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Get ready to hate me, but... If this was something like a Galaxy Explorer, you darned right I would have snatched it. I also would have given the kid ten bucks cash to go buy something off the rack at K-Mart, though. And Guarded Inn is specifically (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Right *on*! I woulda snatched it (the fort, not the galaxy explorer - yuck ;-) myself. Not to sell to someone though, I'd keep it to myself. There's a difference. (...) Uhhh- I slightly disagree, while the set was released because of adults, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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What about all those people who considered the S@H Fort Legoredos a sensation. Since it's been gone from the catalog and stores for a tidy few years, it's a FOTM to more people. I bet a bunch of the regulars here got back into when it was just (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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Dave & All, (...) Now, now, we all love each other here, right? ; ) (...) This whole situation was very unique, and I think we need to look at it in that regard. I might have bought the set for the child, I might not have. It depends on a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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I think you have some valid feelings, Shiri!!! I have read some of the reactions to the "printing" of the guarded inns, and view the complaints as very, very shallow. I say, look at the "big picture" you have a great set of pieces (not juniorized) (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GG6H7H.4Fv@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) garage (...) was (...) lying (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Were you outraged at your ex-client or at yourself? If you were mad at yourself (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hate is such a strong word. I'll just get ready to Ritvik you or something. :-) (...) Galaxy What? ;-) Shame on you! Part of playing well is playing fair and when someone else has first dibs, kid or adult, they have first dibs. Shame on you (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes: - snip - (...) Shame on you. The way I see it the kid had first dibs. - snip again - (...) After reading this story, I am surprised that you say you would have snatched up the Fort LEGOREDO. After all, you know (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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Scott E. Sanburn wrote in message ... (...) not (...) space, (...) I don't think falling in love with a series/theme is necessary for AFOL-ism... when I was a Lego-loving kid I had *no* themed sets because the very first (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin & All, (...) To that extent, true, the over 40 crowd (Which is cool in it's own way). But I guess i was referring to the 20~20 year olds mostly, who grew up with the themed sets, specifically trhe minifig sets, that built that strong (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@indalex.com> wrote in message news:GG6Mt4.E8z@lugnet.com... (...) not (...) space, (...) next (...) Well, I think I'm an AFOL. I'm 39 and my collection is reaching 200K pieces, (fairly small, from an US point of view, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ha-HA! Life is so, so much easier when you have no soul. Such is my mania; I do not apologize for it! But OK, K-Mart is pretty harsh. And whaddya mean, "Galaxy What?" AACK! I'm bleeding here! (...) Well, it sure won't find a mainstream market (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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Carlo & All, (...) Folks, just a disclaimer here, seems to be misinterpreted a lot here, I am just saying "many of us would be here" blah blah blah. That does mean that it is not 100%, but from what I have seen, and the people I have talked too, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I look at it like this: there's enthusiasts, and there's collectors. And of course there're overlaps. I consider myself an enthusiast. My fave them being Classic Space I buy lots of it. I have this nasty tendency of being completist with (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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