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(...) There's currently no mechanism in place in the newsserver to limit posting to a given group to a given set of named people in an "easy" way, although there is a mechanism to block specific people from specific groups if they've been naughty. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) In fact neither do I, and I'm the one who said it. The impulse have the grey ninjas, black ninjas, red soldiers, blue soldiers. sorry for getting everyone excited. I guess Jamie will have to buy five 3052's or 5 x 3051's (dragon wagon) or 5 x (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) hands on some of these. Pete Callaway (who is dreading dividing his LEGO budget between bricks and cars, but they're just too cool to pass up!) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I think he means the 118x series of 'impulse' sets. [don't recall a red ninja, though] Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I was working under the same assumption (...) Agreed, but ignored. :) (...) 2) org.au.market => members only org.au => open to all [used as .loc.au is currently] 1) with answer to 2, not required... (...) [I'm hoping to leave in just under 2 (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Small red ninja sets? do you mean set 3074, red ninja's dragon glider? or one of the other small sets like <set:3016> If you do mena 3074, where!?where?!? Do they have the old ninja guy, white ninja and evil shoguns as well? James (who's (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Eeeegads, thats a good one! Incidendtly, as Oceania isn't given a place in the football world cup, the winner of oceania has to play the fifth placed Sth American team for the final place from Sth America. Ripped off i say! (...) Well i said (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yeah, when I checked out the 1965 catalogue on BenW's suggestion I saw the "Town Layout" kit with the road plates and instructions for building the structures IIRC. Oh to have been around in those "glory years" (without trying to sound (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's what the whole area's called, no? (...) Todded... yeah, that's it. ;-) (...) Yep, it's about time they get over to ya! (those pitchforks were sure a nice commission) (...) Whichever's the most. ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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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(...) 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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(...) Maybe we should ask if they want to be included... Well guys? James (who notes that 'guys' is used in a non gender specific way) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I wouldn't say that's so much so. At least not with me. True, I don't like technic, but I AM fascinated with machinery and technology. Just not in the lego context. And maybe I am alone about this... but I don't think so. (...) <snip> Yeah. My (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) At the risk of sounding like another "me too" post... <general nodding and thumbs up> This will serve a pretty good purpose, not the least being to educate people like myself in the advantages and importance of the Lugnet Structure(TM). Whilst (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Text from 2000.2 catalogue [as promised previously] Front cover :- none Inside :- The hidden island Johnny Thunder and his friends have found Dinosaurs on a hidden island. They are now trying to study them and protect them from greedy poachers who (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) US). That is so bizarre, isn't it? It really makes me wonder if someone goofed at Lego Australia. Maybe they divided instead of multipled when converting to Aussie dollars? (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Of course, the catalogue is age-ist as well as sex-ist. When did you last see a middle-aged person depicted as playing with Lego in the catalogue (as opposed to being shown smiling approvingly in the background as a child plays with Lego)? Actually, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Same here with the garbage Pete.... Kev... : ) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I'd personally go with Aus/NZ, and not just Aus at the moment[1]. (It MUST exclude auctions open to bidders outside whatever area, otherwise we'll become like .market.) [1] [got to help out our 7'th state] <G,D&R> Benjamin Whytcross (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) say (...) only, (...) Absolutely ,though maybe our friends across the Tasman would like to be included since they are so close.(ie New Zealand) pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) When I did 18 months of the Bachelor of Nursing course at UTS, people would always ask "why are you doing nursing" (not staff or students). My mother-in-law thinks it strange that I do all the cooking. We have bought my 2yo son a doll and his (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Prolly should also say in the charter that the auction traffic must be Oz-only, yes? :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Sorry about my comments sounding slightly sexist, but I was also considering my sisters and brother. Whenever we had our lego out, it was always my brother and I who would build the vehicles [trucks, cars, whatever] while my sisters would prefer to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well I introduced my wife....who is 25....to the Bellvile Lego the other day in the shops, she hated it....in