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I posted a article a couple days ago about finally being fire hall complete...that is having all the major fire halls Lego has put out in the last 20 years. I was unhappy that I didn't get any response.... positive or negative... hopefully by (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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Cool i'm hoping to get 80's & 90's station complete, i need the set from 87 to do this though. -- Aaron Coghill Fire Cheif - Kyola Department Emergency Services www.geocities.com/kdes_fire/ "ben medinets" <bmedinets@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Do you have them all assembled? It would be neat to see pictures of a little town with nothing but fire halls. How many were there? I have never owned a fire hall. I did have that awesome 1994 firetruck with the extending ladder. Oh, and the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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Ben & All, (...) It happens sometimes! Don't despair! Anyway, (...) Well, I have soem of the fire stations and supplemental equipment, but not everything. here is my list of stations: Have: (URL) have (Town junior no way) (URL) so I have 4 I don't (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I will never be fire station complete because I flat out refuse to purchase any of the newer LEGO fire sets. Since I came out of my Dark Ages, I've bought multiple copies of every fire set, including the first Town Jr fire station, but I'm no (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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Good response Scott.... I wouldn't consider (...) juniorized (IMO)....however you slightly missed one set (URL) Super Rescue Center another juniorized set, but has a pretty nice fire truck with it, a really crappy fire station, but a good starter (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Its too bad you don't have a fire hall...if I were you, I'd buy 6571 Flame Fighters and get that set...it looks pretty good IMO, and the fire apparatus with it are pretty good, especially the fire tender with it....lots of detail goes pretty (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) cool site Aaron...a great example of what a lego fire apparatus fan should do...show off his great apparatus. I really liked your fire department MOC's... hopefully I'll be able to create a heavy rescue truck similiar to what you have for my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well, I may buy some of the new stations if I can ever find them at deep discount (like 75% of :-) But I won't ever be station complete either. Any Town Jr stations I buy will be for PARTS ONLY! Will Bricksburg Fire and Rescue: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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Ben, Dope! I thought I wrote them down correctly, let's see if I can get it now. Should have known better to respond so late to something. Oh well, wait a second, I know what I did, I did not list sets individually. All right, let's try it now: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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OK, Time for my 0.02 worth. I agree with Jeff and Will both. For the longest time, when the 6554 was introduced, I refused to get it because of the Town Jr situation. I guess the 6571 set spoiled me (I now own 11 copies) I ended up buying one (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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Rodney & All, (...) Indeed. (...) against (...) $10.00? Curses to you, sir!!! ; ) (...) Indeed. I am severely disappointed with how the town sets have come out. that is why most of my money goes to part sales / old sets. Scott S. -- Personal Page: (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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I guess that's the real messed up about the whole situation. I think I agree with you that Juniorization should be stopped, and that no one should buy these sets, and I think Lego knows the general position of AFOL's, and that is why they stopped (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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I think he means he bought the Blaze Brigade for $10. I bought one for $30 - it was MISB from E-bay last year, and another one six months ago that had been missing pieces for $15. $10 isn't bad, but it is typical for sets like this. Not too bad for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ben,i am 80's(most 2 or more each) and 90's(Jr's for parts only) complete but only 590 from '77.However my big question is to everyone is how many of the sets of the roll up doors do you have.Through my sets and BB/Ebay i have over 3 dozen (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Interesting follow-up. I only have 1 each of: 6382, 6385, 6389, and 6561. I am trying to get another 6561 (flame fighters) so I can combine the two flame fighters together and have an amazing downtown fire headquarters, but at the moment, I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hey Ben,wow on that 5187 that is cheap!I have enough fire stations however.I have a front only downtown 3 bay,a nighborhood 3 bay that matchs my houses(6 doors ,3 front 3 back so they can come in the back) and a 4 bay airport(8 doors same as (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I nearly forgot the garage door included on the Century Skyway...silly me. That is a great set, and don't regret ever purchasing it. I already had the 6392 Airport, but the Skyway was mandator since it had a nice control tower, that I could (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ben,Yep skyway is a great set.I have parts for my MOC airport from 3 copies of that set including 3 of the 10 sets of doors. As for the monorail lets just say i have been collecting those sets for 14 years(first one in 1987)so i didn't have to (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Garage door, now lego should put the SP back out, or make a bulk pack! I'd be happy... Josh (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Yep me too.I could give all my houses garages and up the property values in my lego town:-) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) do you guys think this will happen...I thought it was interesting that a set like this came out...I forgot about I guess. Thank heavens for that on-line scan of the UK (actually Euro) Service Catalogue. I share your sentiment, this service (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And I would be bankrupt from all the sets I would be buying. (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) That would be great, I'd like yellow, red, clear, trans. light blue, white, and blue doors. Oh, and also black. I'd like to update my Warehouse, city garage, car garage, and fire halls. Josh P. S. FUT to lugnet.dear-lego (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Chris & All, (...) Indeed. But it would be a good problem to have, IMO. : ) Scott S. -- Personal Page: (URL) Index Page: (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) So would I. I spent less then $200 on LEGO last year, and most of that was for BrickWars items. Since I came out of my Dark Ages 12 years ago, this is an all time low spending record. On the plus side, I've had extra money to spend on other (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Not I...I've spent the most on Lego the last two years, and find myself lately buying a lot of classic town items on E-bay. I have a lot of the "nicer" designed sets in the last couple years, like the Bank and Cycle Shop, Cargo Center, Coast (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I flat out refuse to purchase LEGO on eBay, nor do I use BrickBay. In fact, I've only placed one order with LEGO S@H and that was years ago to buy train track and other train related items. Perhaps I'm not the typical Internet AFOL, but I feel (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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