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(...) ...and it is the cheapest too. Funny that! I shall look out for your review before I take the plunge. It is hard to make out just what the parts are: (URL) A (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GD5z9w.F2J@lugnet.com... (...) Not convinced about Lego Scupltures. Is it a parts pack or something to display? If I wanted a model of a Sopwith Camel to display - why would I want it in Lego? (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) No, I can't agree with that at all Lawrence. I love the detailed Lego models. Sure, an Airfix kit would look more realistic but then your station would look more realistic if you made it with glass and concrete. It's the making something (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message news:GD63M7.Kx9@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) station (...) But that's my point I guess. I can't buy my station, but I can buy an Airfix kit And I don't buy Lego to display as a sculpture - I (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) yeah, that's where we differ. I never get much building done because I can't bear to break my models once they're built. Bulk parts are still pretty poor but I reckon if people order enough of them they'll soon sell everything. If the volume (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) As far as I can make out the rim aound the prop is made of red curved railings (lugnet part ref. 30056), you got some big brown smooth plates (probably lugnet part ref 6205) on the wings, and the wheels are a quite bizarre combination of a (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I have to agree with this. What we really need is a mail-order, any parts on-demand service. Suppliers of electronic components such as RS and Maplin have catalogues that must run into hundreds of thousands of different parts, so clearly such (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Logic would suggest that Lego would have cosidered this. However, who really understands how Lego works as a company? Inspection of their current offerings make the cuurent system ill-thought. I can see the need for 3453 (100 2*2's) etc. But (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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