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(...) Well I think we had enough room.... : ) Thanx for everyone who helped set up and pack up.... (...) David D's Truck was awesome...and well we now know the sub just dosnt fly...!! Santosh's railway would have ran round the whole hall if it wast (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Don't worry, I do. We have exchange students ask us why we can't just drive down to Disney World (in FL, 1000 M from our house) for the weekend, so I know where you're coming from. Don't fault me for thinking Melbourne is close to Sydney, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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People frequently don't appreciate the distances involved in this country. The only chance you can argue this one with Ben over a beer, is by long distance call. Box hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Melbourne is about 1000km's south of Sydney. Though (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) And it always amazes me that you bring this up again and again! :-) Look, the fact that you're paying 3x what some sets are worth doesn't make the fact that the US is paying 2x what the same sets are worth any less bad. Instead of trying to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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"Richard Parsons" <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message news:FyvK1I.CzI@lugnet.com... (...) at (...) ten. sheesh! Champion effort by you guys to stay so long.. :) (...) technic (...) Santosh definitely deserves a prize for 'most metres of track (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It always amazes me how people in a country with the cheapest lego and largest range are always complaining about how it costs so much...Here in Australia it has been cheaper in general to get sets sent to us by airmail from the US/Europe than (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Pleasure to see everyone again, and new faces as well. Kevin and Andrea organised us a hall in Gosford, and it worked a treat. We still started at 12ish, but this time, most of us were still there at the end at five to ten. Highlights for me this (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Ben - I saw the original link and the scans. Unfortunately the scanning equipment you're using seems to blur that very small text they have. Can you enlarge them or transcribe them into a text format for me? Many thanks if you can!! Cheers ... (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay...Replying to myself [on-line equivalent of talking to myself, I believe]... The scans of the 1969 full range catalogue are up at: (URL) warning about image size still applies] I have no idea if this is Aus [likely] or UK [even more (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general)
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I was at Toyworld in Epping today, and they had a few 6087's at $49.95 [from memory] It is possible that other toyworlds will soon be getting more of these...looks like the castle equivalent of the 6975's... Benjamin Whytcross (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) toyworld for quite a while, and the ones in Craigieburn don't seem to have moved well either. [And the lego rep said he'd be in the friday before last and still hasn't shown up...shows their commitment to us :( ] On a side note...Did you know (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) To be exact, St Joseph's Girls high, Russell Drysdale st East Gosford. James (who likes rain) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'd bring them along if I were you (even though I'm replete myself). I'll have a root around and see what I can turn up in the way of castle bits - but no promises (Richard II has some strong views about architecture, so I may need to hang on (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hey all, Almost 24hrs to go till our next event. But errmm, all i know is that its at a high school in East Gosford. Hope there aren't too many of them. Are there more exact details available? I hope I don't miss out becuase I can't find the place. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au, lugnet.loc.au)
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Jamie Obrien wrote in message ... (...) Whooar! General public in Victoria don't seem anywhere near that interested in Soccer sets. At least, there's always tons of them sitting around on shelves... Is it possible they're continually re-stocking (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Richard Parsons wrote in message ... (...) might (...) Actually, I like this 2000.7 idea a lot, seeing as I can't make it on Sunday and I'd like to get another chance to trade parts/sets with the New South Welsh. I have a couple of Technic sets for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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(...) 5920,5921,5934 and 5935 are all now at BigW Macquarie. The prices sound about right (less W's standard 10%off) The 5935 is fantastic. The standard model needed some tweaking but all the bits were there to do it with. And an Aviatrix! Lego has (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, it looks like LA did the right thing with these :) (...) Released on time at these prices. (...) A bit late, but the prices are about right (...) At Big W, $7.77 [better than US RRP when you convert to $US :) Maybe LA are really (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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