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(...) Well, that's 2 for 2. I guess I'll have to pick one up. Too bad that flat rate shipping has expired. Tim Strutt 8^) (23 years ago, 10-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) I think the Spy runner is worth it. The small truck is somewhat juniorized and pretty useless, but the plane is worth it. (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) My response to your questions: 1. Yup, I've got a spy runner…FOR FREE… a Shop @ Home exclusive offer during Christmas. And yes, I think it’s worth it. I like the minifigs and flexible windshield! 2. I too keep recievin’ the January catalogue. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) Well, I got my 1775 on Thursday, and 1817 on Friday. Nice sets. And I just got the January S@H catalogue with Friday's shipment. I hadn't seen it before. Very strange, considering I had 3 seperate orders in the month before, and they (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) great-® (...) Excuse me... #1 He is not Tim's member, Glen is a LEGO fan who lives in our wonderful Capital. #2 steel Function: transitive verb Date: 13th century 1 : to overlay, point, or edge with steel 2 a : to cause to resemble steel (as (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Castle you say… Then welcome to rtlToronto! Were organizing a large Brickwarz game some time this summer/early fall. Perhaps you’d like to partake in the dismemberment of minifigs? Nice to have you in the community, --==Riçhärd==-- You can (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Well, it's good to know there's more LEGO fans around here. I hope your wedding plans go well, and we see you in the near future. You say Castle is your favourite now. Have you seen the LEGO Shop At Home offering - the re-release of the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Thanks for the invite ... I have been lurking here for quite some time. It's a busy summer, but perhaps in the fall I'll start coming out to the meetings. (...) I went through a series of 'fave themes' as a kid -- first space, then castle, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Hi Glen, This is the first time I have noticed you post to .loc.ca.on.ott. On behalf of the local LEGO Users Group, ParLUGment, I wish to say hello and invite you to our next meeting at Tim's place (Date time and location details to follow). (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) You're not joking. We were some of the unfortunate ones who went to see the fireworks, and sat down by the water freezing our butts off for 2 hours before they told us that they were cancelled because of the wind. It's good to hear from (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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What a windy Canada Day here in Ottawa. I had two Arctic Ice Surfer sets sitting in front of an open window. When I arrived home that night, I found that both of them had sailed across the room! Just as Lego boats can really float, Lego Ice Surfers (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) This is Jack Stone, and here are some pictures. It’s a new "junior" theme with Creator style parts. (URL) Mr. Filz provided a quite in depth set review for us all! Here it is: (URL) Sincerely, --==Riçhärd==-- You can reach me @ (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GFs2oy.r5@lugnet.com... (...) were a (...) neat (...) Who is this Jack Stone character, anyway? Iain (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, it means we have a challenge that appeals to the trainhead in all of us. :-) Jude (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) does it mean that you are now officialy a train club ? :-) Martin (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) Actually, I kind of like the Jack Stone sets. It would be nice if they were a little cheaper, but they actually look half decent, and they've got some neat parts. It would be real cool if the stucture parts were available in large quantities, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Personally, I wouldn't buy the Jack Stone sets for anybody... first price vs. quality factor... those sets are trash....plain and simple If your children are young ~5 to 8....Creator line is a lot better. Age 6 to 9...the town junior sets (still (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Aaargh. I went there at the crack of dawn (well, 9:30AM) and they didn't have the 10% off, only 10% with a Bay Card :) I still bought two 48x48 baseplates though. Calum (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi, Just came home from Zellers....they have all the Jack Stone sets now...I bought two for my boys. I only bought the small $4.99 sets since it seems like the others are wayyyyyy over priced...$19.99, 29.99 and 69.99. However, the $4.99 sets were (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And once again there's not a single thing about it in the flyer here. Basically all it says is "we have LEGO". Maybe that's Zellers new code for announcing LEGO sales. It's like they don't even want people to know about it... KDJ ___...___ (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nice Pics, Kevin... Hey, Tim...I should post a couple quick pics to Brickshelf...9 car metroliner set....ohhh boy!!! I also had a bit of fun with the Vision Command Camera... even though it is a bit fuzzy with the pictures... Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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"Tim Strutt" <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:GFq5uE.15t@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) FWIW you can get the 6x16 plate with the cut out (but w/o buffers) in the smaller MYOT set. If you don't want to buy the whole (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) Cool hopper waggons Kevin! Those bottom sloped pieces really set it apart from the blue hopper set. -Harvey (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Yeah, and I know first-hand how hard it is to get those inverse corner slopes. I have 4 red, 4 black, 4 light grey, and 2 blue (thanks recently to Jeff Brundige). And I still don't have any of the baseplates with cutout AND buffers. I only (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) Thanks. I'm particularly pleased with that car. It's a perfect duplicate of the Blue Hopper, except the base plate. And it took a while to get those 4 inverse corner slopes. I also love the classic clean style of it's design. Play well. Tim (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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Hi, Yes, the nice thing about my red hoppers is they don't require any rare parts (like inverse corner slopes or 2x2 wall panels). I just used the 6x6 starwars quad inverse cutout slope dealy and it gives a nice hopper effect. You can make a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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"Tim Strutt" <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:GFq3K8.JKG@lugnet.com... (...) love it! Iain (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) Oh my goodness! There are 2 Metroliners in Ottawa and neither one belongs to me. And 2 Blue Hoppers and a 4555 too. I am so jealous. I like the row of red hoppers. I have been trying to make some in various colours myself. I have a black one (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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Hi, I finally got a digital camera and have uploaded some of my train pics to brickshelf: (URL) will be adding more pictures throughout the weekend. Let me know what you think! Kevin (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott) !
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Hey everyone, Zellers is having their buy one get the second for 1/2 price sale this week (06/30 - 07/04?)I'm not quite sure of the end date.... Happy Shopping, Jeff VW (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well, another successful get-together. We got together last night and had dinner, then went over to Jude's for some gawking at his collection and finally show-and-tell. Jeff missed dinner because of work - where are your priorities man? <grin> (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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And we are meeting at 6pm at Kelsey's. Tim Strutt 8^) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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For those of you who do not read .org.ca.parlugment there is a meeting tonight at my place. We will be meeting at Kelsey's on Ogilvie Rd next to Blair. From there we will go to my place. Jude (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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(...) Exactly. You don't decide how many "men" to use, you decide how many CPs and then you go through the rules buying stuff. Think of it as a budget to work with. 300 men... if you're playing a "Castle" game, that would be Tech Level (TL) 2. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, Richard Noeckel writes: <SNIP> (...) <SNIP> (...) <SNIP> (...) Hey Richard!... You forgot to turn off Insanity... That may become permanent ;) Hmmm... or is it permanent already... hmmm... Jorge F. (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) sounds fair...so a 300 man army that richard would be fielding would be beaucoup CP's unless he was using them only as marauders....then it might be different...if he decided to use canon (artillery) or fortification, he might not be able to (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's a BrikWars term- Construction Points. You start way before the day of the game by deciding how many Construction Points each player gets. Everything (Troops, their weapons, accessories, vehicles, bigger guns, tweaking stats) has a cost in (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) yeah...I don't think automatic gun-fire is too appropriate for a midieval war- fare like this... :) (...) Its a military term meaning "Command Post" (...) So is this a conflict of US vs. Candada....I think I'll have to bring a "special UN (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GF8x70.8M7@lugnet.com... (...) ;) No! Give them to me. Well, not the bombs, anyway. :) (...) Cedar Point! Iain (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <Insanity on> HA!!! We’ll match you ‘man for man’ any day in troops… BUT, only in the imaginary world of ABS minifigs, you can keep your Marines and Nuclear bombs to yourself. ;) I know not what CP stands for. But I deduce it’s an acronym (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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