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Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:H6Cq0B.EM0@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) every (...) them (...) hubs (...) I still have a large Britains farm set in the roof. It seems odd Lego have never really done much (outside Duplo) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I agree. Even if there were farming sets for Town, I suppose they'd enjoy great acceptance. I would surely buy some - and I'm a city-boy, not a farmer :-) I do recall going to the UK once and noticing that there were a number of farming toys (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, they do. The tractor was my first technic set, and my third all-time favourite, behind the space shuttle and the 8860 car chassis (my second technic set). ROSCO (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) ITTTAPG! (I think that they are pretty good!) I love the arch detail on the fire station, and the ornate detailing on the old bank captures gold rush extravagance. NB: There has been some discussion about how slow Brickshelf is of late. Your (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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(...) connectors to put snotwise detail on vertical surfaces. Just gorgeous. In terms of images, I definitely favour smaller files and faster load times in my own images, aiming for a 50k max (alright, maybe a 60k absolute max) and I keep upping the (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town)
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I have finally got around to putting up some images of two historic facades I have done recently: (URL) in a magnificent display of patience waited until the brickshelf folder was moderated before posting this message, so no need to post deep links (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town) !!
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(...) So, be welcome to join us. You'll see that even if many are writing in the Shakespeare language, many are non english native. Do you have some pictures of your town, it's always interesting to see what others are doing. And sometimes it gives (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) There are certainly less farmers. The FFA has renamed itself to, well, FFA, and dropped Future Farmers of America. In a typical club nobody will actually grow up to farm--much like Boy Scouts won't actually need to survive in the wilderness. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I didn't say they _are_ boring. I said that I used to _think_ they were boring. Back when I was a kid. That was just a childhood memory talking. That's why I asked the question about today's kids. Sure, I think they're interesting now, but do (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, but they say nothing about what the effective upper limit for a TLC set would be. Other than some very one of a kind specials, TLC isn't going to be interested in a trying to market a set with an audience of less than 100. Frank (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Allan Bedford wrote in message ... (...) My experience with selling custom kits is that I do *better* with large, expensive kits. My most expensive kit was the Hospital at $389 and 2400 pieces, and it moved much faster than the cheaper kits I've (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3DE6D91F.1BA78DCE@m...ng.com>... (...) I don't think so. The ISD has 3104 pieces... my Hospital at about 2400 pieces sold for $389. Lego ought to be able to do it cheaper than me :-) Now if you're talking about a model (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't let T.J hear you say tractors are boring :-). His articulated one isn't boring. A tracked articulated tractor would be even better. (...) I used to have Britains toys as well. I had a Unimog breakdown lorry, two tractors, One small and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) That tractor was by a long way my favourite of the first Technical sets. I loved the fact that you could build three different tools for the back and I remember using my Britains farm toys (they used to sell very well so there certainly was a (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Yes, probably not the most exciting list I could have come up with. O.K. How about a junk yard, a race track, an automotive repair shop, an amusement park.... Towns all have those exciting things, right? :) (...) I built such realistic (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) As I kid I loved construction toys. The original Expert Builder line included a crane, a forklift, a bulldozer and a tractor. While the first three were interesting to me, I thought the tractor was boring. Do kids really like farming toys? I'm (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm glad you noticed the details and inside jokes. Thanks for your remarks. Eric (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Yea, that's what I was getting at. And even the Blacksmith shop would normally be a $60 set (I'm real curious as to why it is such a bargain). At $60 I think the Blacksmith shop would be a hard sell for kids. Now take some of these larger AFOL (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) I suspect that such things appeal more to adults than to kids. Games like cops-and-robbers or playing with model cars, planes and fire engines all pre-date Lego or are successful as non-Lego toys, so it is hardly surprising that a Lego police (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:H6B7uD.5st@lugnet.com... (...) sets. (...) think (...) was a (...) this? Not trying to answer for Frank, but I understood him to mean that while the Blacksmith Shop is a great (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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