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G'Day Is anyone swinging by Costco in the next few days ? I would love to get one at that price. (maybe a silver champion too, if it is under a hundred bucks.) Cheers Oliver I would love to get one. "Mario DeFacendis" <defacend@SNIP_THIShome.com> (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Mario DeFacendis" <defacend@SNIP_THIShome.com> wrote in message news:Gp8G9s.FH6@lugnet.com... (...) *UGH*. ARE YOU SERIOUS. GROSS. I hate life. Iain (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, I wanted to wish everyone here on rtlToronto and Lugnet a happy new year in 2002. Although it's been a pretty bad year overall, it's been a great year for rtlToronto and Lego in the GTA: Not only did we do three Robotics events in 2001, we (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.loc.ca)
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I was at Costco (Hwys. 400 & 7) today to buy a block of cheese, when I noticed the 8466 4x4 SUV has been reduced to $49.77. I quickly presented myself at the returns desk (with receipt in hand, of course) and they cheerfully refunded the difference. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Ivan Louch" <ivn@idirect.ca> wrote in message news:Gp65Lt.MwD@lugnet.com... (...) See, out in the wild country here, we gotta CATCH our fish to eat it. Thus we require PLANO in vast quantities. Gotta keep our lures as safe as possible. Because you (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I would normally agree with you, that something translated from a book to another medium generally won't look like what you imagine. However, the Harry Potter movie seems to be the exception to this rule. For myself, and many others I've (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think Iain's Walmart has a lot more Plano than anyone elses does. I only have the two: The Model 3600: (URL) Model 5324-I can't find a picture of it, but it's like roughly 12x14" with fixed compartments-they're about 1.5 inches deep. Calum (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can see how the Lego doesn't look anything like what you imagine from the book-of course everyone will have a different opinion and imagination. (I haven't read the books so I had no opinion). What really got me was the narrow arches on the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well Soccer has done really well for them so I don't see them axing it anytime soon, though I have no idea why they put out a new soccer field that is not really any different than the old field. As for Quidditch, I could see a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Where do you guys get Planos that big? I've been to about 4-5 Wal-Marts in the surrounding area, but the #18 (shallow with tiny compartments) is the largest Plano they had. Where else is a good place to look for them? Home Depot? Ivan "Push to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nup. Absolutely. The scary part is he took my office security pass photo to do it with. (...) Droid Escape rocks on sale! You can build cool water towers and silos out of them. I have two expressly for this reason. Is there BOGOHP right now? I (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Bryan! (...) My suspicion is they probably had storyboards for the visual effects, set and production design departments done up during preproduction for the movie. They probably passed them to Lego designers to build sets for. They even (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Weird. For me the reaction was opposite. The LEGO set looks nothing like what I imagined from the book. Although many of the other sets/scenes from the movie seem to be well presented. (...) The book. As well, there is no published connection (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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just letting you guys know that I uploaded another round of pictures from my latest construction project....City Hall Here is the brickshelf folder: (URL) is my description of the pictures: (URL) am close to being about 40% done. I still need to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle)
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I've uploaded these over about a 10 day period, in 3 (not so easy) sessions. Here is the Brickshelf Folder: (URL) is my commentary, which you might find for an interesting read: (URL) new year Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I have been feeling lazy.....deciding to play some of my favorite PC games (Civilization II, and Rollercoaster Tycoon). (...) Well, I did only get one "lego" set for christmas... it was a Klutz Crazy Contraption book with a nice bunch of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'd have to say at first hand, the movie scenes.... but some of the larger scenes, like the Hogwarts Castle, must have been in design, well in the development pipeline, for over a year, so too the Hogwarts Express, maybe some of the others in (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I don't feel like saying "I told you so" but I had read all the books since the beginning of the year, with exception to the last 2 which I bought at the end of March. I really thought the movie was great, but due to the length of the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That is Creepy... :) Oh well....that is funny since you look at your Chris Magno "mockery" page on Peachy Server..... about you saying you never know when someone is building one of you!!!! (Very Evil Laughter!!) (...) I seen at my local (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi Calum, greetings from the west coast! :) (...) Oh yeah when I watched the movie, I basically experienced the same revelations as you - even though I read the book! Seeing those particular scenes presented to you on screen really helps, especially (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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