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(...) to (...) More true confessions. I too went Lego shopping on Saturday with Mel. We visited about 10 stores but I found nothing to seriously take my fancy (i.e. large sets). OK, I bought about 8 sets but they were mostly tiddlers. BTW, shopping (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Grace Bros (myers) 20% off Lego
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(...) Yep, its 20% off here in perth (city store anyway) also. Pity that I had just spent heaps on red alert 2... (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) This sounds good to me :-) Actually, better than you could imagine. STUDfest V (and I like the nomenclature James :-) saw me purchase my first Paradisa sets, and my first Blockmen set (of which I have subsequently bought three more). Last (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Grace Bros are having 20% off Lego, so I assume the same applies for Myers in cities other than Sydney. I bought some more tracks for my trains at Under $22 a box, not bad value. Cheers Santosh (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Just doing my annoying bit!
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"Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:2nfhvsg90ecbups...4ax.com... (...) What role does this person have? Kerry (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | Re: 2001 sets
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(...) I thought Tim's was better. However, the really way-cool Star Wars items that grabs me at the moment is the 9754 Darkside Developer Kit. Check out the movie version at: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: The Boss 8516 Roborider
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I have seen this set all over perth, even kmart and target and bigw have them. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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The Warehouse (NZ) have the Roborider set 8516 "The Boss" available as an exclusive item. Price is $39.95 NZD. They also have the Star Wars bucket on special (again) this week at $39.95 NZD. Grahame (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi all. Just wanted to see if anyone has ever heard of building blocks called "The Little Architect"? They're not really Lego clones, as they have a quite different method of sticking together, but I thought I'd ask here anyway. They have a display (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Hi, all. Just been to Franks Toys in Mount Waverley (Vic), and they have a few new things I havent seen before. They have a few new Arctic sets, one was about $110, the other about $60, and a few smaller ones. (I didnt have anything to write down (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel)
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| | Re: Heads up, a project request may be coming
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(...) What? There's somewhere in the world where Lego is more expensive than Australia? 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yes. Someone that works for an Australian firm sent me a note trying to find people that might be able to help out with a Lego related project they had in mind for a convention they are attending in Melbourne. I replied that I was from the US (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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I though, it's been a while since we've had a post number comparison in the loc groups, so I took a look. The raw data 1. USA 7318 2. Italy 5523 3. UK 5050 4. Australia 3944 5. Canada 1215 However one can mess around with these figures using (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Larry, You've lost me a bit with this message, But I'm thinking that someone in Aus. has contacted you about getting more people from Aus to organise something? If this is wrong (then ignore the rest of this message). I'm sure we'd be interested if (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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then my latest find must be a find of the year. Heres the first part: I got all of this for 17:50 from kiddywink toys in balcatta, perth (they sell second hand lego sets and parts) 8 of the old technic connectors that could be used to make different (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I got a note offline from an Australian firm that is looking for a group to help organize a project as part of their launch party in early December. I encouraged the person to post here with more details, (I don't know if the launch party would be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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I got a note offline from an Australian firm that is looking for a group to help organize a project as part of their launch party in early December. I encouraged the person to post here with more details, (I don't know if the launch party would be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | I am looking for someone who can get me an ice and a sub
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I am looking for someone who can get me an ice slizer and a sub slizer. I am only interested if both are available. If you can help me email me with some cost details etc. (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | A few older sets in Melbourne
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I've been hitting a few toy stores today, and came across a few older sets that people may be interested in. 6087 - Witch's Magic Manor - $40 (they had 3 of these) 6493 - Time Cruisers Flybo - $65 (only 1, probably a bit expensive) 6709 - Tribal (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) They are all foaming at the mouth about it in the technics group, but personally I didn't think it was so bad. (...) I think most women would agree with that assumption :-) Kerry (25 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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