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Well, I have to admit I found a few things to not be happy with about the new catalogue. Ignoring that we are getting hosed with the exchange rate, some of the unpleasant surprises are: -baseplates of all sorts are up in price. 626 green 32x32 is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canadian Flag Sculpture
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(...) Great job Jason! But I have to object to the LEGO Factory's $24.07 CDN price tag especially since it is only $17.40 US (not that it is well priced in its own right), but still... Jude XFUT .loc.ca since I am complaining about the exchange rate (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Canadian Flag Sculpture
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After playing around with Digital Designer for a bit I thought I'd try and actually design something using the available parts. Here's one of the results (URL) a small sculpture of the Canadian flag>. (URL) Note that I did cheat a little when taking (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX) !!
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| | Zellers BOGO Friday May 19th to Friday May 26th
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Zellers flyer has "Buy 1, Get 1 1/2 price All LEGO sets. Second item must be of equal or lesser value". Because of the long weekend*, the sale starts an extra day earlier, going from Friday May 19th to Friday May 26th. The big question is are there (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Train layout ideas for future Ontario/Canada train shows
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We've been discussinng this for quite a while, so I'm going to endeavour to organize something. The fact is that LEGO Train layouts go over extremely well at train shows. We keep getting invites to various venues to display our LEGO train layouts. (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Spring Toy, Train and Doll Show Pictures
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Janey Cook wrote: sniped WOW, some nice pics . I like this one: (URL) a good shot of me addressing my people, As leader of the ENTIRE Norther Hemisphere, I find it relaxing to go "slumming"(1) with the commoners. Chris 1. in this shot I am passing (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: Spring Toy, Train and Doll Show Pictures
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(...) I agree, at first I wasn't even going to head over to that seller (someone much wiser than me convinced me to) then I ended up getting an entire bag of parts ( a few of which, I am positive I never bought). Rummaging through a really eclectic (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Spring Toy, Train and Doll Show Pictures
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(...) The little bags of random parts was really cool--I'm convinced if Bricklink was a physical place somewhere near me I'd go there every day. Not to say that the store would stay afloat from me spending $1.50 a day there buying three barrels and (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Spring Toy, Train and Doll Show Pictures
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(...) Always my pleasure Dave. Although, on my way home the car directly in front of me killed a deer, we had to drag it off the road, not the most pleasant part of my weekend. Of course, it might have been better than how many darn times I had to (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Spring Toy, Train and Doll Show Pictures
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(...) K, more pics are up--I did the round around the display-- (URL) wasn't the biggest crowds for a show, but eh... I had a great time! Thanks to everyone for the MOCs and the support. Special thanks to those that drove all the way down to make (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | TRU sale May 6-19
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A few LEGO sets in the latest 2 week flyer from TRU. Sale starts Saturday May 6th and runs until Friday May 19th. Creator or DUPLO 1/2 size tubs for $14.97 (reg. $19.99). Looks like sets 6092 (700p) and 3191. "20% off all* LEGO Batman. *excludes (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Confirmation for dropping off/setting up at the Toy, Train and Doll show this weekend
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Saturday, May 6th at 5:30 p.m. is when the registration desk opens--someone (porbably me :) ) will be in line to register us and get our nametags. At 6 p.m. the doors open and we're allowed to enter the building and start setting up. Set-up goes (...) (20 years ago, 1-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Mayday! 4 new MOCs - Retro space - Thunderbirds
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(...) I asked for an electrical drop and I asked that the train layout and the display be side by side. I'll check with Doug on that one. Dave K x-forwarded to appropriate groups and taking it outta Space! (20 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Reminder: Toronto Toy Train and Doll Show
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Just reminding everyone that the Toronto Toy, Train and Doll show is a few weeks away! THE TORONTO TOY ,DOLL & TRAIN COLLECTORS' SHOW May 7, 2006 10am-4pm The International Centre, Hall 3 6900 Airport Rd. Mississauga, ON , Canada We're allowed to go (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | TRU 20% off Vikings April 22-28
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TRU flyer good from Saturday April 22 to Friday April 28. "Only at TRU" "20% off all LEGO Vikings sets. Indiv. priced starting at $5.99" They mixed up the graphics with the ad. picture 7015 with text "921912 after event 99.99 Now 79.97" (S@H 5.99) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | TRU 20% off Exo-Force April 8-17
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TRU has 20% off all Exo-Force LEGO. Sale runs Saturday April 8th to Monday April 17th. Note, if you are getting two sets at the same price, Zellers BOGO is cheaper. TRU also has 20% off all MegaBloks Dragon items, and the skull cave assortment for (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Zellers BOGO April 8-15
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Zellers is having a Buy One Get One 1/2 Price sale on all LEGO (and Bratz) toys, Saturday April 8th to Thursday April 13th. For the past few years Zellers has had one of these sales the week before Easter, and then not again until October. Gail (21 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: New VicLUG site
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(...) sorry for repost, messed up the futs and this didn't go everywhere in the first place ( so it's not totally a repost ;) ) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, FTX)
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| | Batman sets and $CDN exchange
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Anyone else notice Canadians are getting extra screwed with the exchange rate on the new sets? 7779 Bat Dragster $15 CDN $10 US (exchange 1.50) 7780 Bat Boat $30 CDN $20 US (exchange 1.50) 7781 Batmobile $45 CDN $30 US (exchange 1.50) 7782 Batwing (...) (21 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Brickshelf Down?!
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Hi all: Is brickshelf down? I'm getting Internet Explorer's lovely error message for when a page is down. All links off of mocpages (even deep links), and now even the homepage fails. What's up? -Josh Underhay. When you go to www.brickshelf.com, as (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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