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Re: Whoosh, There they go!
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Sun, 15 Sep 2002 03:13:51 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jon Palmer writes:
Catalogue?!  You mean shop at home or the normal version?
Scans perhaps?  At least tell us about the new stuff in it (if it's the new
yearly version)

The normal version. August-December 2002
Sorry, no scans though. Summary follows.
76 pages.
Creator 4-5
Belville 6-7
Jacks Stone 8-13 including new sets that have alread been released.
Football 14-16
Dinosaurs 17
Adventurers 18 (Jungle 5975,5935)
Island Extreme 20-21
Alpha Team 22-24
Trains 24 (So much for, "No we're no longer stocking these")
Harry Potter 26-31 (incl new sets released November)
Racers 33-39 (F1 Williams 8461, IR and Radio Remote controlled cars 4589 &
8475, Bump and Go motor in 8472 and two other sets, Two track system sets)
Studios 40-45
Star Wars 47-53
Bionicle 54-59
Technic 60-61
Spybotics 62-65
Mindstorms 66
Softwear 68-69
Legoland (why do they bother for an AUSTRALIAN catalogue?!?) 70-71
Lifestyle (watches, clothes, backpacks) 72-73
Lego.com 74-75

Also includes assorted kids playing with own creations with inspiring
messages like
Boy pictured sleeping with Large Robot standing by the bed and text "why
sleep with the lights on when my guard can see through the darkness?"
Perhaps this looses something in translation from whatever it's composed in.

The text is uneven throughout the whole thing. Some sets (mostly newer ones)
have up to two paragraphs of info on functions and characters. Others just
list set name/number and age group.

There is nothing new in the whole thing, though it's nice to see larger pics
of the HP sets (close as I'm going to get to castle).

James (who was all excited until he sat down and dissected the thing...)



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Personally I am really disappointed at the new lego catalogues. They don't feel very organised, and don't detail the sets properly. I believe that the booklets from the years 1993-1998 (which are the only others that I have) are excellent, with (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

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Catalogue?! You mean shop at home or the normal version? Scans perhaps? At least tell us about the new stuff in it (if it's the new yearly version) -Jon -- | The Shipyard - (URL) My Lego Creations - (URL) Howse" <jehowse@yahoo.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au)

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