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I ventured into Indooroopilly Shoppingtown in search of Lego for a child's birthday. Where is it? Just about everywhere the shelves were bare or had only a few items not suitable for the child in question! I ended up giving the kid a couple of (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> It is a little known fact that Australia (along with its sidekick New Zealand) won World War II which is why Johnny Thunder is an Australian digger. Unfortunately because it is a little known fact I am yet to see much in (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Sydney Fan of Lego Rumpus
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(...) Well I'm finally moved into the new place, only took 2 calls to get my phone re-connected, pretty good really. And everything looks pretty much ready for my Sydney suarez, but I'm not sure how much I'll be able to bring with me. Truth be told (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Sydney Fan of Lego Rumpus
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I thought i should give this one a bump just incase there are any more closet afols out there wanting to get out there. does that make sence ? Well all sorts of mocs are being completed in time for the rumpus. This gathering seems like it will be (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Some idea of set release dates...
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(...) Actually I tend to plan my spending around the clearance sales. For the most part I don't buy sets when they come out new unless they have a 20% off special at the start (like what happened with the big batmobile at target). The castle sets (...) (18 years ago, 7-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Just found this: JANUARY LAUNCH Star Wars - 7654, 7655, 7656, 7657, 7658, 7659 Bionicle - 8929, 8930, 8931, 8932 ExoForce - 8100, 8101 Lego City - 7942, 7945 Racers - 8136, 8137, 8138, 8139, 8142 FEBRUARY LAUNCH Bionicle - 8934, 8916, 8917, 8918, (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Dick Smith has 25% off Lego
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I happened to drop into my local Dick Smith at Indooroopilly today. They had Lego (and Meccano and some other toys) at 25% off. Now Dick Smith doesn't carry much Lego, but they did have a big stack of the NXT robotics set which is a much nicer price (...) (18 years ago, 26-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Another bizarre part substitution
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Bought a 7708 EXOFORCE Uplink for my son today, when he spread the parts on the bench, I thought...hmmm..how will they incorporate that latticey castle window piece into the set. Anyway, heard the missing piece cry go up, thinking it has probably (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | 2 blasters short !
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Star Wars 7654 has a fig inventory pictured on the back, that includes 4 tan droids, each with a blaster. The front of the box artwork only has 2 blasters visible, one held by a droid and one sitting idle on one of the craft. The inventory picture (...) (18 years ago, 23-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: another possible set scam on aussie ebay
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(...) Thanks for the heads up Pete, seems to be a few scammers and shammers on Aus ebay, and the more we know about them the less effective they are. Have a Merry Christmas Gary (18 years ago, 22-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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