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Its a bit like that when you discover all these resources on the net. I remember the first time i came across rec.toys.lego in '96. I was like WOW..all this interest in Lego. Then i thought, hey these folks may be able to help me out with 12V train (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Just checked out the Lego entries on e-bay for the first time yesterday. The beginning of the end... ROSCO (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) so (...) "Yet" is the word. I too innocently returned from my Dark Ages by "just" getting a Mindstorm RIS. Then I just needed a few more Technics parts. Then I just saw a few heavily discounted sets. Then I just felt some of those Star Wars (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I haven't checked it out recently. Maybe it's time I did. I thought I'd have a look in Big W (Southland) on the weekend, and they had an old 8720 motor set there that had been opened. They said I could have it $20 (instead of the marked $61), (...) (24 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Hi Ross, welcome to LUGNET! Ross Crawford wrote in message ... (...) till (...) Hehe, couldn't be much further from the mark really... :-) Yes, actually I live just up the road from Chadstone, in Box Hill South. Ross, I hear that you are on the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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I've finally got the scans uploaded, most likely after everyone has got a copy of the catalogue for themselves :( Anyway, all my catalogue scans [3 at present] can be found at: (URL) Whytcross b_whytcross@hotmail.com bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au (...) (24 years ago, 13-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Doh. Thanks. I think my cold will be carrying me off to bed soon. :o) Thank god modems can't carry biological viruses over the internet. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) that, the L had been carried off to the next line. JP (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Ben, that fortunecity link is broken. What's with fortunecity anyway? Am I the only one who keeps running into broken links on fortunecity? Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Benjamin Whytcross <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep, there possibly would be a few different sets to what's in the German catalogue. However, we don't necessarily get all the sets shown in this, and we don't have any SCALA or ZNAP sets down here either [or service packs as shown in the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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I've given up considering myself a builder, I'm a collector who would like to build once I've got at least one good example of every set in every theme I'm interested in. Mark H. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) I dunno. It only mentions adults as collectors. While I must admit to having a large collection of LEGO sets, even some unopened, I don't consider myself a collector. I buy LEGO sets only to be able to build more. At least that's what I keep (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Up to you, mate. Not one for others to decide on, especially since you own the set you're trading. Personally, I read everything based on a POV that if I've got it and you/they want it, and have what I want in return, that we can trade. It's never (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Hi Benjamin, having seen the AUS version now, I think it's basically the same 2000.2 catalogue as the german [-European?] one, but there are also a couple of differences however. Nearly on every page you will find something which is slightly (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay..after quite a few uploading problems, the catalogue is roughly half there. I'll hopefully have the other half up by tomorrow [it's 3 AM saturday, so that should give me a bit extra time] night, and will post a message when complete...my (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Hi Santosh, I've got a few lying around, how much are you offering? Mark H. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Well, after their intermediate catalogue down here: (URL) wasn't expecting anything great from them. Also, if you look at the green box on page 16, it's talking about GIRLS and starting to use PRIMO...Absolutely no mention of boys. Benjamin (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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Okay...I'm currently uploading the rest of the catalogue. [I've only just finished scanning it.] Depending on how long it takes, it may or may not be finished this morning. [It's 12:45 ] I'll post a message when I finishh for the night, along with (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) I snipped a bunch of stuff for brevity, but I just wanted to say that I had a peek at the catalogue before Deidre even posted yesterday, and I saw the line about how boys could play with the soccer- err, I mean, football sets, and it (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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HEAR HEAR!!!!!! I couldn't agree more Dierdre, this is the kind of thing that really gets my hackles up. Put it this way, if Mindstorms is perhaps the kind of thing that parents would usually not consider for a girl ( speaking of the "average" (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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