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RE: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:43:01 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kerry Raymond [mailto:kerry@dstc.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 2:36 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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> > Go to the index page
> http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/ and check
> out
> > some of the other images. It looks like they're using pre superfast • wheeled
> > Matchbox cars in the town scene on page 4a (and where did
> the road plates
> come
> > from?).
>
> Yes, they look just like the Matchbox cars that I used in my Lego
> constructions back in the early-mid 60s. We used to put
> (live) lizards in
> the Lego houses as we didn't have mini-figs back then.
> Admittedly I can see
> the benefits of using mini-figs; the lizards were inclined to
> escape if
> given the chance.
>
> I don't think the base plate in the picture is Lego though.
> It looks more
> like a piece of painted plywood; certainly there are no studs
> on it. The
> Lego road-layout baseplates are a far more recent development.
Just a guess, based on the description, but it sounds like one of the 'town
plans' which were pictured in many of the older catalogues. [remembering I
don't have the image or net access, so I can't say definitely one way or the
other.]
Pity they haven't got a moving minifig who can walk around the town yet :(
[I can imagine the calls for a moving Timmy, to see what happens when he
forgets/learns about gravity :) ]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
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