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    Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Mark Harrison
   Hi Peter, I didn't know that there was a loc.au until you mentioned it. (...) made (...) lego (...) and (...) to (...) 5 years ago, no one was interested in lego accept me, which was great for a while as I was having "finds of the decade" every (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Peter White
     (...) Yeah,I noticed your post in Technic about the collection for sale and the rabid dogs that set upon you for posting it there. I thought it was an appropriate place seeing it was 100% Technic. If a sale like that wouldn't interest them, you (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Mark Harrison
      (...) I must say I like keeping the compartmentalised dorks on their toes. Most of them weren't around before lugnet took off and will never know what they were missing out on by having one big cosmopolitan newsgroup. It was alive and it wasn't (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Santosh Bhat
       Hey I'm liking this attitude very much :) 12V trains could've taken lego far, they can still if they just apply the same sort of fancy stuff to the 9v stuff... Welcome to Loc.au :) (...) I (...) and (...) and (...) starwars (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Some model team ideas —Jonathan Wilson
      Here are some model team ideas for TLG, if you are listening: 1.a motorbike 2.a boat (anything goes here, from an oil tanker to a small yaught) Or how about the ultimate lego model, the RMS titanic, complete with a little leonardo di caprio minifig (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: Some model team ideas —Doug Finney
       (...) You mean like this: (URL) suggestions. I've long wondered why Technic gets the same 10 or 12 concepts over and over while Model Team only gets 2 or 3 over and over. :-) Doug (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: Some model team ideas —Paul Sinasohn
       (...) like 393 & 394 (...) like 4011 or 5521?? (...) like 396?? (...) like 5540 and the afore-mentioned 2556? (...) so than that technic one they did) (...) type light plane, or a small private jet) like 5591? (...) there was 5541 (...) for the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: Some model team ideas —Jonathan Wilson
       (...) 5591 was an aircraft on a trailer with a truck as well. I want just an aircraft, and a big aircraft, either a light plane or a private jet (...) I was accually thinking of those trucks they use in those shows where they have the monster truck (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: Some model team ideas —Fredrik Glöckner
       (...) Mabie something like this: (URL) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: Some model team ideas —Jonathan Wilson
        (...) Bingo fredrik. That is what I was thinking of, I didnt know lego had already done one. (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: Some model team ideas —Gianluca Morelli
      (...) Yes,I agree.Think to an Harley-Davidson,with many chromed bricks...or a red Ducati... (...) Why not Luna Rossa? (...) Yeeeees !I want 16-wide trains!!! (...) so (...) 6 bis. a vintage (doubledeck,why not?) trolley,electric or horse-pulled. (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: Some model team ideas —Jonathan Reynolds
       (...) A lovely idea, but they have already half-built two Italian motorcycles already with the technic series - just add shaft drive with some bevel gears and you have a Moto Guzzi. This is one type of 'Model Team' set which could combine technic (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: Some model team ideas —Gianluca Morelli
       (...) Hmmmmm...this sounds a good idea.Why not ,for example, 10 wide narrow gauge trains or tramways? Gianluca (24 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: Some model team ideas —Jonathan Reynolds
       (...) existing (...) Using the standard train motor bogie, the locomotive would be relatively large compared to this 'fixed element' which leaves even more scope for imaginative building AND retains a 'working model' concept. Tender drive would (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: Some model team ideas —Jonathan Wilson
      (...) Im thinking rolls royce type here. (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Todd Lehman
      (...) Eh? What gives you the impression that the concept is U.S.-centric? The truth is, the whole concept of LUGNET is to be international and worldwide. --Todd (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
     
          Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Richard Franks
      (...) Is that a Canadian-centric reference, eh? ;-) (...) True - LUGNET has been designed to be international, but regardless of statistics, it is easy to *percieve* LUGNET as US-centric. This is probably just because more Americans are online more (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)  
     
          Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Peter Callaway
      (...) Not so much alienated as peeved to the hilt with all the service options given to the US that are not offered worldwide. I'm a moderate person, but there have been times when I've made my computer blush due to the colourful language I've (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
     
          Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Santosh Bhat
       In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes: <snip> (...) I'm in agreement with Peter here. Initially I didn't have many expectations about Lego Direct, but after the latest announcement there is almost no hopes of anything beneficial for anyone not in (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
      
           Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —David Low
       (...) The main reason we don't feel alienated by US cultural dominance is because we're raised on it. When 75% of our world view comes from America, and has done so for the past couple of generations, it's not surprising that we are fairly (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
       (...) Ahhhhh! Cultural imperialism. It's good to be king! Now forgive me while I drive home in my Mazda and play Nintendo games on my Panasonic TV and play Pokemon cards with my son. :-O Bruce (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
        (...) That's the root of my rant about Americanism--it's actually a hybrid culture that's gravitated towards the US because of economic power and demographic strength. The insidious part of Americanism is actually its functioning--its corporatist (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
        (...) Australian (...) references (...) be (...) I (...) Disneyfication (...) idea (...) entirely (...) Ummmmm, I was indicating that while the rest of the world screams about Americanization and Cultural Imperialism (Don't Buy Our Stuff if that's a (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana —Peter White
        (...) The dominant economic power of the time will be subject to 'osmosis',the flow is always both ways. People of surrounding/less economically strong countries will always attempt to migrate to the stronger culture, while the goods flow out. The (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana —Lindsay Frederick Braun
         (...) What they said. I wasn't saying that Bruce wasn't saying what I said. (Did that make sense? Probably not, but it's bedtime for me.) This is one of the debates around imperialism of any kind--the host culture is affected, and in ways specific (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Peter Callaway
        (...) Kinda like the Lone Star franchise out here by the looks of it. Icky at the best of times. Do they have a stiffed Kangaroo head on the wall? A life sized Aborigine manikin in the corner with a Crocodile Dundee hat on? Framed, autographed (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bruce Schlickbernd
         (...) I have coyotes and roadrunners in mine. :-) What myth? Hershey's chocolate sucks. Cadbury's not the best, but it's a darn sight better than most of the junk they sell in America. Bruce (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
          (...) And I have toxic waste! (New Jersey.) Ignore those trees, clear blue lakes, and deer! It's a toxic dump, I tell ya! (...) Agreed. But after a summer in Birmingham (UK), I'm sick of Cadbury's too. German chocolate is hard to beat, IMHO--Dutch (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Torsten Fresemann
         (...) You can't eat too much of that, you're right. (...) Ritter Sport is good, best chocolate brand though must be Lindt, which is Swiss in origin. Ever had the dark chocolate with 70% cocoa content? Excellent!! Good night, T.F. (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Peter White
         (...) Lindt is great, but more expensive(in Aust. anyway) ....not to mention Guylian seashells (where are they from) pete.w (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Shiri Dori
         (...) Ugh, does that sound familiar... I get asked if everyone in Israel speaks Yiddish (heck no!), if I ride a camel to school (!), and "are you SURE it's not all a big desert?!" Not to mention that I have to defend the IDF* :-) ...First of all I (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
          (...) Ack, I just had to get used to hearing colleagues from Israel talk about having to teach classes on Sunday. ;) (...) You know, I had to do the same thing when I moved to New Jersey (insert "NJ" for "IDF"). However, I think the pay in the IDF (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Shiri Dori
         (...) OMG, I can't believe I forgot that. This three-day weekend is WAY too easy to get used to! Sunday is, in Israel, a dreaded term, like Monday is here... (but I manage to keep them mentally seperated by thinking of Sunday in the US in English, (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Susan Hoover
        (...) Heh. The Lone Star franchise seems to exist everywhere *except* the Lone Star State (Texas, USA). So yes, your having Lone Star restaurants in Sydney is exactly analogous to our having Outback Steakhouses in Houston. Ugh. (...) And every one (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Peter White
        (...) Susan, maybe we should swap ;^) (...) Any town/city with a university or population over 500,000 acquires diversity with the in and outgo of population. (...) Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US, I wondered what (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Richard Franks
        (...) Maybe it's just a giant mistake? (...) Cadburys is higher in sugar? I always find NA chocolate too sweet - weird! Anyway - what is the difference between a 'Violet Crumble' and a Cadburys 'Crunchie'? As far as I can tell they look the same ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Peter White
         (...) range ! (...) Hmmm, maybe I just found Hersheys blander.... (...) Correcto, just choc-coated honeycomb. (...) Who looks at corporate sites ? Ick ! :^$ pete.w (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Jonathan Wilson
         (...) I think that the best chocolate in the world is those guylian sea shells. (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Peter White
       (...) Disneyfication (...) idea (...) entirely (...) Indeed each 'culture' has an obsession with 'home-grown=100% pure' (...) own (...) Some call it Coca cola colonisation. (...) been (...) Australian (...) there (...) One of the guys at work (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Shiri Dori
       Xposting to .general... this needs a bit more publicity IMHO :-) This is not solely an .loc.au thing... (...) Not only that, it's a double reason (well, IMHO, not based on any statistics or anything)): -There is a large _Americans : other countries_ (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
      
           Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Peter White
        (...) -much snippage--- (...) Net access is pretty good in Aust.(1 in 2 people have access to the Net) There is a big opportunity for a US citizen/s to make a living selling to other countries the LSAH and full US range of sets, just tack a (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
       
            Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Shiri Dori
         (...) Weeeell.. I ANAL but-- Wouldn't that be considered (beyiond a certain amount of $$) exporting? Which would, quite likely, require the IRS involvement as well as (maybe?) some contract with TLC? (...) :-) (...) 'Zactly. You probably need some (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
        
             Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Peter White
          (...) Of course, but I guess IRS is a personal issue and as long as taxes are paid, what would they care. Exporting, governments just love exporters, and the Lego is manufactured in the US (or most of it). If your buying the sets retail,they can't (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
        
             Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Scott Arthur
          (...) To sell toys in the EU they have to have the little ce safety mark. Lego in the US, as far as I know, does not have it. Scott A (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
        
             Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Matthew Wilkins
         Yes, it does; at least, all the LEGO in all the stores I've been to in the past year have had the CE mark next to the info listing a half-dozen LEGO offices, since some of the parts used in sets sold in the US are made in Europe, as well as the US. (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
       
            Re: Where did you lot spring from? —David Low
        (...) that (...) sets (...) Re: cost and availability of Lego. Our range is reasonably good -- most sets come out here a few months after they appear in the US. The real limit is the price. In general 2x US$MSRP = $AU RRP (so 7131 costs $US15 in (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
       
            Re: Where did you lot spring from? —David Low
        (...) There was also the sale a couple of weeks ago where all Lego was 25% off, and SW, Ninja, Insectoids, Fright Nights were all 50% off. Maybe they saw the massive surge in spending because of the mistake and thought, "Let's try it again"? --daveL (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
      
           Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Paul Baulch
        Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) US (...) believe (...) I would agree that the U.S. "store sales" posts in .general belong in loc.us, and would like to see that happen. Still, LUGNET on the whole feels fairly US-oriented to me, and there are (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
      
           Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
         Quick wee nitpicks from a USian with Canadian and British affinities: (...) Here's the nitpick: the injunction against "bloody" has entirely to do with the British (primarily the English)--it doesn't offend any US-born Americans that I know. It's (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
       
            Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bram Lambrecht
         (...) LOL! Ever noticed, even on LUGNET, that many of the non-native speakers of English use better grammer than quite a few Americans? Every now and then, some obscure idiom slips in, but otherwise, I must commend you ESLers on your proficiency[1]! (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
        
             Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
          <!!!Potentially Offensive Joke About Language Proficiency Alert!!!> (heh) (...) As the joke goes, if you know three languages, you're trilingual. If you know two languages, you're bilingual. If you know one language, you're English. If you know no (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
        
             Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Shiri Dori
          (...) Hehe... #4: Dutch #3: Spanish #2: German #1: English Lindsay... You know you're up late when you can't count <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
         
              Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Lindsay Frederick Braun
           (...) No, no, no. I meant #1 in terms of the first language he learned to speak. Sheesh. ;) And who's up late?!? best LFB FUT->o-t.fun (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
         
              Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Susan Hoover
           (...) [Bram's words below] (...) My guess (in the order he learned to speak them) is: 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Spanish 4. English (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
         
              Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Shiri Dori
          (...) Yeah, right, I'm *sure* that's what you meant... <mutters under breath> trying to cover for yourself <\mutter> (hey, we're in .fun now. I'm allowed ;-) (...) Shhhh! Shucks, ya got me... just don't tell my parents ;) -Shiri (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
        
             Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bram Lambrecht
         (...) I was born in Belgium to two Belgian parents. Then, in Argentina, I learned to speak Dutch and Spanish at the same time (probably a bastardization of both). At age 2.5, I moved to Germany, where I spoke German at school, but refused to speak (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
       
            Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Gary R. Istok
          (...) Yes, Americans are arrogant (at times), and ethnocentric. But they are among the friendliest people in the world. However, the center of the known universe is still Billund Denmark! :-) Gary Istok (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
       
            Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Paul Baulch
         Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3910A891.B1F81255@p...su.edu>... (...) Excellent! Constructive criticism is welcome ;-) (...) agree (...) wonderfully (...) Well..... you have to remember that I'm talking about the milder vulgarities, I don't mean (...) (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
      
           Re: Where did you lot spring from?) —Bram Lambrecht
        (...) But not everyone here is an adult. Although I sometimes swear casually when talking, I agree with Todd that forbidding profanity improves the community's image and makes it a nicer place to participate. It's often much harder to tell through (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
      
           Warning: May contain offensive language! Was Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET —Maggie Cambron
       (...) Cheer up, Paul, you may get a chuckle out of this story. Okay, so I'm driving along the road (in Northern California, USA) all properly in my Volvo station wagon with my four- and six-year-old kids safely buckled in their seats, and I'm (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
      
           Re: Warning: May contain offensive language! Was Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET —Selçuk Göre
        (...) Muwhahahhaaa....what a story...:-) Besides the page is funny (especially for a cat lover like me, always with cats for the last 17 years) enough, I ROFL when I tried to visualize your little kids trying to mimic Todd's very funny looking (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
     
          Computers and blue air (was Where did you lot spring from?) —Richard Parsons
      (...) Really?! Your computer still blushes? Mine has long ceased blushing when this happens. These days it either looks at me wistfully, or simply stares pointedly at the floor until I finish yelling. (...) Ditto. Actually, ditto to the max. Richard (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Paul Baulch
      Mark Harrison wrote in message <390EB8F5.7DC844EB@o...net.au>... (...) of (...) were (...) it (...) Hehehe, not afraid to play the raconteur, eh Mark? :-) Yeah, RTL may have been earthy and cosmopolitan, but it was also mostly market discussions. (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Paul Baulch
    Mark Harrison wrote in message <390E8A5F.2D2DA2A9@o...net.au>... (...) Um, you _are_ you going to tell us whose the biggest is, aren't you? Or is it someone obvious that has already shown everyone and I missed it?.... Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Mark Harrison
   Hi Paul, No secret, just that they are in a different league to the rest of us. Last I heard, they were buying so much lego parts per month that they were dealing directly with Denmark and having it shipped direct to them. At least that is what my (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Peter White
     (...) Maybe we should be purchasing from them :^) Or at least getting some tips from them about dealing with Lego. (...) Do you know how many people Lego Australia employs and what the rough breakdown is ? very rough will do ? I hope it's not just (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Mark Harrison
      (...) This occurred to me to, but after the last phone conversation with one of the brothers I got the feeling they weren't likely to part with much at a reasonable price. (...) How did you guess!!! Yes, customer services now consists of one full (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Paul Baulch
    Mark Harrison wrote in message <390EA9ED.D286D372@o...net.au>... (...) Gee, that's pretty fair, not! Only want to play with the big boys, eh TLC? That's it, that's what _we've_ got to do. Does anyone in loc.au speak Danish?!? (...) Well, from the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Peter White
     (...) I've eaten a lot of apple and blueberry Danish's in my time without effect. We could always.... 1. All change our last names to Ditman by deedpoll. 2. Setup a pirate Lego Australia (moored off the Sydney heads). 3. Pledge allegiance to the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Where did you lot spring from? —James Howse
     (...) Even better, we'll just organise LegOz 2000.4 at their place! I'm sure they won't mind, we can even take along cash and raid the treasure room! It'll be Aug so all the new sets will have arrived even though they won't be send to stores for (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Mark Harrison
      (...) No, I'd spent to much on old stock sets in Australia. (...) Definitely!! It was our last chance to gloat. It will all favour the yanks from now on. (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Where did you lot spring from? —Jonathan Wilson
   (...) I would if I know where it was and if I dodnt have a vital economics assignment due on the 29th of may to do that I havent even started. (...) I think that basicly there are a lot of overheads involved with being able to order individual parts (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 

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