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Hold onto your hats: palm trees are now THREE PIECES. I picked up the River Expedition set, and was very annoyed to make this discovery. There is a one-piece trunk with base, a one-piece four-frond top, and a standard round green tile to hold the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Pigs must be flying because I never thought I would defend Town Jr. However, I've always tried to get my nephews and nieces into Lego by buying them on Christmas and birthdays. I found they would get frustrated with the directions though. Town (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) However, (...) directions (...) down (...) You must be meaning 5-.., boy I wish they sticked to 7-.., at least for the non-Town themes. According to LEGO (appearently), five-year-olds can't handle opening doors. Is that your experience too? (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I don't hate Town Jr. so much as I lament the lack of "real" town sets. And the idea of it spreading to other themes really disturbs me. On reflection, I think this (the palm tree thing) is much more of a cost- cutting move than a (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is actually not a new brick (not that Kev said it was, just wanted to point it out...) Harro scored some of the bricks Terry Cruse is selling with symbols printed on them that use this form factor, and I saw them before I transshipped. (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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8459 Front-end Loader has two of them in gray (a 1997 technic set I think) Selçuk (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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