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My city got smaller when I moved it up to the ledge and soon I'm going to have a train and a monorail running through it. My city is 40in X 190in. I would like to know how to get both of these running in such a cramped space. I don't have very many (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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Well.....finally assembled Millennium City. I've altered my webpage so it's now devoted to Millennium City at (URL) I don't have much on the page except a teaser image. It's a view passengers get when they leave Millennium City Airport and wait to (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Squad 51 rides again
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(...) the (...) were (...) love (...) Point me to a pic of Adam-12 and I'll see what I can do! Will (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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(...) what a great model! randolph mantooth would be proud! i was wondering just the other day, when watching the emergency re-runs, if any town/ fire afols were building these type models. adam-12, with its' classic b&w police cruisers would be (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Squad 51 rides again
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(...) (URL) have a situation here, looks like a kid fell down a well while trying to save his cat from the neighbor's dog. There's a fat guy wedged in there too cause he fell in after the kid. There's not too much air left... 10-4 KMG365 - Start an (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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Nice! Is it just me or is there some trend developing here? The last three models posted to this group have been fire department related (although I don't think Bryce had that in mind when he built his dalmation :-). Will -- Visit the Lego Beach (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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If you remember the TV show Emergency! or have seen it watching reruns recently, here is a vehicle mostly resembling Squad 51. (URL) URL (URL) Paul Foster (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Opinions on Command Post Central (6332) ?
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Looking at the box, I only see one each of the train window and the beer-yellow (street light) 1x2. Is that correct ? BTW, WM being weird as they are, thinks that this item originated at $48.88. I thought MSRP was somewhere closer to $60. I'm still (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Opinions on Command Post Central (6332) ?
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IMO, the trans-green windows, the gray train window, and the 1x2 trans beer-yellow brick are worth the $30. Plus, the white POOPs are somewhat useful. KL (...) (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Opinions on Command Post Central (6332) ?
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Comand Post Central (6332) has dropped to half price at the local WallyWorld. I'm still undecided if its worth $30, Opinions ? Ray (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 222 Idea Book FT/FA
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To Lugnet users I would like to point out that i have this post here because i don't know weather to auction it if i have any bids or to trade it. I did add the description of "or" in the post. It was my mistake if it concerns anybody. Sorry. -- (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.town)
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| | 222 Idea Book FT/FA
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I have an 222 Idea book from 1975 for trade or to auction Click here to see the book: (URL) pages are complete and a few small tears, I have some wants on my site or you can offer me other Technic or Trains. Let me know what you got. -- Please reply (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Does anyone else like the new helicopter landing skid piece?
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37FB2D25.9D3C67D@xo...il.com>... (...) But less like a real lgo model..:-( Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I do like it, though I think it would have been better if the new piece was just the skid part and not the support. Then you could use different spacings. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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Does anyone else like the new helicopter landing skid piece? I accually like it. It makes a lego helicopter look more like a real helicopter -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: The Best Basic Sets (725/730)
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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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| | The Best Basic Sets (725/730)
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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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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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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?
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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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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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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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| | LEGO Town Quiz - Answers
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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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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz - Clarification
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(...) That would be the Time Cruiser's Hypno Cruiser, #6492. It looks to be about 10 studs wide. Steve (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) The shuttle crawler from #6456 Mission Control? Pause lists Space Port as being a subset of Town.... that crawler is really wide. Not in front of me right at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it's at least (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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I've finally put a couple of pics of two different Town scale bridges on my web page. Check out Http://Homepages.ihu...o.nz/~jsds Sanjay -- MILLENNIUM CITY - coming soon... (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz - Clarification
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You have to make things difficult for me don't you Selçuk ;-) This particular vehicle is a land vehicle (ie drives on LEGO roadplates) , comes from the LEGO Town range, not extreme team and is more than 6 studs wide. In fact it shouldn't be on LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Juniorizing Technic? Oops, too late. It's already happened. Steve (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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(...) They have eight studs per side unlike the grey's 7 studs; They lack a white line after the green one (sidewalk part)? (...) It is the only plate of this type with an actual road design. (...) 6542 Launch & Load Seaport (...) 1987 - 6641 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) vehicles. (...) Do you mean land vehicles? all the aircraft (well, almost) produced in Town system has wheels, too. By the way, RESQ Hovercraft is the widest land vehicle, but doesn't have wheels (although (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Jeff Christner <regult@aol.com> wrote in message news:37f03bbb.501028...net.com... (...) Apologies for my lack of clarity. The question relates to wheeled vehicles. Sanjay (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New Extreme Team Sets?
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(...) Yup!--it looks like they're some kind of promo item... According to Huw Millington's promotional sets database, (URL) is another version of 2849, and 1088 is another version of 2886. I like the ET logo there on the 1088 photo -- it looks like (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz - Clarification
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(...) I'm not going to take a guess on the other questions, they aren't in my LEGO field of study. :-) I think that if you mean wheeled vehicle, I'd say that the Launch Response Unit is perhaps the widest one at just over 6 studs. The Jetport Fire (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | New Extreme Team Sets?
