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Guys and gals, Earnest self-appointed webmaster seeks advice: It doesn't seem appropriate to update a site called Studs if its no longer what we want to call ourselves. Before the early April fest there was much to-ing and fro-ing about naming, and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Anzac Day Brickwars?
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(...) There wasn't any carnage apart from one of the Timmy twin-engines taking a dive into an icy terrain after a flypast. A Bricktorian (spy?) was captured and tortured. There was a lot of admiring of weaponry and publicity shots taken. Eyes out (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Anzac Day Brickwars?
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Hi, How did the Anzac day brickwars go? I was intending to come up and watch, but I got called to an impromptu M:TG match during which I got slaughtered. Who won? Who performed the most ludicrous feats of accuracy? Let us in on the details, thanks. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: 2870 torsos (was: Last of the Soccer days)
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(...) [eagerly sticks hand in air] Me, me, I know the answer!! (...) Oh for blonde hair... I asked Michael from Ozbricks about set 3416 (Women's Soccer Team), and he said that since the set was "discontinued" he wouldn't be able to offer it. This (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: 2870 torsos (was: Last of the Soccer days)
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(...) I mentioned this to someone on our way out of Big W on Saturday, now who was that ? I also mentioned it to the MUGs when they were in Sydney. The black outlined one does look better, maybe this is worth mentioning in '.town', I wonder if other (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Last of the Soccer days :( - (was Re: Toys-r-us Chatswood 16/4/1)
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(...) Of the four 2870's I bought on Saturday, three have grey-blue outlining on the pink torsos, the other one has black outlining. Anyone else found this? I think the black outlined one looks better. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 19-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lots of lego
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(...) G'day, Well, I can't speak for Sydney, but down here in Melbourne there's several second-hand toy shops. [and yes, I am the reason that at least one of the stores rarely has lego on the shelves :) ] Should you wish, I'm sure there's quite a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Last of the Soccer days :( - (was Re: Toys-r-us Chatswood 16/4/1)
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(...) After Paradisa 2870, maybe anything is possible. (...) Pity, it seemed to sell well. So it should, being half the price it is in the US. (...) Maybe ask Mr.Ozbricks to source some soccerettes. (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Last of the Soccer days :( - (was Re: Toys-r-us Chatswood 16/4/1)
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(...) There is no more Soccer items coming our way! Lego deleted the line at the start of the year, so what you see in the stores is all we have left :( The shoot and score, the soccer field set (main set), the black bus and also the extension pack (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Toys-r-us Chatswood 16/4/1
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(...) I haven't seen red/white buses for ages. There are some famous teams in red and white, could this be the Man Utd effect ? (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Toys-r-us Chatswood 16/4/1
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Just to let you know, the $9.97 4225's and the $29.97 4229's that we cleaned out at Erina on Saturday, were at TRU Chatswood yesterday, along with the $50 World on wheels set. Also, there were two sets of 9V points/turnouts/switches. They had a fair (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lots of lego
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(...) <snip> (...) Angus, I'll second Dave's suggestions. I think it really depends on the age of your kids... if they're preschool aged, go for the small red bucket. My daughter got one of these for her third birthday (about three weeks ago), and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lots of lego
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(...) Hi Angus, Have a look at <set:4213>, on sale at Toys 'r' Us for $50. It's got heaps of basic bricks, doors, windows, car parts and so on. All the basic sets come with little "ideas" booklets, but no specific instructions. Big W also has a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lots of lego
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Angus, try purchasing a few buckets, Basic or if any still around... Freestyle Sets. Shops like Big W, Target and K-Mart etc have these sort of items around and usually the buckets contain an assortment of pieces in which there are no instructions (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lots of lego
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(...) them (...) Well, if you can get some of the basic bulk sets (4219, 4229, 3033) at sale prices, they're pretty good value. Otherwise you've gotta spend every free hour searching toyshops, garage sales, markets ........ ROSCO (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Lots of lego
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Any idea where I could get lots of random lego blocks? I just want my kids to be able to build whatever with lego without following someone else's plan. So I am try to avoid kits. Also keen to reuse someone's old lego to avoid it being thrown out or (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lego at PowerHouse
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(...) But what prices were they ? (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lego at PowerHouse
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(...) Forget UCS, Mindstorms and Falcons. You can buy them anywhere these days. But *watches* ... having bought one in Japan, I am now hooked on Lego watches. Do you recall what range of watches was available? The current range can be found: (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lego at PowerHouse
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I'm thinking of coming south to check it out. However, I dunno if the 16th Dec is a likely prospect; too close to Christmas. Early in the New Year would work better for me. Kerry (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Lego at PowerHouse
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(...) Lunch is prob best for me too..... So where and when are we going to all meet? Kev...: ) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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