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Re: Dark Ages story
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:16:05 GMT
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JSPROAT@saynotospamGEOCITIES.COM
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> Blacktron I was what brought me out of my dark ages -- 10 years ago now,
> almost to the day! Unfortunately, I spent a lot of 1989 playing "catch
> up" on a lot of earlier Futuron and Blacktron I stuff. :)
You have much better timing than I do. I entered my Dark Ages *during*
Blacktron I, and tried to play catch-up around 1993. :-(
I remember walking through Wal-Mart ca. 1992 and seeing every single BT II
and most BT I sets, and thinking, "How childish. I'll never get into those
again. ...Though these sets look pretty cool..." Slap me with a splintered
ruler.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
-- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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| (...) Wow. That sounds pretty familiar. I hit my dark ages right around BT I, but I was still impressed with the sets. I didn't start my post-Dark Ages collection until almost a year ago (May 1998), and I regret having missed out on BT I & II and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hehheh -- (well, I shouldn't laugh, because it's not funny! but) -- I know that feeling! That's how I felt when I saw BT1 sets in a TRU when they first came out. I think it must've been 1987 because I bought a 6826 Crater Crawler (classic (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Blacktron I was what brought me out of my dark ages -- 10 years ago now, almost to the day! Unfortunately, I spent a lot of 1989 playing "catch up" on a lot of earlier Futuron and Blacktron I stuff. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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