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I recently found at a store near me the following two Extreme Team sets. They don't seem to be in any of my S&H catalogs that I have, nor are they in the regular LEGO catalogs that come with new sets. I have thought that perhaps these are some type (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | LEGO Town Quiz - Clarification
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I'll attempt to clarify a couple of the questions. 1) Which was the Widest town vehicle produced? - This set was released as a part of the TOWN range between 1978 - 1999. Therefore it IS minifig scale. 2) Apart from the color schemes what else is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And these answers are totally from memory/guessing, so I don't expect a prize :) (...) Do you mean car/truck in minifig scale? I'd guess 6 studs. (...) Different number of studs. (...) The year Aerial Acrobats came out... I remember because I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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(...) Would that be set #6440, Airport Fire Crew? (...) The addition of Sidewalks? (...) Good one...I believe that occurred in 1990? (...) (released (...) New color scheme and use of new logo? (...) and (...) 2; 6399 Airport Shuttle and 6484 F1 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Current Town Projects
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Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in message news:FIr0E5.B69@lugnet.com... (...) I'm looking to post pics in the third week of October.... (...) I've managed to create something similar. I'm creating a "City Central" (a glorified town (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Current Town Projects
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Sanjay D'Souza <sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FIBsDA.173@lugnet.com... (...) more. I'm planning a large combined railway/monorail station - but it's not based solely on trains - a large part of it will be the buildings around it so I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Things have been pretty slow today so I dug up an old LEGO quiz I emailed to a friend a while back. No prizes on offer though. ;-) 1) Which was the Widest town vehicle produced? 2) Apart from the color schemes what else is different between the the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Has anybody made an elevated bridge a few feet of the ground?
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Visit some of the LEGO train websites for ideas on how to achieve something like this. (URL) (Pacific North West LEGO Train Club) is a good one I've been meaning to post a few pics of smaller scale Town bridges on my website but haven't got round to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Has anybody made an elevated bridge a few feet of the ground?
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I've been thinking of doing this but it would be 3ft of the ground and I would like somebody to help me with this. Does anybody have or know of a website that shows this. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A use for TownJr
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(...) I'll agree here. The problem I see is that there already are lego sets and themes designed for younger children: Duplo, Fabuland, Basic... If they 'juniorize' the older kids' stuff, then what's not to stop them from juniorizing things like (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Divers (was: Lugnet Roll-call)
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(...) I have a note which says the 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer ship is 45x10. I'm not sure how accurate that note is--I may have been estimating that day. But it sounds like the USS Constellation are the Ferry are easily bigger than the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Jeff Stembel wrote in message ... (...) it. USS constellation is 58x10 studs (+front mast) and there is another one (set#343) with dimensions of 54x10. I don't remember if they are bigger than the 6560, though. Selçuk (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A use for TownJr
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(...) I have to admit I've actually read that on set boxes too. Welcome to the world of the parent. Thanks for stopping by. (...) Absolutely. Why wouldn't it be? Theoretically, you could give your child anything, (for an absurd example, a martial (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Sure, but not all children are the same. If your child understands not to put them in his/her mouth, and you're there to supervise, it's probably okay to disregard the warning. (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Lego is not appropriate for a 2 yr old It says "contains small parts. not for children under 3" or something like that on the box. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ray, I have opened two of those sets and each one has had a red fishing pole. I haven't a clue as to why yours had a black one. If you want a red one, you can contact me. Tom (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A use for TownJr
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <19990925.195310.827...no.com>... (...) I don't know if I even agree to that. While the tow-truck was easy to build, it isn't very playable. One of the most fragile models I've seen (to the point that the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Matthew Miller sez: (...) We're supposed to be enthralled with the Throwbots. :P Brian (GD&R) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That's all well and good, but the problem comes in when all they sell is Jrized. What is there for people older than 2 1/2? (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A use for TownJr
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(...) I think most of us agree. However, Town Jr's place should NOT be to replace regular town models. It should be an addition instead of a replacement. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | A use for TownJr
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I'm not intending to open a can of worms here, but up until now I've remained silent on the TownJr. bashing. Here's the way I see it: I took the kids to TRU yesterday and picked up a couple of smaller sets. My 2 1/2 year old son is as fascinated (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Paradisa question
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(...) Ahh, you want the lugnet.town group, since Paradisa is a play theme within the LEGO Town System. (...) I added lugnet.town to the 'Newsgroups' line on this message and set the 'Followup-To' to lugnet.town as well. --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Divers (was: Lugnet Roll-call)
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(...) Yup. It is slightly longer than the Atlantis from Launch 'N Load Seaport. I'm glad I got three extra copies of 6560. That is a great set! Jeff P.S. I don't know how big the USS Constellation is, so I'm not including it. (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Divers (was: Lugnet Roll-call)
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[lugnet.people snipped from ng list] (...) Good point. The lack of detail is doubly-disappointing, because the boats are the biggest point of variation between the sets.[1] In a way, they are the reason to get *all* the Divers sets. Is the ship in (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Divers (was: Lugnet Roll-call)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37ea56bc.9033064@lu...et.com>... (...) I have all the Divers sets, too, except the one with metroliner front as a cabin. I like them much, especially during this sad times of juniorization. The most irritating thing is (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37E8E7A7.89911D78@x...il.com>... (...) ...snip... (...) the immovable minifigs (...) Try putting those old cowboy hats on a new minifig. They end up looking like some sort of novelty hat a clown wears to a rodeo. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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(...) See, there's a reason I bought 19 6444s.... Good thing KB Toys realized that $9.99 was the wrong price for them, I might have bought even more... (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Really? I love Divers, but I was disappointed by the set designs. Not that the models were bad, they were very good. There was too much repetition between the sets. Too many nearly-identical submersibles. Too many SPUD[1] rafts. Almost every (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.town)
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Thomas Main wrote in message <37E8EA09.AD9F5011@a...te.edu>... (...) reverse (...) WW (...) (URL) the other ones: (URL) we can easily conclude that there were a western line way before the WW ,that we know today, introduced. Selçuk (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And what about 617 from 1976 ? Benjamin Whytcross b_whytcross@hotmail.com (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) You're right Frank - I guess it's that I don't have any of the old Pigtails hair. Wish I did! And yes, I use the long female hair for guys too (makes great renaissance italian gentlemen for SCA setups) nd I suppse you could use the ponytail (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm holding out for lots and lots of 2x2x5 girders!!!! Paul Sinasohn, who needs them for the drop tower (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town 2000?
