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Re: AUSTRALIAN CATALOGUE 2000
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 10 Mar 2000 04:24:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> Well. After an uphill walk to Lego Australia's office I now have 3 (plus one
> for me!) Catalogues. (first in first sent). It's more instuctive to list what
> isn't in it more than what is since by now you should all have an idea of the
> new products in you favourite line.
Me me me me me me me!!! I'll trade you one for a lift to Studs #2 next month
;-)
> Please note all the following comments apply to system/Technic since I have no
> interest in Primo/Duplo/Basic/Belville. Which is unfortunate since the above
> takes up nearly half the thing.
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> Anyway. On with the show...
> Firstly. NO SERVICE INSERT! Someone had better check but it would seem that
> LegoAustralia has withdrawn it's parts service. All I can say is this had
> better be in preperation for that LEGO DIRECT thing the merrycans are raving
> about.
Service is still around (for the moment). I recently received an order of
technic parts from LEGO Australia, and they included their standard (brief)
parts catalogue, and some dodgy photocopies of inclusions/exclusions. Same
stuff, same price (which roughly translates to "not much" and "darn
expensive").
> No Mickey. :) but we know it's coming :(
Given the absolute brilliance of the Pooh series, I can't wait :-(
> No new adventurers, none of the Egypt and only the small jungle sets, no
> blimp. (is this 'cause no-one liked it or 'cause it sold out?) There is half a
> TRex sticking i's nose in and a paragraph saying after summer (whose summer do
> they mean? we've had our and the enxt one's in the new year).
Amazing how they still can't get this right. Happens a lot in movie previews
too. Anything coming in "Fall", or has LAu finally told them it's "Autumn"
over here?
> No Ninja! even though this theme is continued in other places it seems it's
> not being carried in Au.
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> No UCS Star Wars or Millennium Falcon.
Boo! Hiss!
> No radio control (despite a URL)
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> Only four of eight slizers are pictured although all the set numbers are
> listed. Again there is a teaser in the corner of the slizer page saying the
> roboriders are out in June (the new slizers are out in March).
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> Now for inclusions
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> FOUR pages of computer software!
> Trains in main catalogue ('cause there's no service)
> All four kinds of soccer(football) bus.
> Web page references EVERYWHERE!
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> Conclusions.
> 1/ As said elsewhere this is only a half year catalogue (which explains most
> of the missings listed above). We could speculate on whether this is Great
> Silly Tax related but it could be because Lego ships twice(three?) times a
> year to here.
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> 2/ LEGO loves I.T. (4 pages games, 3 pages Cybermaster/Mindstorms)<sigh> stick
> to what you know best I say.
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> 3/ Ah, I've rambled for long enough.
> The catalogue is free so I'll scan it when I have 2 minuites together
> meanwhile, keep an eye out, it should be in shops in a fortnightish.(give or
> take 12 days...)
4/ Australia still gets shafted when it comes to LEGO, but we already knew
that.
Pete Callaway
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