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Hi all, I believe I have found a cure for Lego-fever : The desire to uncontrollably spend all of one's hard earned on small interlocking pieces of ABS. The cure, blow a head gasket! My poor car is now the drain that my $$$$ in gushing into. *sigh* (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | FOTW
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Maybe should be called score of the week. My sister is the manager of a local mcdonald's store. I mentioned that macas maybe having a lego promo this year. She said that she had a fellow that comes in to her store quite a lot and that collected all (...) (26 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | 99 Catalogue Here Now!
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Picked up a 99 catalogue from toworld innaloo. They had a stack there so all other stores should get some soon. Cheers Terry (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 2148 Truck at Big W
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I picked up the last one Saturday! A very nice little model. Thanks for pointing that one out Terry! The new adventurers sets look cool, I picked up a small set with a female adventurer, (don't have the set no. with me..) and a hidden gold artifact. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | 2148 Truck at Big W
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As Mark Harrison mentioned previously, they have also now been spotted in WA. I grabbed the second last one from Big W karrinyup today. $19.74 was the cost. They also had the latest adventurer stuff, the aztec/mayan lot that i hadn't seen anywhere (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Availability of Slizers
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I was chatting to a sales assistant at Toyworld Innaloo, and found out that LEGO Australia has decided to release the Slizers line in two parts. What you see on the shelves at the moment is the first shipment. The second lot is due in 6 months. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | FOTW @ TRU
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Hi guys, I had an urge to splurge this weekend... ...on LEGO of course! I gave W4K and TRU a call, all Perth metro stores, to see if they had the Techic Space Shuttle (8480). W4K quoted $300+, while TRU Perth store had a few for $180! I bought one, (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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Terry Mason wrote in message ... (...) the (...) good point - I hadn't thought of that. Maybe I got the full catalogue cos they didn't have some of the items I wanted. No, come to think of it, I asked when the catalogue was due out and when to (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: Star Wars stuff
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Great thanx very much....yes I am already on that list. I would go for the MS set - appears to be better value than Cybermaster Set - I have 2 x MS sets and they are great - heaps of bits / gears motors and stuff - not to mention (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: Star Wars stuff
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Brian Wiren wrote in message ... (...) From 99 price list STAR WARS 7110 LAND SPEEDER 18.95 MAY 7128 SPEEDER BIKES 25.95 MAY 7130 SNOWSPEEDER 54.25 MAY 7140 X-WING FIGHTER 87.95 MAY 7150 Y-WING AND VADER'S TIE FIGHTER 136.95 MAY STAR WARS EPISODE 1 (...) (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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Does anyone have any info / prices / release dates etc for Australia Apparently there is a R2D2 model and some others.... Regards Brian PS : Anyone on the list into robotics using lego ? - I am.... (26 years ago, 24-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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I expect the catalogues to turn up any time now as stores have stocks of the february releases. I thought they wouldn't send the catalogues out earlier with nothing in store to buy! I also got a 99 service catalogue from the service dept without the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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(...) Almost! It's now about four weeks since I got mine, so maybe it's time for everyone to contact Lego Australia as they have obviously had them for at least five weeks .... I expect they will be out in the shops soon. I also expect that they (...) (26 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | 1999 Catalogues
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Hi Looks like one could do a roaring trade in catalogues .... I didnt see any in the US but have a few contacts over there so I will ask around. Regards Brian (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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(...) Just the service one. I have got a 1999 catalog but it is the british version that an rtler sent to me. When the Aust. one comes out, I'm sending him one. (...) Well you should be able to get the 2148 at your local Big W, you do have Big W (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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Mark Harrison wrote in message <36D00DDD.E9B73D6D@o...net.au>... (...) Did they send you the full catalogue or just the service one? (...) Unfortunately, *not* touring anywhere near Perth :( (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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Hi all, I've also just received some spares from Lego, they included a 1999 Service Catalog with the parts. Another interesting find at Big W, they are now selling the 2148 Celebration yellow truck released in the US in 1997. I'm told it is the same (...) (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: 1999 Catalogues
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Terry Mason wrote in message ... (...) Hmmm.. It's not really true at all. I ordered some supplementary stuff mid Jan from Lego Aust. and received the items *and* a 1999 catalogue in the first week in Feb. Haven't seen them in stores yet, but I (...) (26 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: Cybermaster Due in some perth Stores any day now
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Just looking thru some old posts - yep $399 is steep and from what I saw in the US it is not as versatile as the MS set - CM has 2 x built in motors and uses FR whereas MS uses IR and has 3 x outputs = 3 motors It may be possible to contact someone (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Lego in General
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Hi All I have just found this news group and would like to add my 0.02 cents worth. It is great to find a local interest group - all the others I am on are predominantly US ..... I have just returned from the US - holidays - and went to just about (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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