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37e920bc.214463...net.com... (...) My only complaint with the monorail accessories (a very minor one at that though) is the fact that the support bases are too big ie 6 x 6 studs. It (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) How about an El-train accessory pack? With tall stands and parts to make supports for an urban train. Steve (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Frank Filz: (...) "middle"? - The guy at the bar with black hair and sunglasses? (see <URL:(URL)) - The girl in red and white striped sweatshirt? (see <URL:(URL)) - Mike behind the bar? (see <URL:(URL)) - The brown haired girl in blue dancing in the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) In some parts of the U.S. you would need a lot of cowboy hats for a modern scene (there are almost certainly many many more cowboy hats worn today than in the late 1800s out west). The comment about female hair styles should have been all (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) the "big head" cowboys. Looks pretty funny. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Or go back to 1975 and check out set 365 (Wild West Scene). Looks like the WW prototype. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Take a look at this train set from '76: (URL) seem to recall another older western town that had cowboy hats too - kinda like the Town Plan with a cardboard layout board and western buildings on it. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Accually cowboy hats first appeared in the really old cowboy type sets with the immovable minifigs and the bendy arm people. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37E8A293.5AB9DF92@x...il.com>... (...) This would be very cool..:-) (...) the unpatterned cowboy hats ofut of western accessories and put them into the (...) But, cowboy hats not came from wild west to town. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Tony Kilaras wrote in message ... (...) for (...) Wow, same way of thinking here..:-) All the town compatible (in both scale and time interval) themes are actually town..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) that (...) Do not forget the monster trucks, race cars and men living with their helmets..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And get rid of those usless cowboy hats. For 1999 i notice that they took the unpatterned cowboy hats ofut of western accessories and put them into the headwear pack -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Castle parts but no castle set. I do have lots of cars so now I just need to build a town. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:37E84B91.5B9A42...rve.com... (...) Below is a list of what TLG have released between 1978 and 1999. This list is by no means exhaustive or the years entirely correct. - Bank (1988, 1997) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd _really_ like to see some sets geared at both boys and girls. None of this pink crap, but some decent imaginary-town stuff. Houses, stores, schools, etc. (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmmm... let's not get depressed here by thinking about what Lego probably will release... how about what we think they *should* release if we had our druthers! I vote for stuff they have either never made or not since the 70's, or are very (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) It's always been like that, as long as I've been on lego newsgroups (tail-end of alt.toys.lego). Town is grossly underrepresented on the net for some reason. I only collect Town (and Train of course, which to me is a subtheme of Town). (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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It's getting to that time of the year when the LEGO range for next year is revealed. Below is a list of Town sets I reckon TLG may release next year. - Airport (Last one released in 1994) - Town House (Last one released in 1990) - Bus Station (Last (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) haven't (...) people (...) At lot of the trains people are really just 'townies' in disguise, look at many of the train sites and you will see just as much 'town' as you will 'train'. I'm going to spend the winter working on a bookshelf town (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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There appears to be two versions of this set. The Lugnet photo shows the set with the Union Jack flag while the instructions show the Netherlands flag (I think). In addition the "Fish and Chip" stall has become "Soep met Worst" and "Books" has (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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in the lugnet picture there is one flag and in the instructions it shows a differnt flag. what gives? were there 2 versions of this set? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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James J. <jejackso@memphis.edu> wrote in message news:FID5Mz.FDp@lugnet.com... (...) line (...) white/red (...) A friend in the States who has a large town layout paints his own roads instead of using regular roadplates. As a consequence he's able (...) (25 years ago, 20-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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