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That reminds me. There are a couple of toy stores in Winchester, MA. I only had time to go in one, and found a couple interesting sets (I forget which ones). Also, there is an old toy store in Lynn right off the main drag at 129(A?). It's like a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: Some older somewhat hard to find sets found in Revere MA
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(...) Oh yeah -- that reminds me. Karen and I were in Concord last weekend, and the Toy Shop there has a lot of Lego (less than the Construction Site, of course, but still good). And they had a few pirates sets -- no boats or anything really cool. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Some older somewhat hard to find sets found in Revere MA
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I don't know how many of you would be interested in this but I found a number of sets that are becoming hard to find at the Revere MA (Pronounced Ra-vee-ah for the locals :) ) TRU. Among what I found included Fright Knights, Hydronaughts, Divers, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Globe on Legoland
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(...) My wife wondered for a moment why there was a computer graphic of an elephant on the front of the Travel section, but thought no more of it. This morning I picked up the Travel section and wondered why there was a computer graphic of an (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Globe on Legoland
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Hi, There was an aritcle in the Sunday Globe Travel section on Legoland, CA. The authors opinion was that the park is nothing special except the models are awsome. Couple of good shots of the models accompany the article. Ken (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Clearance Items at TRU in Peabody
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I was at the TRU in Peabody today and found the following on clearance there. Wild West 6766 MSRP $73 Sale $39.99 (URL) MSRP $40 Sale $29.99 (URL) MSRP $20 Sale $14.98 (URL) MSRP $79.99 Sale $69.99 (URL) MSRP $49.99 Sale $39.99 (URL) MSRP $39.99 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Lego from Italy
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(...) let (...) Don't worry too much about the weight. I'll fly with a small hand luggage containing everything I need to survive some days in the Boston area (and a small "creature" to show at the MindFest :-) ), and I'll take the largest case I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Lego from Italy
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Mario, Thank you for your offer it is very generous. I have allready sent you a request for some World Cup sets if they can still be found. NELUG, This is a very generous offer from Mario and I know many of us will want to take advantage of it. We (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Lego from Italy
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Hello NELUG, I'm dropping you these few lines just to say that I'll be at the MindFest. As I'm from Italy, I thought this could be a good opportunity for some of you to get some European sets (or discontinued sets still available here) with no (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Update (Re: Next NELUG meeting and an E-mail Issue.)
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(...) As all NELUG Members should be aware, I solved this problem by setting up a mailing list that all members can use to contact the group. The mailing address for the list was sent out in a mail message last week. If you did not get this message (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Looking for Member Sites for NELUG
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I have started a Member Site page on NELUG and I only had a few URL's for some member sites. I know some of you have your own sites and will look around for URL's when I get time but if you want to submit them to me I will get them up faster. I had (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | 8480 Space Shuttle (was Re: Gears & Mico Motor (Plus Wired Remote Control!)
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(...) Well, actually I deliberately left the sets at the store and posted the message in the hope that someone else could benefit from it. As far as I'm concerned, I only need one of each set and I already have a shuttle. Sure it's a great model, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Next NELUG meeting and an E-mail Issue.
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I wanted to let you all know I am having a problem sending E-mails out to all of you. It seems that when I include you all on an E-mail the pair mail router is interpreting it as SPAM. Of course it is not SPAM but I have a couple of Ideas for a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | 8480 Space Shuttle (was Re: Gears & Mico Motor)
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(...) 8480 Space Shuttle is still at the Toys-R-Us in Kingston, MA (I was there last night). They have at least two (probably 4 or 5 but I didn't dig all the way to the back of the shelf to count them). Despite a $159.99 price on the shelf, it comes (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | MIT Mindfest Opportunity
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I seem to be having some problems sending out E-mail at the moment so I will post this here. I sent this E-mail out to all NELUG members so hopefully you will get it soon but just in case you don't here you go. If we decide on doing this I think we (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Results of our first meeting.
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Just thought I would let you all know how the first meeting of NELUG went for those of you that weren't there and provide a synopsis for those that were. First there were 5 of us at the meeting and we had a very productive discussion about NELUG and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Off to market. See you tonight.
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Well I am off to market soon to pick up some snacky cakes and cheesy poofs for the meeting tonight. Remember to call if you are having problems (Phone # on the directions). Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The New England LEGO Users (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh)
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| | Re: TARGET in Boston
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(...) I went to check out the one in Salem, NH which opened at about the same time. Fighting my way through the opening-weekend crowds, I located the LEGO aisle and found it to be, well, bog-standard. It's better than many K-Marts or Ames, close to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: TARGET in Boston
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We have target here in the Metro DC area and their LEGO isle varies from 1/2 isle most of the year to 1 full isle as Winter Solstice approaches. Even during summer they have a few big sets, but in the Winter their selection starts to rival that of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | TARGET in Boston
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Has anyone seen these Boston Target stores which were advertised to open July 25? A decent LEGO aisle? -Suz. (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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