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(...) They were also very juniorized and relatively expensive. That's why I didn't buy any. (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:FzCAHo.J6A@lugnet.com... (...) money, (...) every 3 (...) FAR (...) nothing (...) hold an (...) attendance (...) hasn't (...) I don't know how well the parks do. I have been to Legoland (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) In general, I agree... I think there's a lot of reasons Lego's losing money, though. 1. Legoland Theme Parks - The plan was (as I recall) to release parks every 3 years around the world. Certainly the most recent in Carlsbad cost them FAR more (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Whoa, what? Discontinued? Granted I've only ever seen one 8448 in a brick & mortar store and that was months ago, but I assumed it would be in the Shop at Home catalog for the next year at least. I was going to order one in January or so, do I need (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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More In-Depth Look on Sets! (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Amen to that!!:-) (...) How about a huge , realistic car factory set? (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) like (...) oh good idea!!!! have sets of the models in legoland!!! they all ready have a scale setup (i think its 1:20) and they have tons of cars and boats and building made allready so all they have to do is print up instructions... -philip (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Uhh... I just faxed my order for the 8448 to lego S@H US... It was in the spring catalog... Did I make a bo bo? (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) According to rumor, there were trademark issues with the "Indy Storm" name, so they just decided to pull the entire model. Quite a shame! (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Wow hold on a minute! Just because 8457 and 8458 are released does not means 8448 is gone right away. 8445 was gone pretty quick though. I wonder if we will ever see a technic catalogue like the one in 1996... (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, Please make a 2x3 tile part. (24 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Thinking this over, I have to admit that though Britain seems like a different sort of situation, I'm not versed enough to make generalizations. There are the facts: Caesar turned his back on Britain as if he didn't WANT to conquer it after (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Gosh, Rome fought nearly everyone after Hannibal. Gauls, Germans, Dacians (an excuse for Trajan's Column in Lego), Sarmatians, Macedonians/Greeks, various eastern Alexandrian Successor states (including Ptolemeic Egypt and the last of his (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hey! Instead of doing regional-related sets, they could continue with the movie / book tie - ins! The _Ben Hur_ chariot races... ... _Gladiator_ gladiatorial scenes and triumphal marches ... ... _Horatio at the Bridge_ collectors' edition set (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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Erik Olson wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Britain as a whole you could say was unconquered, but large parts of England (especially the southeast) were very solidly Roman for several hundred years - longer than the US has existed, so a non-trivial period (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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Well I'll say this much: i'm not a sharp historian, in fact my history of Rome only goes so far as reading the Penguin History of the world. But Everytime i see any thing roman related, and then when i see lego minifigs, Roman soldiers immediately (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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Attn: Lugnet Readers Lego Futura Lego Direct Mr Brad Justus. Dear Sirs, I fully suppourt the suggestion of a minfing zoo for lego(R) Town in a recent Lugnet posting. The relevant portion of the posting is included after this letter. A zoo in Lego(R) (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi Lindsay... Hi Santosh... Lego is not going to do this for us. We must do it ourselves. But it's fun to speculate (or is that to design?) (...) If somehow Lego were to go and do Roman for a castle theme, we would probably get a make-believe (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Which part of the Roman Empire? The Hellenistic portion, or Gaul/Scandia/Britannia? I'd love to see the theme move about from Greece to Egypt to the Levant--although, you know, the Punic Wars would be great too. Did Rome really have an (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Missing Sets...
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Im just wondering...What are sets 8516-8519 going to be? THey will be throwbots of course, but where adn what are they? In addition, when can we expect them? Anyone have any info? (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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