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Hi folks, Run, don't walk, to get the first rtlToronto 7: The Plastic Dust is Normal Event Poster: (URL) them out and put them up everywhere, at your office, school, church, community center, cult compound, whatever. For example, I have a poorly (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Model Trains - Live steam
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G'Day If you are going all across Canada, you should check out the Vancouver Island Model Engineers at Heritage Acres Home of the Saanich Historical Artifacts Society, just outside of Victoria BC. (whee what a mouth (finger??) full). They run 3 1/2, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Who was it!!!??
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Well I confess to getting some good stuff, but not so much in the way of parts. I have the convenience of a five minute drive to the store, so I'm checking for new stuff all of the time. I lucked out and was in the store the day they received their (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Who was it!!!??
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OK, so on a glorious Sunday My NLSO wife and I drove 1 1/2 hours to St. Jacob's to look for a nice wooden headboard for my king bed (BTW anyone who has leads on a great place for bed room furniture let me know) Since we were up there any way, i (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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(...) My wife is going to hate it...first we pick up a railway engine (3.5" gauge, 3/4"/ft scale, weighs about 100 lbs...fills trunk), and then we go lego shopping (again) on a cross Canada trip :) Unfortunatly, I know that the track will not fit (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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G'Day Yes they did have track - straights, curves, switches and the crossing piece !!! Cheers Oliver "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G3LMu7.Ko@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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Q for you, did they have railway track? 6 months until I pass that way, but hey...it saves driving to St. Jacob's James (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | [rtlToronto] November 10, 2000 Toronto Dinner
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Hi folks, As usual, it's the rtlToronto second monthly Toronto get together and of course, everyone is welcome, especially those new to the Toronto Lego "scene" (?!) It is at: Mel's Deli 440 Bloor Street West (1 block east of Bathurst) Toronto (...) (24 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | re:Cooksville Outlet Mall should be Cookstown . .... doh !
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G'Day Sorry about that its COOKSTOWN outlet mall up by Barrie, (URL) : (URL) is down by Mississauga ! "Dave Cheng" <dmc@removethis.vex.net> wrote in message news:G3JErB.21I@lugnet.com... (...) for $ (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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(...) Is the Cooksville Outlet Mall the one on the 400, just outside of Barrie? I can remember an outlet mall there with a Nike store, North Face store, etc. (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Bricks and Blocks- Cooksville Outlet Mall
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G'Day Fianlly had a day off to make the trip up to the Cooksville Outlet Mall, found the four Chrome Castle sets ( 4816,4817,4818,4819) and a series of Adventurers set I had not seen before (5911,5912,5913,5914). Also, aside from the usual stuff, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Shopping report
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(...) Thanks for the tip. Man, the Loblaws has lots in stock. Jude (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Shopping report
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Loblaws in Shoppers City West (Balseline/Woodroff) has 1271 Jungle Surprise, 1265 Moon Buggy,1269 White Ninja and 1268 Bike Blaster. $3 each. The Zellers in the same mall has 2 TIE+Y-W+SnowSpeeder combo sets left. Warmart has the Gungan Sub+Patrol (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: PST and GST on S@H (was: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) Yes, I think we are going to do that. The only problem is that it adds an extra 9 days to your order time and they may have backordered or be out of some of the deals... sigh... You just can't win... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | PST and GST on S@H (was: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) The taxes are the same whether you add them before or after the conversion. So it is still 15% (15 cents per dollar) on both American or Canadian dollars. Jude Also if you pay via a Canadian cheque you only pay 1.43 CDN to US exchange rate (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Princess Storm Availability in Ontario (was: Lego Studio Steven Spielberg Moviemaker set Review)
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(...) want (...) Would (...) Bradley, She is available here in Ottawa at Mrs Tiggy Winkles for $6.99 Cdn which is $8.04 with GST and PST. Over all that is a few cents better than S@H without counting the shipping. I suspect she is available in other (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Lego at Chapters.ca
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Dunno if anyone else is interested, but it appears that Chapters.ca now carry Lego. Small selection, standard prices, but there are always Chapters coupons to offset that. Go here: (URL) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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Hi, Bradley. As other people already told you, RIS is the most complete set. It is also the more expensive too. If you are looking for a cheaper and easier version, go for the Discovery set. The controller that comes with it, the Scout, has some (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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Hi I think RDS is the best to you, except touch sensor, you also can use external light sensor in Scout, you can do most thing that RCX can do. I don't know if you can write NQC program as you are so young, you can refer page at (URL) there is a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) You can do that with the Scout. (Note: Micro-Scout and Scout are NOT the same) The scout comes with some nice stuff. But to use the full power of the Scout you're going to need a transmitter for the PC. Lego or Ebay should have them. The (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) come as (...) I think the Robot Invntion system is too much money. Since i'm gettng the Cyber Strikers set, a $60 dinosaur book, and perhaps other things for Christmas too, I don't think I'd be allowed to do that. And I don't really like (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) Brad, if you can, go for the RCX (RIS) It will be usable for MANY years to come as you grow. I have all three units and I can tell you that the RCX (RIS) is the best. There was another message group that discussed all this in detail. (URL) the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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(...) The RDS is a really cool set. And if it is your first time programming then i think its the way to go. The only real drawbacks i see with the scout is it does not support the rotation sensor and it only has two inputs(that you can change (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Is Robotics Discovery Set good?
