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Just a short note to mention that the bionicle sets 1388-1393 are becoming available at McDonalds stores in Australia. These appear to be the same sets available in the US last year, but with different printing on the bag [1], are Copyrighted for (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Yes... just saw this via email as my kids are in the 0n-line McDonalds Happy meal club. (URL) can see the Happy Meal box on the site :) Also they are running a 'Match-In-Shapes' on-line competition... Happy Mel :) What a great excuse for a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Thought I was hallucinating when I saw the ad on Nickelodeon yesterday. Checked the Mc site, all they had was out of date info. Didn't realise there was a happymeal domain :^o (...) Or high cholesterol (bring on that unhappy meal) (22 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Isn't it funny that the Bionicles are the most nutritious part of the Happy meal :P. FUT: lugnet.fun (22 years ago, 18-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.fun)
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(...) Only if you choose the Chicken Nugget option! :-) If you choose the cheeseburger, you're getting Australian beef* (which is the best in the world!!) and contains protein, omega 3s, iron, zinc and vitamin B12. Check out (URL) visited McDonalds (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I got one earlier today. I didn't even need to ask, I must've had that 'Lego Aisle' look in my eyes. They did give me a girly box though, which is disturbing... Anyway I don't care what all the 'purists' say about bionicle, I know those big (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.fun)
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(...) If you're really unlucky, you might get a tacky zoo animals box, though these do have free children's coupons to zoos. (...) My red plates had melted into liquid by the time I got mine. (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The iron is probably more useful for pre-menopausal women and anaemic people of European descent. (...) If you want a Huki (No.1 of 6), don't muck about, some areas have sold out. Some are selling No.3s already. By the end of this promotion, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hrmm... I wasn't really happy about that, as I was looking forwards getting another Huki (No.1 of 6), but the store I went to sold out, and so I got Onepu (no.2 of 6). This was the Flinders St Macca's. Colby. (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) When was this, I went to that store tonight just before 6pm, and they only had Huki. I have been to a few different stores over the weekend, and they all seem to have opened different boxes first, as I have 1, 2 and 3. Just check out another (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, Roxburgh park had number 2 yesterday, but when I asked today, they'd opened number 1 box as well :) [though when Mandy first pointed them out to me [she regrets it now :) ] they had both 1 and 2 at Greensborough.] BTW, there's a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That was around Midday I went there. Today I went to my local store - Karingal - near Frankston, they have already got no. 3 out, I asked if they still had no. 1, the girl who served me went looking for one. Found one! But the funny thing is, (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) How do you buy the toy without the meal? And how much does it cost? I never thought you can buy toys without the meal, I thought thats why it was called Happy Meal just so the kids have something to play while eating the food. Colby. (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I find regurgitating the meal on the counter always works. Otherwise $2 will do the trick. (Or so I'm told) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Just ask for the toy (or multiples thereof), they are $2 each. Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colby Chapman" <thecoolby@ihug.com.au> To: <lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Bionicles Promo's at (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Something to play with while eating the food? Well, it could be done that way... but my child is not allowed to play with the toy until *after* the meal is finished. It gets us out of McD's significantly sooner. ;-) Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:H178x7.KA4@lugnet.com... (...) don't buy (...) do in (...) Right on sister! Hear hear! It really disturbs me that my fellow Aussies get so excited by a promo with such crappy Lego on offer - (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.promo)
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(...) So, if I understand this correctly ... If I don't go to McDonalds, then I don't have to eat their food and I don't buy a bionicle! That's excellent. It means that I can not do two things I didn't want to do in the time it would normally take (...) (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.promo)
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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:H178x7.KA4@lugnet.com... (...) don't buy (...) do in (...) Thank you Kerry... I was afraid BrickNet would have to start giving out free burgers with every Lego set sold. John (22 years ago, 21-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I almost bought one of these things yesterday. Then I came to my senses. Even for building Bionicle stuff they don't appear to have any useful parts except perhaps for the masks. At least they're better than the usual plastic garbage they put in the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Ah...all it takes is a little imagination. Checkout the MOCs by a lugnetter at this completed auction, (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) thinking of when I made mention of the masks previously. I also saw someone using them as wheel covers on a 'Spinner' car (from Blade Runner) recently. Inspiring. OK, so I ended up buying a couple yesterday. I was reflecting on it, and I think (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Mmm...the brown ones, Huki ( 1 of 6), I never did manage to grab all the Hukis I wanted, I was too slow off the mark and ill earlier this week. So beware, my local Mc is now onto the yellow masked one which is 4 of 6. So the first 3 have sold (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I bought multiples of both the SE and P buckets and bought Bionicle masks (:^) The Mcpromotions have masks in colours not available in the mask packs. My 5yo son loves building things with Bionicle bits and pieces and sad as it may seem to (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Dunno. The foot pieces make good engine fairings (as per the skimmer mocs Pete posted about), and the arms might make good clamps for docking ships. Or not. But if folks like 'em, cool by me. (...) Dunno about this either. 11th busiest in the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) What about Moonbase modules, do they count? :) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Absolutely. Starships always need thingies to squabble about. And thingies to blow up too ;-) Blowing up Moonbase thingies isn't quite as much fun as blowing up other starships, but its easier, 'cause the Moonbases thingies don't keep moving (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Not always as easy either - sometimes you have to land some distance away and then assault the moonbase using huge easily tripped walking machines... Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Ahoy! (...) Ahah! I spot a typo: you typed "staships" when you obviously meant "ships"! (I note that .pirates has been even quieter then .loc.au). Cheers Richie (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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