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| (...) I have the same experience. Now, when I have a party, I'll have people who want to show it to their friends. "Hey Felix, my girlfriend hasn't seen the lego room." Then its always interesting to hear them relay my words. "Check this out, he (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Funny you should mention that. My parents completely ignore my lego life. If I'm talking to them on the phone I'll bring up work, my wife, and ultimatly my latest lego endeavor. They always seem ackwardly silent at that point. But, to me, all (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) It seems to be the little outhouse building. A single piece structure with a secret compartment for holding a minifig.You put it over another minifig, press the control on top, and it swaps them over. It's other purpose is to double the price (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.build)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| "Tim Strutt" <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:Hvrv9u.r4u@lugnet.com... (...) else. (...) Existing stores in the UK (well store as there was ony one ) have been upgaded to PaB, so its not beyond the realms of possibility. Also I hear (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Hey, What is the LEGO Figure Transformer? I saw it in the late spring Lego catalog, page 5 bottom left. The main structure seems to be only one piece. Has anyone purchased this product... (URL) ? If anyone has any information on this unique piece (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Presumably Gatineau is part of the Ottawa Region, casino and all. :) (...) Well, it doesn't seem the way it used to be, I agree. While we don't miss anything our American friends get from S@H in the US. What we lost was: a) At exchange pricing (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Meanwhile, there are no Lego stores (as far as I know) in the region west of Minnesota and north of California. That's what, a quarter of the US and half of Canada, roughly? So I agree with the Canadians that Canada should get a Lego store. . (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) How lucky are we here in the Chicago suburbs????? 3 P-A-B within an hours drive! Pretty darn lucky I guess......... (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| (...) The store in downtown Chicago got pick-a-brick as well. It was a while after the other two stores in IL opened with Pick-a-brick first. My guess would be that the new stores get it right away and then the other stores will get it eventually. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | |  | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| "Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in news:HvrHpw.D89@lugnet.com: (...) other (...) and (...) is (...) Those are cool models. Mine are there: (URL) warned, though, that i do not have a big variety of bricks so my models are a bit "square". (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) That's the first one I've heard of then. Excellent, that gives hope. (...) Yes, Bricks and Blocks has 3 locations, and the 2 I've been to are very well done. They are done very professionally, and the large models and play areas add a lot to (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) The Mall of America LEGO store got PaB. It existed long before the new push for more stores. I may be misunderstanding you though. As for whether the St. Jacobs store (N of Kitchener/Waterloo ON) would be well suited, I am with Allan, I think (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) I agree that PAB would be perfectly suited for any of the Bricks & Blocks outlets in Southern and Central Ontario. Unfortunately, from what I have understood, PAB has not gone into any of the existing stores. It has only appeared in new (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) Again, speaking only about St. Jacob's... I've always thought of them _sort of_ like a car dealership. Most car dealers only sell one brand of cars, but they're not really stores owned by the company that makes the product. I'm not sure that's (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | |  | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Calum, According to your stats, we beat your tourism on a per capita basis. :-) Do not forget that with Ottawa you have Gatineau and a reasonable proximity to Montreal. Actually, I do not want to argue that LEGO do something here instead of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| (...) (URL) If this is the first you've heard of it, then I'm sure that once you've (...) I couldn't agree more. :) Allan B. (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) Brickshelf is back up now. Drool over this selection of fences and foliage: (URL) some more links to drool over: (URL) Strutt (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) Well, Brickshelf seems to be down this minute, so I can't pull out any direct links, but when it's back up, just do a search in the gallery for "pick-a-brick" or "pab", and you'll see pictures of the bins of bricks in these stores that you (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| (...) Because those 3 Ontario stores carry special S@H packs and sets, discontinued items, have displays, and have only a huge honkin' LEGO logo out front, I had always assumed they were at least an officially recognized exclusive brand store. I (...) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | |  | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Adult Fan of Lego Please see Shiri Doris Acronym FAQ: (URL) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (22 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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