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(...) Toyworld Takapuna? Love that name. :-) (...) 8 different slices? That is so lame it's funny. Bring on the bad pizza jokes! -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, mine have never closed completely. I have four, which admittably, isn't a large sample of all those out there. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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The picture of the 6463 looks like a space age hair dryer to me. Sit under the gold dome, and when you are done, you have a gold dome on your head. And with that....I'm off to bed. Julie (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed. Mine too. But unlike in LC (which used the same visor but the standard town helmet) the new helmet has issues. Either way for me is springy. One a little, one a lot. YMMV. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36C01F00.880A33F5@v...er.net>... :The Lego community as a whole, and the train sub community in :particular, has suffered a significant and profound loss with the :passing of Gary Louie on 5 February. ... :He was (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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No, it definitely fits better one way than the other. (...) | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... (...) see (...) Forgot to mention price RIS $550 Extreme Sports Expansion pack $149 Tim (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I just popped into Toyworld Takapuna in my lunch break and was amazed to see a Mindstorms box on the shelf. According to the nice lady at the counter they've decided to to bring it here, and it arrived yesterday. She also showed me the 1999 NZ (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.robotics)
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <36C0D850.CFA20769@m...ne.net>... (...) the (...) slightly (...) Try flipping it around. Mine had the same problem. It's not as obvious that there are two sides to it (like the motorcycle helmet visors). Or maybe it is (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well...I don't know about the inflation rate, but also consider that the newer set probably has parts that are more expensive to make - the gold-plated dome thingy and visor [1] for instance. That said, I think my ideal set would be a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Do we have to choose? I'd take both! (I have neither BTW...) Paulo (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ho hoo! That's it! That's the set that 6463 reminded me of, but I couldn't put a mental finger on it. The prices are interesting to compare, BTW -- this year's 6463 costs $3.99 for 35 pieces (11.4 cents/piece) and 889 from 20 years earlier (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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I can get my hands on a few 6761's would anyone be interested? -- Asher (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Allen Carley wrote in message <36C05C85.2B75@ix.ne...om.com>... (...) Dunno about sets in general but yes, we do have cybermaster, but not mindstorms. Tim (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Colin wrote in message ... (...) I'd take the 889 over the 6463 any day. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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To truely see how lego has evolved over the last 20 years compare the following two sets: #889 - (URL) - (URL) I can say is: The more things change, the more they stay the same :-) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey guys, Did New Zealand get any new sets yet this year that are unavailable in the us? Also, does New Zealand have CyberMaster? Thanks for the help. Allen Carley (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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Is there any reference to the 8482 CyberMaster set in the LEGO 1999 catalog in the United States? Just curious... :-) Laurentino Martins [mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt] [(URL) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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The Lego community as a whole, and the train sub community in particular, has suffered a significant and profound loss with the passing of Gary Louie on 5 February. Gary was a number of things to the community: He was always of good cheer. I don't (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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Thomas Main wrote in message (...) I was very shocked to hear the news. Gary and I first started trading 2 years ago and that advanced to him obtaining for me lots of sets that are not available in New Zealand. He would go out of his way to get the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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