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(...) The 6175 is of interest, could I get a p-check on it. thanks, pete.w (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Not the result of too much fibre and food colouring... I saw an auction today with Belville 5846. There were two BURPS in YELLOW ! I know of the dark grey,light grey and tan BURPS. Are there any more colours ? Has anyone seen this set in Australia? (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Add three more to the list, TRU's generally have them in the corner of the computer games section. I have seen them at TRU Parramatta and Chatswood. Also (Uncle Pete's) Toyworld at Castle Hill. Also toyshop on Mona Vale Road near St.Ives (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) <snip> (...) Haven't seen any evidence of price rises although with the kiwi dollar at less than 0.46 USD I would not be surprised. Having said that, I did find the Football sets not too badly priced. The small boxed sets (for example the red, (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Nice find Deidre. I've never seen Lego at Coles -- is it some sort of Coles/Kmart hybrid? I'd like to know how much 6746 costs (Indian Chief's Camp), and PeteW might be interested in 6175 (lots of trans blue in there). Actually, having a (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Whytcross, Benjamin" <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message news:1D0812CAE3E7D21...ccess.com. au... (...) This sounds like great fun. I'm imagining something like Quake 2's 'processing plant'. :) later, David Drew. (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Rachel Kingston" <kingston@spirit.com.au> wrote in message news:Fv1u88.Ez4@lugnet.com... (...) The main problem is that I've only seen it for sale at three places. GB city, DJ city, and Dick Smith (where I got mine). All were the same price, that (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Whytcross, Benjamin" <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message news:1D0812CAE3E7D21...ccess.com. au... (...) Yeah, I've got a whole ziplock bag fully of these jewellery tiles, and some of the snap-together thingys you use to make bracelets (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, pink Lego is definitely a strange attractor. (...) No, it's some urbane math. --Dave 8^) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Whytcross, Benjamin" <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message news:1D0812CAE3E7D21...ccess.com. au... (...) I think that it's imperative that we make a quick 9 posts, and get over the mark for to become the no.1 group for the past seven (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) My merciless experiments on the one monkey I've got indicate that black and tan arms both look okay, and fairly natural. Other colours are fine as well, they just produce a less realistic effect (surprisingly). (...) It depends -- have you got (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Mmmm. I have found and will bring along two limbless carcasses. I still don't entirely understand how that's going to be so useful, but, as with so many things in life, I can still know what to do without having to understand the why of it all (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Delightful -- thankyou sir. I'll be at Studs.2000.3, otherwise I suppose a disabled simian would travel safely by post. --Dave (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Looks like lego won't be dropping in price by as much as we hoped after the GST. Apparently the RRP has risen recently, caused by TLG/LA raising the wholesale set price. I'm currently basing this on the following: 'Impulse sets'. RRP is about $4.25. (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi all, My local Coles supermarket are obviously cleaning out their storeroom at the moment (they did have some Lego a few years ago and it disappeared all of a sudden, I'd wondered where it went and now I know!). I've no idea whether these are of (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Low writes: <<snip>> Anyone with little brown monkeys, whole or de-limbed, please let me know (or bring them to Studs 2000.3). And has anyone seen those Duplo Zoo sets (especially 2864) around Sydney? --Dave Dave: I have at (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: Maxifigs (was: Why do you hate the Jar-Jar minifig?)
