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Frank Buiting wrote in message ... (...) from (...) you think the hats were easy to find - that set is a really tough set to find. I am glad they brought back the cowboy hat. In Idea Book 250, there are some Cowboy hats and other weird pieces that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Even earlier- this set from 1975 got a lot of those hats in it! It's even from the minifig-time the arms and legs were fixed to the body... (URL) western train (1976) even has a better of the hats: (URL) the hat appeared in some town sets also (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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Oh no, cowboy hats are an ooooold and recently resurrected piece. I remember back from the eighties (around '86 probably) when I was kid, I had an ideabook in which some of the minifigs wore cowboy hats, and the sets they came with were so old that (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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The cowboy hat showed up in 1979-80 in the Exxon gas station (URL) Möller wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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If you think that the cowboy hats are ugly and that it was better before without them, well then look here! (URL) a scan from the 1985 catalog, and what is one of the minifigs wearing? If you can´t find him, he´s just about to enter the train door. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I find the best way to "use" the sets is to combine them with the pirate theme (whice I don't have much of) in sort of a "sunken ship" diorama. This enhances the fun of the set a lot. I don't actually understand why this didn't occur more to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.town)
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(...) I must say, wow. Looks like a professional lego set up. Is that red building the bank that showed up around 88 or so? I seem to recall builiding that thing at one point in time in my life. (My legos are about 1700 miles away so I can't check (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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Crossposted to Town, I hope this is okay. ---...--- "It's the blizzard…you'll never outrun it." and then only static emitted from the radio. Kyle can see nothing outside the transport windows and knows he'll never make it back to the base in time (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.town)
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(...) up, (...) driving (...) Agreed! Even an archive of previous pictures would be fantastic! Paul Davidson (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Very nice work... but... Why just the one image? If you need space I am sure someone can hook you up, because these dribs and drabs, removals of the old images, etc, are driving most of us crazy... :-) We want to see everything you've done so (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) the (...) I think LEGO Should have Town (or other juniorized sets) in Junior form & in the old System form. I think they might make some more money (If any LEGO Designers are looking). In 1999 the first LEGO Set I bought was the "Rock Raiders" (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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Are there any Hardcore Town Nuts (for the want of a better term) on ICQ? Time permitting, I always enjoy a good chat with the only other Town Fanatic I know on ICQ. I don't spend much time on the home PC at the moment but I'm always happy to talk (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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Yup...I used a number of blue macroni's... Sanjay PS: Don't know if anyone noticed that minifig with the two suitcases in the photo heading for the City Central Monorail station. If you've seen this minifig please contact Millennium City Police! (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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Nice picture! ;) Keep 'em coming, can't wait to see more! John Matthews Sanjay D'Souza <Sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:387D1E09.7F722A...ail.com... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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Sanjay, (...) OK, I am sitting in my chair again. I would love to have sidewalks like that. Excellent design! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Read carefully- he had a special deal going with an employee of LEGO NZ, and could basically order any pieces he wanted. Tiles are a fairly obvious choice. :D If this is the kind of thing that bulk ordering will make easier, jeez, let's have (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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I must say that looks awesome! I hope you can get somemore shot of that up soon! I love the tile work you have there. And are those blue maccaroni pieces I see? to cool. Jodi (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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That is a sweet picture. I'd like to see a spread of pictures with the Stamford Towers and that square. Where'd you get all those tiles? -- Paul Davidson Sanjay D'Souza <Sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:387D1E09.7F722A...ail.com... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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A close up view of part of Stamford Plaza which used a lot of the bulk pieces I managed to procure from LEGO New Zealand.can be viewed at (URL) black building to the left is Stamford Towers. Stamford Shopping Centre is located on the bottom floor (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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The standard of promotional Town sets released in the last few years offers the only glimmer of hope for Townies. The 1998 Shell Soccer sets were the equal of any Town sets from the regular range while the 1999 Shell sets weren't too far behind. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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