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I got a catalog today from a science store in Toronto, and it has relativley low priced Mindstorms. There are Droid Developers for $105.00, and Robotics Discovery for $159.95. This is quite close to the American price, so I think it is a better (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | HTO Town sets sighting
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In the Pharma Plus drug store in the Zellers mall in Lindsay, Ontario, they have two HTO sets (and some RoboRiders, but they are pretty common). They are in plastic display sleeves that are designed for a set to be pulled out from the bottom. There (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.town, lugnet.announce)
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| | RE: ZNAP sale
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(...) The 3571 has the motor, battery box, cable, and two flex shafts. The flex shafts are the best part, IMHO. ZNAP will be reissued in a few years I'm sure, once they've designed better mating to standard Technic. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | ZNAP sale
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G'Day In todays Toronto Star there is an insert from a company called Party Packagers, that I have not heard of before, but they advertise a ZNAP building set for 2.99 (can not tell which set) and a motorized set (looks like 3571) for $14.99, which (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Mindstorm Educational
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the store 'mindstorm educational' has a sale on lego, 20% off everything until sometime next week. they've got a whole bunch of stores across ontario, and have always managed to have some interesting sets when i've been. (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Bluewater? (was Re: new LIC in Chicago
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(...) Bluewater is actually an out-of-town shopping centre in Kent, about 20 miles to the east (and a little south) of the centre of the city of London, which in case the reference to Kent didn't give it away, isn't the one in Ontario. I believe it (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Bluewater? (was Re: new LIC in Chicago
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(...) Hm... Hey! *i'm* in London... Where in London is "Bluewater"?? :-) Or do you mean London Ontario? I've heard of that one Thanks! ++Lar (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Lego Stores in Canada
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(...) GUNGAN (...) which (...) seen a (...) They have this thing at Walmart here in Canada, too now. I didn't check the price though. Interestingly, the only Lego clearance item I ever saw was at Walmart during the summer. They had the Gungan sub (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Lego Stores in Canada
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G'Day Finally made the Bi-annual trek to St Jacobs. Of interest I noted a new (to me anyway) StarWars EP1 combo pack, a GUNGAN sub(7161) and Naboo Swamp(7121) packaged together, on sale for $43.99, which is not bad seeing as the sub was $69.99 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Major Find
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You found the Chrome castle sets here in Canada? When I called S@H to see if they were going to have them in Canada, I was told they weren't. Bah! Ah well, at least now I know I can find them here. ~Adam (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Major Find
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I just got a major score at Mrs Tigggy Winkles in Place d'Orleans here in Ottawa: Soccer: $6.99 3412 Point Shooting $6.99 3413 Goal Keeper $6.99 3414 Precision Shooting Adventurers: $3.99 5911 Johnny Thunder's Plane $3.99 5912 Mike's Swamp Boat (...) (24 years ago, 14-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.castle, lugnet.sports, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | I was in the Bay in Oshawa on Saturday and they have old Lego...
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Here's what there was! Castle Dragon masters Dragon Defender from 1994, about $16.99! (There was only one of these) Witch's Windship from 1997- $12.97 Samauri on a horse- tiny set from 1998. $3.49, I think. some other more common Ninja sets, 1998 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Lego Stores in Canada
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Were there any older System sets in that warehouse (eg. Pirates, Royal Knights, Cowboys, Pre-Jr. Town...)? (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Lego Display at Scarbourgh Center
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(...) I'm fairly sure in some of my literature on it, it was refered to as LRT, in comparison to the Subway. Remember, this was before the Harbourfront line was approved... I know UTDC refered to it as you did, but I think the TTC refered to it as (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Lego Display at Scarbourgh Center
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:G28pHL.1uC@lugnet.com... (...) ? (...) know...also, (...) the (...) (?) (...) Stations go Kennedy, Lawerence East, Ellesmere, Midland, Scarborough Centre, then McCowan. The yard is (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Lego Display at Scarbourgh Center
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(...) Not a Chance. It's the Toonerville Trolley, please. The TTC called it the LRT when it was introduced (believe me, I know...also, if you don't trust me, look in "Not A one Horse Town"...I have that and "Passengers must not ride on fenders"). (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | Re: Lego Display at Scarbourgh Center
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"Richard Franks" <spontificus@__no_sp...yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FH6qvw.F2G@lugnet.com... (...) "Medieval RT!!!...!!! RT is ICTS and perfect. LRT is harbourfront and is TOTAL CRAP. (HATE ALRV's) (...) points (...) *hug* Thank you for being (...) (24 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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