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(...) Hence the "life on Mars" being fitting! It's a male dominated world, or so we are told (I have my doubts about that... I know who really gets things done, but I digress), hence it is "Mars" where all the women are living now, regardless of (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, no, no, no, no! Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus! ;-) Fiona (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) My sister and I both grew up with Lego. When she was young she got 3 of those sets with the big people that had minifigs as babies. We both enjoyed the sets, but we quickly discovered how wonderful all the tiles were for building "puzzle (...) (22 years ago, 8-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Hey hey hey! Sand red is different than pink! I like LoMs, but maybe that's because I do mecha/mechs, so I can overlook the obvious :<P Plus, the 50% off sales at ShopKo were a great way to stock up on the Red Planet Protector... Anyway, on (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) But...LEGO already have a fitting theme for females - 'Life on Mars' Jon (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Confirmed :-) I have some in my collection, as I was a little girl in those days. My sister played more with it then I did. I preferred the castle sets :-) It was actually called Scala! Look over here to see the sets: (URL) van Doesburg (URL) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe it'll at least get bought for more kids, then they can move onto Star Wars and trains. In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes: (...) You see, there are statistics. It must be true! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Maybe it'll at least get bought for more kids, then they can move onto Star Wars and trains. In lugnet.general, Jason J. Railton writes: (...) You see, there are statistics. It must be true! Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Rant begins. The whole thing is rather silly really. I had loads of lego when I was a kid (I am a 'girl' (perhaps more of a woman now) by the way if the name had not given you a clue) and all of my friends who were girls loved it and usually (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Now, I've been unable to find the catalogue on brickshelf, but I'm certain Lego did something like this in the 70s with bracelets. Is someone able to confirm this? Peter (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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A clipping someone gave me from the Daily Mail, not being a reader of it myself. Original article their copyright. "Lego tries for girls' block vote" LEGO is to launch a range of pink 'design' blocks just for girls. The 70-year-old toymaker will try (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Can we get the ITV Digital Monkey to sign up too? ;-) Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) 22.Ted Crenell 23.Claire Tatterick (Maybe) Any more of you wanting to come there is still room add your name or email me. The hall has now been booked for the 29 March from 9am to 6pm.Cost will be £5.00 each,which includes some lunch and (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Send that man a BA application form! (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Comedian Johnny Vegas is to become a father for the first time. Vegas chose the Empire Film Awards in London to announce that his new wife Kitty was pregnant. The baby is due on July 4 and the 31-year-old comic said he was "thrilled" with the news. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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After being in existence for only three and a half months, the Brickish Association yesterday accepted its 50th membership application. Founded in October 2002, the Association is aimed at building and supporting the community of adult LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.uk)
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This may just be my store, but it's worth looking. Tesco have further reduced these sets from 19.99 to 9.99 and now to 7.49UKP. I picked one up and have a look, and it has some quite interesting pieces. The money "saved" was spent on flowers for my (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) We still have a couple of similar crossings operating in the Melbourne metro, I'll try to get some pics at some stage. There's also a few permanently shut (to road traffic) which were manually operated until they were closed down. The (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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Very cool! I really like the design of the gates. Quite impressive, all that fine engineering. -Stefan- (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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(...) never figure out how to make it small enough. Have you got a close-up of the bushes actually mating as gears? I love the brake detail on the wagons you brought along to the GWLTS. This clearly raises the bar, and we can't simply get away with (...) (22 years ago, 3-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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