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1552... (URL) Must have more Maersk. Light blue pieces 6 wide trucks and great container stake trailers Light blue pieces great door mechanisms Light blue pieces Awesome stickers Light blue pieces Just a generally nice design Light blue pieces (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2elroy0y9.fsf@...iew.com... (...) From Denmark. Shop from home ship to Europe from a single distribution centre in Denmark. And we pay shipping. Are you getting my annoyance at why I should (...) (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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(...) (URL) PICS (Yes!! Thanks, peeron gang) really drive home what a swell set this is for parts. Why, it's a veritable cornucopia, or a vast plethora if you prefer, of goodies in lots of colors. (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.db.inv)
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(...) From Denmark? Or do they have a distribution center in Britain? --Bill. (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GG8oF6.1tD@lugnet.com... (...) But there is no different taxes or regulatory environments that affect this. Tax is charged locally. I pay Danish VAT whether I order from UK or (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"aeon" <aeon15@home.com> wrote in message news:GG8pDI.4wH@lugnet.com... (...) You miss the point It is shop at home WE pay shipping. (...) are (...) what things? Things you might think are reasons for the difference are covered in this case. Like (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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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 overtakes Guarded Inn! (and it's a NEW set!)
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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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| | Re: The Legend is alive - #10000 has been SHIPPED !
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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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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Bity? Larry, that wasn't a misteak was it (looking forward to how you're going to explain this one...) But we have Jack Stone, right, that makes up for everything (blecchhhhhh) Kevin ---...--- Craftsman (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.space, Jonathan Wilson writes: <snippage> (...) Patience, grasshopper. Starwars was (and is) your big bumpfa. Different themes get different things at different times. Let other themes digest their big lumps and you will get yours too, (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Train gets the My Own Train plus the train cars, as well as various bulk packs. Castle gets the Guarded Inn rerelease plus there are the new cool harry potter sets comming out (not lego direct but castle fans like them all the same) Pirate fans get (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: And the August Surprise is?
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One time I gave a guy an extra S@H Lego Catalog, he Called up and requested that a new set be sent each month to his Son who was into Trains. He told me he just gave them his C C and they charged it each month and sent a Different set each month. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ya, France, that's it... but you didn't consume mass quantities like Stangl did. :-) I think he got like 20-30 from Zanys around the US. ++Lar (does that joke date me?) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) You mean something like "here's 200 bucks, keep putting in an order for one each of whatever comes out (so I get it in the first shipment and can amaze my friends) till the 200 runs out and then get back to me for more" ?? That would be sort (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Please let it be the Big Rig set # 5571
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PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEEE...EEEASE (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Online directly from Lego? I dunno. I did get mine online. France, they came from France. Based on drool factor, my guess for August surprise is 8880 - Super Car. Julie (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Jonathan Lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> wrote in message news:GG0JAq.GEE@lugnet.com... (...) Since I barely missed it, I would like to see the 5571 available once again. Was it ever available online? (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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Eric, Thank you for your feedback. We are currently looking into this problem. We should have a resolution shortly. In the mean time, you might want to try browsing the site with a different platform/browser. Sincerely, Jarid Lukin Sr. Web Developer (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Is it too early to start speculating on the August surprise? Personally I haven't a clue. What is the most prized set next to the Guarded Inn that could reasonably be reisued? I would be pleased by more classic castle reissues but expect them (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | Life on Mars Truck Tour VR
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All, Just a quick note to let you know that we have posted two Quicktime VR movies on the Mars Encounter truck tour site. One is of the inside of the truck, one of the outside. Check them out for a "sneak peek" of the truck, and make sure to check (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Set #5571
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I really hope we get a chance to buy the Black Cat Giat Rig Anyone want to sell it? (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: NEW payment method for Germany !
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(...) No, here 'Rechnung' is 'invoice', i.e. with your delivery you get an invoice that you pay afterwards, usually by transfering the money from your bank account. (...) Just several meanings to each word, as in any other human language (that's why (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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