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I very recently lost ALL my pre 1980 (including a couple from 1950's) instruction manuals. Well they wernt lost, but thrown away last year by my now mad and soon to be divorced wife. Nearly all of these have been recovered through this excellent (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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XPOST/XFUT to UK newsgroup Can anyone here help him? -- Mike Edwards Lugnet Member #151 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kanohi-Power - Bionicle Site on the web (URL) shop - Edwards Parts (URL) - - - - - - - - - (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Anyone know of this very old castle? Could it be related to 1589 (Town Square) from 1978? (This is very close to 1592 from 1983.) Maybe Weetabix promotion. I don't remember any talk of older castles than those. And they aren't really castles. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Andrew, I can't find a Promo castle from the early 1970's. The first official Castle listed on Lugnet is 375 from 1978. With some more info, I might be able to help you narrow down the search. What was the main colour of the castle? When you say 3 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:GoEsu9.7Cv@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) I know which set it is, and somewhere I have a picture. It's a primarily white castle that was a Weetabix promotion in the late '60's or early '70's. I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Can you hook out the picture if you can find it Huw, Id love to see it. my dad used to have a number of Weetabix sets they were old minifig scale. I remember he had a house and a windmill, forgoten all about them till now. I'm sure I have some of (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've got the instructions for those three Weetabix sets and I think I have most of the pieces too. I don't think they're referenced on Lugnet so maybe I should scan the instructions and put them up. Psi (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could you take a quick shot of the manuals and post it? I've never heard of these sets before. Thanks alot! BK> (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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"James Stacey" <james@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GoHJoI.95t@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) OK, I have reinstated a page I used to have on my home page back in 1998: (URL) shows all four known Weetabix sets, none of which had set numbers, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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You only have to ask! I have the scans. 10 pages in all. zipped they take 1.16M Andrew, do you want them emailing direct? Huw, do you want them for your resurrected page? I cannot claim all the credit as I received them earlier this year from a chap (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Phil, Please get these onto Brickshelf!!! Ian Bishop was looking for proof of this set a while back! We'll all be happy bunnies (or "Quickies" if you're that way inclined) ;-) Just Jono .oO "Phil Traviss" <phil.traviss@xpertsystems.com> wrote in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Interesting... I started hunting to try and pin down a year a little better, but to little avail. Some clues: The logo - Doesn't pin a date down very usefully. 1972 or earlier, as it looks like the logo was changed in '73. The windows - (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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About that red horse: it's got legs for a snout! I like these sets. That blue roof has character, and it doesn't even use all the rare pieces the others have. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Wow Thanks Huw. I must have made those 3 town sets a hundred times when I was small, but had forgotten all about them till now! -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Huw Millington" (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've found the instructions for these three sets, but I don't want to go to the bother of scanning them if they have already been scanned by someone else. Does anyone know if they exist already? Also, assuming that we want these to be (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ive just received the caslte zip file from Phil Traviss, thank you very much. Like busses and police you wait for ages for one to appear then several come along at once!! I Hope one of you uploads all 3 of these on brickshelf, and not all (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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Jon, Phil, et. al. The Brickshelf TOS prohibits posting complete catalouge scans in the members area. I've emailed the scans to the submit area of Brickshelf. Since I haven't seen any new sets since June, I don't know if he's still accepting (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.database)
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The date of the three Weetabix sets was 1977: the final year for the arm-less minifigs and the first year for ridged tyres. The castle on the other hand, could have been produced anywhere through the 60s: wavey flag and plenty of grey plates, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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The castle on the other hand, could have been produced anywhere through the (...) the (...) I still maintain (and my dad agrees) that this was not the weetabix castle I had as a boy. I would have had it around 1969-1970 I guess. (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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