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Orient sets pictured at S@H —Pete White
Probably old news for those with glazed eyes.... but the Adventurers Orient Expedition sets are available to peruse in the Australian section. They even have the box images for those appreciators of cardboard products. Some of these sets should (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

	Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Ross Crawford
	(...) Also mini SW sets $8.95 each. And I cant wait to see what price they put on the K10020 Santa Fe Starter Kit. ROSCO (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

	Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Kerry Raymond
	(...) Hence the importance of using volume rather than piece count in such analysis. The elephant is clearly a large volume piece and one must not compare the cost of elephants directly with the cost of (say) 1x1 bricks. Of course, if you use only (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

		Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Robert McLean
		(...) I want to get some more five wide car body pieces that once came in the adventures sets for my two girls - i think that would be a good trade... thanks for the idea Kerry Robert < surfs over to www.ivf.com.au/probl...lcome.html > (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

	Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Richie Dulin
	(...) Maybe it's the ivory? (...) I'm not convinced the yeti is a great leap forward... it's probably better to have it peering through opaque white ;-). (...) If they do, maybe we could turn them into minifig swings, or very small decorative swans (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

	Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Kerry Raymond
	(...) I'm presuming that we will see these sets retailing locally, and therefore likely to be available at lower prices than S@H. I am hanging out for the Scorpion Palace in particular, it looks like a great collection of parts. Some of the designs (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

		Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Pete White
		(...) The S@H prices are basically the same as Michael posted earlier as the RRP for Australia. But as any regular loc.au viewer knows, the BURP (Basically Unrecommended Retail Price aka RRP) varies to the BIG WARP (BIG W Accepted Retail Price) to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

			Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Kerry Raymond
			(...) This is what I figured. I shall simply wait for a KMart 20% off or similar. (...) Well, AFOLs have been demanding classical Greek and Roman sets for some time. Bring on the Parthenon of Athens, the Library at Ephesus, the Colliseum of Rome, we (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

				Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Pete White
				(...) Yes, the facadism of Lego sets could work out well depicting ruins ! (...) Indiana Jones was an attempt to recapture the old Saturday afternoon movie feel of Adventure movies. I wonder what director SS thought of the Lego Adventurers line, he (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

	Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Richie Dulin
	.pirates folk may like to skip the Australian price analysis, and go to the 'An interesting pirate possibility...' bit below... In lugnet.loc.au, Pete White writes: <snip> (...) <snip> The sets that I didn't report on before are: 7409 Tomb Robber, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

		Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Richie Dulin
		(...) This, of course, should have been Xposted to .pirates too. Somehow I managed not too. Oops. Richie (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

		Re: Orient sets pictured at S@H —Pete White
		(...) (Secret of the Tomb) (...) (Jungle River) Pippin on board, it could have been Afr..Asian Queen. (...) (Aero Nomad) Next year's Gungan Patrol Award front-runner at this price. (...) Either that or a small mound of gold 1x1 round plates. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au)