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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 04:47:13 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
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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?).
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> 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.
Lizards would probably dislike their heads being swapped too.
> 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.
I saw this set in an auction, it looked like painted timber.
pete.w
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| (...) out (...) wheeled (...) come (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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