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I wonder what else "Tony Mason" has reviewed? (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) Heh. (...) Of the pieces in the set, only the exhaust pipes even seem exotic to me. In fact, that's why I bought it, to get a pair. Somehow I'd managed not to get them. There is something (to me) un-LEGO about them... they follow such a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) And the set has rotating wheels! Gosh, LEGO has only featured those since 1962. ;) Actually, I don't think this set includes any new pieces--the minifig, the antenna, the spoiler, the wheels, the windshield, the exhaust pipes-- these pieces (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(...) Or perhaps the writer was just deprived or real Lego as a child and had to make do with Brix Blox or some such knock-off. Sean (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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Hi Eric, Perfect - again!! I really love your 8-wide Euro-Trucks! They are so realistic... Go on!! Greetings, Holger ...from Germany P.S. I got my old bricks at home now, but hardly no time to create stuff ;-(( (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, since one of the "non-LEGO" things they refer to is the MINIFIG, one wonders how long it's actually beem since the reviewer played with LEGO. eric (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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(URL) the Extreme Racer, the folks at LEGO have taken their idea of classic interlocking building blocks to the, uh, extreme. The components of this scale-model, off-road buggy are definitely not like the old LEGOs. There are rubber tires, rotating (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.fun, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general)
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Hello, i have a new 8 stud wide minifig tuck posted on brickshelf (URL) eric (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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You are probably right, I admit I can't recall one way or the other. (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) for (...) No, that was the <set:6589 Radical Racer>, wasn't it? (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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In the US it's sometimes a promotional set, as in, TRU tried to GIVE them away with purchase of any $20 Lego set. At one TRU I saw dozens of them sit there for a long long time. It has also appeared bundled with a flimsy plastic mountain for $10 or (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I don't think it's a rare set in the US. I've seen them at Wal*Mart, and I think they're at Kmart and TRU as well. I haven't seen any lately, but I haven't really paid any attention (the set never really interested me.) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Huh. I picked one up at The Construction Site (www.constructiontoys.com) not too long ago. I had no idea that it was supposed to be a promo or rare item, I too just wanted the exhausts. eric (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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This set has been at Zellers for a while now. Is that unusual? According to this page, (URL) this is a promotional/HTO type set. Chrome exhautst pipes look cool (perhaps I could add them to my <set:2148 LEGO Truck>?), I'll try to buy one tomorrow (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) In addition to the difficul;ties of transitioning their design department to a new type of vehicke that would fit a minifigure, Lego also released some sets twice, the first time with the old, unposeable figure, and then again with the new (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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I have been trying to modify the sets that I have that are like this so that the mini-figs actually do fit into the vehical. The only one so far that I really like the way I have modified it is set 554. It is no longer a tractor trailer type of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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(...) ... (...) Well, these all came out shortly after the advent of the minifig. Prior to that, most 'legoland' style vehicles were made without doors or interior for a cab (There may be some exceptions, I forget). At any rate, they were still (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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(...) Hmm... looks good for the most part, but I have one small comment. "Fire Truck Modifications: Added hinged cab and hinge bricks on back unit(*). (*) I'm not sure of this unit's fuction, but I thought the hinges made it more playable." The unit (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) That's a great set! It was also the first time I got any of those single-wheel pieces. Ah, memories! Dave! (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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Some early Town vehicles- <set:602_1 Fire Chief's Car> <set:604_1 Shell Car> <set:606_1 Ambulance> <set:608_2 Taxi> <set:620 Fireman's Car> <set:643_1 Flatbed Truck> <set:644_2 Police Mobile Patrol> (here we see a primitive brick motorcycle that (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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