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(...) Here are some pictures I took at the Meccano booth last year. These will give you some idea about the model and table size they have. They have many impressive motorized models. (URL) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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Sorry to reply to my own post but I found the flyer for next week online already. There is a sale, but not a BOGO, I think I will sleep in (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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If annual tradition holds, we should see a BOGO tomorrow. There has been one for the last few years during the week before Easter. Heck, there was a Megablok BOGO this week. <yuck> If anybody has a chance to check the new flyer can you please let us (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Do you ever wonder...
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(...) Sad to say, but true. I have noticed that as well over the last few years. Apparently the new store currently has two large scale LEGO models (built by the company, I believe). One is a large Harry Potter (lifesize) and the other is... I (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Do you ever wonder...
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In lugnet.loc.ca.on, Andrew Keeping writes: Hello Andrew, (...) I'm not sure if we're suddenly coming out of the woodwork, or perhaps just realizing that we've never really identified ourselves to each other. :) (...) Stratford is in an interesting (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Do you ever wonder...
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Howdy all, I've just been reading this thread and I'm surprised at the number of Lego fans in the areas outside of Toronto. I'm from the Harriston area (approx 1 hour north of Kitchener) but my job requires me to travel quite a bit. I pass through (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Looking for Ontario LEGO builders (WAS: The Hobby Show 2003)
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(...) Hello again everyone, Just a follow-up to last week's posting. It may have been a bit long for a first announcement, so I'll try again..... only with some brevity this time. :) November of this year will mark the first time that LEGO has been (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Pictures from MonLUG & ParLUGment Train and Town Layout
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Well, I finally have all the pictures and movies posted to Brickshelf from our Train and Town Layout this past weekend in Montreal. I had a problem trying to get them all into a single directory, so I had to break them up into a few directories. (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon) !
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| | Re: Do you ever wonder...
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(...) Yes... if you were heading West on Fanshawe, you go through the light at Wonderland. It's about another 300 feet and on your right. You will see the sign out front. (...) I was interested, but won't pursue it this year. I'm focusing most of my (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) is (...) I have heard about it, I think someone mentioned it in an another thread... Wonderland & fanshawe area??? Obviously haven`t been there YET... (...) I (...) using (...) I am definately interested in that. Should be no problem building (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | RE: Do you ever wonder...
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Hi, I live in Kitchener and my in-laws are in London. I was at the Toy Shop last summer and at their old store (on Hyde Park Road past Fanshawe). It has a nice selection, however I found it a bit on the pricey side. I guess if there was something I (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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(...) is (...) I have heard about it, I think someone mentioned it in an another thread... Wonderland & fanshawe area??? Obviously haven`t been there YET... (...) I (...) using (...) I am definately interested in that. Should be no problem building (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Do you ever wonder...
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(...) And I looked for you the last time I was there, but didn't see you. ;) O.K. that's not true. I just bought a couple of the 1/2 price Twin-pod Cloud Cars... but it did cross my mind that another adult fan had been there. Have you been to the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | The Hobby Show 2003 - Toronto, Ontario Canada
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The Hobby Show 2003 - Toronto, Ontario Canada For those interested... (and I hope that will be a number of you!) I am beginning the process of organizing a LEGO builders booth for The Hobby Show this year in Toronto. (Nov. 7, 8, 9 / 2003) For anyone (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on) !
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| | MonLUG's 4th Train Show, April 5th and 6th
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A french message follows. Un message français suit. Hello, I'm proud to announce MonLUG's fourth participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at Georges-Vanier High School in Laval (just north of Montreal) on Saturday, April 5th from (...) (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town) !
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| | TRU has for SW LEGO sets half price
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Greetings, The TRU (Canada) flyer has four SW sets at half price. 7119 Twin-pod cloud car $7.47 (reg $14.99) 7139 Ewok attack $8.97 (reg $17.99) 7201 Final Dual II $4.97 (reg $9.99) 7204 Jedi Defense II $4.97 (reg $9.99) Sale runs from Saturday (...) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | request for help possible show in Lloyminster May 25, 2003
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To Saskatchewan AFOLs Our group NALUG has been invited to do a 1 day show in Lloydminster as part of the NMRA annual convention. Set up would be on Saturday, May 24, the show itself would be on the Sunday, with take down after 5PM. As I live between (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.sk)
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| | Star Wars - Set 10019 -On Sale
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For those that are interested, Star Wars set 10019 (Rebel Blockade Runner) is on sale at the Bricks and Blocks (Lego outlet) at the St Jacobs Outlet Mall. The regular price of $299.99 was reduced to 219.99. I've been waiting for this set to go on (...) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | James Powell guest of honour at NOVALUG gathering
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Greetings, A few of us are getting together at my home next Wednesday (March 19th) to be enthralled by the DCC trains of James Powell. It will start sometime between 2 and 4ish, to be decided on Tuesday by James' schedule. I live in Halifax, near (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | Intelli-Train at Winners
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I saw a couple Intelli-Train sets at Winners the other day with red mark-down stickers on them. Not sure why, seeing as its a brand new line, but I decided to take advantage of it. A month too late for the larger set though, since I'd already picked (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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(...) Yes, and perhaps I wasn't entirely clear in my initial post. That's what I was trying to express though... that it was my belief that this was the 40th anniversary of that event. Perhaps the linkage to the product that was available was a bit (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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(...) Sorry if I wasn't clear. 1998 _was_ the 35th anniversary of LEGO being sold in Canada (originally by Samsonite). LEGO Canada (sniff, I miss S@H Canada) took over from Samsonite around 1988/89 (I have a 1988 Samsonite catalogue, and a 1989 LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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(...) I thought about this some more. I took a look at one of the buckets. It says, "35 Years of Building Imaginations". 35 years must mark some sort of event, anniversary etc. 35 years from what beginning point? Granted they may have been (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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(...) If that's the case, then you're likely correct. No need to celebrate 30 years. It just seemed odd to me that we got the "35th" buckets and then this year there was just nothing. So... was LEGO in Canada in 1963 then? It was my impression that (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I think you are missing something big here. We didn't have 35th anniversary buckets in Canada because it was the 35th anniversary of LEGO being sold in Canada, we had repackaged (different outer bucket, no silver 2 x 4 brick) buckets from the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | 40th Anniversary of LEGO in Canada?
