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Re: FOTW: 496 Spirit of St. Louis
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:39:39 GMT
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jmkopp@projsolutions&NoSpam&.com
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for anyone trying to view the pic on pause, the set number is 456 or
661, they both show the same pic.
Thomas Main wrote:
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> This is, of course, set number 493, not 496. Just in case anyone wanted
> to hop over to see a pic of my incredible find, I thought I should
> correct that. This was one of my childhood sets and that's why I'm
> especially pleased to have found it again. And I'm surprised too. I
> live in a small town where no Lego was sold 20 years ago. I received
> the Lego I had on out-of-town trips to "big cities" and from relatives
> in Germany, so I've always thought of Lego as a rarity. Now my town has
> a K-Mart and Wal*Mart so the common sets are there, but I still have to
> go on trips to see any trains or Mindstorms sets. And I really don't
> buy a lot of Lego from K-mart/Wal*mart. Well, just some observations
> and a correction...
>
> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
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> Thomas Main wrote:
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> > Well, I found a mostly complete with box 496 Spirit of St. Louis set
> > this weekend at a thrift store. It's now complete and I suppose I'll
> > have to build a museum around it :) Set me back $0.27.
> >
> > --
> > Thomas Main
> > main@appstate.edu
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| This is, of course, set number 493, not 496. Just in case anyone wanted to hop over to see a pic of my incredible find, I thought I should correct that. This was one of my childhood sets and that's why I'm especially pleased to have found it again. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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