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    Re: MacDonalds???? —Jason Spangler
   (...) Any chance someone could get scans of the new sets from the catalog up somewhere? I'mm guessing Todd would host them on LUGNET if you need a place to put them. (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —Bill Katz
   Shouldn't thatbe McDonalds? -Bill (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —Greg Majewski
   Here is the McDonald's: (URL) mom just walked in with the fall catalog, and I scanned it just now. It doesn't look to be all that special, but at least it's not juniorized. ~Greg PS- There is nothing else really new in the catalog besides some Basic (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —John Neal
      (...) It appears that the two windows *are* train windows-- hard to tell for sure. Thanks, Greg:-) (...) Scala junk??!! Remember, one man's trash is another man's daughter's treasure;-) Wait until you have *your* own daughter, O insolent one. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —Robert Farver
     (...) Not juniorized?!?! That thing's smaller than a Photomat! I bet there's barely enough room for the minifig to turn around. At least it comes with a few nice McDonald's logo pieces so one could build a REAL McDonald's. Maybe I can try modeling a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Tony Kilaras
      (...) stuff (...) You would ahve to buy 8 of those to make ONE halfway decent McSonalds. And of course, there's no arches. (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: MacDonalds???? —Steve Bliss
      On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 00:29:22 GMT, "Tony Kilaras" <kilaras@speedus.com> wrote: [Greg posted this link:] (...) But how many copies would you have to buy to get a sufficient number of McDroids to stand around, ignore customers, stare blankly at the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: MacDonalds???? —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) Most of us already have a VAST supply of Timmy minifigs. They're just wearing the wrong torso. (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Steve Bliss
     (...) Why does small = juniorized? LEGO has a long history of producing sets which are just a part of a building, evoking the entire building in the mind of the user. If REAL = fully detailed, you're setting your expectations too high. TLG won't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Mickey Dees (was Re: MacDonalds???? —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) Well, that *arch* is juniorized. Funny, the order is two coffees, in a container McD doesn't use. Hope they're not too hot. Red windows. Yawn. Too bad it wasn't a White Castle, then maybe the windows would be blue. (...) Scala is not junk. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Mickey Dees (was Re: MacDonalds???? —Greg Majewski
     (...) I guess the rest of the building is too, kind of, but the car is not. I guess this is the closest to non-juniorization you can get now. (...) bad (...) Or white. (...) I didn't mean it like that, I meant "junk" in general. I should have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —Russell Clark
     (...) And how much is this little guy?? Russell (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Patricia Schempp
     (...) 11.00 by itself, free if you arder 75.00 or more... (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Patricia Schempp
     (...) oops..order...its late, Clemson just lost its first football game so I can't think straight.... (25 years ago, 5-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Frank Filz
     (...) Figures, I just made a $168 order with S@H... Oh well, I'll probably need more window, plate, and slopes packs... (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Frank Filz
      (...) Ah, one more question, whats the catalog code so those of us who don't have the catalog yet can get these? (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: MacDonalds???? —Scott Edward Sanburn
      F9001 Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) Call and plead for mercy, you may be able to get them to hook you up. (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Frank Filz
     (...) When I called back, they checked into my order, and will be shipping me one. I didn't try too hard to get them to ship me two (if I had had the catalog, I would have split the order in two...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Steve Chuck
     Unfortunately the offer is limited to one free set no matter how many orders you will or have put in. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Tom Stangl
     That's not what I was told by my favorite rep. They said you can get one for each order you place. Limiting it to one PERIOD during the offer period would be silly. They'd get less money that way, as I had NO plans to order anything until after Xmas (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —Rob Doucette
     At what McDonald's can you get two coffees with a $100 brick and expect change back? Greg Majewski wrote in message ... (...) stuff (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —John Neal
     (...) No, No, No, No Rob! I'm surprised at you. *He* is the ambulance-chasing lawyer in his new convertible looking for the woman who just spilled scalding coffee in her lap;-) I read in an internal publication that the lawyer's eyes were originally (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: MacDonalds???? —Rob Doucette
     John Neal wrote in message <37D42A89.4CE7F265@u...st.net>... (...) scalding (...) Ohhh, I see! That explains the bonus minifig with the melted ABS crotch. I thought it was just a defect ;-) -Rob. (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: MacDonalds???? —Scott Edward Sanburn
   It looks Juniorized to me. I thought it might be a decent sized set, not a yard barn scale. Ugh! Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
 

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