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I think that Todd Lehman mentioned this previously, but I was at the Construction Site in Waltham, MA this afternoon where I picked up three1992 polybags: 1461 - (URL) - (URL) - (URL) Town/Race, one Pirates/General, and one Space/Blacktron II. Other (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Gee, any space related DACTA products? Does Construction Site have a web page? Rob ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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I don't think there was any space related Dacta and yes they do have a web site: (URL) - mike_walsh@mentorg.com (URL) Brunskill wrote in message ... (...) three1992 (...) than (...) sets (...) and (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | RE: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Yes, I took the train out there about a month ago when I was in Beantown for a conference. A first rate place. They had a large box full of old and new polybags. I bought several, 1461, 1462, 1463 & 1464s. The other day I ordered a bunch of 1462s (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) that it's mainly new space that sucks) - this was one of my first sets I bought in an auction after coming out of my Dark Ages, so it's kinda special to me. Now I'll have a small fleet. I spoke to a very nice man named Crispin, with whom I had (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) Mike, but I thought all space sucked! ;-) (...) Cool, that's my experience as well whenever I visit there in person. (We live only about an 8-minute drive away, and since they have the largest LEGO selection in the entire Greater Boston area, (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... [ ... deleted for brevity ...] (...) LEGO (...) I wish I would have known you were so close, I would have asked you if there was some way I could have picked up my AucXILLA IX winnings. I was at the Wyndam Garden (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Almost anywhere in CT is only a few hours at most from Boston (and Waltham is on the near side of Boston relative to CT), though Orange is almost as far from Boston as you can get in CT - probably close to a (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) their (...) WOW! I'm really going to have to stop by there the next time I'm in Mass. (fortuanately for me, most of my family is there). Perhaps a summer vacation is in order. Just out of curiosity, do they (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) Not this stuff. :) I can't collect Space full-time, but I can stock up on some of the cool sets like this, especially at a buck ninety each. (...) I'd love a full spread of pictures of that. That's so cool. (...) Oh yeah, I know it isn't their (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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(...) Ah, 3 hours is nothing. I'm used to TN driving times, after all. I used to make the drive from Memphis to Nashville and back every week. I guess we could end up there after all - especially if we can find a decent hotel and other things to do (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) If you can't find stuff to do in Boston for a day trip, you would be weird... The hard part would be what to see in just a day... (our church youth group went up for a week this spring, and they had trouble (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) [ ... deleted for brevity ...] (...) vacation (...) stock (...) Unfortunately other than the polybags, there were no older sets to speak of. No pirates or castle. They did still have some Roboforce, Divers, and (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) They have the largest selection of current LEGO (including DACTA) of any retailer in the Greater Boston area (maybe even all of New England) but since they are so unique and popular, things don't stay on the shelves long. The odd thing about (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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[Added .loc.us.ma.bos to group list and set followups there] (...) Woooooshhhh! Enter Han Stanley -- captain of the Millenium Porsche -- makes point five past limit-speed. :) (...) Hey, The Construction Site is going to be having another LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) I seem to remember reading somewhere (eToys or LEGO press release) that they were only allowing eToys to sell as a 1) way to experiment with internet retailers and to 2) keep just any company (IE possibly with a bad reputation) from selling (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) I wonder if a cache was found, considering that I found a bunch in Manhattan a few weeks ago...hmmm. LFB. (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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