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Re: Mindstorms Available in NZ
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:52:18 GMT
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Terry K wrote in message <36c12553.4089134@lugnet.com>...
> On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:36:50 GMT, "Tim McSweeney" • <tim##NO_SPAM##@ams.co.nz>
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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 catalogue which includes two pages at the back for
> > Mindstorms so it seems its an official Lego policy not just Toyworld.
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> Toyworld Takapuna? Love that name. :-)
Sorry Should have stuck a comma in there, Its a toyworld store in a suburb
called Takapuna.
> > Also of interest in the catalogue the Throwbots are called Slizers
> > apparently because "The Slizers home planet is divided up into 8 different
> > Slices" I didn't read the full blurb but I thought some of you people who
> > are big on nitpicking might find this interesting.
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> 8 different slices? That is so lame it's funny. Bring on the bad pizza • jokes!
>
They span two pages, the blurb is on the left and from memory the models are
shown in a cirecle divided up into 8 slices. It doesn't seem anywhere near
as agressive as the amiercon description of "figting for dominace" maybe TLG
feels that Amercians only understand Violence while we New Zealanders are a
more peace loving bunch who would be turned off at the idea. <Flames to
/dev/null>
Tim
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| (...) Same in the Dutch catalogue. Apparently, they spend most of their time battling the elements - or in the case of City, trying not to run into walls (!) - But once a year, they meet in the Millennium Dome (well, some dome, anyway :) ), and (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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