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Re: Big Lego Christmas
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:03:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Remy Evard writes:
Christmas this year was pretty amazing, Lego-wise.  I had to share this
with someone, and no one else around here would quite appreciate it...
so, why not LUGNET?

Here's the Lego that I was given for Christmas this year:

Oh man you are one lucky dude... Considering the fact that I only have around
90 unique sets (over 20 years!), you received nearly a third of that in one
shot...

Nobody bought me any Lego so I had to do it the hard the way: Buy it myself!

I acquired:
Technic 8448 Super Street Sensation
Train 4563 Load N' Haul Railroad

That's all...

This year, in September, I gave my wife a list of sets that I promised
not to buy.  Everyone who couldn't figure out what to get me asked her
So, the strategy of making a "i wont buy it" list worked really well.  The
only problem with this is that if I want to do it next year, I have to make
a list of things I won't buy that other folks can find, which means
swearing off a bunch of the Year 2000 Lego sets for another 12 months.  Hm.

I've got to try something like that sooner or later...

Bryan



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  Re: Big Lego Christmas
 
My own LEGO christmas was relatively tame. My older sister, her husband, my father, and I went in together to get Mindstorms for my nephew (and we managed to find a 1.0, and I ordered the upgrade for him). I got Dave Baum's book and 8735 Power Pack (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Big Lego Christmas
 
Christmas this year was pretty amazing, Lego-wise. I had to share this with someone, and no one else around here would quite appreciate it... so, why not LUGNET? Here's the Lego that I was given for Christmas this year: Technic 8248 Forklift 8252 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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