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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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm pretty sure this is an international catalogue, for all the nations of the Lego periphery. Most of it sounds like polished up Babelfishese, or the kind of dreck that blurbs onto book covers. Some examples: (...) Standard English: "But (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) See 2. (...) You're not alone on that, you're dead right, the whole description. ROTFLMAO (ok, it's been a long day) Deidre (Mother of a 4 year old boy) drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I thought it might be someone who grows up to be a big action man. On the whole catalogue business: there were some promotional brochures on the shelves in Sydney a few weeks ago. They listed all the cool System themes that are available (from (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) You wouldn't happen to have 1 or two of these spare, would you ? [unless it was the one that is designed to help parents choose their lego for kids...primo through to technic] Benjamin Whytcross bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) But if he grows up to be anything like Action Man in the "Action Man Lives" show at Australias Wonderland then he'd be better off taking up snail breeding [1] 'cause it was crap. Pete Callaway [1] Apologies to any snail breeders (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's the one. I thought the basic idea was cool, it was just a bit frustrating to see Lego promoting play-themes that have been discontinued. --Dave (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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