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Not really cheap, but a find nonetheless. I went back to my parents this weekend; they live in a pretty small village in Suffolk. In the second hand shop was a bunch of 1992-1997 era Lego, in boxes. I was amazed- it's a tiny place and I'd expected (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I visited in May and can't remember the exact price but that seems accurate. Maybe we should complement the 'Cheapest' list with a hall of shame- except Hamleys would probably get all the prizes... :: paul (26 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Once upon a time, (on Sun, 6 Jun 1999 22:00:23 GMT, to be precise!), Richard Dee uttered the following profundities.... (...) What I meant to say was that this smacks of a cartel. SW sets are obviously going to be a great cash-cow, and as such, it (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Once upon a time, (on Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:39:12 GMT, to be precise!), Col uttered the following profundities.... (...) **Applies to the UK** TRU seems to adjust their prices to be equally competitive, not more competitive. They rarely lower their (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I went to TRU in Southampton today and they had put the prices up on 7101, 7111 and 7121 ! Last week I bought both 7101 and 7111 for £4.99 each, today they were £5.99; last week 7121 was £6.99, today it was £7.99! I have seen 7121 for £6.99 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well, we have police and we give them guns and they occasionally kill people. Isn't killing people bad? Yes. But in some circumstances, it is necessary. We leave that responsibility to the police, and for the most part, we let them see to the (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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7101 Lightsaber Duel £4.69 - Makro: Halesowen 7111 Droid Fighter £4.69 - Makro: Halesowen 7121 Naboo Swamp £6.99 - TRU: Nationwide? 7131 Anakins Pod £9.39 - Makro: Halesowen 7141 Naboo Fighter £14.09 - Makro: Halesowen 7151 Sith Infiltrator £??.?? - (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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----- Original Message ----- From: <RIBBED FOR SPAM PLEASURE> To: Kevin Bane <RIBBED FOR SPAM PLEASURE> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 2:12 AM Subject: Re: Questions (possible spoiler) (...) bit (...) he's (...) But that's my point. Have you ever seen (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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I forgot... The most ridiculous prices for SW stuff was in Hamleys duty free shop at this side of the tunnel. The Tie/Y set was 43GBP! That must mean that in their London branch it is about 50GBP! (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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So, did anyone go to the LLW club weekend? Anything new? Huw (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I went to Calais and Cite Europe yesterday. Here's a quick resume of my LEGO findings: I found 1 toy shop in Calais itself, which didn't have anything of any age, except an 8858 and a sail-and-fly marina, the latter as about 530ff = 53GBP! Ep4-6 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Once upon a time, (on Sat, 5 Jun 1999 11:01:28 GMT, to be precise!), Lawrence Wilkes uttered the following profundities.... (...) Sith Infiltrator cost, please? (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The larger sets were all available in The Entertainer in Camberley today Sat 6th June. Podrace was £65 (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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Once upon a time, (on Sat, 5 Jun 1999 00:46:04 GMT, to be precise!), Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities.... (...) Yes, let's! Though so far these are the best prices.. (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Here are the prices: This was at the Makro in Halesowen in the West Midlands. I did do a longer post but my PC crashed: 7101 £4.69 7111 £4.69 7121 £7.04 7131 £9.39 7141 £14.09 They have the search sub (yellow Technic sub) for £11.73 which is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Here are the prices: I did do a longer post but my PC crashed: 7101 £4.69 7111 £4.69 7121 £7.04 7131 £9.39 7141 £14.09 They have the search sub (yellow Technic sub) for £11.73 which is excellent. Lets do an Ep1 UK Best Price chart. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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In article <FCsyrM.DqD@lugnet.com>, Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> writes (...) That's the retail price :-) (26 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) [Warning: dullness alert!] I've done price-per-piece calculations for the Star Wars E1 and Classic Lego, based on the best price in the UK and the Lugnet piece counts. (Why don't European boxes have piece counts, anyway?) The TRU prices are (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) sets (...) released (...) I believe they will be available on June 18th. The Argos catalogue states that as the date in its catalogue. I know for certain that the podrace is appearing here - I have seen it in my local toy shop price list (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually, the droid *is* the ship. They don't get a whole lot of screen time, but you do see them both flying and walking. