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Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:44:54 GMT
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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 17:04:31 GMT, "Allan Bedford"
<apotomeREMOVE-THIS@execulink.com> wrote:

Well, Gary and Tim... I gotta step in and disagree with you on something
here.  As the son of a life-long Meccano collector your comments on Erector
sets make me cringe a bit.

Allan,

Care to make any comments on the current offerings of Meccano?  I was in TRU the
other day, looking at the Meccano area.  Seems like a true-blue Meccano
collector would have a worse reaction to the new Meccano than an AFOL does to
Town Jr.

Steve



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  Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
 
Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <3821a7fd.181886445@...et.com>... (...) the (...) Meccano isn't really Meccano any longer - the UK company went broke(?), and the product was sold to a *French* company. As far as I've seen, they have gone into making (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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  Meccano Vs. Erector (WAS:Top Ten Toys on A&E)
 
(...) TRU the (...) does to (...) Comments you ask? O.K. I do have a few. :) A not-so brief commentary on the Meccano vs. Erector Question Well, I figured that I'd better get some more facts, so I called my dad tonight. :) He somewhat disagreed (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
 
(...) sure that (...) beat out (...) thing except (...) my (...) could be what (...) Well, Gary and Tim... I gotta step in and disagree with you on something here. As the son of a life-long Meccano collector your comments on Erector sets make me (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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