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Re: Pass the salt please, I have a hat to eat...
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 23 May 2001 08:11:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> Ah well. The good thing about being a pessimist is, if you're wrong it's
> 'cause something good has happened.
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> Though in this case it's good for other people, but one can be happy
> vicariously.
Accessing these should ony be a little bit more difficult than completing
an overseas ebay transaction. We still have a STUDly agent in the UK too.
> The new pirate/technic/town sets are indeed new stock reassembled not old
> stock reboxed, yay for them's that like these new sets.
Whether or not one likes the sets or not, it's the principle.
New production runs of out-of-production sets has been dreamt about and
'floated' by numerous posters. If this run works, think of the possibilities.
Good to see new artwork on the boxes too.
> The "July surprise" is folage, lots of it including cypress trees.
Cypress tree futures are looking glum... sell,sell,sell !
> And Australia still doesn't have S@H.
Maybe now is the time for a more formal approach to LA, that's if locals
are after the re-released sets. Surely it wouldn't be a problem to throw in
x number of sets for pre-orders placed with Lego Australia, since our Lego
is ex-Europe anyway, shipped how many (4?) times per year. That's unless
they end up under an employee's Xmas tree instead.
> Wait, it's not all good news then. I'll leave my hat alone then.
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> James (who is trying to work out what he wants from LEGO... a job perhaps?)
James, what about a new name... JFK, James Future-Kristiansen.
pete.w
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| (...) <<snappy salute>> Reporting for duty, SIR! (...) Yep, happy all round about this. I'm particularly keen on the Technic re-releases as there were many sets I missed out on in my dark ages that look particularly tasty!! I could also develop an (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Ah well. The good thing about being a pessimist is, if you're wrong it's 'cause something good has happened. Though in this case it's good for other people, but one can be happy vicariously. The new pirate/technic/town sets are indeed new stock (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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