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It was announced on saturday that The Queen Mother has died, (aged 101), peacefully in her sleep at Windsor. Tributes and condolences have been ariving from many parts of the world. For many people The Queen Mother was a focus in a sometimes chaotic (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | The excitement is building...
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Not long to go now! I'm just getting my exhibits ready for display at Jon's. I'll be bringing my ISCC entry, (URL) which thankfully is still working properly! Are we doing any sort of themed display? How about assembling all our Super Chiefs? -- I'm (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: LEGO Weekend
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Jon D Hayward <JonDHayward@Yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:Gss76G.L6B@lugnet.com... (...) Miraculously my car now has another 12 months MOT and 6 months tax, so assuming I can sort out some insurance by next friday, count me in. (...) on (...) I (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 7740 Instructions
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Wow! I can't believe how many people have sent me a mail already. I'm overwhelmed but very grateful! One of the guys who's replied actually has an original set for sale and I think he lives in the same German city that I do! If only real life were (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 7740 Instructions
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(...) Welcome home, Andy! (...) I think there already is one. But I've xposted this to .loc.uk for them to weigh in on it. I do know there's at least one great LUG there--I attended a fest last year that was excellent and fun. (By the way, where's (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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(...) Indeed. The current issue has one kid displaying a collection of made up sets (including a Galaxy Explorer)... can't remember the name, but from the UK I think. Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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(...) Yep: Number 1, 1999: Chen Jia En (Hong Kong)has a model remarkably like the small exploriens base [a couple of VERY minor differences] Couldn't find last December, so that's probably the one you're thinking of...though almost every magazine (...) (23 years ago, 27-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Woolworth's prices go up?
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Is it me or have Woolies raised the retail price of their Lego to match everyone else (EG TRU, Gamleys, etc)? Previously Lego seemed to be a little bit cheaper in Woolies than anywhere else. I bought a few Harry Potter sets from Woolies before Xmas (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GtJCzy.2Lq@lugnet.com... (...) Magazine (...) picture of (...) Builder® (...) Angels (...) Reality is that I would bet the magazine is put together by folks with little real (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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(...) <snip> Possibly I'm missing the point but I'd swear there was a kid with a (genuine) Lego set built to the original design published in the Australian/Asian equivalent of the mag sometime over the past 8 editions (2 years) which is as long as (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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(...) That's shocking. I'm speculating now, but I wonder how many pictures of kids with genuine LEGO COTS models actually get sent in to the magazine and get filtered out? I mean, would you think of sending in a picture of a known set? Probably not. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: TRU Big Lego Event!
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Thanks Mark! This really is a good deal! What did I get? This: 7146 + free 7201 for £17.99 8550 + 8554 (£1.99 each, or 2 for £2.99) £2.99 8562 + 8563 (£4.62 each, or buy 2 and save £2.50) £6.74 So the total was £27.72... which is more than £25.00 so (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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[snip] (...) Well everything I have read on Lugnet about TLC, seems to indicate that they operate in a bubble. They do not recognize the fact that Mega Bloks is a serious competitor. I would not be surprised if the Lego upper management does not (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) He might be. April is fast approaching... --Bill. (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:GtJGJ2.C79@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) Angels (...) polices (...) I agree. I would love to see a scan of this or of the earlier Mega Blok model that got in the magazine. -Jon -- | The Galactic (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GtJzAv.MpM@lugnet.com... (...) Magazine (...) of (...) Angels (...) This isn't the first time this has happened. (URL) they either did not know or did not solve the problem. I can't believe (...) (23 years ago, 26-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Whoa! You're kidding, right? (...) Scary...let's just hope Lego doesn't do this again... ;^( (...) Who knows?! I certainly hope this was a mistake, although the chances of mega-blocks getting into the Lego UK magazine are slim on their own. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | LSB Goodies
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Called into the LEGO Shop at Bluewater today... They have two of the new Spiderman sets: 1374 Green Goblin for £5 (URL) Action Studio (with CD) for £25 (URL) are already available from LEGO.com anyway. The Materbuilders sets have been reduced to £5 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Are you going to tell them or am I?
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(...) Is this material scan-able (in terms of copyright)? I'd love to see the picture, since the official MB model includes some obviously non-LEGO elements. (Might the education-and-criticism clause of the fair use polices cover this kind of (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Wow. That's really inexcusable. Sad. :^( ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head -- Mark's LEGO(R) Creations (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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