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Well done...without even relying on the clues I'd guess [1] :)
And to think...Frances was so close with the first guess...If only you'd
looked through all the town sets... [They were both around at the same
time...pity I didn't look properly either :) ]
Feel free to look for more, of course :)
Clues
1) 5 years availability [1987-1991]
2) 2 wheels per minifig [2 cars with 4 wheels each, pitstop with 2 spares=
10 wheels. Set has 5 minifigs]
3) last digit in set number matches last digit in final year [6381, 1991]
Now, for an easy follow-up question...Which range(s) with minifigs (I'm not
counting stiffs here] prior to juniorization had been running the longest
continual time in Australia. [eg, the time from when a range was released to
when it stopped] For this, the final year in 1996, and the change from
4.5/12 V trains to 9V is not a dis-continuance...they are both classed as
trains. The possible ranges are:
Town [including paradisa]
Space
Castle
Pirates
Western
Trains [any]
Aquazone
BASIC
I'l publish the answer [as I see it...I'm missing a couple of catalogues in
this time-span, but I'm guessing that the ranges I'm thinking of continued
through that time.] on Sunday night, and will endeavour to keep silent
through this time about the question. Anyone who would like to guess...feel
free to. [A minor hint...It's a safe bet that town continued through, but
not a certainty :) ]
[1] had you been relying on the clues, the minor detail of 2 wheels per
mini-fig could have proven dificult with nearly all the train sets :)
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
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Box Hill, 3128
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Obrien [mailto:jamien@interworx.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:43 AM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com; lugnet.org.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Weekly quiz
>
>
> Doh, i'm sitting in a tute trying to look active here!!!
>
> Well town, could it be one of the following:
> 6381 Motor Speedway 87 to 91
>
> but i think it could even be one of the many airports that
> have graced us. I'm
> going to have a real close look at the old catalogues.
>
> Jamie
> <I might have a space 1 coming to me real soon....>
>
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| Uhh ... Benjamin ... About your follow-up question. It would seem a fairly safe bet that anyone guessing would have to pick *one* of the ranges mentioned below. AFAIK, Town and Trains have been the longest running, in fact, Trains is still going, (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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