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(...) Lizards would probably dislike their heads being swapped too. (...) I saw this set in an auction, it looked like painted timber. pete.w (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Just a guess, based on the description, but it sounds like one of the 'town plans' which were pictured in many of the older catalogues. [remembering I don't have the image or net access, so I can't say definitely one way or the other.] Pity (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Oceania, that's it !!! (that's our world cup soccer group too!) (...) I'm with Shiri on this, let whoever respond, if people break the rules, they get ignored or Todded. (...) for (...) Hmmm, better fix that up shortly ;^) (...) Is that 2c US (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Argh! Having just said the road plates were not Lego, I took a closer look at the next picture and they are Lego after all, studs and all. Oh well, I never saw anything so sophisticated here in Australia in my childhood. Kerry (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Forgive the length of this, but this is a topic close to my heart, as I have really tried not to nurture my kids in the predictable societal patterns. My daughter is 11 yrs old and she had matchbox cars and trucks and hammers etc right from the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) out (...) wheeled (...) come (...) Yes, they look just like the Matchbox cars that I used in my Lego constructions back in the early-mid 60s. We used to put (live) lizards in the Lego houses as we didn't have mini-figs back then. Admittedly I (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) How'bout .org.oceania? (...) Hmm. No one else can even post at all, not even *comment* on what's going on in your group? Maybe it's just me, but I like to read and comment about what other groups are doing... Think about the BrickFest for (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) And I've got a 6047 box with an arabic sticker on the end. [From second hand toy shop, along with 'australian' lego boxes] Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yep, they're clear...unfortunately, I don't have any :( (...) Yep...They're the same plastic as the bricks...Pity they don't still make them. (...) Try: [from a posting by Gary Istok, I believe] Old LEGO cars (wow, what a collection) from some (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) What set and year was it ? Goes with the Japanese stickers on one of mine recently and the ones Santosh got from the markets. pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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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