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(...) Well, we used to be a subsidiary of Lego UK in the 60's and 70's [and maybe part of the 80's] and I've got a feeling NZ still may be, as they get the same sets as the UK at about the same time [1]. But it's now begining to look like we've (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It's hard to tell from that image, but I can picture them in my head, the green had a couple of different shades too (I remember a brighter green). (...) I didn't have flags, but I had road signs and heaps of the two-high lattice fences with (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, unfortunately there's nothing I can do about it :( [ at least not between 6:30am and 7pm...work and travel to-from ] which is when the best time to post is to catch these discussions. However, If Todd could find a way of checking from (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) (Thankyou muchly for the scans, Benjamin!) Funny how the overall look of the Action Wheelers is so much like the modernised Junior Meccano. We ended up buying (non-modernised) Jr Meccano for my son's 4th birthday last year after a lengthy and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Nothing against Kiwis, but I thought the idea was to create a forum where we could buy/sell etc without having to face the hassles of foreign currencies, huge international shipping costs, and so forth. Obviously, NZ is closer for shipping (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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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