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| (...) Harry Potter, Alpha Team, Studios and Life on Mars are all available in stores, though LOM will probably be gone soon. I've seen a few Sculptures at TRU. I completely agree with the point of this post, though. I buy all of my LEGO from stores. (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Actually most Star Wars and other Science Fiction type vehicles use some form of anti-gravity. Thus negating the the need for lifting surfaces like wings. As for Star Wars stuff never sustaining itself in a proper atmosphere . . . um, have you (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| "Michael Arrighi" <michael_arrighi5543...yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H0L9FC.4JE@lugnet.com... (...) <big snip> (...) that (...) asked (...) want (...) There was a time when TLC _defined_ what the latest fad was - Pirates were a huge hit, but I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Well, this is particularly new for me, because I don't go a a TRU every other weekend. Even during the holiday season, It's hard to find good sets at a decent price. Heck, most of the newer lines are too juniorized or overspecizliaed, and (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| Howdy! LEGO is simply not interested in cornering the building toy market, or at least can't figure out how since 1997s slide into tepid product. Fisher Price, Mega Blocks, Best Lock and a myriad of other companies are stealing what should be TLCs (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| Hello to everyone! This is my first post to lugnet I finally got my first MOC done. Please tell me what you think of it. (URL) a lot! Evan R. Brickton.net (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) Which is fairly normal for the summer as stores clear out stock in anticipation for big pre-holiday orders. Summer is generally the slowest time for toys as there are no major gift-giving holidays. (...) Uh, pardon me for asking, but what rock (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Hi Matt, I wholeheartedly sympathize with you. There are no classic style town, space, castle, or pirate sets to be found in the retail stores. It is both sad and annoying. (...) I completely agree with you on this. Why must Lego constantly (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) I view the 'Island Xtreme'Stunts as a subtheme of Town. They're about the closest Lego has come to producing old fashioned, 'System'-style city sets. Regards, Michael (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Why is Island Xtreme Stunts not a Town subtheme? (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| Yeah, I knew this question was going to be asked sooner or later, so I guess I'll have to ask it now. You see, I took a trip to my local wal-mart the other day to pick up some school supplies (and hopefully some extra sets to stock up on), when I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| *silence, with gaping jaw* Wow, a lotta stuff here. I'll save you the long version, which unfortunately includes a lot of gibbering -- here's the short version: Your semis -- The mirrors are really very clever. As are the little steps under the cab (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) I'd have to say this is my favorite of your new models. It's rare to see a motor home posted, (I remeber Mark Sandlin's Space Winnebago) and this one is very nice. Excellent details for a 4-wide intereior Do you actually own this motor home? (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| Bill, nice work! Many many details. (...) I like this truck a lot, 6 wide....something I havent tried. Works great. I like the angled lights on the bottom of the trailer. (...) I am intrigued by this one. I have never seen a truck like that (or have (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) WOW!-those are some great vehicles! I especially like: "black 6-wide truck with refrigerated trailer" because of the use of pieces-the cab just really 'works' & it looks very sharp "deluxe Class C Motorhome" because of excellent use of tight (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| I've built a number of models recently that haven't shown up on the web until now. This is the first batch. Most of these are vehicles I created for the BayLUG town vehicle contest in June. (URL) black 6-wide truck with refrigerated trailer. (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Agreed. Nice use of the curved pieces, and the Slave I canopy on the fire engine! (...) Disagreed, because by that measure a huge percentage of .space postings would also be .town. "Futuristic" tends to fall under .space's purview, if (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) find in Lugnet. Both those movies were inspirations for these vehicles. Thanks for the comments. Jamie www.ozbricks.com/jneufeld (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town)
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| (...) (snip) (...) - Unfortunatly no. It's only 2-wide inside because of the slope in the back. (snip) (...) Thanks a lot! Pierre (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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| (...) selective compression. However I haven't seen them with this type of bumper--the ones in California generally have a different style. The LEGO equivalent would be a stack of three 1x4 bricks with a 1x4 tile printed with diagonal stripes on it (...) (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.town)
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