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(...) What's changed is that TLC believes (perhaps correctly, perhaps not) that kids nowadays have short attention spans, and will not be interested in building a big, complex set over, say, watching TV or playing the computer. (...) Yep, that's (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks Ben, The image of 310 isn't terribly clear, but even if they are clear macaroni's they'd still be rare as. As for the cars, OMG! I need to get my hands on them! They look excellent! I thought LEGO only made wooden stuff before the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The red and white bus will have generic red/white combo, if they have red tops, you can get some red legs from the small red ninja sets that are $1.88 at Big W. (...) TRU PRICES, 3409 Championship Challenge (the field) - $54.99 3404-7 Team (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) They came as a pack of six, I recall, 5 trees and a row of bushes. Looking at the LUGnet database (and taking into account the age I was), I think I have found the set (or one very like it): (URL) also had a pack of six national flags. The (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I hear you Ben, it's just that your reply-posting problem makes it kind of like waiting for an echo to finish before replying. By which time something else may also have been said. (...) This idea i like. Perhaps its something we can adopt for (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I take it from this posting you've never seen the lego cars...Have a look on brickshelf at the 1965 UK catalogue. It shows some of the cars lego produced [I forget what webpages have acuall photos and a list of them] as well as set 310 petrol (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Go to the index page (URL) and check out some of the other images. It looks like they're using pre superfast wheeled Matchbox cars in the town scene on page 4a (and where did the road plates come from?). They could make some pretty cool stuff (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi guys well, just got off the phone to the powers that be. The new catalogue will be out in the stores in July (beginning of, she said) It will be a full catalogue! I was informed that the new sets will be released in both July and September. She (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) In which case, maybe .org.ANZA [Australia and New-Zealand Area] or similar? (...) See above suggestions (...) Agreed (...) I'd say they should be allowed to join...but who listens to me. (...) Agreed (...) Maybe Australian region [or by (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I was worried there for a moment. My web browser chopped off the last three words of your last sentence. I thought you were off to Thailand for a minute. pete.w (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's all we need, sales reps deciding our range. Maybe the UFO sets abducted all the other stock and are conducting strange experiments on them as we speak. pete.w (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FwFK66.Jst@lugnet.com... (...) Personally I'd like to be more explict about the "marketplace" issue. How about replacing the last sentence with: "Messages about auctions, buying, selling, and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes on Lego, sexism, and making a difference. <<expletive indicating surprise and approval deleted>>! Its been a long time since I saw this put so eloquently and persuasively. That's it, I'm off to buy some boys (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Can we limit auction posting only to members of .org.au? Given that countries like New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji etc, probably wont have their own organisations forming, we may have to admit them as members into .org.au. Or does this then (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) My NLSO did get excited when I told her you mentioned skirmish though ! pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Toyworld (...) stores In these times of economic rationalism, the stores probably just say to the reps, "we have allocated X metres of shelf space for Lego and we expect it to generate $Y per month profit; if not, we'll give you less space (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'm glad he's just sucking that pipe, rather than smoking it, hope that wasn't some early form of product placement by the tobacco industry. I like the prominent display of wedding rings too, imagine single adults contemplating the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Ah, some things are learned only at Chem class. Like the art of sleeping-while- looking-awake. Believe me, I'm a master at this one (and I still got an A for the year! ;-). -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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