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Actually, PVC can be molded into moderately detailed shapes. There is a model railroad materials company (evergreen I think) that makes trusses, I beam, tubing, and etc. out of PVC. It's much more slippery than styrene, requires a different glue, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) We got the belville one. One of the kittens could almost pass for a tiger cub... almost. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Doh! Hoisted by *my* petard! I think you're right, insofar as I can judge the plastic simply by handling it; polystyrene it is. I spell Chemistry with a capital F. Dave! (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) ?? Really?? Not some sort of Styrene but Poly Vinyl Chloride, the stuff that those offwhite household sewage pipes are made of? That's wild. I would have expected Polystyrene (which is not as good as ABS, the "better" styrene) for this usage. (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I received the item today, and it's, well, sort of weird. I've given it only a cursory inspection, but the plastic appears to be PVC, and the parts are packaged on a couple of sprues. The odd thing is that nearly all of the parts are direct (...) (23 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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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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(...) Save early and often, Dave! It's not the law, just a good idea. (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) You mean a truly "cloned" army! The very thought makes me get duckskin. /Tore (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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They've adopted a new format, and they seem to include most of the newer sets, including the Sea Wolf but not the Mustang. Hmm... I notice that none of the MegaModelz sets are featured--I've been wondering if those might be Wal-Mart exclusives, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I hate to say this, but massive "replica" Lego castle sets for $5? I want to go to China and build a bootleg army... (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) I have a few of those stores in my area--I'll check their supply. (...) If you're talking about ATCO, then you're right, and one cannot say enough bad things about them. Thank you, Maggie and Aaron, for the information. I won that second (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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There are many big store to sell LEGO sets in Shanghai, but price is double than in USA. I just went to there past October, I bought two of 6520 in 50% discount price. Zhengrong (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) There are many store to sell LEGO sets in Shanghai, I just went to there last October, I bought two 6520 in 50% discount, but in fact this price is similar with price in USA. Then 9747 is about CNY2,888. Zhengrong (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I visited Hong Kong and China recently. I visited many stores that sell toys and here is what I found: Hong Kong Only large department stores and Toys'R'Us sell LEGO. Most store have very nice display of completed sets, and they usually have (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.hk, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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I figured I'd mention this while I was slumming here in .clones. j/k! Target has this set on sale this week for $16.73, and the picture in the flyer makes me think of one of my all-time favorite sets, 6552 Rocky River Retreat, which I paid something (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) BTW I believe Markson Products supplies the dollar-type stores with cheap general merchandise, so these sets could be from stores such as those. I checked two local ones (called "Dollar Tree" IIRC) but they didn't have this brand. They had a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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