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| | | Havent had a decent find for a while then today, found an almost MISB 4558 Metroliner. I say almost as one bag has been opened, but the rest are still sealed. Whey hey! Trouble is I think I might have developed collectoritis, as now I am scared to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —James Powell
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| | | | | (...) Yes, sell your sets to me for the same price you bought them at! (seriously though, if you were trying to sell the set, I am sure there are a few of us here who would be interested, in part because it is not a MISB set...some of us realize (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Oliver Giesen
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| | | | | | G'Day Ya gotta decide if you want to play OR collect. Playing is much more fun. I mean what is the point of having LEGO sitting in a box ! it should be in ones hands so you can feel it, and then enjoy your finished creations. Cheers Oliver My 1 1/2 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Timothy Jones
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| | | | | | | (...) Yeah, if you just leave it in the box, it's almost like just lookin' at pictures of sets in S@H and stores. :-) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) Disagree. You can do both. It just takes deeper pockets. I have a MISB 4558 and a MISB 6399 I probably never will open but I play with 4558s whenever I want. (...) That I agree with. ++Lar (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) O good. I was worried another 24 hours might slip past without you mentioning your deep pockets or someone else's trust fund status. There is no point in collecting, Larry. Sure you can do it -- but all it expresses is obsession. But, to each (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Take your sarcasm to RTL... (...) To imply that there are some who participate in LUGNET who are *not* obsessed is a bit of a stretch. Otherwise, why be here? As far as there not being a point to collecting, that is just so obviously wrong (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | (...) mentioning (...) Speaking as a marginal pauper, the only thing I find wrong with Larry's deep pockets is that I can't access them. Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Nope, sorry. I'm gonna keep it right here. (...) For the fun of it? To irritate you? But no, actually I don't believe in collecting -- only in building. Collecting is only for those without imagination. I recently asked someone else what the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Oh, good;-) At least be on topic in your sojourns through .trains. -John (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Jeff Thompson
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| | | | | | | | | (...) These are rather sweeping statements. I find them to be an interesting contrast to something else you posted recently" "Yup. People who put down other people for their interests are just trying to boost their own egos by putting down those of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | [this should be FUT'ed to somewhere else, but I'm just briefly jumping in, someone else can take the ng-management lead] (...) Good point. There was a very nice discussion about 'what is the soul of a set?' some time ago. (...) Guarded Inn is (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Well, you can date bricks to some degree. I have some bricks that I know are from the 60s because they're CA. (...) The uniqueness factor certainly is a good point. I just hope the owners of the parts for three incomplete Guarded Inns (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | Richard: (...) This turns out to be mostly not true. You can indeed date bricks, not precisely to the day they were molded but the more common elements have went through many variations. Ask Gary Istok, one of the experts in this area, or root (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Timothy Jones
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| | | | | | | (...) What about building? Do you consider building part of playing? I mean, building is a totally different option. You should have put 'playing, collecting, and BUILDING'!! Anyway, I disagree with that. You can collect, play, and build(-::-), all (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Wait, what about LDrawing! Oh, and Programming, chatting, posting, website building and festing... those are ALL different aspects of our hobby that some of us enjoy. (and don't forget class warfare, we have at least one participant on (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | (canceled) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Larry, I would love to engage in class warfare with you -- that is, if you ever exhibited any class to war against. -- Richard (nose in the air) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | | | I'm sending this far from .trains, where it should have been taken several messages ago... JG (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Steven Barile
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| | | | | | collectoritis - aw yes, that is a real interesting aliment. I recently became 9v complete almost accidentally except for the last couple sets. I mean you find a good deal on any train stuff and it a no brainer as to weather you are going to but it (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Tony Priestman
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| | | | | Just get on with it! I know the feeling exactly. My airport shuttle & matching airports await being ripped open (amongst others). I find that doing it at a special occasion, such as Christmas or a birthday lends to the sense of occasion. IIRC, I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Michael Pratt
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| | | | | (...) Yes, chop your arms off, or just wait till another turns up. Michael Pratt (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | (...) Sure - buy more of the set, so you don't feel bad about opening (at least) one of them ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | | | (...) one of (...) Now if only I could find more MISB 4558, 2150 or 4536 at the prices I paid for them I would be a happy man indeed. Actually I did buy 3x 4536, and built two. I thought I would sell the other to find the purchase. However, my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: FOTY - Xmas in July —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | (...) Actually I am off on hols for 2 weeks now. Perhaps I will come back cured. there isnt a lot of lego in Lanzarote! regards lawrence (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.trains)
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