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Re: Whoosh, There they go!
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:09:47 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Stephen Hurn writes:
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> In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Stephen Hurn writes:
> > > 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 little boxes and descriptions of all the sets in
> > > production that year. This one feels more like an ad to me, and as a child
> > > I can't imagine spending hours porring over every page, like I did to the
> > > aforementioned '93-'98 booklets. It's sad that even the booklets aren't as
> > > high quality nowdays.
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> > One thing I've learned on LUGNET is that things are always better 5 - 10
> > years ago! ;-)
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> Hey, things actually were better back then.
A *very* subjective judgement!
> Except the only thing I could
> afford was the lego catalogue, so I usually had to wait until Christmas or
> my birthday for new sets. I still managed to snag all but the BSB from the
> original pirates line.
At least you'll get the opportunity to snag a BSB in the near future!
> I guess I'm just bitter I could never get the large space police/BT2 sets.
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> > > It seems to me that the only saving grace for lego at the moment is the Star
> > > Wars line (although I don't mind the Alpha team line either).
> >
> > There's more: try a Vampire Crypt (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1381) or a
> > Werewolf Ambush (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1380). Both excellent sets, and
> > better value on a cents-per-part basis than Star Wars.
> >
> > (Incidentally, has anyone sighted the other monster sets down under?)
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> Nope, I haven't seen ANY of the monster sets here yet. But maybe that's
> because I haven't looked hard enough (local kmart is useless, and the next
> nearest toystore is half an hours drive away).
Ahh! I believe that 1380 and 1381 are a Target exclusive.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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