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(...) What I want to know is why do both the "kits" cost the same but one has almost 100 more pieces? Dan (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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I always find these types of comments fascinating. It could be that LEGO has changed quite a bit since I was a Model Builder for them. (Well it’s changed a lot in that most of the shop I was part of was moved off shore.) One of the common (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H07n5n.Fn6@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) for (...) I have come to the conclusion that Lego, and/or specifically Lego Direct, have little interest in increasing the variety of bulk (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That was me, with my version of the Oakham, Rutland (UK) signal box: (URL) just about acquired enough dark grey concaves to put proper gables above the windows of this station too: (URL) it's insane how hard it is to get the bricks! The (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi Lawrence, of course you are right. But still there is the difference between the Santa Fe (40$ in the US and 40 Eur in Germany) and the coaches (35$ but 40 Eur). The engine has more parts and a probably somewhat better part collection. In (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message news:H07GEu.1sp@lugnet.com... (...) true (...) also. (...) get (...) now (...) To be fair, remember that EU prices will include VAT. Whereas there is no sales tax added to mail order (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hallo Ben, <snip> (...) Perhaps there are little or no MEGA BLOKS in Germany, but we do have them in Belgium. And they are cheaper than Lego too! But to be honest, i don't like them that much, even i own some, just for a check if they fit good (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hello Jake, I just wanted to ask about pricing of the Santa Fe coaches: I have heard about a 5-waggons-kit for a discount price of 148$. Is that true and what is the number to order? For Germany that kit has already been announced for 179 Eur (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thank-you…finally someone who sees what I see! A dark-gray 375/6075 is the equivalent of a dark-gray ‘bulk brick pack’ along with a wicked assortment of old skool European body armor and some awesome visors that’d appear in uniquely new (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Love this thread! You all have excellent ideas and inspiration!! I think we could do a Multi-Gray-TRON with Sand-Green highlights on anything in LEGO re-issues and we'd all be happy. I'm still waiting for a SPACE theme using a Trans-Purple (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) Richard is on the money about the Dark Grey, those are much harder bricks to come up with. If they keep that color theme they could conceivably use the Dark Grey European Armor for the knights as well. Go Dark Grey and 375/6075 is a winner! (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yah, without the ‘black’ it’d just be ‘tron!’ (in a Homer-esk voice) <Mmmmm TRON!!!…> Too funny, --==RïçhårÐ==-- (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) How about replacing the "puke" purple with the "awesome" violet color that Lego makes. Call me crazy if you like; violet is one of my favorite colors but I hate the color purple. Wait I got it. What if the purple was changed to violet, the (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) I think it would look pretty good in "real life". Especialy with chrome replacing the white. Something like that would sell pretty good, even if the average AFOL didn't touch it. Personally, I think if Lego would do more sets like MegaBloks, a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) The only problem with Black-TRON! is when we make a change of the colors (the concept of this thread: legends with new colors) it won't be Black-TRON! anymore Yaron Dori (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) snip (...) color scheme?--dude!--Black-TRON!, Black-TRON! Black-TRON! Black-TRON! Jeff-TRON! uh, ok I'm done now... (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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(...) That was my immediate reaction also... Frank (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Sorry, but that purple ship looks too much like a MegaBloks set to me, simply because of the color scheme. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems | iPlanet Support - (URL) Please do not associate my personal (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) The Glow-in-the-dark bricks are an innovative idea!!! But the white bricks just don’t look right… How about replacing them with a color that’d be far more interesting. ~Like chrome! The design possibilities for a new Space set with (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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Well, they've been CAST in dark grey, just not for public consumption. Someone posted a MOC from Europe a copule weeks back, using the dark grey low slopes gotten from a Red Letter day at Legoland, from what I can remember. Personally, I think they (...) (22 years ago, 1-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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