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Im glad to see that the sets are out and people are getting and building them. Although there are none as I could find in the NJ area, I await impatiently. To answer a few questions. 1) The TIE Advanced(Lord Vaders TIE fighter) had no blue on it. It (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | First Impressions of #7150 - TIE Fighter / Y-Wing
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OK. I opened the box, I built the models, and here's what I thought about it: The Packaging: quite different from other LEGO sets. I think the box was designed by someone who pays more attention to marketing than most TLG designers. It's a slicker (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 07:03:09 GMT, D Blomberg uttered the following profundities... (...) I know the company is supposed to be based here, but I have yet to see any sets! And they were supposed to be available last August?? (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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(...) condensed from... "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise" probably Shakespeare, sounds like Bill. Not sure though. Kevin (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Hey! You almost have LEGO in your name... Paulo (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Thanks Martin (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) bliss = happiness A formerly common English phrase was "ignorance is bliss". Currently, "what you don't know won't hurt you" is more common and more-or-less equivalent. Steve (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Sorry for my ignorance but what "bliss" means? I can't find it in an English-French dictionnary Martin (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) I'm very happy to hear that. It's a nice change. Steve "no, I'm not actually sensitive about my name, I just pretend to be" Bliss (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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I know there was a thread about clones before... but I'd still like to see a discussion group for them. Since people new to Lego can no longer get interesting elements for towns from Lego anymore, I'm interested in mixing architectural elements from (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Which airport is best?... an RTL Repost
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You forget that CS has a second chopper. It's of the boring, ho-hum, clone of a 1000 other TLG copters variety, so I'm not sure if it's an asset to CS, or a detriment. ;) Also, (just looking at the browser pictures--I don't have any of these sets) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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(...) Or .off-topic.no-fun. Steve (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Which airport is best?... an RTL Repost
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That link seems to be wrong. It seems that pasting in DejaNews URLs doesn't work any more?? Anyway, you can find it yourself by doing a dejanews powersearch on group rec.toys.lego with keywords century skyway and author Larry Pieniazek.. Maybe this (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Which airport is best?... an RTL Repost
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I just got a note from someone who remembered the comparision I did on RTL between the three airports, and I decided to repost it here in .reviews where it might be easier to find. Here's a Dejanews reference if you want to see the thread in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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[Crossposted to lugnet.reviews & lugnet.admin.general, with followups set to lugnet.admin.general] (...) Janet, Do you think a new newsgroup lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands would be useful? Here is a related thread for more background: (URL) That's (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... :This newsgroup is for reviews of LEGO® brand products only. Please do not :post reviews here of things not manufactured by LEGO®, especially clone :brands. :You could talk about clone brands (such as MegaBloks) in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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(...) Great! (...) This newsgroup is for reviews of LEGO® brand products only. Please do not post reviews here of things not manufactured by LEGO®, especially clone brands. You could talk about clone brands (such as MegaBloks) in .off-topic.fun, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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I just became an AFOL (Mindstorms did the trick) and went hog wild buying a variety of sets. I hope to be presenting some reviews and parts inventories in the next week or so. I ended up picking up a couple Mega Blocks sets and would be happy to (...) (26 years ago, 2-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Paradisa 6404 Carriage Ride
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I got a small handful of these sets yesterday and they are very cute. (yes, I do have a few extras, email me if you're interested). One thing they have is a small horse - I guess meant to be a foal. It's brown, no moving head and no space for a (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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