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(...) I had a Holiday Station in mind too, but no car was there eather. But what if minifigs can get their car fixed there? Don't worry about that though, couldn't fit the garage in the small area, think about the 8 pumps there allready! I'm just (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hey i was going to come to GATS, but my dad decided that we didn't need to see my sister, because we saw her 2 weeks before... Oh well. Josh (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I agree. (...) ? The North American catalog only charges taxes if you live in CT. (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) WHy not have the Jack Stone crap for the step after duplo, as Lego says, but also have classic town at the same time? Doesn't seem so far-fetched to me. (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) remember (...) Might be saving money on shipping, but not on Lego. I have wondered for years why Shop At Home feels they need to charge so much for their Lego. Aside from selling below retails and messing up competition and such, S@H should be (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) c /Michigan/Southern Michigan/ as Josh lives in da UP, eh? We keep trying to talk him into coming down for a show but it's 500 miles from Houghton to Detroit, so... (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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Lindsay & All, (...) Indeed. You gotta watch out for those Amoco / BP (My dad always called it Bachelor Provisions) bums. Not even a car wash, huh! ; ) Competition is always a good thing, especially in the gas station market, a lot of $$ there. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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Josh & All, (...) Ha! try 6 large gray baseplates, pal! ; ) Just kidding, it looks great, from what I have seen so far. < snipped descriptions > Looks really good, Josh. My only thing I have left to do is my interior, which I have not had a chance (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) So you think it makes more sense for Lego to charge $8.49 for that set? What if I want 10 $3.99 sets? If I get whacked for the shipping each and every time, I might as well order them seperately, which means it will cost LEGO the absolute most (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) lol, I got 3 wild west soldiers next to mine! i got a cop up the road, and a pistol under the counter too :-) I don't know about the shows though, its built into my town, but it may be able to be removed temporarly. Josh (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) and get this into a setup with Scott Sanburn's awesome Shell station--I can see these two on opposing corners, duking it out for business...;) Nice to know there's competition in the lucrative filling station market! (However, Scott's station (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) other (...) Well it sucks! At least in Canada, where a "3.99 US" set has $4.50 US shipping. And they the want our taxes in US$..... Now I never use S@H, even though I would use it every month if not for the misleading and unreasonable princing (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Here are 5 preview shots of my large (17 inch X 30 inch base size) Amoco Gas station. Not much to talk about yet, skip to bottom for the pictures if you don't want to read: In the first picture the black things at the top are actully the doors to (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I don't think that there is any danger that Lego will go under; its status as the icon/juggernaught of construction toys is still secure, although perhaps not what it once was. LD really has the potential to turn the whole company around. I'm (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I won't fight you on this point. (...) Nope. Town and city are long gone and aren't being replaced. (...) Not true. If you read the boxes of the Jack Stone series you'll notice this: 'Ages 4 and up'. Name me the last town set that was made (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) ill have to agree with you on the first part, but with the things getting better, i really cant say at this time. with the downsizing and higher expense of these newer sets, people might get turned off by them. if that happens, Lego will loose (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) ill have to agree with you on the first part, but with the things getting better, i really cant say at this time. with the downsizing and higher expense of these newer sets, people might get turned off by them. if that happens, Lego will loose (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm not pleased with the direction that Lego has taken in the retail market over the past 4 years, but I'm thrilled with the Legends and Sculptures lines, and pretty happy about Classics and Bulk. I also think that things are only getting (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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i forgot to mention he Sopwith Camel looks great. its probably the best set in the book. at $50, its a bargain. joe (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Not only that, but it works out so that if you buy a lot of sets (if you're an AFOL with expendable cash for example!) you're saving money with lego's new shipping policy. -Shiri (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.town)
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