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(URL) link is the end of a thread which is largely a rant, but some good points were brought up including this - Farm animals! Pink Pigs, brown cows, tan/white/grey sheep with little black faces, chickens, ducks, etc. And new "farm" foliage to (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) My son, who was building Red Beard Runners at 6 or 7, likes the Bionicles. Not really much as a building experience, but they seem to capture his imagination. He really enjoyed putting together the Guarded Inn and thought it an excellent set, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3B73DCD2.1372@m...ing.com... (...) I just can't agree with this. They are NOT buying Lego (in the sense that AFOL would mean), they are buying a plastic mecha toy. I cannot see how them (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dinosaurs and bricks? I don't remember bricks in the dinosaur sets. Maybe I missed a set, but the ones I've seen have a dino body, two sets of legs, a tail, and a head. None of these are what I would term bricks. Just me being picky. ; ) The (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Neal said: (...) RIGHT ON!!! I totaly agree with you, John. (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) From what I see, Bionicle is doing great. Whoever is buying it (kids who would never have otherwise played with LEGO, or kids already captivated by LEGO, but looking for something more than building yet another fire station), it has a positive (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3B730E52.5BDDA2...est.net... (...) to blame as well. (...) But isnt that the point of the original message? How do you get creative and build MOCs with Juniorized parts. You would have to be (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It's sad but I must agree this. TRUs here in Turkey stopped selling Lego. The shelves previously occupied by Lego sets are full of Megablocks sets now. And by looking at the models (the big yellow race car, aircraft carrier, battle cruiser, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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It seems every time this subject comes up, lots of people have stories and opinions on how Lego should run things, and I'm no different. :) I was in a store the other day and I overheard a boy who was about 4 asking his mom for the Lego NASCAR (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Bionicle (and the whole Throwbot/Roborider/Droid theme) is revitalizing Technic in the same way that 1979 space revitalized town. I remember getting a few space sets, and I kept them in a separate box from my police station and windmill. They (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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