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FOR ALL OF YOU WHO LOOKING FOR 6098 CASTEL IT IS ON SALE NOW ON SAKAL SALE FOR 300 SHEKEL. YOU CAN BUY IT ON DESIGN KENYON NEXT TO KENYON EYALON ON RAMAT-GEN. ALSO THEY HAVE NINGA SMALL BOX AND A FEW FOOTBALL. ENJOY (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: Toys'R'Us rant
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(...) Wow, that really stinks. I guess you should be glad they don't have K-Marts over there! (Or do they?) Maggie C. (who once walked out of a supermarket leaving a cartload of groceries on the conveyor at the checkstand because the clerk was rude) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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Hey guys, Okay, I need to vent a bit of annoyance... it's not too bad, just a very obnoxious salesperson. So I go to the Grand Canyon's TRU, right? And the prices of lego are outrageous, but I knew that already. I wasn't expecting to find any (...) (23 years ago, 16-Dec-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(URL) follows - used without permission: Save the world from evil Ogel By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich (December 5) - Tzevet Alpha (Alpha Team), a CD-ROM dubbed and translated into Hebrew by Hed Artzi Multimedia from the original English disk by Lego (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Jack Stone commercials on Israeli TV
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Yep, it's none other than "Jack Stone, LEGO's new hero!" - "Ha-Gibor Ha-khadash shel lego." I've seen it on channel 2 commercials at least three times - Jack swinging on the helicopter's rope, dangling and finally landing safely in time to save the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: Technic in Israel?
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(...) Keep in mind that the older sets (the ones that came out more than two years ago) are usually hard to find. They rarely show up in the stores here in Israel. For a better reference on Technic sets you can check some excellent review sites: (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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Hi David. Thank you so much for your post. It is very informative. You mentioned many sets so this serves as a nice little introduction to good sets that are out there. I'll certainly look them up before I go on this next shopping round. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: Technic in Israel?
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Hi Aviv! Welcome! It's nice to finally hear of someone with a similar mania [1] here in Israel (and in Jerusalem, no less! I live in Mevaseret). What made you decide to order the RIS set from Australia? I went through a different route - first I got (...) (23 years ago, 16-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Technic in Israel?
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Hi all. I've recently bought the Mindstorms RIS and it is so much fun. I'm spending hours and hours on this thing, and it seems to be the last toy I'll ever need. Unfortunately, it turns out that "im haochel ba hate'avon", as the Hebrew proverb (...) (23 years ago, 15-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: Old catalogs
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Thank you all for responding my query about the Lego catalogs from the 70's. I'm happy that my hobby from childhood is interesting for someone. With such an interest, maybe I should put it in the Museum?... Anyway, "the winner" is... Dan Boger! to (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: Old catalogs
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(...) Hi Shlomo, I happen not to be interested, but there might be a lot of people outside of Israel who may be interested. I am cross-posting this to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, so more people can see it. Good luck! -Shiri (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I came across a small collection of Lego catalogs & brochures from ~72-75 which were somehow kept in my parent's home. They are in English, Hebrew, Danish (I think) and some multiple-language. If someone is interested in this (for the cost of (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: A job involving LEGO Mindstorms!
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(...) Great! Is it a course or an ongoing research? If it is related to a course, What kind of course is it? Here at the Hebrew University we had two LEGO - oriented courses last year: One of them was for first year students and used HandyBoard to (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.il)
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| | So am I! (was: I'm back... :-)
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Hey, yay, I can latch onto another thread! And Selçuk's no less! I'm back too, and will soon be checking email on every day or every other day basis. And start up a posting frenzy (or not?)... By the way, I'm starting my studies in Haifa University (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.il)
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Chris already knows this (I got ahold of him) but for the rest of you: thanks for the concern. I'm fine, my family is safe. The reason we didn't answer the phone is simply - we weren't home. I was in Haifa taking a uni. entrance test, and heard (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) I tried to call her but there is no answer. Things here in Israel are all right - I'm sure the only people to worry about at the moment are the people in NYC. I'm sure there is no reason to worry about her, she'll probably call you once the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) Hey Matt, thanks for trying to call, but the lines from the US to Israel are disconnected (from what Shiri's mom tells me). That's her parents' house tho, where her and two of her sisters are staying. -Chris (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) Chris, I'm sure she's all right...Jill and I have been thinking of her all day, too...I'm sure the lines were just packed to capacity...try not to worry, OK? Is that number her parent's or her sister's? It just rings and rings for me... Matt (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Trying to reach Shiri
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Hi to everyone who frequents here: I've been trying to reach Shiri for the past while, and can't get ahold of her (phone lines from the US to Israel are disconnected). If somebody over there could give her a call or something for me (the number she (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: I'm moving...
