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Pete, I want to be the one with the BIG Glove doing the smacking. The lady from LA did say three, not two hundred. I asked if she said 2 or 3, and she replied 3. Make that a stick, or maybe an aluminium cricket bat. Mike (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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Thnks to an e-mail from Peter White, I now know where Aussie AFOL'er's hang out. I live in Tasmania, married with a four year old daughter. My husband says he is not an AFOL, but he is desperately awaiting the release of the Millenium Falcon in (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Customs have told me they use whatever is on the 'customs declaration' label attached to all international packages, with reference to the description. If things look funny (i.e. the description says "toys", the box is as big as a bar fridge (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks for the link! According to a backofanenvelope calulation I did the other day a TB2 at minfig scale would be 1.7m long, 1.3m wide and 0.5m high. At that scale though getting the curves and so on right would be easy, it's just a matter of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) earlier (...) answers (...) I think colour would be a big problem with Thunderbird 2, as it was green (at least on my TV) and I don't see a lot of green Lego slopes (at least not in the sets I have). There are some nice Thunderbirds images (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) ;^( ;^( ;^( ` ` ` Someone must have tried scamming at some stage. (...) thanks pete.w (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I searched the Customs WWW site to find out if there is any difference between the taxes etc applicable to new vs used goods. Failing to find any information, I sent an e-mail to their contact address information@customs.gov.au and had an answer (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) quoted (...) buy (...) ). (...) a (...) What about 'used' or 'second-hand' Lego (another kettle of.....) A lot of volume can be saved if you discard boxes and superfluous things too. pete.w (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Benjamin Whytcross writes: ... (...) Well, this is not wholly correct. Customs assess duty on everything, but they do not bother to collect if the duty is less than $50. Yes, I know it's almost the same thing but I was told by (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Australian Millenium Falcon Release Date and $$$ = IMPORTING necessity
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(...) Actually, LEGO is produced all over. Denmark, Switzerland, and the US. Different pieces are built at different factories. If I am not mistaken, Switzerland deals especially with TECHNIC, the US with SYSTEM and MINDSTORMS, and Denmark with all (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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