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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 Some of these reviews are older but unpublished, and there will be many NEW reviews for newer sets (Star Wars, Insectoids, Rock Raiders, etc.).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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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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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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(...) 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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Jonathan Wilson: (...) It does sound plausible. Do you have any suggestions for addtional models for the theme? I don't think I've seen much "outback" stuff, except for the official models. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush? The sets are just what you would find out in the bush. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Lego UNICEF van pictures posted
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Hello all, I have posted some pictures of the Lego UNICEF van on my web page: (URL) hope this can shed some more light on the promo set issues... (the've been around for a while...) James Powell (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz - Answers
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Is a new newsgroup "lugnet.trivia" wouldn't be nice? Those type of quizzes are real fun. Selçuk (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Sanjay, I'll go grab the camera, and take a photo of them. It'll still be a while before I get the pics up (I have to finish the roll) but still... James P (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FIwC0z.8vq@lugnet.com... (...) as (...) know (...) next to (...) green. <rubs chin> .....ummm......I'd love to have a look at this plate...I can't remember any previous occurrence of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well...they came in a regular town labled package, and are -not- the same as the runway pieces. These have a sidewalk, unlike the runway ones... My wife picked them up for me at a TRU in Vic, last christmas. I didn't know that they were not (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Below are the answers to the questions I posted a few days ago. Feel free to disagree with any of them. 1) Which was the Widest town vehicle produced? #6675 Road and Trail 4x4. (Note the question related to "town" not "LEGO System". 2) Apart from (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FIw4r3.KCx@lugnet.com... (...) are (...) Those would be the airport runway plates that were available from 1990. They appeared in sets 6396 "International Airport" and 6597 "Century (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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(...) Just as a comment towards this: Not allways true. I have 2 plates that are green, 7 stud wide, and are new. I did not repaint them either... Some sort of oddity I guess... James Powell (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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