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(...) I don't know about that particular set, but I'm getting a growing impression that Paradisa sets generally are valued quite highly. I know I've now been clobbered a couple of times on Ebay on Paradisa sets, despite my bidding well above the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Since they are no longer offered by TLG, you will pay a premium for Paradisa (a lot of closet pink fans out there;) Maybe introduce your daughter to Belville, or Scala. Watch out, however, because if your daughter is like mine, she'll take a fancy (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Err - John. I - er - don't have a daughter. I'm nowhere near having a daughter. I'm not even part of a couple yet. And not only that but when I do start going out with someone, I kinda hope it'll be with a girl who doesn't want any children. I buy (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But it all evens out, he gets that look when he goes and sits in a tree for 2 or 3 hours every fall. Julie (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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lol Sorry, Simon! I meant to direct that response to Mike:-) Don't you give up on the idea of kids just yet-- they are *almost* better than LEGO;-) <emphasis on winky -John (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi John, John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:37B90AF8.CAF7E5...est.net... (...) Paradisa (a (...) I think Paradisa was largely undervalued when it was out. It's sets had a lot of nice pieces, the main problem I had with them was I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I bought the House version of Paradisa (Poolside Paradise) because of the cool black car (Which turned into a Corvette, naturally! :) ) I also wanted a nice house, and I still have it as my house to this day. I am planning on remodeling it soon. Oh, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, those Paradisa sets were overlooked by a lot of AFOLs. Maybe the pink pieces were a turnoff. I did manage to buy a few. My favorite is that dark pink (magenta) colored oval shaped plastic case set, a freestyle set I believe. I picked up (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) dark (...) believe. (...) yellow (...) slopes, (...) come in (...) I found one of these about three months ago in a Family Toy Warehouse. It was open and missing about 20 pieces(nothing too rare, luckily). The best part was that it was only (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Pray tell! I have *already* built a pink passenger train car. It is not easy, given the constraints of the elements available in pink. The whole GMLTC hates it (they hate *everything* I make;) John Gerlach says he gets a toothache just (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok John2, you have to explain to the world WHY I say I get a toothache every time I look at it -- I call it the "cotton candy car"!! And when John2 comes up with 2,000,000+ bricks, the GMLTC is going to build a SECOND layout, this one designed (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I though I coined "you go boy" on lugnet.trains! With the short train web ring thread. I guess it didn't stick, neither did the train web ring??? Is there a pic of the Pink passenger train car. I have been all over pink and lt blue and mint for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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