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(...) Well, from memory, I've got one set of white shoulders, white arms and yellow hands, and need 2 more [or to be more precise I need 1 more, and an arm with 'pin' to connect into the shoulder], and I think I need 1 black shoulders with white (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) and a bit later... (...) Hmm. Which kind of 'deconstructive' are we talking about here? ;) Steve (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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Hi Paul Glad you got the 6160 :-) If the guy made a mistake as he said and forgot that that laybuy was mine, well, it happens. I was just hoping that whoever got it, was not wanting to make a huge profit on it, but keep it and was at home gloating (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Rachel Kingston wrote in message ... (...) the (...) I passed through Milton on the Thursday after Easter, i.e. two days after ANZAC Day. (...) I don't think it's an eBay entrepeneur. It certainly wasn't me. I just bought the 6160 which you had (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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When was that again Paul? I neglected to mention that this list was sent to me 3-4 weeks ago, all of the sets listed were there then. Who is clearing out Milton? Hope it is not some ebay entrepreneur. All these sets including my lost laybuy have (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: 6160 (was Re: some curses! Milton sets)
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(...) I _think_ (sorry didn't write it down) that they had a 6160 at Toyworld Erina a few weeks ago. Maybe Kev could check it out if he has a chance? Dave (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'd like to echo Santosh's words here, and welcome everyone to .loc.au and hope everyone enjoys having de-lurked, and now knowing a little more about the people behind the names [at least those who you didn't already know]. Benjamin Whytcross (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Point taken...The coloured parts are good for the colour factor. But when you take out the 5-20 parts, you're left with a lot of useless parts. Benjamin Whytcross bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au b_whytcross@hotmail.com (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Rachel Kingston wrote in message ... (...) I actually stopped by here on the way to Sydney from Melbourne, basically on Rachel's and Pete W's recommendation. All(*) of the stuff on the list below had already gone... I did manage to bag the 6705's (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Whytcross, Benjamin wrote in message <1D0812CAE3E7D2118BC...s.com.au>. .. (...) Hey Ben, don't knock Belville. After seeing Peter's breakdown of the sets, I have to say that the Belville sets contain some of the most fantastic colour selections of (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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David Drew wrote in message ... (...) Ah, but you see I have actually been lucky enough to meet Peter's wife, and I have to say she is amazingly cool about the staggering proportion of the house that his Lego occupies. Man, those bonus marks would (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Are you after maxifigs? I've been wondering what to do with them. what exactly are you after, colour and piece? James (who's amused fabuland returns this year with Dizney heads, You thought Timmy/Jarjar was bad...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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just down the road, on the gold coast Aaron Coghill Kyola Department Emergency Services (URL) -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Kerry Raymond Sent: Monday, 22 May 2000 13:20 To: (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hadn't thought of that....Sounds like a good idea. (...) "And we want to be the best known childrens toy by 2005. We aim to do this by taking the playability out of our toys." (...) True, but what do you gain from this. Unfortunately, these (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) JarJar makes a good statue. I used the head and hands from JarJar, and the reversed torso and legs from Anakin giving an all tan idol that stands quietly in the jungle overgrowth. (...) "You can tell we are Lego because we are not Playmobil." (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I was until I got 6558 and 6718 which sated my hunger for BURPs, greenery and that very nifty Buffalo headdress. Adventurers is a possibility though (I'm a big fan). (...) Dave (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) What voltages does the transformer work under ? <G,D,&R> (...) Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) They look like a piece that's common in the Slizer sets. The blobs fit with the yellow pieces to their left in the picture, producing a ball and socket joint. They might be useful if you want to make a real life Transformer (or support at an (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) But if you get the head off, it wouldn't be too bad as a gargoyle on a building...Or as an ornament on a bridge for a SW castle, like in the middle ages...'Por encourage les autres' :) Now that would have looked good on the Naboo capital ! (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) JarJar the minifig -- the head that can only be removed from a torso with pliers. JarJar the character -- yet another non-human character given a dumbed-down role. (...) Since JarJar will probably feature in SW2 and SW3 I think we can look (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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hmmm yeah I thought of that, though I am not going near ebay for it. They weren't avail here in Aussie (same old story) Are you after one as well then? Perhaps if we find a source we could get them shipped together? I was also after the adventurers (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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My Mindstorms Ultimate Accessory Set arrived last night. It contains: * remote controller, which should enable me to embed my RCX deep into my model, or alternatively, save me from leaping up all the time to press the Run button all the time (couch (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) sale? (...) OK here is the list I promised: PLAYWORLD INTERNATIONAL 119 PRINCES HIGHWAY MILTON 2538 Take 25% off the following prices, that is what he offered me, so I would ask/demand that too if I were you. Especially as his prices are so (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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A good topic for a local discussion. Could everyone explain their reason for disliking JarJar. Maybe if we put together a nice long thread, pick out the interesting/informative bits, and forward to TLG, they may remove him from the many sets they (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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