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(...) I think most of us agree. However, Town Jr's place should NOT be to replace regular town models. It should be an addition instead of a replacement. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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I'm not intending to open a can of worms here, but up until now I've remained silent on the TownJr. bashing. Here's the way I see it: I took the kids to TRU yesterday and picked up a couple of smaller sets. My 2 1/2 year old son is as fascinated (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ahh, you want the lugnet.town group, since Paradisa is a play theme within the LEGO Town System. (...) I added lugnet.town to the 'Newsgroups' line on this message and set the 'Followup-To' to lugnet.town as well. --Todd (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yup. It is slightly longer than the Atlantis from Launch 'N Load Seaport. I'm glad I got three extra copies of 6560. That is a great set! Jeff P.S. I don't know how big the USS Constellation is, so I'm not including it. (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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[lugnet.people snipped from ng list] (...) Good point. The lack of detail is doubly-disappointing, because the boats are the biggest point of variation between the sets.[1] In a way, they are the reason to get *all* the Divers sets. Is the ship in (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37ea56bc.9033064@lu...et.com>... (...) I have all the Divers sets, too, except the one with metroliner front as a cabin. I like them much, especially during this sad times of juniorization. The most irritating thing is (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.town)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37E8E7A7.89911D78@x...il.com>... (...) ...snip... (...) the immovable minifigs (...) Try putting those old cowboy hats on a new minifig. They end up looking like some sort of novelty hat a clown wears to a rodeo. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) See, there's a reason I bought 19 6444s.... Good thing KB Toys realized that $9.99 was the wrong price for them, I might have bought even more... (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Really? I love Divers, but I was disappointed by the set designs. Not that the models were bad, they were very good. There was too much repetition between the sets. Too many nearly-identical submersibles. Too many SPUD[1] rafts. Almost every (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.people, lugnet.town)
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Thomas Main wrote in message <37E8EA09.AD9F5011@a...te.edu>... (...) reverse (...) WW (...) (URL) the other ones: (URL) we can easily conclude that there were a western line way before the WW ,that we know today, introduced. Selçuk (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And what about 617 from 1976 ? Benjamin Whytcross b_whytcross@hotmail.com (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) You're right Frank - I guess it's that I don't have any of the old Pigtails hair. Wish I did! And yes, I use the long female hair for guys too (makes great renaissance italian gentlemen for SCA setups) nd I suppse you could use the ponytail (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'm holding out for lots and lots of 2x2x5 girders!!!! Paul Sinasohn, who needs them for the drop tower (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37e920bc.214463...net.com... (...) My only complaint with the monorail accessories (a very minor one at that though) is the fact that the support bases are too big ie 6 x 6 studs. It (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) How about an El-train accessory pack? With tall stands and parts to make supports for an urban train. Steve (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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Frank Filz: (...) "middle"? - The guy at the bar with black hair and sunglasses? (see <URL:(URL)) - The girl in red and white striped sweatshirt? (see <URL:(URL)) - Mike behind the bar? (see <URL:(URL)) - The brown haired girl in blue dancing in the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) In some parts of the U.S. you would need a lot of cowboy hats for a modern scene (there are almost certainly many many more cowboy hats worn today than in the late 1800s out west). The comment about female hair styles should have been all (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) the "big head" cowboys. Looks pretty funny. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Or go back to 1975 and check out set 365 (Wild West Scene). Looks like the WW prototype. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Take a look at this train set from '76: (URL) seem to recall another older western town that had cowboy hats too - kinda like the Town Plan with a cardboard layout board and western buildings on it. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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