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Hi, I just called and got 4. Price with shipping about 45 pounds, or $18 each with shipping. A bargain. Thanks much for the phone number. Again, from the US it is 011 44 161-881-3906 Sorry Larry, you'll have to find some other fool, I mean buyer, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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As far as i now there are 3 women and man @ Busy Bee, it must get very busy there as 300 Hopper cars are gone within 3 Days, that must be a craze of these hopper cars, Lego must design more of these Did you know that the 8880 have gone down to £55 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Michael Edwards wrote in message ... (...) are (...) That is what she told me although things were pretty crazy when I called. At least two people could be heard in the background. I am just hoping that my order did indeed get processed! Mike - (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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They have very little now, They also will be tring to get the other sets from Europe, also some 3225 Classic train as the 2150 Station. Is it at the end of October that they are getting them in. They said Lego haven't given them a shipping date yet! (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Jason M Normand wrote in message ... (...) Influx? (...) site. (...) A toy store in the UK by the name of Busy Bee got some old stock from somewhere. Busy Bee will ship to the US but shipping is rather expensive, on my order it was about 40% of the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Busy Bee. I think they still have some. You can find their number if you search for it here via the web interface. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Originally this message was about some LEGO train cars. It is time AFOL (`Adult Fans Of LEGO' for the new readers) take action that prompts a change in the business practices of The Lego Group (TLG). This message started out as a posting about some (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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John, Larry, Derick... thanks a lot for your help. I think I go with the most impure solutions: electrical tape and exacto knife. This because I don't like to keep the tracks one stud apart. My Lego ethic too doesn't preclude removing parts, after (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello Jason; I have just started buying and with LEGO since MindStorms came out. Sadly, I now developed another LEGO addiction after picking up a new LEGO passenger train (forget the set number) the other week. Even more sad is this; the set (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Could anyone fill me in as to the source of the 4536 Blue Hopper Car Influx? There seem to be dozens of these floating around in every major acution site. but i am unaware of where all these new sets are coming form. Thanks Jason M Normand The (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I did. Nice interior work, mine is empty. I measured the HO scale caboose to come up with the scale and it is pretty close my model; however, these shots do make it look to tall (I am going to try and get some better shots of these (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Interesting caboose. Have you seen mine? It's been around a while and I think I got the height a bit closer. It also has a wide cupola but it is a bit older in appearance due to the window choices I made. (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) For browsing it is probably very close. On downloads you really notice the difference. - - Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) NICE! My 256k DSL is speedy but *that* must be blinding{:^D -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I keep forgetting to trim things down for speed. I just reloaded all of the images with some compression and saved the page title as a GIF to make the pages come up faster. I'm on a 768k DSL connection so I don't really notice these things. Scott (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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I have posted some new images to my web page. A couple of pictures of the trolley crossing project, a caboose, and a modified engine from the new train set #6561 (These are on the PROJECTS page). These are the first images I have put up and am not (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes, I noticed them yesterday and I *like* them{:^D -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Was hoping you would catch that. Wonder if John has looked at any of the alt tags yet. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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Gee thanks for the alt tag on this one: (URL) at least it's my good side. Paul Foster wrote: <Gee, Larry IS smart... or at least he knows basic HTML from 2 years back, anyway> Warning: That may not be a completely accurate paraphrase but it's the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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(...) especially (...) That's still too big! I try to keep thumbnails under 5Kb, usually 1 to 2Kb. My connection's pretty slow... Larger images should be under 10Kb, and I try to keep full size images (640x480+) between 20 and 50Kb. (...) Which (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.publish)
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