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"Michael Pratt" <mpratt@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:memo.2000102022...k.co.uk... (...) Agree! Just built the old sets (851, 852, 853, 855, 8848) again for the first time in a decade and they beat the new sets hands down (except the shuttle (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Did you try Pitsco? (URL) sell Technic beams in bulk. If you're not in the US, you might try your local LEGO DACTA dealer. -- Mark Haye, mark_haye(@)tivoli(.)com IBM TSM Server Development, Tucson, AZ (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes but Lego are definitely past their prime. The current sets are not a patch on the ones from the seventies and eighties....which is why they are so collectible. But then again I am the sort of person who wears clothes from a thrift shop and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well, I haven't tried it, but if I were to, I'd go for a gentle/delicates cycle, cold water for wash and rinse, no extra spin, and use dishwasher soap instead of laundry soap. I'd only use fabric conditioner if I wanted my lego to be nice and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Not that I wish this thread to get out of hand by going into too much detail, but... What setting is best for washing Lego? Bio or non-bio? Fabric conditioner? :-) I definitely need to get out more! Jennifer Clark (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Kerry Raymond <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:G2pHJs.759@lugnet.com... (...) ones (...) Well, they would have to be pretty hard lumps of dirt. If you just toss a handful of loose dirt in the washing machine, it will be dissolved in the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) images of (...) I don't worry about the 16-beams as much as I do about all the little bits that can slip through the holes in the wash bowl. The simple solution is to use those "lingerie bags" or whatever they call them in your part of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No excuses Michael, you've had a few sweet sherries again, haven't you? ;-) Mark (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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Should be British not Brisitsh My Spell Mistake -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Home of the UK Lego Technic Club Magazine www.technic-uk.co.uk - - - (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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Hi The Silver Champion full scale car is now at the Brisitsh Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham The Address for the press release is at (URL) - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Taken out of context, this is a very strange sentence indeed! Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The bus stops at the bus station, So why am I sitting at a work station? ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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When I called S@H yesterday to (finally) order dozens of the 5235 Technic beam pack, I discovered to my horror that it was permanently out of stock. Technic beams are more basic to me than a 2x4 brick - I expected to buy hundreds of the 5235. (If (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic)
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"Sean Harrington" <harrington@macgenius.com> wrote in message news:G2n08t.4GD@lugnet.com... (...) Unless you're a diehard collector of unused boxes, is any set worth $300? Think of all the new sets you can buy in a shop (especially if you buy last (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jennifer Clark" <jen@vulture.dmem.strath.ac.uk> wrote in message news:39EED7C4.55E62B...h.ac.uk... (...) images of (...) I've never tried it, but you're supposed to put your bricks in pillowcases... Duq (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes. It is a mighty set. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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These days, if I see an official Lego model that looks great or appears to work well, my inclination is to download the instructions from Brickshelf and build it from my existing parts. Sometimes one has to improvise a bit, or resort to cunning use (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) they had. Unfortunately though, they no longer have the <set:5235> package of black beams. How am I supposed to get hundreds of black 1x16 beams without #5235?!?!?!? When did they stop carrying it? Are they still available somewhere? Perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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(...) Thanks for the suggestion, Eric. I might resort to that. - Sean (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Sean Harrington writes: Snipped (...) Sean, Up until recently I've also been a MISB freak. However, to complete my collection I had to buy a used 8860. The set looked o.k. but nothing spectacular (I usually enter into a drooling (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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It is a really nice set yet I wouldn't pay 300 $ for it. Sean Harrington <harrington@macgenius.com> schreef in berichtnieuws G2n08t.4GD@lugnet.com... (...) Airtech (...) claim (...) Europe. (...) these (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.technic)
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