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(...) Can anyone else confirm that the new cypress trees are no worse than the older cypress trees? We could probably just accept Maggie's sole opinion on this, but I'd like to hear it from someone else too. [Maggie's *just* a girl, after all, so (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Tell ya what Richard, I'll bring both old and new trees along to our next trade, and after I'm done setting you straight about the above remarks you can take a look at them and judge for yourself! :-D Maggie (who has found a second old tree to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ok, I just popped open a MISB 7835 to look at a pristine original Cypress tree. It does not appear to be bent, but most certainly is of a softer plastic than a handy pine tree. Frank (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Now, y'see here, this is the problem: I can only be certain that there's no difference by how they feel to *chew*. Yes, you heard me right, chew. I gnawed up my ONLY CYPRESS TREE many years ago, and it's now long-vanished, or if it's still (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi, (...) Funny that... I also have a 7835 though I only got it MIB, not MISB. In any case the cypress tree that came with it is slightly bent giving it the windswept look. I don't have any new cypress trees yet to compare, but it does look like the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hah! I don't swing that way, Baby! -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hi Richard, (...) Yep, I can back Maggie up on this. They are made of the same plastic as the originals and my original one is just as bent! Richard. (URL) marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:GoAzFM.24v@lugnet.com... (...) like (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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