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 17:22:37 GMT, Col uttered the following profundities... (...) Accidentally bought it at Tesco for 5.99. Whoops. There is no droid that comes with it because it is a droid itself. If you have seen the trailer, there is a scene (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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I bought a 7101 (Lightsabre duel) at TRU in Southampton last Saturday, and it was £4.99 like you say, as opposed to the £6.49 in Beatties in Winchester and the £7 in The Entertainer. I bought a 7111 (Droid Starfighter) for £4.99 too, which I (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 19:58:41 GMT, Alec Hole uttered the following profundities... (...) Unknown by me. I did understand that Legoland were going to have all of them by the time they have their special event there on June 5&6. I don't recollect having (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hello, just a quick question about the release of the larger Episode 1 sets in the UK. Does anyone know if they are coming out when the film is released in July, or earlier. I read somewhere that June 19 was a big merchandise release date...is (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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They had just started putting out Episode 1 merchandise today! Some action figures, and Lego. (No Darth Maul, just a few, random, incidental characters, no main ones!) The Lego sets, and their prices (GBP) were: 7111 4.99 7121 6.99 7131 9.99 7141 (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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On Sun, 30 May 1999 21:43:03 GMT, Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities... (...) I thought that we were, but that the monarch, recently, kept out of the affairs of government, leaving it to Parliament to decide. I could be wrong.... (26 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Michael, In the course of 7 minutes earlier today, you posted four identical copies of the same message to four different groups: (4 URLs) note, as Larry Pieniazek points out, (URL) your newsreader very likely has facilities for posting to (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)
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Hello all I have two 8480 Lego Technic Space Shuttles for Auction, set has 1366 pieces each all in Mint condition, unopened with seals intact and no wear what so never. #1. 8480 (1996) MIB starting bid $120 Bid:no name #2. 8480 (1996) MIB starting (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I've never seen it used - I've only ever seen a place offering you to sell you one once - that was deep in the Internet-Admin sites. I got it off (URL) - not exactly the most official place to find it but they must have got it from somewhere. (...) (26 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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7101 5.99 7111 5.99 7121 6.99 Didn't notice the price on others. I think they just had Anakin's Pod, which I think was 14.99. I bought all of mine in the US, which was 234.82, minus the Naboo Swamp set, which I couldn't find anywhere. That equates (...) (26 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) You're serious, then? Hmm, I don't think I've never ever seen it used. Do you remember where did you heard/saw that? (...) But I got that information straight from the CIA. :-) Please correct me if it's wrong. Here is the URL: (URL) .loc.uk to (...) (26 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I haven't checked it that closely - I wouldn't be surprised though! (...) I've being trying to find this information everywhere as this is my idea for the loc. groups. (...) Right, much get more information on this. (...) I reckon we have (...) (26 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) hehe :-) Does the telephone cable swoop from tree to tree? Do you get your line cut when people shout TIMBER! It's great to have so many LEGO People from around the world to take on the USA! (26 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Thu, 20 May 1999 22:07:37 GMT, Huw Millington uttered the following profundities... (...) Saw it on opening night. Saw it 2 more times subsequently. Better the 2nd time. Won't go into disappointments the 1st time, judge for yourself next month. (...) (26 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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In article <FCGHBH.EHw@lugnet.com>, Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> writes (...) I've been told that further supplies of the first 5, and the 'big three' will be released with the film. Mid-June isn't it? (26 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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All the toy shops round here seem to have them now. Anyone seen the 3 big ones yet? Huw (26 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I have had confirmation that McD's in Germany are starting their LEGO promotion next week. I don't have pictures of the set yet, though. Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FC8LxI.19M@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That's what it looks like Richard is suggesting... (...) *nod* See below. (...) counties you listed were "rationalised" (unitarised?) a couple of years back. For example, Humberside no longer exist... the southern part was (re-) joined with (...) (26 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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And here in my town in Michigan, we are able to purchase as many Teenies as we wish with any one purchase of any food. One can buy a Coke and 50 Teenies at $1.89 ea! I only went in to purchase one each for my boys and as they were playing on the (...) (26 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Wow. You have things rough in the UK. Around here, we can buy up to 5 TBB's for 1.89USD with each regular sandwich. Limit of 10 per purchase. I assume can get as many Happy Meals as one wants. We just got 2 Happy Meals per adult. Steve (26 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Did anyone watch this show - screened on both sides of the Atlantic at the same time. This is our first effort that we can talk about the same programme! I thought Friday's was funny - Jonathon Ross "Well we our smarter than you!". I thought Graham (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.uk)
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The current (UK) McDonald's Teenie Beanie Baby promotion is drawing to a close now (I've had my fill of burgers for this year!). Their promotions run for four weeks at a time, and they were offering three different Beanies each week (although "Each (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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In article <374AC43A.19169555@brunet.bn>, *SY* <che4spw@brunet.bn> writes (...) Well, Cheshire just about counts as the north west of England, will that do? I live in Sandbach. (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Ha! Ha! Richard Frank's reply was funnier :) Seriously though, no one from the north of England? (or just south of the border for all you scots) Simon LEGO: SP[cl++++(6825)ip++b...++++(6951) PI[so++++]++ CA[dm++++(6078)bf/cr...++++(6081) #++++ (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Erm... forgot that the new Star Wars movie premiers in US first :( That's probably why... (...) *heh* Good question... guess I'll have to climb down from my tree in the middle of the rainforest to find out... Simon LEGO: (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Right now McDonald's is running a Teenie Beanie Baby promotion so I doubt they would run a LEGO promotion at the same time. The Beanie Baby promotion just started and I think it runs for 10 or 12 weeks with a different Beanie Baby each week. I don't (...) (26 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well they got sold there first and LEGO USA puts the new catalogues in the sets earlier, probably when they first get them - I suppose it's because of the US Shopper's impatience - just look at their Star Wars fans for example - many of the (...) (26 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Which brings up a question... why do those folks in the US get to see new sets before we do? Anyone with any theories? Oh, well, I suppose that's one reason I should be glad that I'm back in Asia (yes, we've got those SW out as well - can't (...) (26 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Thanks for the info. I am told that McDonalds are also doing another promo in certain parts of the world (USA, Germany?) this month, so keep an eye out there as well. Huw Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I read in a newspaper that Little Chef are doing another Lego promo, this time there are 9 sets to collect with every £2.99 kids meal. (26 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Just been in to my local Woolworths and they had the following: 7101 @ 5.99 7111 @ 5.99 7121 @ 7.99 7131 @ 10.99 7141 @ 16.99 Ben www.bdr.org/lego/sw/ (26 years ago, 22-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yep, I always enjoy my (too short) trips to the UK. Always friendly people and, although they speak a foreign language, I can understand them! (...) Ehhhmmm. I don't know how it started, but somewhere in it I claimed to be Blacktron-1 (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) The Co-Op department store in Coventry, as mentioned in article 733 of this group. Lets hope the larger sets also come in cheaper than I expect; 7151 24.99 7161 39.99 7171 74.99 as there is no way I can afford another 140 pounds to be EP1 (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Where did you find them at those prices? Ben David Till <esvvn@csv.warwick.ac.uk> wrote in message news:FC21LA.6ns@lugnet.com... (...) EP1 (...) (26 years ago, 21-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Now I am really happy. The prices I payed were; 7101 5.99 7111 5.99 7121 8.99 7131 9.99 7141 14.99 Though I had been expecting 6.99 for 7101 and 7111, and 12.49 for 7131. I guess they must be all over the country by now, so whats with this TLG (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Richard Dee is in the US and wants us all to know he's seen SW:TPM :-) He can't post here himself at the moment so we can talk about him while he can't answer back :-) Huw (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Markassius wrote in message ... (...) brits' (...) Don't worry about that Mark.....the Brits are the most accommodating people on earth....that explains why their Premier Football, First Division Rugby and First Class Cricket are full of (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well....the best o'luck to you with the exams. And get_your_passport! Or you'll never be able to visit LLB ! (How long will we be able to keep this thread going, before some 'real brits' will start complaining?) Mark "Happy in the Netherlands" (...) (26 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well I have exams all through June and I don't have a Passport