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(...) Pedro, This is just a guess based on my own experience dealing with distributors.... I think the reason the price is so great (only $40.00) is because these won't be available in the stores! Retail chains and and distribution add *huge* (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I Agree. I would really like to see Conductor Charlie and Engineer Max minifigs. And how about some passenger minifigs with back packs and lugguage, and please don't forget some female minifigs - very important. While I'm at it, how about a historic (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, Ffestiniog and Tal-y-lyn railways. (I just didn't want to have to look up the proper welsh spellings...I guess I was expecting too much by using the common initials, like if I had used ATSF or BN or SP or suchlike :) (...) So would I. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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More thoughts on a train mini-figure pack - - I could see the track workers set being comprised of an engineer, a ticket checker and four construction worker types. - For more play value, include a hand car or other mini-maintenance vehicle that can (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sorry, what's "FR or TR"??? If *I* don't know what it is, it may not have much draw to US train fans as none of them will know either. May do well with the subset of UK train fans who know Wales, though. (...) Those are hard, minifig pack is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) What would be really neat would be a working party like some from FR or TR in Wales in the 50's. School Jackets and all... I'd like to see some older looking (historic) minifig sets. The stuff that was faked up for the April Fools joke would (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes! that would be great.... and if you do this please don't make them ultramodern. Make their cloting a bit more generic so it fits with almost any era.. No silver shades or safety stripes. (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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Jake, I really enjoyed the train yard shot in the latest Shop at Home catalog. For some reason, it reminded me of the photos on the cover and inside the 1980 European Lego Train catalog. (See cover at (URL) compare with (URL) ) This is the catalog (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Now I find out! I wonder what other unadvertised service packs and bulk element packs are out there. Bert (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:GpDGLo.n2t@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) apiece (...) this (...) I don't think it is necessarily a "re-introduction" of 5216, to the best of my knowledge they have never (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I was happy to see the reintroduction of the Assorted Roof Tiles (5216) at $4.99 in the new catalog. My next order will include at least 6 of these packs. I will purchase at least 15 bulk element packs to get the extra 15% discount that makes (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GpDDIE.C0K@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Equally important is a source for the black low slope corner elements used in the roof of the small control tower building (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks! One question I had was: what is a good source of the 1x4x2 grey lattice/fence? That seems about the only rare part in the engine shed... XFUT .trains per request (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(Please cross-post to .trains. Thanks!) Greetings! I hope that the New Year finds you all well! Several people have asked whether the engine shed and crane car models shown on page 53 of the January Shop At Home catalog are going to be for sale in (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Or a "Portugal 3 - England 2"? ;-) You are totally right about enthousiasm, but for the LEGO company that isn't an issue - otherwise we'd have a brazilian team and an argentinian team as well. The real bugger for me isn't that stuff about the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Benjamin Whytcross" <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GpB4s5.GI0@lugnet.com... (...) Well the set is very clearly named 'US National Team...', so I don't think there is any ambiguity about this. However, I agree that is someone (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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It seems that LD have no interest in catering for the world market, and still insist that the USA is the only country they care about, as shown by their description of 3425: "Play for the championship! Now you can lead your team to victory in the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | VOTE: Gray sloped bricks
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Hi Brad, any kind of gray sloped bricks are appreciated Please make us gray sloped bricks 2x3x1 (33°, Part no. 3298) and gray sloped bricks 2x2x1 (45°) as shop@home bulk packs. I would buy several hundred of them for my train projects. Regards, Dirk (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hey Y'all: I have set up a teeny webpage to illustrate the difference between the two older types of classic helmets: the one with the thinner chinstrap, and the one with the extra thick chinstrap. See the webpage here: (URL) Lego Direct does decide (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Worms and racks (was Re: No more track power connectors??!!??)
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Well, Brickbay.com does have several hundred of each, so perhaps that's also a workable option for you. ~540 rack gears (1x4): (URL) worm gears: (URL) run between $.20 and $.50 ea, and several sellers can sell you as many as 50-80 at a time. Good (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hello Lego Direct, FYI on Shop.lego.com under USA, the 3739 MOC Blacksmith Shop is listed under Wild West, but not under Castle. It is also listed under Hard to Find, which seems fine, but shouldn't it be listed under the Castle theme? -Andy Lynch (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: WHY SO LONG ON BULK BRICKS???? LEGO PLEASE READ!
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(...) In reality, the 'watermark' was placed there at the request of LEGO. I typically only read .starwars, but I do run a search of 'fbtb' every now and then to see what's being said and saw this. (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hmmm... ;) They should give us back Blacktron I. sets ! ;)) Good luck to all LEGO members! Rene (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yikes! X-posting to .trains, since it seems quite relevant... Anyone got any other info? Rick Clark (...) <snip worm gear woes...> (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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(...) wow!! looks like I've got someone who has bought more than I did from them... (but you also have to factor in my e-bay purchases as of late, well err... last 4 months...) :) (...) Good luck!!! As far a worm gears, the best source is probably (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I'm not generally one for complaining since I'm of the opinion that. for the most part, Lego Direct has been doing an excellent job in meeting our needs but.... After spending over $1000.00 in the last four months at LD, I've run into my first (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Jeff Stembel" <jeff.stembel@noaa.gov> wrote in message news:Got4sG.42w@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) material (...) see (...) trees are (...) during (...) increased -- (...) that (...) problem (...) to (...) the (...) trees (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Woohoo! This is great news! Now, if only you'd offer the absolutly necessary Gray 1x3 brick to your line-up, I'd be extremely satisfied. :) (...) That would be great! Hopefully plates would be included, but I'd be happy with just 1x3 bricks. (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Anyone Else Notice the stairs Problem, Lego can you help??
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I assume that this was S@H in the US, but I will try S@H in the UK, although they're normally a little behind the US in these matters. (Obviously, I live in the UK.) I only have 1 staircase set, but I checked the stairs alignment and found 2 stairs (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: www.LEGO.com/trains updated!
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David Graham <david@graham167.fre...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GorAyv.2uL@lugnet.com... (...) NOTE: prototype sets do not nessecary come out... What I really would like to see is the Re460 (SBB460) (...) like Question: Why do children like (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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It was good to hear that there will be some more trains from Lego direct. I wonder if we will get a US outline diesel locos (you can with Duplo)? I was suprised that home tests in Germany said that children would like futuristic sets. I have found (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.trains)
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"Farlie A" <alex_farlie@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GopEsr.C9r@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) These are already available. I sent them out as Christmas Cards last year. I found them at the LIC in Orlando and at the Big Shop at (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Happy Christmas - Lego Direct
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Happy Christmas Brad, Jake, and all at Lego Direct. Some wishes for next year - The Brick Builder Applet is tranformed into a standalone program that could be downloaded? Alterantivly could the technology in Creator be used to make a Creator (...) (23 years ago, 21-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I just got my cds in the mail. I would strongly suggest that people NOT use this offer. I should have gone with my first instincts in thinking this was too good to be true. As it turns out, you get only the cds...no boxes or instructions. That (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:GoM1zJ.969@lugnet.com... (...) Pretty cool for a Flash app. Dan (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think they sold-out on the limited run of those products... -R (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Very nice! Bug report: You can't put <part:3063> so that it "srounds" <part:3941>. - David (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) technology was. (That's a good thing.) -Erik (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Dear Brad, after all the glowing reviews of the new MOC-series, and the rumour of more classics being available in 'Hard to find' @shop.lego.com I thought I'd have a look myself. Now the sets look pretty good (even though they're not Model Team or (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Woo Hoo - Fort Legorado!!!!!! (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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