her words..."It's too girly".... she'd love this new stuff, and as for little kids copying their parents, when we eventually have (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat and Todd Lehman write worthy stuff on the formation of .org.au Sounds cool to me, and I think it encapsulates what was discussed at the last Studs get together, as well as meeting the needs discussed here in .loc.au (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks Todd, this sounds like the go. So I'll just nod in agreement and let the others add comments etc, once their noses are off their respective grindstones, it's the middle of the working day here (for some), so these comments will be (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Todd, Indeed I did mean org.au my bad. And the rest sounds fine. Regarding auctions, I believe that we do want to be able to post auction announcemnet/updates, but i'd expect that it won't end up being just a marketplace as the auction postings here (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) own (...) So says a man :-) Unless you are on the receiving end of sexism, you probably don't notice it as much. I'm on the receiving end a lot, and so I am somewhat hyper-sensitive. For example, mail and e-mail sent to me by strangers is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hey all, remind me to get sleep before I write the letter to LA. I hope that Todd (and everyone else) understands that I was requesting for the org.au with all the other Org groups (that is..lugnet.org.au). I didn't want us to be the break-away (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I assume you mean .org.au ? (...) OK, got it. (I assume you mean .org.au, though.) (...) Based on previous discussions, is it correct to assume that this explicitly includes auctions? (...) OK, that's fine. The .loc.us group is similar in that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Oh dear, I've made a balls-up of this totally. (...) Yep bingo thats it! Lugnet.org.au One more time for the sleepyheads (me) lugnet.org.au (...) I can't, my boss sits in the glass walled office behind me, and it's not even lunch time yet. Still (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) <grin> For starters, no reason to feel like a goose. And secondly - that would be lugnet.org.au - no ".loc" present whatsoever. That's how the US and Canadian org groups work (lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.ca). And finally, go to sleep! :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes(badly): (...) No, actually we request a loc.org.au (misteak #1) (...) No,loc.org.au will be used for discussion (misteak #2) (...) Again, the group will remain as loc.org.au (misteak #3) (...) Ditto, (misteak (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Shiri, Thanks for pointing this out, Now I feel like a real goose. Apologies I'm on about three hours sleep here. I did intend to mean a loc.org.au and NOT loc.au.org I think I'll e-mail Todd seperately on this one. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) LOL! I'd say you're lucky in relation to one, and unlucky in the other. (Guess which is which) -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I think I'll butt in just right now. In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes a good explanation for creating an NG for Oz orgs. (...) Hmm. There was an issue that came up in the "market splitting" dicussion, and I think it is applicable here. If at (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Todd, Consider this to be as official or unofficial as you like, as chances are I'll just cut'n'paste an email to you from this if thats whats required. Recently the traffic on Lugnet under the loc.au groups have indicated that there's a significant (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Well, that answers one question...whether the text was readable. As to the 'sexist' text....I'm not sure if this is correct, but from my own observation, boys seem to have a fascination for mechanical devices [including vehicles] and like to use (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Rachel Kingston writes: ...snippage... (...) yep...a huge gripe about this myself. I have taken these off my son, so that he gets to use them when he knows how to use them. I let him play with the insectoid battery powered (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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Thanks Ben for scanning in the new catalogue. But are you sure it's not a 1950s catalogue? All this stuff about "boys" and "your son" makes it look like an archaeological find! :-( Think of all the 1950s feminists sitting round looking at this (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Thanks Benjamin :-) Yes, the action wheelers are Toolo, which I have to tell you my son will be mad about. He loves his Toolo, and these sets are pretty high tech looking compared to the old stuff. The new mean faces on the figs will really appeal. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well....They probably were telling you the truth...I know that the Toyworld in Craigieburn has stock 'ordered' by the lego rep, as do ALL Target stores [and others probably...But I only know these 2 for certain], so it wouldn't surprise me if (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) new (...) The action wheelers appear to be a re-issue of toolo, but with light and sound as well [and a more stremlined design] It also looks as though the 'mybot' is an addition to this theme too, and not a seperate line. [I'll try and get (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Two teams as per the catalogue. Green jerseys with two white stripes, white legs. White jerseys with vertical red,blue stripes, red arms, blue legs. Expansion set comes with two extra players of each. All the above players are pre-numbered. