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Today was Chinese New Year and over here they had a parade and a street fair. One of the booths at the fair was Shell Oil (they also had a float). It was a free game for the kids in which they try to buckle seat belts mounted on a board of painted (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think that they held back on it because there are not too many select shops here so people here might not know what a select shop is. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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Steve wrote in message ... (...) warning (...) 2544 (...) to (...) Another thing you folks in the U.S. might like to check is whether your promo will include the full range of sets. Here in Australia we have the promo, but for some baffling reason, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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Paul Baulch wrote in message ... (...) released (...) That would be a shame if they didn't have the select shop. I like this one the best. It is the only food store set that I am aware with. My mini figs have something to eat besides pizza!!!! Rose (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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In article <FpMCCE.87u@lugnet.com>, r2eng@primenet.com says... (...) Yes! I bought two. :-) But I tell ya what--there was some reluctance to claim the Ferrari; I mean, nice car, but all the cops in my town are keeping a *real* close eye on it.... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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This is cool, but I think the closest SHELL Station is about 130 miles away (In Oklahoma City) J.W.Hummer (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's a lot closer than NZ or Holland! Kevin (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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(...) Look at the bright side. By the time you get there, you'll need to buy some gas anyway! I know if this rumor comes to pass, I will be buying a LOT of gas at Shell. (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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(...) You're going to need to buy gas to get the sets? Crumbs. Shell has, at least in this area, pretty lousy prices. Is it 'buy gas and we'll give you free LEGOs'? or is it 'buy gas and we'll *allow* you to spend your money on our special LEGOs'? J (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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If it's anything like the rest of the world, it's "buy our gas to get coupons so that you are able to pay us for Lego, unless you talk someone into letting you buy them without buying gas". (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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Tom Stangl wrote in message <38A9B138.28BD85FF@n...pe.com>... (...) so (...) buy (...) I managed to spend over $NZ1000 (US$500) on the Shell sets without buying 1 cent of petrol. This was from lots of Shell service stations.There's about 12 within (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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(...) *ponders the possibilities* "Give me Lego or DIE!" "We come for your Lego, Chuck." (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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(...) it could be sets 2554 Pit Stop, 2555 Belville Swing and 2556 Model Team Ferrari - I hope it's the 125x series - I missed it when it came out in Holland. Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general)
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