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Hi Everyone! This whole thing has just fascinated me. There are all of those guys selling MISB sets from Italy! What is the deal with this? Do these people just have insane collections and they are selling it off? Are they finding them in shops? (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Finding them in shops. When I was on a Swiss assignment, I was privileged to go to northern Italy and fest with a few folks who turned me on to stuff. Italy is a treasure trove of shops (individual and small chains) with poor inventory (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) away (...) be (...) That was a wonderful afternoon :) Ciao Ezio (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Indeed it was. I still cherish fond memories of that adventure. Not just the LEGO part either, I enjoyed the "tearing down the Autostrada at 150 kph towards Milan" and the "sitting at an outdoor cafe languidly sipping espresso" parts almost as (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:GC76DC.FC8@lugnet.com... (...) had (...) the (...) :))))) You weren't tearing down the "Autostrada" but a simple state road where speed limit is 90kph :) No overseas trips (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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One of the main reasons I have a good supply of rare parts is that I did this same thing in Germany in 1979, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 92, 93. I hit every mom&pop toy store I could find between the Iron Curtain (Coburg) and Garmisch-Patenkirchen (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Hmm - I'll make a note of learning German and Italian this summer then... :) Bryan (24 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) German could serve you well on eBay also (of course I mentioned to one of the German eBay sellers who had his whole page in English, with US dollar bids, and was quite prepared for international shipping and all that he really should set up (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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