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Smyths (Tallaght) have .. (not all in the one place, mind you) 7106 Droid™ Escape (44 pieces) £7.99 lugnet=$? 7311 Red Planet Cruiser (Altair) (73 pieces) £6.49 lugnet=$7 7314 Recon-Mech RP (Antares) (194 pieces) £20.99 lugnet=$20 7166 Imperial (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi, Not my thing but ... Smyths have 7115 GunganT Patrol for IR£5.99 (apparently down from 15.99) Roches in town have little 4806 (axe cart) £2.99 Ronan (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Basic Bucket 3041 in Smyth's Tallaght reduced to £12.99 - PILES of them! -- -Kieran Brady (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) you think Eason's is expensive on the books ..... have you seen the computer games !!! ! the rock raiders one was in the one on O'Connell street for £42 !!!! Are they out of their minds !!! Roches in town is out of the books .. but i decided (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) no .. i haven't tried it .. but i will ! (...) i'll be in Germany next week ... i'll see if i can find anything interesting (...) not likely ! but i noticed that the grey and blue lego train doors and windows are now available from Shop@Home (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Yvonne Doyle <ydoyle@iol.ie> wrote in message news:G5EKsC.H1u@lugnet.com... (...) I didn't see any of it, but as regards Lego Mosaic, has either of you tried this product yet? I have ordered and received a couple of these from Lego S@H, and I have (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Lego Mosaic got a mention on the Irish t.v. show .. The Late Late .. the Christmas special Toy Show.. watched by most of Ireland. They had a mosaic of the host I didn't see the whole show .. so i don't know if they showed any other Lego sets. (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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I forgot to click send this morning .. ... (...) Fingers crossed. I figure your attic is one pretty cool place. (...) Come on then, what have you been buying? :) I'm really pleased with getting the 5571 today - reckon it'd be hard to come by. It's a (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Just remembered they have a few of the 'rebel wrecker' - 8858 think its c.£49 "Ronan Webb" <rwebb@ehnospamaltavista.net> wrote in message news:G57L4n.DoM@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi, Been to that aforementioned place (thanks Yvonne) They have not 3 but I guess 6 (minus 1-irresistible) 5571s @ £99.95 and a few 5562's @ £62 which didn't do much for me. They have a few other bits and bobs - nothing too exciting. perhaps one or (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Ronan Webb <rwebb@ehnospamaltavista.net> wrote in message news:G5579H.8p6@lugnet.com... (...) option (...) Wait a while! I think I have a MISB 8417 in the attic. I'll check this when I get home later and LYK. -Kieran PS. just been on Lego Shop@Home (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Is it me or are grey 3x2 plates thin on the ground? Searched frantically for four last night (part of the forklift which we're rebuilding) ended up using black ones instead. BTW - forklift wheel I was missing eventually turned up :))) Ronan (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi, Rummaging through lugnet.loc.uk found a mention of (URL) barcode truck, firetruck and some other legos. See what you mean Kieran about the Argos sales etc Now where best to find that bike of yours 'mag wheel master' 8417 and the 8414 Mountain (...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Still not gone on the power puller. They dropped the price a couple of weeks back - I reckon they'll be left with a heap in the new year. Maybe then ... The book were cheaper in roches but they may be out of them now. If I remember they were (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Been to Smyths in Tallaght today. They've dropped the price of the Power Puller thing to £69.99 (£20 off?) and a cybermaster-type set (didn't get the number, it looks like a 2000 set) for £59.99. Was very tempted when I saw this one! (....wonder (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Sorry about that - I must've chopped it up a bit - easy enough to navagate there though www.walmart.com and try 'building' under toys section But try this (URL) Brady" <mfmm@iol.ie> wrote in message news:G52Fwp.LKt@lugnet.com... (...) maximum (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Ronan Webb wrote in message ... (...) Something not quite right about that link, Ronan: ......"These Farah Men's Plain Front Khakis are designed to give you maximum comfort with an updated, stylish look.".......???? (I don't think so!) -Kieran (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Yvonne Doyle wrote in message ... (...) Where?????? (yes I AM interested!) Please LMK & LRK (let Ronan know!) where this is (quietly)!! [snipped] -Kieran (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Curious set in the US Walmart 6 in 1 special - A whole lot of pieces (432) and a play table for < $30 - Don't know if they'd ship here though. (URL) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Yvonne Doyle <ydoyle@iol.ie> wrote in message news:G51IFn.8Ao@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, there are three (master builders 3057/8/9- I picked up the 'technics' race'n'build one in roches for £14.95; (this has 100 pieces the others have c 50) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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| | New thread :) model team
