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(...) Of six Woolies stores I have visited in the past week none had more than two different HP sets - but different combinations in each store. High turnover or poor stocking policy? Chris (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Tescos has 20% off all Lego at the mo (not HP tho) -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 "Mark Morgan" <coachie@excite.com> wrote in message news:GM0qDE.7wI@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) makes (...) :-( (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Mark Morgan" <coachie@excite.com> wrote in message news:GM0qDE.7wI@lugnet.com... (...) makes (...) :-( I picked up 3 Hogwarts Expresses in Woolies on Sunday. I intend to keep one and the coaches from the other two, but I have not found a buyer for (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That is interesting, since the site has them available now!! (URL) Medinets (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) *sigh* Now I know. (...) My local Woolies (quite small) is not running that offer. (...) A friend mentioned last night that she could not find any of the sets (other than the biggest one). HP Lego is tipped to be *the* toy this Xmas, so things (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Just a quick report of my recent findings. Argos seem to be stocking all the HP sets online (spose they couldn't miss out before christmas), and are currently doing a spend £50 get a £5 voucher (instore). Woolies are doing all soccer sets 1/2 price, (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Off course, the real solution to this problem is for Lego to re-release ZNAP. After a few weeks we could all get motors and cables for pennies each….but not at TRU as they *still* sell it at full RRP! Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Does anyone have their's yet? The site still has "Backorders Accepted, will ship in 30 days"?? (A worried) Scott A (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Thanks for the tip - I thought they'd sold out completely. I've just ordered five, along with a motor and some more sand-red bulk bricks. I guess I'll not be buying one of those discount X-Wings after all... Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) into (...) Exactly the same here, and indeed they can be a little deformed at the end of the process, although it doesn't matter much. Using something very flat like tweezers or the end of a small penknife may be better than a flat end (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) What I've done for a couple of point motors is cut a short cable in half, then attached a Maplin 'battery connector' to each end. These are fairly tiny flat rectangular plugs with a pin and a socket side-by-side. They're discrete, and hold (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That is somewhat of a pain, for a while now I have been creating leads to "custom" lengths by cutting up the longer one you mention and reattaching connectors from shorter leads to the new segments. This seems to be remarkably easy once you (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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STAR WAR Collector Series: X-WING FIGHTER.... for £60 See: (URL) per part can't be bad. Scott A (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Running out of 9v wires is a common problem! The bulk bricks section of Lego Shop At Home still has individual 9cm 9v leads for the rather steep price of £3.99 each (item no. 5041). I'm sure they used to do some 28cm leads as well, but they (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi, Just a "heads-up" for anyone intending to go to this - we went to yesterday's show and arrived about 3PM. The queue stretched out onto the public road and staff were turning away anyone without a pre-purchased ticket or season pass! Apparently (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.legoland.windsor)
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(...) The dial just bridges tracks on a PCB. It uses an in-line resistor packet as a 'ladder', which controls the input to a voltage regulator IC (on a big heatsink). The output of that goes back to the controller for forward/reverse switching. I've (...) (23 years ago, 27-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jason J. Railton (<GLtzDM.30A@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:53:46 (...) Ah. I was wondering if you wanted to run an RCX off the track. I think I'd use the Control Centres that I have for constant 9V. Although I've been collecting (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well what you'll miss is your nice trains as they go flying off at the corners! The point is to still use the train controller for its primary purpose, to whit, controlling trains. But, to also tap off the main supply a steady 9V for running (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jason J. Railton (<GLtLBq.EJL@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:50:14 (...) Mark Morgan may still have some Exploration Mars sets (9736). These come with very long wires, and I'm keeping mine :-) (...) What's wrong with just turning the (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Does anyone in the UK have any spare, or a source of 9V wires? I'm rapidly running out as I electrify things, and the only ones I can buy are either in the motor kit or the train lighting kit. I'm also looking to modify my train controller to output (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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