perspective. Lego _is_ hideously expensive here. Many (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) X.wing (...) Personally, I am not familiar with either set so I can only base my comments on what I've read here (I don't even know if the Hasbro one is available in Australia) You have the benefit of being an AFOL, so you know which is the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.it)
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| (...) Of course, my perspective, parental or otherwise, is just one of many :) (...) do (...) upcoming (...) Longevity is a concern for me, even as a parent who just happens to be an AFOL too, I suspect it is more so for non-AFOL parents. I think of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Hehehe, if you hate the pink and light green THAT much, send it all to me, I could use it ;-) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| Agreed. 739, with trays with lids, AND a lockdown bar to keep the trays in the PLASTIC housing, would get me buying a LOT of them. I currently only own one, as a curiousity. As it is, I have bought TONS of Iris rolling drawers, and will buy more, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Yes, I saw Eric's Main Street, and I liked it. It inspired me to use my own pink pieces, on a castle. It is one of my favourite castle MOCs I've done. So I take it back, pink parts are useful and interesting. (...) They are good for parts- (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes: [her terrifically awesome message snipped] (...) Well ........ (a long, drawn "well ...") The reason you put the Duplo away was, largely, because it is not compatible with LEGO, at least in the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) district, building in a Deco/Mediterranean style makes pink a very useful color, as well as teal, orange, light blue, etc. Check out the neat Miami Beach Deco website (I love the wavy lettering): (URL) Istok (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I disagree, Bradley. The Pink, Magenta, Lavender, etc., if used properly, can look very good. At the very least, they work with white. Eric Kingsley's Main Street is a good example of how to use pink with other colors. Also, I love the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| Deidre Rushton Brumby <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message news:Fxn09H.5qB@lugnet.com... (...) [snip very long but thoroughly enjoyable rant] I've read the original thread, and the replies to it as well, but has anyone ever tried introducing their (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| Deidre Rushton Brumby skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I think Lego cost a lot of money, but expensive? Almost all toys cost a lot of money, but most of them are used for a very limited time. Lego has no limits, you never get too old, so the 'cost per (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| Will Hess skrev i meddelandet ... (...) But when the kids get older, they _can_ use the combination. My boys (13 and 10 now), always use the duplo as base and filler when they start out a new castle, fortress, space base or whatever. It's a quick (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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