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks Ben, top job! Just one thing. What the heck are these Action Wheelers? Does this mean a new sub group in Lugnet??? Initial reaction is "Yucko!" Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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Thank Guys yes, there is a TRU here and they didn't have any of the "new" stuff, i found out from one employee that the lego rep places their orders and determines their stock. sound wierd i know, probibaly yanking my chain. (...) them (...) Didn't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I did the official store to store search today - not a single soccer set of any description to be located anywhere in South Australia. Has anyone heard when these mythical things are heading further west? I'd be grateful to get any info. I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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For those interested in the scans of the 2nd Australian catalogue [teaser catalogue] for 2000, they can be seen at: (URL) Whytcross bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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"David Drew" wrote (...) Done. I'm not sure the actual allocation makes a whole heap of difference - provided the setup is appropriately mirrored on each side, it seems to me its fair. I liked this setup because it gives me two opposing lines in the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"James Howse" wrote a good summary of the ins and outs of the proverbial aquatic fowl's digestive system. I didn't sense any support for .org.au.studs at the recent get together either, nor for .org.au.legoz. .org.au would seem to make sense in (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's two LA's I won't be spending my holidays at ;^) pete.w (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Richard Parsons" <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message news:FwDyF8.2IF@lugnet.com... (...) your men? Thanks, David Drew. (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Penrith TRU had them, each set gives you four players (2 each side), but the four field plates are half the size of the 3409 field plates. So my field is 3409 + 3410 + 3410 (10 players per side icluding goalies). Like I said I haven't played (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Thanks Shiri "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FwDyEp.2Dw@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) them (...) post (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Is this Santosh's ball (STUDLY Wordsmith To The Powers That Be) or do we need a new hat? Whilst It's nice to have Ben raise the issue again some consensus (as much as possible given the tyranny of distance) should be reached. For this reason (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Please have an official from either or both of LegOz and Studs contact me and I'll set up the groups/lists. What I need to know is: 1. Which of the following do you want created? a. lugnet.org.au b. lugnet.org.au.studs c. lugnet.org.au.legoz (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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"Richard Parsons" wrote... (...) (URL) baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hey guys, just thought you'd be interested that LA finally got it's place in the Acronym FAQ... alongside with Los Angeles, just in case omeone gets them confused. :-) (URL) Todd, can you please change the link on the FAQ page, from the V1.3 post (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.faq)
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Todd, how long till we'll be able to see .org.au up, so we can be free to include any sales/auction postings? While we're waiting, could the following please come into force: 1) Allow auction posting in .loc.au - but when .org.au is open, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Has anyone managed to get a minifig to score a 'header' yet? (...) Not yet, but I actually have hopes that Lego will pull through on this one :) (...) As long as you don't make some contraption to let him/her block shots using the big knife. Well (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"David Drew" <david@hydrowash.com.au> wrote in message news:FwDs21.FB3@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) is (...) go. (...) With two fields and an expansion pack one can make up an eleven a side field. I'll post a plan somewhere tonight. Its actually a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Probably not much use to you, but 3410 is available at TRU Melbourne... Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Santosh" <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au> wrote in message news:FwDq6J.75s@lugnet.com... (...) full (...) Due to the size of the plates, the only way you can put two sets together is in a 12-man team. (11 players, 1 goalie). :) To that end, my field (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I'll be in too. I'll bring along a team of 5+1 goalie. I don't agree with rule #3 though. The goalie is the one that does the acrobatic dives left/right and back/forward. Actually If we're all playing, should we combine some fields to make up a full (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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