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Re: 5600 (Radio Control Racer)
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 05:36:18 GMT
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Mike Stanley writes:
> I think I'm complete in a few Castle subthemes and I have all of the
> good Launch Command sets, but completeness usually doesn't mean much
> to me because just about every theme/subtheme has some sets that suck,
> and I just have better things to do than spend my money on things that
> suck.
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> I'm much more of a "buy the sets with the best parts as cheap as I
> can get them, then get rid of what I don't need, including
> boxes/instructions" maniac. I think I've got the parts I want from 12
> or so 6097's and probably 30 or more 6078's and 6087's, but I don't
> know that I've ever built any of them, nor do I have all of the parts,
> since I've sold off the ones I didn't need.
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> The only sets I bother keeping everthing from are the older ones I
> acquire, like the 3 6071's and 3 6086's I have. Even then, though, I
> keep their parts in bins - the sets themselves mean very little to me.
> Just a better wheat to chaff ratio with the older sets, good enough to
> keep all the parts.
Ooo, how nearly biblical. Has anyone ever accused you of not being a
pragmatist? :) (and your wife doesn't count in this case) I'm not complete in
any theme or subtheme as I share a lot of your reasons. I'm sorta close to
being ResQ complete though not by my design, and I probably won't call s&h for
the ResQ hovercraft.
Hmm, though looking over my collection again, I find that I'm Bicycle
Messenger complete...
-Tom McD.
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| Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) in (...) for (...) That hovercraft is the coolest set in the theme. The inflated ring it rides on is rubber or something, not hard ABS. There are wheels on the bottom too, so it rolls on the floor. Jesse (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: 5600 (Radio Control Racer)
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| (...) pragmatist n : a person who takes a practical approach to problems Hrmmm.... I think my mother would say I was not a pragmatist when I was young, but I think she would call me one now. Is being a pragmatist a bad thing? :) (...) How many (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I think I'm complete in a few Castle subthemes and I have all of the good Launch Command sets, but completeness usually doesn't mean much to me because just about every theme/subtheme has some sets that suck, and I just have better things to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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