 | | Re: Careful what you wish for: clone LOTR blocks sighted
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(...) <SNIP> In case anyone is interested, I noticed 3 or 4 of these sets at the local WM today. I think they are a new item just arrived for Christmas. Check your local WM, they may have them. Ray (23 years ago, 23-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Cool! Never heard of the calculator before. I'd love to see a picture of it. I recall I made an mechanical addition machine for numbers up to 50 (or was it 40?) when I was in my early teens. So Tyco wasn't first. :o) BTW, I've bought an alarm clock (...) (23 years ago, 21-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I recently acquired one of these via eBay, and I'd have to say it's every bit as cool as the legendary phone. It's in the same green-and-black scheme and has the same brick drawer for important storage. It's just a basic eight-digit display and no (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) No, my memory seems to play tricks with me. I could have sworn that the Swedish word "gåshud" (litt. "goose-skin") was idiomatically translated to "duckskin", but both my dictionary and your reply prove me wrong. The only explaination I have (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Is "duckskin" Swedish for "goosebumps"? Cool!! Those shelves of bootleg classic sets looked amazing too -- I wonder what the quality of the plasic/molding is like. --DaveL (who won't say what duckskun means in New Zealander) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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