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Hey all This will no doub tmake me very unpopular. If the STUDfest is to be on Sunday the 1st October, then I'm not sure If I'll be able to arrange a venue by then. I am working some really odd hours during the Olympics (at Olympic Park) and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | A Tale of Two Pities at Studfest 2000: Part the Fourth
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Alright, so its taken me an appallingly long time, but the last Studs BrikWars is finally documented. (URL) there may be some minor details I haven't got right - it may or may not have nighttime, the cavalry may in fact have been mounted on (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 7190 Millenium Falcon beats the pants off UCS X-wing
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Hey Everyone, I had a 7190 Millenium Falcon, I posted it for sale a few weeks ago, unopened as well! I sold it for a $100AU, a great bargain but I made a bit of a profit because I payed $50AU and three Pokemon Cards for it! :). If anyone wants one (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Shell Lego promo sets
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(...) Too late... The undercover Timmies are relaxing on the banks of the Nepean, watching the rowing. pete.w (who should be doing some town planning) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: Shell Lego promo sets
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(...) <<klaxon sounds>> Timmy alert. Timmy alert. This is not a drill. This is not a drill. <<klaxon sounds>> Sails are being unfurled and ships are putting to sea. Massed ranks of armies, medieval and colonial alike are marching past my house (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Anyone seen the Silver Champion?
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Hi, has anyone seen the Silver Champion in stores yet? I'm guessing that other states will get the set before NSW, like the UCS sets, and the Falcon. (None of which I've seen for sale yet.) I'm pretty keen to get my hands on this set, so if you guys (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | 7190 Millenium Falcon beats the pants off UCS X-wing
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I saw stacks of the 7190 in TRU late last week, umm'ed and ahh'ed about buying one (AUD$169), then decided to go back a few days later only to find that it had SOLD OUT in EVERY TRU in Melbourne!!! Do the kids love this set or what! Sort of makes a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: When is Lego actually considered old?
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James Ng wrote in message ... (...) flow! I (...) LEGO (...) get (...) my (...) Do you want "old" Lego because it might be valuable, useful for selling or trading? If so, then I find that going by theme and set size is better than simply by age. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Shell Lego promo sets
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David Drew wrote in message <200009210158.MAA244...com.au>... (...) or have spares of, thereby getting the promo sets for cheap! (...) Be careful what you wish for - depending on what happens to the current TRU special [1], I might end up trying to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: Are we ready for Brisbane get-together?
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(...) Count me in, I will definetly try and be in it. Just let me know where, when, etc. and I will try and get there. I will fit into what everyone else decides. I live in the Redlands shire and have car will travel. I would be able to pick up (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | race, dino and pod bucket spotted in perth
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Target bulcreek has the race except the biggest one, the dino except the biggest one and the pod bucket They also had most of the action wheelers (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Are we ready for Brisbane get-together?
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Actually what are we going to call this event??? LEGO BRIckS? (lego Bris) Hehehe I dunno :P (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Re: Are we ready for Brisbane get-together?
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Ok sorry I guess the last time I tried to answer to this it didn't work :( anyway I have been suckered into the games... cheering on Aussie to go to the extreme and do their best... Kerry I am sure your husband is proud of the Aussies last night for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Re: Lego show on Gold Coast
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I went the other week with Kerry and Melody (see Brisbane lugnet.loc.au.bri) and can say with almost certainty that it was smaller than previous shows. If you come to the Bris meet (when its organised) I can show you the booklet from the Adventures (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Lego show on Gold Coast
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Not sure if anyone has had anything to say about this yet, but: I went to the lego show at Pacific Fair the other day - very cool. Not sure how it compared in scale to the one in the 80's - I'm twice as tall now as I was when I last went to one ;). (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Vivat Rex, Studfest, Part the Sixth (next): Brikwars
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(...) I've built a forge/smith type thingy (16x32) and some other buildings. I've assembled a squad of milita and am working on the "finding the King" rules. The Dracos Templars will be arriving to rescue the King from the Unbelievers, any comments (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Rule on thumb on pricing of assorted Lego pieces
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(...) market.appraisal (...) Yes, I knew it had been addressed before but I couldn't find any answer that related to the Australian local-buy situation. There is a difference between buying on e-bay internationally from a Lego-knowledgeable person (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Are we ready for Brisbane get-together?
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[From an e-mail sent to me from Mark Harrison] (...) to (...) etc, (...) Sounds Great, I have a large clean double garage that would be suitable. Good ventilation and great views. (...) Weekends or most evenings would be OK. I wouldn't know where to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Re: When is Lego actually considered old?
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One of my preschool lego memories (1964) when all I had was white and red bricks, was that many of the red bricks were a "lighter" red, and they never gripped well (and they were new then)...many of my models just fell apart or collapsed--anyone (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: When is Lego actually considered old?
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(...) The best person to ask, of course, would be Gary Istok, but some things I've noticed as differences: - older bricks are made from Cellulose Acetate (sp?), newer ones are ABS - the injection point for a lego brick used to be on the side (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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