 | | NBLTC Train Display, 28/06/03, St Wilfrid's School Summer Fair
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For the second year running we are providing a 'hands-on' train display at the Summer Fair. The event will be similar to last year in that children and braver adults will be given a chance to drive the trains in return for a nominal charge to raise (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Duncan Titmarsh will be on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow morning
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(...) The pictures are already up. Well done Duncan! And a direct link to the Brickish website ;-) (URL) a bit surreal reading about Duncan, the Queen of England, SARS and Iraq in the same news article. Mark (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Duncan Titmarsh will be on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow morning
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(...) An article can be found on the BBC Website (URL) here> Nice one Duncan Psi (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Duncan Titmarsh will be on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow morning
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Duncan Titmarsh, UK AFOL and Brickish Association member, will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Today program tomorrow morning, the 10th of June. He will be building a model of the Today studio and the presenters during the programme, which runs from (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Report on the LEGO trains at Glenrothes
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Thanks for the feedback on the train show. 1. The power adaptor is DC (I think) I got it for £1.99 from Netto's - the discount food retailer, but Argos have one 982/7253 page 75 at £5.99. They are essential for allowing children to run trains. 2. I (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | New sets seen in Gamleys, Southampton
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Gamleys in Sothampton has the three mini explorer sets: <set:7422> - Sam Grant in a small Aeroplane <set:7423> - The professor in a snow scooter <set:7424> - Lord Sinister in a small car The aeoplane is nothing amazing, but may be worth buying (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: golden stickers!!!
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Jon, Anyone who knows that much about Golden Studs is dangerously close to 'needing to get out more'. ;-) Good post though mate. Bif (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Report on the LEGO trains at Glenrothes
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(...) Unless you take a sharp knife and cut slivers of plastic from the wheel mounting blocks where the edges of the wheels rub, the Santa Fe will always be a disappointment when running. After 'surgery', my two locos (with one motor) and eight (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Report on the LEGO trains at Glenrothes
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(...) Hello David, We're doing a similar thing for the St Wilfrid's Summer Fair on 28th June. Can you advise if your multi-voltage adapter is an AC-out unit ot a DC-out one? I've had the same experience with my Santa Fe - disapointing performance (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: golden stickers!!!
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(...) Hey - I remember these! I also remember not having many of them and feeling very despondant.... Thanks for the memory Jon Reynolds (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: golden stickers!!!
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(...) I was worried there for a second that all that info was from memory. Then I would have worried :) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: golden stickers!!!
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The "Golden Studs" promotion was a mail-in offer that ran in the UK from 1974 to 1976. Each set bought contained one or more Golden Studs stickers, dependant on value. In 1974, you would get 2 studs in sets selling for under a Pound, 4 studs in sets (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: IR Tower
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(...) Just to clarify, it's the USB version I'm after, I already have a serial tower. Steve (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 7190? Anyone?
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no spare sets but i do have 7 princess leias and 4 hanssolo from this set in my bricklink store (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | golden stickers!!!
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i have just purchased a rare set from the 70's which contained an unused sticker sheet. the stickers are gold coloured with the following text. "peel off these stickers stick them on the golden bricks shown on the back of a lego leaflet to claim (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | IR Tower
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Would anyone be interested in swapping a USB IR tower for an RS232 version? Steve (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Report on the LEGO trains at Glenrothes
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My layout had basically three concentric ovals of track with two trains per track and sidings and passing loops. Three children were able to operate the trains at once. As children only know two speeds fast forwards or fast backwards, I use a (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego shopping in London?
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In case you want to shop in Edinburgh - again there is John Lewis - a big department store with a reasonable selection of LEGO at good prices. There is also Jenners, a big department store on Princess Street with a big selection of LEGO and big (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego shopping in London?
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(...) There is also a new LEGO shop in the Bentalls Centre in Kingston (upon Thames). Simon (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: Lego shopping in London?
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John Lewis in Oxford Street (just up the road from Hamleys) has the occasional discounted item and is always worth a look (I picked 2 4x4 Off-Roaders up at 50% off one day) -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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