 | | 8001 Technic SW droid found in Leicester Toymaster!
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Did anyone else pick up the message in rtl? Anyone else seen it? Its one of 3 sets shown on the in-set SW catalogue! Sadly the guy doesn't have a scanner :-( Now I am going to have to make a special trip to the nearest Toymaster to me tomorrow... (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Do you know what this is?
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(...) Alan is correct. This piece came out in 1962 with LEGO Wheels. I have a European Wheel set #314 (from 1962) that has two of these. They are a unique piece in LEGO, in that they are not actually white or clear, but a sort of a milky (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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Actually, looking at www.lego.com its hard to determine what lego train should be available in the UK. Though the printed catalogue only has the 4561 express and rails, on the "european" web site there is the whole range of trains. I asked lego some (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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(...) Yes I got that impression too. But why no trains in the UK catalogue, why none in usual shops? Why have Lego taken what is clearly a conscious decision NOT to allow us access to the full train range? There has to be someone in Lego who said (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Do you know what this is?
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(...) It's a flexible connector used between carriages on the older train sets and between cars & trailers. Before they had the push-in and magnetic couplings Cheers Alan Kershaw (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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