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Else we'll indent to infinity Picking up on Yvonne's model team source - - mail me, do. Kieran reckons it's what I'll be at next :) I'll mail you separately, Yvonne, so that you can reply quietly :) Ronan (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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hi Ronan another Irish legofan .... Irish lugneteers .... 3 in number !! yep .. i'm not a mad technic fan .. actually i found an old technic set .. one of those expert builder ones at a car boot sale and traded it for my favourite space model .. the (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Kieran, Ronan, just in case ... there is one shop in dublin with some of the big model team truck from a few years ago , still available if you are interested .. i'll e-mail and tell you where (if you don't know about them already) i actually bought (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Yvonne Doyle <ydoyle@iol.ie> wrote in message news:G51IFn.8Ao@lugnet.com... (...) OK, that now makes 3 of us active! At long last maybe we'll see some traffic on this newsgroup..... (...) Never bothered with rtl - too noisy and no structure. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi Kieran ah .. nice to find some other lego fans from Ireland i've been on the lego scene for a while .. used to use rec.toys.lego have you guys seen the new books .. i found one in Roches stores ... a book with a few lego pieces .. the one i got (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi guys, I'm the most recent arrival - Been buying a whole pile of duplos and legos for the past 6 years (for the children ;) more recently mindstorms and the technics sets especially the larger (nearly missed these) sets from 1996-1998. This is (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Yvonne Doyle <ydoyle@iol.ie> wrote in message news:G4sI3o.HFy@lugnet.com... (...) Hi there and welcome along! It appears at the moment that there are only 3 of us (well, 3 of us that are members of Lugnet anyway). This .loc.ie has been sparse of (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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Hi legofans I am an Irish lego collector and I have recently joined lugnet. I'd be interested to hear from other legofans especially if there's any Irish legofans around. I have been collecting for a few years and I like most themes especially (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ie)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Lawrence Wilkes writes: ... Very good geography lesson snipped ... (...) Thanks very much for the lesson, Lawrence. Your explanation was very helpful. Perhaps one more question: When sending mail to a person in London, does it (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) 25 Now :-( Croatia are 17, so that may help us next time. Poor old Finland are 55. Scott A (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) That's "Tynwald". Kevin (1/4 Manx) ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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Please take this OUT of .direct. It really doesn't have anything to do with .direct anymore. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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First, I apologize for jumping into this off-topic discussion with another off-topic response but I'll do it anyhow. What Paul says below is MOSTLY true, with some reservations. My experience is now about a decade old, so you UK people can help me (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Is this a joke? The whole of Europe is getting closer and closer, but here in Scotland we have a bunch of nationalists who want to split from the the UK. Why do they want to do this? If you ask the average supporter on the street you'll get (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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Well, whether you like it or not, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are all subordinate to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, sharing her laws, defense, and currency. But I'd be the first one to support (...) (24 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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Ok folks, time to move this out of lugnet.lego.direct. :) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Yes, but you forget you could buy Scotland for the price of a studio flat down here. And that prices in many shops and for many services are much higher (I only have to compare what I pay in the same shop as my family in the west country or (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) No worse than the Governments (of all persuasions) who consider that whatever policies are good for the South-East of England will be appropriate for the whole country. Some examples; <Ben Elton mode> The folk of Shetland pay the same rate of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Nearly. You need to separate physical geography from political boundaries Geog: Great Britain is the single large island northwest of France. It is often mistaken as the polical boundary - for example in sports events where a UK team is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) That's because Brits are a surly lot in general (ducking the flames), while Scottish are only surly once they drink enough (REALLY ducking this time) ;-) (I could throw in some sports references here to really rile everyone up, but I don't (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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