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(...) Tony Preistman has some photos of Mark's trains on his brickshlef gallery that I have not seen and have not been mentioned here. They are, as Jonathan says, amazing, as a UK train enthusiat the locos are instantly recognisable, quite a feat (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego in the Telegraph\Torygraph
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From today's (check (URL)): "Lego Armada Playship (£34.99) from www.lego.co.uk. I have mixed feelings about the new-generation Lego. On the one hand, it's topical and children love it; on the other, you only have to lose a single piece of your (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | 2 months to Scottish fest
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It is 2 months to the Scottish Fest on Saturday 27th September, Aberdour Boat Club, Shore Road, Aberdour, Fife. Aberdour is just over the Forth bridge from Edinburgh. Ian Bishop has offered to bring people from Glasgow. Scott Arthur has offered to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Highstreet discounts - DETAILS
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Argos 4730 The Chamber of Secrets 29.99 4729 Dumbledore's Office 22.49 Entertainer 8307 Turbo Racer 30.00 6776 Ogel Control Center 20.00 4788 Ogel Mutant Ray 4.00 8538 Muaka and Kane-ra 20.00 Woolworth 7163 Republic Gunship 23.98 (after 20% (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Highstreet discounts
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Woolies: Republican Gunship: £23.99! All other LEGO 20% off marked prices. Some already discounted too... Tesco: Technic Jango Fett: £4.99! Lots of other discounts at the moment. Argos: Half price Harry Potter, etc... Happy shopping, J (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New LEGO Store in Birmingham
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See the Lego jobs site - Birmingham and Brighton appear to be next. Can we interest LEGO in anywhere in the northern three-quarters of Britain? Alastair (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | New LEGO Store in Birmingham
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I've just been reliably informed that LEGO are recruiting jobs for a LEGO Branded store in Birmingham. If that means bulk brick availability virtually on my doorstep I'm all for it! Simon Denscombe (21 years ago, 17-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Anyone coming my way (Mid-Sussex Midi-Fest)
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Is anyone travelling near Redditch, south of Birmingham on the way to this LEGOFest? If so, is there any chance of a lift? I may be able to meet up at the Hopwood services (M42 J2) if that makes it easier for anyone. Simon Denscombe (21 years ago, 17-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Legoland worker wins claim for disability discrimination
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In MX News, 14 July, reproduced without permission Lego reward no 'armless gesture ===...=== An English theme park worker with a paralysed arm is expecting a five-figure payout after his bosses gave him a Lego figure with its arm in a sling. Rob (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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| | Bigger 'Designer' sets now on Shop@Home
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The big 'Designer' sets are now on Shop@Home. Most impressive has to be '4404: Land Busters', with that great yellow pick-up: (URL) there's also the 'Air Blazers' (red) and 'Sea Riders' (blue): (2 URLs) R (21 years ago, 12-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Brickish Association member on TV
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Brickish Association member Duncan Titmarch and Guy Bagley, chief modelmaker at LEGOLAND Windsor, were interviewed on LivingTV's Loose Lips programme on July 9th. They talked about the search for a new LEGO masterbuilder, the new Designer sets and (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jul-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | Re: MId-Sussex Midi-Fest Sunday 20 July 2003
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Directions to this event have been posted at: Directions have been added to the events page: (URL) roll call currently looks something like this: 1. Huw Millington + 2 2. Rhys Knight, maybe 3. Peter Reid 4. William Howard 5. Chris Dee 6. Andrew (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Scottish Fest attendees?
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(...) The carpet is carpet tiles - so you will have to practice at work. I'm not sure about the ramp, if it's too steep and the vehicles hit the far wall it will be lowered. The maximum size of vehicle will be 12cm long, 6 cm wide and 6cm high as (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Scottish Fest Saturday 27th September
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The date for the Scottish LEGO fest will be Saturday 27th September in Aberdour, Fife. More details will be given soon. David (21 years ago, 28-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | argos offers
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Just bought -Escape from privet drive £12.49 and Hogwarts castle £36.99.(now sold out on hogwarts) They also have in other sets half price - stock seems limited but can be reserved from the argos web site Dumbledores office £22 chamber of secrets (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Dates for a Scottish fest
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(...) Just to let you know that I will be putting this on the sidebar and creating an events page for it but I can't really do this until you settle on a date - since the date is part of the code I use to name pages so I don't lose them (lugnet has (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Scottish Fest attendees?
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(...) high, (...) This sounds like good fun, I'll start work... (...) time (...) distance won, (...) be too (...) Can you please specify the height and length of the ramp and tell us what the carpet is like so that we can optimise our designs for (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Scottish Fest attendees?
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(...) The provision list is - 1. David Graham 2. Fiona Dickinson 3. David McKenzie 4. Alastair Disley 5. Jon Reynolds 6-7. Steven Locke + 1 8. Ian Bishop 9. Steven Kane 10. Mags McHardy 11. Jennifer Clarke 12-14. Steve + 2 children (ages 11 & 7) 15. (...) (21 years ago, 25-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Scottish Fest attendees?
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David, Who's on the list of attendees so far? I'll be travelling from Kilmarnock and there may be a space in the car if anyone is stuck or would like to share fuel costs, lmk. Also, have you devised any competitions yet? I think the competitions (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Dates for a Scottish fest
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Sorry I made a mistake with the dates it should have been Saturday 27th Sept, NOT 17th. It looks as if about 8 people can make it so far. David (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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