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(...) They certainly were available. And the US even had sufficient stock unlike Australia where they sold out of most Toy Stores in less than a week. Tim (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is not so wierd for LEGO as you might think. On this side of the pond we've became pretty much used to the subject of North-American exclusives, amongst others the nice blue version of the "My Own Train" Passenger Wagon from set (URL) (...) (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! So these weren't (officially) available in North America, then? Seems weird to do a regional release for something like this. (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) These are known as collectable minifigs, and were sold "blind" in non transparent polybags. There was a barcode trick though, permitting us to dertermine wich figure it contained. Two series of 16 different figures each have came out in shops (...) (14 years ago, 29-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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I recently found "(URL) which shows twelve "Series 1" Lego minifigures of various kinds. Neat! But I can't find these available to buy anywhere on "(URL) or in fact any mention of them on "(URL) itself. What gives? I see the figures available on (...) (14 years ago, 28-Aug-10, to lugnet.general)
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Aug. 23, 2010 Merlin confirms £18.5m (apx.USD $28.4m) LEGOLAND® Hotel deal LEGOLAND® owner Merlin Entertainments has confirmed it has agreed a deal for an £18.5m hotel to be developed at the Windsor theme park, as revealed by Property Week. Merlin (...) (14 years ago, 24-Aug-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Don't know how I missed that, thanks much! God Bless, Nathan (14 years ago, 22-Aug-10, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) It is this part: (URL) (14 years ago, 21-Aug-10, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello all, Can anyone tell me where this part comes from? It is in old lt grey, 14 x 2 and just less than 2 plates deep. I've tried peeron and BL without joy. (URL) Thanks much and God Bless, Nathan (URL) (14 years ago, 21-Aug-10, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general, FTX)
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From July 27,2010. LEGO® Systems, Inc. Expanding North American HQ LEGO, the world's fifth largest toymaker, is expanding its North American headquarters in Enfield, CT. The Danish manufacturer of plastic building blocks, a long-time staple at the (...) (14 years ago, 18-Aug-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO® STAR WARS™ Celebrates 30th Anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back at Star Wars Celebration V Interactive LEGO mural building event supports The Empire Gives Back and St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital ORLANDO (August 13th, 2010) To (...) (14 years ago, 12-Aug-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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(From Businessweek: July 23, 2010.) How LEGO Revived Its Brand In an excerpt from Design Is How It Works, former BusinessWeek staff writer Jay Greene explores LEGO's troubles and its comeback By Jay Greene Paal Smith-Meyer is waving a BusinessWeek (...) (14 years ago, 11-Aug-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, John Neal wrote: snip (...) Thanks for getting the link out there--I'm pretty bad in forgetting to do that... Rob makes fantastic products and I think (and hope) the viewing audience'll like the new OBB space layout with added (...) (14 years ago, 19-Jul-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for that. I believe my son (read me) will get a kick out it. (14 years ago, 19-Jul-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, Rob's pretty clever, all right. Tons of good stuff! I think the neatest thing (so far?) he's cooked up is actually the joint project with BrickForge to make streetlights that work. He's doing the electronics and BrickForge did a (...) (14 years ago, 18-Jul-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.general, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod, FTX) !
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(...) Yes, it is compatible. It uses the normal, LEGO train wheels. Of course, it comes unpowered. HTH, JOHN (14 years ago, 18-Jul-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, I'm not really modeling any particular period, so cowboy hats en masse won't be happening, but the slope idea is a good one to keep in mind. I'll be using regular, fleshie heads, not Woody, et al., and I'll be swapping out the torsos, (...) (14 years ago, 18-Jul-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Does this fit on the RC/9V tracks, or does it require something different? I have see photos of it, and the three carriages do look like they have the wheel set for the RC/9v tracks. (14 years ago, 18-Jul-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd actually been wondering about that for quite a while before actually being able to buy my first Toy Story sets. Everyone showed Woody from the front, but nobody posted a pic of the back of his legs that I could find, so I wasn't sure if (...) (14 years ago, 17-Jul-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey Dave, thanks for that info; I was wondering about the exact height of the new, longer legs. With this exact information, I calculate that my figs will be a touch over 5'3" tall without wigs, and so I'll call them 5 1/2' tall: poifect:-) (...) (14 years ago, 17-Jul-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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