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(...) I'm surprised that you say its a small store. I figured cause of the size of the website the store would be bigger :) It just seems like for a place to hold an event with a TLG representative and other events as advertised on the site the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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It's about a 10 min ride from my house :) It's a pretty small store, actually, a very, very small store. I'm not the greatest at measurements, but I would guess the store is only 30 feet wide, maybe less. As of today they haven't been running any (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection [Chicago IL Area]
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(...) [...] I'm 99% sure I'm going to this. Is anyone else planning on doing so? If so, could you email me and we could arrange a way to identify ourselves etc to be able to meet face-to-face. *sigh* Crystal Lake is like a 40 mile drive from (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL :) I actually haven't bought too much Lego from the store in the last year. I acquired about 2000 bricks from a garage sale, got the X-Wing in Carlsbad, and got some insectoids set for my birthday (belated). That's it! (...) Hehe... well, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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(...) Wheaton? So YOU'RE the competition for the local lego sales prices. :) The address for their store is on their web pages. When I checked mapquest for how to get there from Downers Grove, it looked like it was a bit more than an hour northish. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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(...) Wow :) I've gotta be there... now where is Crystal Lake in relation to Wheaton? -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Commonwealth Edison: What do you do with OUR power? Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Lego Expo at The Toy Connection
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If you peek at: (URL) you'll see that The Toy Connection is having a "Lego Expo" on Aug 28th. I saw this when browsing around for possible other good lego sources in the area and called them up for details. I didn't get an exact description of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Any other Minstorms people from IL?
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Please let me know! Matt (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Oh no - there is no one else from Rockford!
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If there is, PLEASE contact me - I think I'm the only one! ^_^ Matt (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd)
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| | Anyone else in Rockford into Mindstorms?
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Please e-mail me..I want to get together and make master/slave robots cooperate and do cool things! I'm a pretty good programmer, so that shouldn't be a problem. Matt McDevitt maktos@maktos.com (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il)
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Welcome to lugnet.loc.us.il, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.loc.us.il (group): Illinois, U.S.A. lugnet.loc.us (group and hierarchy): United States of America (U.S.A.). lugnet.loc.* (hierarchy): General-purpose discussion groups (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il)
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Found all the sets at Target. Bought all the sets. Broke my vow not to pay full price. I don't care. Julie (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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(...) :-( The nearest ZB is probably 45 min away, and I could only make it on the weekend. I guess I'll continue to wait for Target or the others.Julie (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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Julie Krenz <dkrenz@mc.net> wrote in <36E5FDB7.BDC669C4@mc.net>: (...) The Zany Brainy out here in Wheaton has gotten a couple of shipments in, but they disappear as fast as they come in, so it's a good idea to find out when the next shipment comes (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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I've been looking, no luck yet. My next trip to the stores will be on Friday. Julie (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:07:42 GMT, John VanZwieten uttered the following profundities... (...) No problems. I had ordered 6 tubs from e-Toys, so had that taken care of. There wasn't too much I was after, so I saved some money not finding much. I did (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.spr)
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Oh, bother. I go 4 months without a post in this group, then miss the one that comes. I can't say Lego shopping is great here. We have the right stores: TRU, Target, Walmart, Shopko, etc., but at least this year the great deals have been few and far (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.spr)
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| | Re: Formation of local train club
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Excellent news. Needs wider circulation. Hence my post to a few more groups. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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| | Hello there!
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I will be near Springfield, Elkhart in particular from the 9thJan to 15thJan. What is the Lego shopping like in the Springfield region?? -- ___...___ richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net remove nospam dot Web Site: (URL) Instant Messenger: RJD88888 ICQ (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.spr)
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