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Re: LEGO trivia of the week
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 3 Jul 2001 23:47:43 GMT
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"Benjamin Whytcross" <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GFwDIs.4sF@lugnet.com...
> I thought it was getting a little quite around here, so I've decided to
> start a LEGO trivia of the week posting. I'll try and add a new item of • Lego
> trivia each week, but everyone can feel free to add their own items if • they
> wish.
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> This week:
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> In 1980, the most expensive LEGO set available in Australia was a BASIC • set,
> beating even the biggest technic set then available.
Without checking, I'd guess it was the set with the yellow bricks,
trans-blue elements, gray radar dishes and motor. It's a huge set, I
remember drooling over it when I was a kid. Nowadays I'd balk at the yellow,
though. Yellow's hard to use, especially since they brought out so many tan
elements.
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Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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| (...) this set [744]. It sold at $66.95, while the most expensive technic set (8860 - car chassis) sold for $56.95. Incidently, I also used to like the look of this set, but the other 2 7+ basic sets of the same era now appeal to me more [722 and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| I thought it was getting a little quite around here, so I've decided to start a LEGO trivia of the week posting. I'll try and add a new item of Lego trivia each week, but everyone can feel free to add their own items if they wish. This week: In (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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