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Subject:	Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
Date:	Mon, 7 Jun 1999 07:19:36 GMT
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The message is pretty clear, I think: Dad better get a decent LEGO set for Christmas, or he'll be drinking by 10:00 AM, just to mask the bitterness and jealously. 8) Rob

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		Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
(...) LOL... that's a classic! J (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

		Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
(...) You pegged it Rob! Thanks for the best laugh I have had in about a month. As a Dad this is painfully true, too bad we won't have the wine out in my house that early in the morning. Cheers, Mark L (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

		Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
Who is the other glass of wine for? Mum or the kid? Scott A (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

		Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
(...) Why is it that the kid has the bottle? Subtle counter-message to the advertisement? Why don't they just airbrush shadows of skulls into the LEGO bricks? Steve (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

		Re: This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
(...) Or they forgot an important detail when setting up this gift-opening scene: When are gifts opened? In the US, it's Christmas (25.) morning, while in Germany, it's typically Christmas Eve (i.e. late afternoon to very late evening of the 24.). (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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		This dropped out of the papers this weekend...
This dropped out of the papers this weekend... Is is a little flyer, which takes the form of a photograph, and it appears to confirm that TLG (TLC?) is now actively marketing their products at the adult market: The front: (URL) back: (URL) if this (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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