yet. (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Ben Rogers <ben@bdr.org> wrote in message news:FBzDzA.H81@lugnet.com... (...) I got them in Brighton, and also 7141 for 16.99. The silly thing was, I could have gone to Crawley,just 2 miles from where I work and got them in the WHS there! I didn't (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Just been to WHSmiths in Cambridge and they had the following: 7101 LightSaber Duel 6.50 7111 Droid Fighter 6.50 7121 Naboo Swamp 8.99 7131 Anakin's Podracer 10.99 Needless to say I brought them all, and I should have full box/catalogue scans up on (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) (I could really defend myself by saying that I don't keep the instructions...) Okay, you win. IF I ever go through my hundreds of Instructions, I might find out what number is printed on this one. There are instructions, whith dual numbers (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) B-) (...) Whell, perhaps around early June? Or late july-early august? Mark "Come over and play" de Kock (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Even better, the 5 smallest sets are available now at Coventry Co-Op. I know this because I accidentally happened apon them whilst out looking to get my watch fixed. Needless to say, my watch still needs fixed, but I dont care as I have EP1 (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Someone has just posted in r.t.l that they bought the 4 smallest sets at WHS Brighton. I'm 20 miles away. I need to make that trip tomorrow... Huw (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That is not the case at all. The instructions do not have a dual-number on them therefore it must be considered a separate set. :-) Huw (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) a typo? Sorry, my mistake :-) Huw (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I was denied in being able to catch you out. (...) When? I'd love to goto Holland for a little while :-) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) 1692 isn't, but 1694 is. Is there a third Galactic Scout set or is that a typo? --Todd (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.database)
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If you are willing to sell, let me know on what magazine you have got and your price Thanks -- Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine michael@medwards.fre...erve.co.uk Web site: www.medwards.freeserve.co.uk 120 models and going up (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well, as I do not keep the package, 1462 = 1692 to me! (...) Of all the sets that were regulairly available in the Netherlands, I own all the sub-theme's, except the Mega/Magma Core Magnetizer (M:TRON) I am currently on two quests: 1) all (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) and (...) What about 1692, the boxed version of 1462, which is not on Pause, (but is on my space set database :-) ) I considered myself post-classic space complete, having *all* the sets in my database, until Grahame Reid told me about this (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Technic Space Shuttle 8480 I've never seen one, looked it up in LUGNET search. How much are they going for? Thanks in Advance, Mike (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Simon Denscombe writes/wrote/has written: (...) Lego (...) Why ? <<confused>> (...) As far as I can tell...yes! I had a thorough (sp?) search through Pause and Fibblesnork and couldn't find any B-II sets I didn't have. But why (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) OK. Using the groups "correctly" or "incorrectly" is not a good word-choice then. More accurately would be "using or not using the groups to their full advantage." --Todd (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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Thanks, Richard. So far I have not used my factorees to do general payments for third parties, much, but I do pay them for their time and trouble, so I'd be willing to consider it. This is not a scheme for when you are in a tearing hurry, it's a (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Yes and yes. (...) But there's no text that even indicates the numbers are related to the sizes of the discussion groups :) (...) Ah - but what is the correct way of using the groups? If most people in a country are happy with how they are (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) My own suggestion would be something like this. Roughly what I've changed is to remove the technical-looking lines and replace them by more friendly sounding information. At the same time, though, I think the info should be in the pages (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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Carbon 60 wrote in message <374073C7.CF87E266@b...ot.com>... (...) Does it? a lugnet.loc.uk.foreigners would be great for people outside of the UK who wished they lived in the UK to talk about things that happen in the UK that they wished happened (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Do you fall in the 107% time (Formula 1 based gag)? (...) Well there lies the problem we have here - I'm based near Birmingham BTW. (...) I don't know really but the opinion of many people on this group is for the zero-policy and have no (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Kinda defeats the objective of a local group really :-) It'll be a bit like RTL. (...) That's watching Premiership Football with a pint down the pub - warm beer - ugh! A nice