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(...) For once, being away in Europe will have its significant LEGO advantages! :) I'm ordering, bigtime; most of the new packs are AVAILABLE (including the garage door bits), I called and got verification of inventory. But Lawrence is wrong about (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: lego should make multimodel instructions (ala 6861)
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(...) Hmmm you forget Technic.. (...) Ok but maybe you could re-releas older classic sets in grouped packs? (...) With a copy to brickshelf? After all us Internet active lego(R) scan there frewquently. And this might solve the limitation on older (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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OK Lego Direct. Are you going to be offering these new packs in the US? Please don't be so cruel. Rose "Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GCr13z.2Aq@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) very (...) it (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Good and bad on shop.lego.com this week Well for Europeans - these changes dont seem to have hit USA (yet) Forward - Lego added lots of new stuff to bulk bricks this week. Back - However, they are just the rest of the old accessory packs. When are (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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much like they did with blacktron II and M:TRON. Heres how it would work: 1.the lego design team would come up with a model built using only parts from 3 specific sets. Examples that would work the alpha team helicopter, the alpha team cruiser and (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I set XFUT to .fun because, well, <sputter> when you accuse me of promoting 8 wide, why, them's fighting words!!! And not at all suited for lego.direct. I'll see you at dawn, bring your nerfgun. :-) PS I'll have you know, J2 uses wagon plates (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think we wagon plate users should be offended at that statement, but seeing how warped (twisted in reality) mine truly were- to each his own. Not all of us has the money, resources, or experience to build in 8 wide or whatever, which is what (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) What part of "wimps" were you having trouble with? :-) All kidding aside, the wagon plate has its place. It does give you a nice overhang in certain situations. Just not on any model I've ever wanted to build... but I see that others do like (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey Larry, how do you really feel! :) Jake --- Jake McKee AFOL - LUGNET member #211 (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The wagon plate is supposedly warped. I didn't buy any of these, wagon plates are for wimps who can't build proper subframes for themselves, so I can't say, but I digress. That is, if you set it down on a flat, true surface, one corner sits (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Availability of Soccer Women's Team #3416?
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Richard, Item 3416 Women’s Soccer Team is in stock for the US and Canada right now and is selling for $9.99. It should load to the web within the next couple of weeks. You can get it now by calling the Shop at Home number they can order it. I am (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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What countries will the Women's Soccer Team Set #3416 be available in? Everyone is going to want these for the blonde hair elements if not the yellow vests...I certainly hope they will be available through Shop@Home and/or Lego Direct. A blonde (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
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(...) Don't mess with Big Diesel! -Harvey (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) IMO A true trainman lieks how a Diesel looks and how a Steam Engine looks, he/she can apreciate both. Josh (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Mundanes? Er --wha? Oh... for a moment there, I thought this newsgroup had accidentally got cross-posted to lugnet.off-topic.sca ;^D ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head -- Mark's Lego(R) Creations (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Agreed. Don't forget that in the process of helping to promote LTC's at train shows, LEGO gets to send a postcard with a picture of one of these cute trains to lots and lots of people. I don't think that's an accident, neh? FWIW, I'm not a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You are so right. Mundanes want cute. They think trains are cute things that puff. Think Little Engine that Could. Think Thomas!!! (every show should have a Thomas...) In fact, in this month's TRAINS, REAL railroad museums were talking about (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The simple answer is- WHO CARES? I don't :) Mind you, some have said that I have steam in my blood... Coughs and Sneezles Spread Disezles :) Some nice Co-Bo or similer oddball diesels, along with a SD 9 would be nice (Or a SD7, anything with (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 20 (yes TWENTY) new trains at LEGO.com/Shop - Themes | Trains
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[snip] (...) Wow! Those are the price ranges I was hoping for but I did not expect them. Guess I will be ear marking money for several of those just for parts. Woo Hoo! -Mike Petrucelli aka Lord Insanity (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, perhaps you should look at it from a sales perspective. Diesel engines (IMO) look like a shoebox with wheels. The trains currently on shop.lego.com are far more interesting to look at (IMO) than a diesel engine would be. Things that (...) (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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