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Re: LA distribution ponderings
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 20:55:04 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Scott Kirton writes:
> Halloooo!
> I'm new to newsgroups so forgive me if I bugger this up.

Welcome aboard Scott,
What part of the country are you from ?
We have clubs meeting regularly in QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS have had one too,
hopefully SA in the near future. Newcomers are more than welcome.

> I've been "born again" to Lego since digging out my childhood collection for
> my little boy. ( Now I spend half my time worrying about what piece he's
> going to lose next ).

That's my story as well (as well as others who frequent this newsgroup).
Unless you are lucky enough to score a creative job that pays, many of us
leave that creative play aspect at the door of adolesence, until children
give us a co-driver's seat.

> It was great to discover (by virtue of the WWW) so many people still getting
> kicks out of lego, in my own age group, even  :)  (?appropriate emoticon)

When did you discover Lugnet ? There are a lot of people who read (lurk),
but don't post too often.

> I emailed the Lego company recently re SAH.  The reply from Korrine Bell at
> Lego customer service was that "SAH will hopefully be available to Australia
> and New Zealand sometime around the middle of this year".
> 
> Does anyone else have info regarding SAH?

It will happen, parts of Europe have it. With some online toy (r)etailers
going down the drain, Lego needs as much a presence online as possible.
Australia and Asia would be one of the smaller markets.

pete.w



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(...) Hiya Scott....as Pete said.. WELCOME.... come join the fun...: ) (...) I guess I'm one of the luck ones.... being a graphic designer.... being creative is my job... : ) (...) As for SAH.... I've emailed the head honcho at LA.... and asked (...) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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Halloooo! I'm new to newsgroups so forgive me if I bugger this up. I've been "born again" to Lego since digging out my childhood collection for my little boy. ( Now I spend half my time worrying about what piece he's going to lose next ). It was (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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