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Folks, John DiRienzo and I both recently got the same ancient Lego catalog from a Belgian Lego dealer/collector as a complimentary gift after we both won items in this gentleman's Auction. The catalog, in black and white with blue background was (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37CC03BF.ED23C6EC@u...ch.edu>... (...) the small piano. It's proof that you don't need buckets of bricks to come up with clever models. Regards, Allan (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, it was amazing to discover how much was reused. The same building (or an instance of the same building type) would appear in several different pictures, and the same picture would be used (recropped in some cases) in several brochures or (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If this is the ambulance I'm thinking of, it was "Steve": (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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You're right, it WAS Steve, not James. I just said James because I wanted to insult the James's of the world. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Eeeeeek! I remember that bus. Until 2 minutes ago I also actually believed that it had been built by whoever it said on the UK catalogue and Lego had adopted it. I feel soooo disillusioned... :) Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) For some reason, I always thought it was an ambulance. -- Have fun! John AUCTION Page (More soon!) (URL) Page (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Krankenwagen I guess technically DOES mean ambulance (literally: "sick/sickness wagon") but it sure looked like a bus to me. (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Did you notice, by the way: (URL) are so old, this could well be the first LEGO/Maesrk cross-promotion. :D eric (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, I did notice that. It was also in the Building Idea Book #1. It looks like LEGO and Maersk have been cooperating for a long time. Maybe Maersk is the official truck hauling company for TLG, and always has been. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) like (...) I wonder how Maersk feels about the Colorline Semi? It seems to be exactly the same as the fabled Maersk Truck. That is, of course, assuming anyone at Maersk cares. :D eric (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the (...) D'oh. Very similar, but not the same. I stand corrected by myself. Well, I mean, I don't stand by myself, I am corrected by myself, which is a totally different thing.... eric (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I am no shipping expert, it's not my real interest. But this did interest me enough to go digging. (because I am container crazy...) If you go HERE: (URL) can get to HERE: (URL) you learn that while A.P. Moller was a Swede, A.P. Moller (owners (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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