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yes, I have a few of the 725's, and it is a great set, for the parts. I bought it because of the clear curved windows, which are on my Alliance of Planets building (I donate have a picture yet, sorry! :( ) I would love to have a few more, but TLG (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.basic, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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[Cross-posting to lugnet.town becasue these are "town-based" basic sets] [Cross-posting to lugnet.general becasue of general interest] [Follow-ups to lugnet.basic becasue it needs some trafic :)] First, a bit of background information... A few days (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.basic, lugnet.general)
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I'll be posting reviews here (instead of for the site I used to write for). Some of these reviews are older but unpublished, and there will be many NEW reviews for newer sets (Star Wars, Insectoids, Rock Raiders, etc.). ---...--- 6497 Twisted Time (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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(...) *laugh* Yes, I know. But it's perception that counts, and 99% of what we know of Australia comes from Crocodile Dundee and Fosters' commercials. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Strewth, thanks for reminding me cobber, I'd better make shore the windmill's working right before I fly the hairyplane to work tomorrah... :-) Seriously though, I suspect I'd have to drive about as far as (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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Jonathan Wilson: (...) ^^^^^ I am not a native English speaker, but I suspect that you want to write "maybe" and not "mabie". (...) I typically use a 2x3 brick for the body, two 1x2 bricks for the legs, and two 2x2 plates with a 1x2 plate on top for (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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(...) I am building a lego shearer and mabie a shearing shed to go with him. All I need is a good design for a lego sheep. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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(...) Not necessarily. From here, it's an exotic foreign location. For you, it's probably everyday ho-hum boringness. :) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37F5B2A3.6B7C09FD@x...il.com>... (...) Yeah, but if it was meant to be outback Australia, they would have sold these sets in Australia, wouldn't they? Ironic, isn't it. I wonder if the Adventurers sets are (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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(...) Oh, I totally assumed so. That's what "the outback" means to my [american] mnid. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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