cold pint of Carling or WorTHIMGton (it's a man THING). You have got (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Denied. (...) All the Blacktron 2 polybags? (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well we don't really, there are the new overexpensive BASIC sets which have a lot of bricks but for twice the price as before and if you are lucky you can find an 1857 box of bricks, you get 950 bricks for £14 rather than the new basic set (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Hi and welcome! It sounds interesting.. will we get pictures? :) (...) We don't :( Well, not as easily as we should be able to.. ie Lego don't provide bulk orders any more *deep sigh*. If the pieces you need are fairly common then you can (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I may have missed this already but: Couldn't the "locations" page be redesigned to show groups and subgroups in an outline format that would better define main and subgroups like subdirectories in DOS or Explorer. UK - London - Lancaster USA - (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hello. I started reading these newsgroups through having just bought a bunch of Mindstorms/Technics stuff for robot prototyping at work, but I decided to get some basic brick sets for myself as well, and I've been building a replica of Escher's (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) and (...) You won't catch me again. Yes, I have that one. All thanks to the online Lego comunity. It is a great set and I don't have a clue why they didn't release it on this side of the Atlantic. Mark "yes, I AM SP-1 complete ;-)" de Kock (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Taking just a small part of Todd's post... On Thu, 13 May 1999 06:24:16 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] I fully imagine that someone will eventually work out that lugnet.loc.uk is the place to be, but it can take (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I think Richard may have been suggesting the removal of certain groups, which is an extremely drastic measure and only a last resort if all else fails. What newcomers really need the most help with is: - Learning about the existence of the (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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Even if a foreigners group was set up, I would still be posting and reading this one. Why? Because I am not interested in being separated out from where the real traffic is but, rather, reading what is going on in ALL the Lego locations out there. (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Pardon me for imposing when I do not reside in the UK (hubby is UK transplanted to Michigan USA though - does that qualify?). My lugnet history - I lurked around before subscribing around February. I originally read the posts in the various (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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Carbon 60 wrote in message <373F416C.6134A01C@b...ot.com>... (...) in (...) to (...) ;-) I think it's disgusting how many foreigners there are in a newsgroup dedicated to the Best of British. Maybe there should be a Lugnet.loc.uk.foreigners (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Simon, Any thoughts on how the introductory postings could be improved? Here's how message #1 starts for (just to pick one at random) Dover, Kent, England: --Todd ___...___ Welcome to lugnet.loc.uk.en.kt.dov, a LUGNET discussion group. (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, the main UK group doesn't actually cover the same areas as the smaller groups -- it does geographically, to some extent -- but not topically. That is to say, the smaller groups are for super-localised discussions (where something is so (...) (26 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, it is - but bear in mind in my case it was only a chance crossposting, and it happened quite a while after I joined lugnet. (I can't remember how long after, but you can probably easily find out by looking at the gap between when I (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Acknowledged. I'll work out a plan (like Richard is) and see how it fits together then do a vote or something so everyone is more or less happy. (...) I can understand Northern Ireland being seperate because it is only linked by boat and plane (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wasn't available in the UK. (...) Have you got 6955 Space Police Lock-up(TM) Isolation Base? (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Taking just a small part of Todd's post... On Thu, 13 May 1999 06:24:16 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] I fully imagine that someone will eventually work out that lugnet.loc.uk is the place to be, but it can take (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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In article <MPG.11a66ea25894cd6...gnet.com>, Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> writes (...) Yes, this is good. Possibly a bit more prominence could be given to the links in the top left, but it shows you where the action is :-) (...) This is useful (...) (26 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 21:02:14 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) I've been busy preparing for a trip, so haven't devoted the necessary time to research completely. Upon my return, I will provide a list which I think might be (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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