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Hi Shiri, Actually I leave in Netanya "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GHyt3n.B26@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 15-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) That's what I thought... I hope we can get together sometime relatively soon. Maybe we can form ILUG (Israel Lego Users Group?) or IsLUG? Or LUGI (Lego User Group of Israel). Maybe kheli (like the name... khet lamed yud) for Khovevi Lego (...) (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: I'm moving...
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(...) I live in Jerusalem and if I remember correctly Israel lives in T"A. (...) Thanks, I'd be happy to meet fellow IAFOL some time. (...) - David (23 years ago, 12-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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trimmed .people from the groups (...) Remind me where you two live? I seem to remember something said about Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv. I will be in the Haifa area all next year. Maybe we can arrange a few get-togethers (my grandpa lives in T"A (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Milwaukee Meet pics
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Hiya! The second meet here in Milwaukee went just great! Sarah and I had a really fun time having some AFOL's over to visit for the day. Dave Amos of Bricktannia.com from a few hours north of us stopped by first, and we chatted a while and checked (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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Hi Shiri, Welcome back :-) I know of two more AFOLs. One of them I know personaly, the other, there's a roumer about him :-) Hoping to meet you all Israel "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GHEEw7.JCy@lugnet.com... (...) though. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) Thanks!! (...) Landing August 27th... It'll be mid-September by the time I'm settled though. (...) Either Haifa U. or the Technion. I still need to pass a few more tests, and then they'll decide if I got into the departments I wanted and I'll (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) try. (...) Welcome! When are you coming? What college are you going to attend? Are you going on the 'ATUDA' project? Best of luck in everything you do in Israel (and out of Israel for that matter) - David (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.il)
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| | Re: Help with a few words - kinda urgent
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(...) On second thought 'Charming' might be better. - David (23 years ago, 28-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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Sorry for being late, so little traffic here that I check this group only once in a while... (...) That's a hard one, I believe the scientific word is "Reseda" that is latin for 'to sooth', 'to calm down' (apparently it was used as a source for a (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) I think it technically translates to cyclamen, which is a type of primrose. I've seen Rakefet used for other spring wildflowers, so it may have a more generic meaning. (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) heh, never knew flower names... :) and my dictionary doesn't have it. :/ (...) I believe that's Velvet? (...) I agree... it means more than worry... I think between worry and care you got it mostly covered though... (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) Shiri- Have you seen this page: (URL) It's a clearinghouse of online dictionaries. It does give two Hebrew-English dictionaries, maybe one of those has a reverse function? This one looked sorta promising: (URL) Good luck, anyways! :) See you (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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XP .off-topic.fun (...) Actually, what the heck - if you're bored, ye lugnet folk, check these out and let me know if it sounds normal... (it all sounds worlds better in hebrew, 'course.) --- Lyrics Translation for select hebrew songs Aviv Gefen’s (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Help with a few words - kinda urgent
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Help! Help! Stupid babelfish doesn't know how to translate to hebrew, I dunno where my heb-eng dictionary is, and I can't for the life of me remember how to say these words in English: Rakefet? (the flower) and Ktipha? (the material) It's not a (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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(...) I don't know, I don't remember other old sets than the ones I mentioned. Apart from Nancy I only looked around in Paris last August, and then I was looking for Mindstorms stuff, not old sets. Jürgen PS: My dark age ended 1999-12-31, so 'old' (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.loc.fr)
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(...) to (...) The prices of LEGO in Israel are just unbelievable. I often wonder were all that price difference goes to. Is someone getting very rich here? (...) I (...) Well, yeah, but at least for me those are pretty old and rare sets (1993-1995) (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.loc.fr)
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(...) I noticed it too traveling around France & Spain, and the same happens here in Italy: no sets on sale ever. The bad side of this is we never buy cheap Lego. The good side being that for this reason the shelves never get empty and it's still (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.loc.fr)
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(...) And I thought 399FF (~60EUR, the normal price here) were a tad expensive for a 8448 ... (I bought most of my stuff on sale for ca half price in Germany) (...) So you paid approximately the list price, maybe a little less. Here in Nancy at (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.loc.fr)
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(...) me (...) According to my experience Israel is the worst place to find LEGO. After a lot of searching [1] my only "finds" (those are bargains only for someone that is used to buying his LEGO through ebay and pay for shipping to Israel) are (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.loc.fr)
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I've found some interesting LEGO sets in Han Toys in the mall of Ramat Aviv in tel Aviv. As for the Israeli duty free, don't count on it, the selection is very limited and the prices are high. Israel (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.il)
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