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Hi, A non lego question but I can't find out elsewhere on the web. Is paintball legal in NZ (can you own your own gun get a C02 tank filled etc...) Thanks and God Bless, Nathan, A Castle Fan who might be in NZ soon (24 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: LEGO in NZ?
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(...) Oooh you'll love the South Island. Very pretty down there. Last time I was in Nelson, they didn't have too many toy shops, may have changed now?? I used to live in Invercargill and there were a few stores there that sold Lego (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: LEGO in NZ?
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Thanks for the reply, We already left Auckland and we're heading south toward the south island. We'll probably pass through Picton, Queenstown, Wanaka and god knows were else... we're planning this as we go along. If that too general for a good (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: LEGO in NZ?
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(...) Lego is not particularly cheap here in New Zealand, but with the NZ dollar equal to only 43 cents US, you may be able to score yourself some bargains! For example, (if it was available) the Harry Potter train was retailing at 129.95 NZD. That (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | LEGO in NZ?
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Hi, I'm going to New Zealand on a vacation and I'll be there until the beginning of March. Where might I be able to find cheap (or at least reasonably priced) LEGO Technic & Mindstorms sets? Any help would be greatly appreciated, - David (24 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Order From Lego
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My order for $2600 worth of Lego product has arrived safe and sound here in New Zealand with no additional charges to be paid. The $120 delivery charge is not so bad when able to be split between three people. One minor gripe is the fact that the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Cheapest Lego is in New Zealand
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According to the December 2001 Australian Issue of Reader's Digest, New Zealand is the cheapest place to buy, among other things, LEGO, due to their low import duties, low consumer taxes, low retail margins and weak dollar. It says: " A Lego set, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: Please read, re: S@H orders to Australia
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(...) The difference here is that they've actually increased availability for us, so we want to support this. And once the teething problems get sorted, I'm sure Australians & New Zealanders will take to it like ducks to water. (Any reports from NZ (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: australia and new zealand, your moment has come!
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(...) why not... (...) I guess we will see what they come up with... but I'll let you know Thursday... Tomorrow :)))...))) Mel (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: australia and new zealand, your moment has come!
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"Melody Brown" <black666beast@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GKKp29.zv@lugnet.com... (...) Will you ship them back to the UK for us? They did say they would sub the shipping costs for a while, but not set prices. Postage and packaging is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: australia and new zealand, your moment has come!
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(...) Mwahahahaha! The Kookaburra's could have the last laugh :P j/k - About time I say! They prob will smack us in the cheek with postage and claim the difference that way... or it's an introductory price and not the actual 'everyday' price... (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | what happened to www.legoshop.co.nz?
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I was looking around on the net when I saw this address... Does anyone know when this site went down or why? Mel (once again, my appologies if I am late on this one too! :)) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | 'New Zealand Creates Longest LEGO serpent'
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Some interesting read.... unfortunately no pictures :( (taken from site) "Thousands of New Zealand schoolchildren have built the longest lego serpent in the world... They spent a week putting the 1.7 million plastic blocks together in Auckland's (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Bionicle Exclusives
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New World supermarkets have the six Bionicle sets 8540 - 8545 available at 5.95 NZD each. They are advertised as being exclusive to New World supermarkets in the South Island. Grahame (25 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Bionicle
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Here is an update from the www.nzherald.co.nz Fantasy toys spark legal game between Maori group and Lego 31.05.2001 By ANGELA GREGORY and NZPA Maori groups are seeking an urgent response from Lego following accusations that the Danish toymaker is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: Bionicle
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(...) G'day, yep, I think it was the Pacific Island area that was against TLG on this...In fact I believe it is a group of Maoris who were taking TLG to court on it. The reason, as I recall, was that TLG was trying to 'copy-right/trademark' the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | SHOP AT HOME NEWS
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OK..... as you probably know, I am in contact with Steven Pensini..... So I emailed him this morning asking him about S@H..... he just got back to me..... read on..... Kevin, As far as I know Shop @ Home is now available in some countries around the (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | *Non-Lego query * (sorry!) for Online Shopping
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G'day you Kywy's :P I used to live in NZ many years ago, so I have a clue as to some of your shops, but not the online addresses (if many at all). This is a Non-Lego question so forgive me, but I am trying to purchase a gift for my mum who lives in (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-01, to lugnet.loc.nz)
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| | Re: Lego copyrights native language
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(...) So it's ok for a Danish company to use an English name but not a Maori one? Note that it was pointed out that TLC did not copyright or trademark the names (and even if they were trademarked, a trademark is in relation to a specific product (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Lego copyrights native language
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(...) I used to know a guy whose last name is Lego. Maybe I should call and warn him. Dave! (25 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nz)
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