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Yeah, I have one too. The parts are great, but I was never a big fan of the vehicles, or the green in the Octan color scheme. It's a model that begs for modifications, while I like the older gas stations as is. Although that canopy with the slanted (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Scott,i got roughly the same numbers give or take a few cents using Expedia.com currencey exchange rates.I hope this is for real then.CWLeach (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Well I am still unconvinced that this is going to result in an actual pirate ship in my hands. Whole theme came and went while I was reveling in my dark ages. But I went to Yahoo's currency translator and came up with their conversions for the (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all! Ok, when I first saw this thread I was very happy! I could finally get my Octan Gas station! However, I am unable to read German (even though I am German), so I emailed the webmaster and asked him what was going on and if I could order these (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I stopped by Kmart today and I found several sets on clearance. Not great prices 25-33% off. Grip n Go Challenge $20 Studios (car chase?) $15 Arctic windsurfer and snow blower (not correct names) $3 and $10 Adventurer's glider, airplane and track (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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<snip> (...) <snip> i assume that i can only order from this site if i live in germany? tim (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I guess I haven't paid too much attention, but thinking about it, I think I agree. I suspect a large part of the reason the vehicles are not so great in a structure set is piece budget more than slack design. Of course if you could trust (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I have noted this point especially in town where you could always get particular race cars or firetrucks by themselves and very similar versions in larger sets like firestations and gas stations at the same time. Besides the fact that I am (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yeah, what I got this week wasn't exciting enough to merit its own post-- 8841 Desert Racer in box w/ instructions (missing a few pieces but the universal joint was there) for $1.00 and a misc. bucket of over 500 mostly small elts (with lots (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The tow truck is no great shakes compared to some other classic ones, but if you buy this set fo the tow truck you're missing the point! As Mike says, this set has some great parts. And it has high play value. If this does turn out to be a (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Jacob Arnold" <jacob@gridface.com> wrote in message news:GDoy0K.Buy@lugnet.com... (...) Have to disagree with you. Gash N' Wash Express is a great set. If this turns out to be real, I can see myself buying several of these. I have one of these and (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) though I did see some Duplo. If I'm lucky, I find it once a year, though we never get there early, or even at opening. On the plus side, I did get my $5 mountain bike, but it needed about $20 in parts to make roadworthy. George (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Too bad they didn't pick a better Town set to re-release. That's one ugly tow-truck :-) (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yeah, there's about a billion messages in a half dozen or so other topics about just this same thing - posted throughout the entire weekend - just browse around. (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I found I couln't login to BrickBay even I used the right user id and password, did anyone find the same problem? Br Zhengrong (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Assuming this is fact, it is AMAZING that this is being done at all. It would be the first time in history that TLC admitted that the old product is still viable and marketable to collectors and as NEW product. IF this is true, and IF they (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Galaxy Explorer. GALAXY EXPLORER!!! Oh man, I can't even let the thought enter my head. I would go mad with anticipation!!! Christopher (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I have to go with the "This is STILL awfully pricey" line of thought. Considering I've been picking up whole Robotic Invention System sets (version 1.0 with the same RCX) for as low as $140, I don't see the point of spending $130 for just the (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I want that gas station! Josh (23 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Assuming this is not a joke, then I have only one thing to say. SPACE (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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