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(...) Well Uk is farther from Denmark than Germany is. (...) They often do, due to various things.. No offense but, I felt the "poor pitiful British" current in the post needed to be dampened a bit. It almost seems there ought to be a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, that may not be the best example to cite because in many cases, someone DID think the californians ought to pay more!!! We have all sorts of pricing disparities from state to state in the US. A tiny minority are due to transportation but (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Sopwith Camel overtakes Guarded Inn! (and it's a NEW set!)
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Can you add the set year to the display of ranked sets? I think that would be very interesting. Better yet would be to create an aggregate score per year and draw a graph. KL (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Sopwith Camel is now highest rated by LUGNET members - check it out: (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"aeon" <aeon15@home.com> wrote in message news:GG76Jn.547@lugnet.com... (...) Well you can construct an arguement as to why a product would be more expensive in another continent. Different packaging, additional transportation, local labour, a (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's not just UK. 29.95DM is 12.9791 USD while the price for us s@h is $14.99 (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I notice the 10014 caboose now has a price of £10.99 I note that the German price of the Caboose is 29.95DM - which is £9.22 Why for a product manufactured and sold within the EU is UK price 20% more? And considering that all the Shop@home stuff is (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Guarded inn Box Photos (was Re: The Legend is alive - #10000 has been SHIPPED !)
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I believe that the reason the GI has no "color" photos on the box is that it is going to be a "not available in stores" special. That means available through Shop at home, and in the Lego Imagination Centers in California, Georgia, Minnesota, and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GG32s9.Fv2@lugnet.com... (...) Town? G..D..R -Jon -- ---...--- | The Galactic Shipyard - (URL) My website - (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Dear Mr. Justus, I place for your consideration and those at Lego Direct for inclusion in the "Lego Legend" series a minitlia set. (URL) course, if there is one in the series with more windows and doors, that one would be even better... I only (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ...of course it wasn't a misteak, I don't make misteaks. It was a neologism. Just blend "bit of" (as in, Town hasn't got much lately) and "pity" and you get Bity. Prolly ought to be a FAQ entry, it's so useful. :-) :-) :-) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sounded to me like Lar was doing an impression of Tweetie... YMMV John (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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<snip> Tell you the truth, i just read that whole thing! I totaly agree, why such cheep sets, I lettle kid was at my house yesterday, and he was looking at my spaceships, he preferred the older Launch Command one to the newer more available LOM (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think the lowered printing quality is disappointing. There may be explanations for it (like that they lost the original silkscreens or whatever and had to work from photographs because they didn't have the budget to do a complete (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hello! (...) Hahahaha! Yes! You are right, the picture in the instrucktion doesen't show the 1x1x2 hinge-brick! And the original instruction booklet doesn't either. I've never noticed this error. :-) Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ohhh don't get me started on Jack Stone....toy stores should ban the selling of these awful sets. I would like to see the purpose of buying them....a more expensive version of Town Junior Perhaps (with Creator Figs, instead, and an annoying (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Thanks for posting these Christian, Looks like some people are going to be upset... Just one other comment: In the instruction page you posted, is there an error? It looks like the 1 x 1 x 2 brick with the clips for the blue door is being shown as (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) short set review. I'm a little dissapointed right now. If you want to know why, check the link! Bye, Christian --- xTIAN.oO ---...--- Lugnet Member #479 -- The World is full of AFOLs ! mail: xtian@brickmaster.de web: www.brickmaster.de (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) ^^ And *that* was caused cosmic rays as well. So there. -Shiri (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Cosmic rays interruption, of course. -Shiri (who's very reasonable, except when SHE disarees with Larry..) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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