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(...) Bah, believe me, *every* booster has a rare, and one in three is a holo. With a lot of time, money, and diligence I was able to complete three sets of Pokemon cards. For this reason I know how it is to open 5 boosters in a row to get (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Also sets like this: (URL) most of all: (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'd dearly love it if they would use 1651 as the basis. 6-wide, using the 1x6x5 window (usually seen in space sets with trans yellow glass) with shutters for the doors (of course it would also be nice for them to also use these windows with (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hear, hear! (yeah, I wish they would come out with new roadplates with roads slightly wider than 8 studs (since vehicles are not supposed to be as wide as the lane).. maybe 2 lanes of 8 with 1 stud either side of each lane for stripes (so 19 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.town)
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(...) ...Related to Magic though was the big disaster they had with Antiquities (at least I think it was Antiquities), where the distribution of cards was not random. Apparently someone at the card plant screwed up and the sorting didn't work out (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) 8-wide containers are even more impressive[1]! :) However, then you have to come out with new roadplates that can handle large trucks... Please FUT .town (or lugnet.8wide-vs-6wid...-vs-J2...) --Bram 1) <plug> (URL) Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.town)
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(...) Er, make that <set:3442> ++Lar (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip excellent suggestions> Yes, please do. And your yellow <set:2148> and red/black <set:3443> tractors are a good starting point, too! (check the ratings, we LOVE those sets, all 80's 90's and 100's) Just redesign the frame to allow a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) how the quality of the Lego brick is way down. Anyone that has old Lego can put it sid by side with the new ones and can see that there are huge differences in the quality. Here are a few: 1. The old Lego were much brighter and had a better (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Dear Lego, Please look at producing a series of minifig scale semi-tractor/trailer trucks (in the USA these are commonly referred to as 18-wheelers). Make them is various color shades. The colors could represent (or be promotional to) the various (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ok, what is up with the S@H site? I can't get past the gateway.asp page at all anymore on any of my browsers sans Netscape 6 and many of us know what a burden on our system that beast is. Navigator 4.08 (latest version of the standalone browser) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I believe it's true for Magic. I would not be too surprised if it wasn't true for Pokemon, though. But I suspect it's against the law in at least the US, as it would be false advertising to claim something is available if it is not ever (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Oh, whoa, hang on a sec. I'm not disputing your claim that all the wheels weren't produced- I wouldn't know, I didn't try to collect them. It's entirely possible. On the other hand, when someone complains that they got many of the more common (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.technic.roboriders)
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(...) Eric, I also love collecting all these things. I enjoyed when I saw LEGO coming out with disks, then wheels and now masks. I spent a *lot* of money on the disks, then I had them complete one day. A little later, even more special disks came (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.technic.roboriders)
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(...) I used to collect Magic cards (and play the game). I can assure you that you *can* collect a full set of these cards. It just requires patience, and a lot of money and/or hard trading. There's nothing uneducated about it. If you enjoy it, you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Michael Edwards wrote in message ... (...) Can you say Pokemon. I refuse to allow any pokemon stuff into our house due to the blatant marketing of a .05 card. I just educate my son on not "collecting" stuff that is just a marketing ploy to get you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Yes, some of my German friends have made the same experience: the cars can not be driven on track without derailments, because of the warped black 24x6 baseplate. "Leg Godt"! Ben "Quality of new Playmobil is better than the one of todays Lego® (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) things. (...) Hear the alarm bells TLC! Christian has been the biggest Lego Fan on earth when I first got in touch with him. While most AFOL people are just fans of Lego products (basically the good ones from the past, hehe), Christian has (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) Yep, I would say so. I guess we should all be glad you did not specify boxers or jockey shorts! ;-) Maggie C. (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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And wait for the Gaud to tap on your shoulder :-) Looks like a few trips to the Local Cop's -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Lugnet Member# 151 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lego (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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