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I was wondering if anyone else was wondering this.... Since 1998 brought us the 35th anniversary buckets and tubs here in Canada I was thinking that 2003 must then be the 40th anniversary of LEGO in Canada. However, I suspect that since we haven't (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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We at Créations Rotule are proud to announce that our new website is up and running. (URL) have completely redesigned the website so it's more easy to navigate. New features: Bilingual site : all pages are in both English and French (except for (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que) !
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| | NEW Créations Rotule Website : More MOCs, more Posters, Minifig Hall of Fame
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We at Créations Rotule are proud to announce that our new website is up and running. We have completely redesigned the website so it's more easy to navigate. New features: Bilingual site : all pages are in both English and French (except for Tarobot (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que)
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| | Re: Danger Will Rogers!!!
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(...) We are puting on a small train display in Dartmouth on the 29th & 30th of March. Any chance of extending your trip? Even if you can't, I'm sure we could get a few folks together during that time. I would enjoy hearing more about your last big (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | Danger Will Rogers!!!
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Oh my gosh...hold on to your lego trains...yep, I'm coming to town to steal all I can carry away west with me! Seriously, I'm coming to Halifax from Feb 28-Mar 26 (perhaps to 28'th, not sure). Is there anything on the go that I should know about? (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | FreeLUG : a new LEGO association in FRANCE
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Bonjour a tous (english part after fench). Je me permet d'utiliser le Cross Post pour vous annonce la creation d'une association regroupant les passionnes de LEGO en France. Les statuts ont ete depose la semaine derniere sous le nom de FreeLUG (...) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.fr, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.be, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.loc.bg, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.cs, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.loc.gr, lugnet.loc.es, lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.loc.lu, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.loc.no, lugnet.loc.at, lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.loc.ch, lugnet.loc.fi, lugnet.loc.ca.qc) !!
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| | Re: Walmart Finds (Canada)
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(...) With word that Walmart was actually marking down Lego this year, I managed to make it out before closing on Saturday. I got the last Republic Gunship that I could find for $35 CDN. I thought $50 two weeks ago was a deal! Also of interest was (...) (22 years ago, 11-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: TRU SW and Bionicle LEGO sale
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(...) The trick is to find two other AFOLs in the area who each want one of the big set _you_ want. Some Zellers stock the Yoda(1) for $150, so a BOGOHO there is about the same. On that note, is anyone in Nova Scotia interested in the Tantive? Not (...) (22 years ago, 10-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Walmart Finds (Canada)
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Hi from Kitchener, Stopped in at our local Walmart and stumbled across 1382 Scary Labratory for $35 Cdn in a makeshift clearance aisle...I picked up two. Soccer Challenge II 3420 was also on for $35 Cdn. I couldn't justify that one for parts. Anyone (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | RE: TRU SW and Bionicle LEGO sale
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Hi, There is a good selection of StarWars sets here at the Kitchener TRU. I went for the sale and came back empty handed ... I just couldn't justify buying anything at these prices. They had the Tantive for $300, I think the Tie Interceptor was $150 (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: TRU SW and Bionicle LEGO sale
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I just went to my local TRU and it looks like they might have pulled all 2003 SW sets off of the shelves, they weren't there and they're spaces were convienently filled older sets, mostly 740x. :-( The good news is they have a bunch of older sets so (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | TRU SW and Bionicle LEGO sale
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Greetings, Sale at TRU (1) from Saturday Feb. 8th to Friday the 14th. Buy two get one free for "all LEGO Star Wars construction sets or ANY 9.99 Toas or Bohroks. Item must be of equal or lesser value. While quantities last. No rainchecks or (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Shifty Brand Hits North America
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(...) Lucky, lucky, lucky!!! I'm still lookin' to find a few for myself... (If I found a batch, i'd probably buy the whole bunch!!!) --==Richard==-- (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: Shifty Brand Hits North America
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I've seen these knock-off sets at various times in Ontario. They turned up a couple of years ago at Home hardware, but disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared. I picked up an assortment at a dollar store in guelph last spring as well. As (...) (22 years ago, 2-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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| | Re: Shifty Brand Hits North America
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(...) Further to that, I'm pretty sure this is the outlet that sells them (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van)
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