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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G35pIu.nE@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) the (...) I have experienced Larry's buying power first hand :-) Huw (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) That was a relatively small foray. ("small potatoes", as we say) I once (at Potomac Mills) bought so much that it took 6 large cartons to ship it all to me, and that was all just one particular set (the future car). However, you must admit, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) I can attest to this. No way could you carry it all on a plane, but asside from that, it wouldn't fit into my car(1); not with me, Lar, other passengers, *AND* the Lego. Rich -- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** Legoman34 (Richard W. Schamus)... (...) (24 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) It is a pity the (so called) Future Car could not be claimed to be a "beauty" also. I too bought too much of this one in the past. The word "dud" comes to mind. The mind boggles at what you did with your six _large_ "cartons" of them. I think (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) It's the shopping process itself I referred to as a "thing of beauty"... not that dud (your word but I heartily agree) of a set per se. (...) Well... it has good to excellent parts for certain kinds of projects. As to what, exactly, watch for (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) They're out of them now unfortunately - I thought the wheels on them looked quite good... Jennifer Clark (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| "Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:39FD98A9.F278FA...h.ac.uk... (...) looked (...) They still have them around here last time I looked (last week) - Reading, Camberley But might be disappearing now as xmas (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) The thing that made me pretty interested in the set at the time was that if I remember correctly, the combined cost of getting 4 wheels from the service catalogue was actually not much cheaper than the 16 UKP it costs for the set! Of course, (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Hi, Do shops often give discount? (bartering, sounds like fun) John Richard Schamus <legoman34@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:G37IHC.37M@lugnet.com... (...) total. (...) (at (...) to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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