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On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 20:02:10 GMT, Huw Millington uttered the following profundities... (...) Having now purchased it myself, despite vowing to myself to wait for the sales, would have to agree! Much easier! (26 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Does anyone get the impression that TRU in the UK are ripping us off for train prices? I'm getting suspicious because (a) TRU prices for things like the track and the 4532 level crossing seem very high for the number of bricks in them. (b) for all (...) (26 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | New changes to Technic mag website
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Hello all I have added some new changes to my website, there are now thumb's to view before clicking on images. Broken links have been sorted out. (URL) hope to get the rest of the magazines sorted out over the weekend I currently have 3 issues (...) (26 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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6381 Name: Motor Speedway Theme: Town / General Year: 1987 Figures: 5 Instructions : Yes Parts missing : 1 Torso Price = $20 6054 Name: Forestmen's Hideout Theme: Castle System / Forestmen Year: 1988 Pieces: 198 Complete & mint. Figures: 2 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Technic @ Argos
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On Tue, 3 Aug 1999 17:22:12 GMT, Richard Dee uttered the following profundities... (...) Mesa went and bought it anyway. What better way to see the inevitability of adulthood witht the purchase of a child's toy! (30 today :( ) Have built most of the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Super Car (8448)
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(...) I'm in the US, so yall weren't much ahead, you see. (...) I mean lugnet.general. And everything you wrote, but for the UK availability, is of general interest, I think. (I just happened to see Huw's and your post in the all-groups listing) In (...) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: UK Legofest report
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Just got back home from my trip a couple of days ago, so I will add my 2c worth even if it is rather after the fact! The Scottish Legofest was a great way to start my holiday - I hardly felt jetlagged at all the whole afternoon (until I just missed (...) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Super Car (8448)
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(...) I'm not sure what you mean by the above. I thought I was posting to a UK based news group and certainly didn't go into much detail about the set. What do you mean by .general? Stephen. (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I succumbed to the joy of Znap today and bought my first set for the bargain price of UKP 7.50; that's either -UKP 8 for a motor or a lot for some black plastic. (It was 3552, the black and green helicopter, if anyone's interested). I found it (...) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | I have 500g (1 lb 2 oz) of slopes & inverts fore sale / trade.
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I have 500g (1 lb 2 oz) of slopes & inverts fore sale / trade. The colours are red white and blue. I have 2x1 , 2x2 , 2x3, 3x1 , 3x4 , etc -- Scott A Edinburgh, Scotland. (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Reduced Price Lego & Duplo at Safways (UK)
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Reduced Price Lego & Duplo at Safways (UK) My local store had all its Lego and Duplo marked "reduced to clear". They had at least a third of all the prices. -- Scott A Edinburgh, Scotland. (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Super Car (8448)
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About time we have got Lego before the US, after all i must made ton's of complaits to Lego UK + Denmark. Now they have listened to there closest costumers. I am now so happy Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club (...) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 9v Train Layout @ Southern LEGOFest - 18th September
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(...) S'ok. Thanks for providing the names. As it happens it didn't waste any of my time - I just looked at the message, recognised a few numbers, but thought, I can't be bothered looking up the others. :) I think it is important to provide the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Super Car (8448)
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(...) Pieces with studs would be nice. Or at least pieces with more than road-ends (i.e. none of the flex parts). (...) ? I received mine in the mail Monday morning. :) Other than availability issues, 8448 detail discussion would be (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi there, I normally only post on rec.toys.lego but I thought I would this a go. Deep breath... Go! It is uncanny how close the new 8448 is to the old 8880 in terms of length, width, height, wheel position and size, seat position, etc. Even the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: LEGO Shop Bluewater (LSB) - opening report
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Tony Priestman wrote in message ... (...) Oops! 8-) Jon. Jon D Hayward Chatham, Kent, Great Britain mailto:Jon-D-Hayward...stel.co.uk (URL) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 8448 Super Car
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The 8448 has a slot to insert the new technic gear motor and the instructions and the end of the 2nd book show a stand which lifts the rear wheels so that the motor can drive them and you can shift through the gears, watch the wheels change speed (...) (26 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: LEGO Shop Bluewater (LSB) - opening report
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In article <FFwtp9.Fu9@lugnet.com>, Jon D Hayward <Jon-D- Hayward@Chatham-Kent...tel.co.uk> writes (...) ! (26 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | LEGO Shop Bluewater (LSB) - opening report
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I got to the shop just before its 1:00pm opening yesterday. An 8' tall Bat Lord was wandering around in the mall, while a number of shop assistants were enticing the young (and not so young) with LEGO bricks imprinted with "August 1999" - not (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 8448 Super Car
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In article <FFwnvD.61o@lugnet.com>, Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> writes (...) That's half the fun gone, then. Surely Town Junior just make the sets so much easier to build, without having to find the bits and stick them together in the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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