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| | | Did I actually say that LEGO has no competition in my `It's Time AFOL Take Action' posting? It would seem that I am wrong... More about that in a second... First things first... The time has come to take our battle with The LEGO Group to the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) One hole in all of this is that no Lego system clone I've seen or heard of comes near to the manufacturing standards Lego has. They're just not as good. There may be market room for a high-quality clone, but I think it'd actually be difficult (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | (...) Yeah, true. :(((( (...) Maybe, maybe not. I think this would have much more impact on the largest shopping day of the year, don't you? The Friday after Thanksgiving? (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Ian Sinclair
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| | | | | | | | (...) Really? I didn't no that was the case. Thanksgiving is a different day in the US; I live in Canada. What date would that be? <ICS> (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) Ah, maybe it's just an American phenom, then. Lemme check... I think Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November, which would make it the 25th this year, making the HUGE (and I mean HUGE) shopping day the 26th. On the 26th _every_ (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Ian Sinclair
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| | | | | | (...) It is not my desire to purchase blocks from anyone other than The LEGO Group. I pointed out the competition's site to make one very good point. They build sets that many of us would like to own... Unfortunately they are made by the WRONG (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Erin Windross
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| | | | <snip> (...) I am already drooling over them esp the 6207 (...) 25 for me (...) definatley (...) Grrrr *rage builds up* (...) Why wasn't I born a few years earlier than the eighties? (...) Yes <HUGE SNIP> (...) I think the Best-lock sets are the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Paul Sinasohn
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| | | | I would get about 20 - mostly for the instructions; I wouldn't mix them with Legos, but some of those look awfully tempting - the ships, the large trucks, the UN military sets..... Paul Sinasohn, who probably has all the parts (except girders) that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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