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(...) Hmmm, I wonder if (to get this back "on topic" for .starwars) if TLG can't acquire a license to "F Troop"...or maybe to "Glory" (but then they'd have to handle race in minifigs, wouldn't they?). Idle speculation, and naturally it's got zero (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Ok, I just think I have to agree with Jonathan on this one. I think that there is interest for the american civil war in europe. I will make my Playmobil reference again. They are a European company and they have civil war sets. See for your (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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(...) It's because the "Wild West" is a genre of interest in Europe, possibly more than it is here. Very much from the mythological "Cowboys 'n' Injuns" POV, rather than real history. The US Civil War isn't of particular interest to Europeans (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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Notice "Follow-Up"... (...) [screech!...] [CRASH!!!] You just hit one of my major pet peeves. *I* am a native American citizen. I am *NOT*, however, of the American Indian ethnicity!!! I was _born_ here in the US of A. _ANYONE_ who was _BORN_ within (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm confused. There's all this talk about how Lego won't do a Civil war theme, because it's American and Lego is European. The thing is, the whole western theme is American, in the first place. The whole cowboys and indians (or Native (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Once upon a time it was evident that Lego was not a war toy, back when the castle and space themes were young, but it seems that with each new theme, or introduction of a sub theme Lego is just beggin' the kids to play war with their Legos. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.western, Damien Nesbit writes: Just to suggest how you might incorporate a variety of time periods into (...) Great Ideas. I think that gives me something to work on. I have been going to Fort Pickens here in Pensacola which is a civil war (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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I to would love to see lando make it into lego. I just think something would be missing if he didn't. About lego not doing civil war sets, I would not rule it out. Remember Playmobil is a european company and they do american civil war figures. Lego (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Hi Gary, that's really interesting. I hadn't heard of those bricks before (and I'm a quite new Lugnet reader, so I missied your old post). Thanks for posting it again! Regards, Ben (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yeah, the message that I'm replying to is a couple months old, but I've gotta add my $.02 'cos this deals with some issues that are important to me. I didn't go back through the .starwars discussions to find where exactly the race issue comes (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Just to suggest how you might incorporate a variety of time periods into one display, consider some of the older cities of the world (especially the european ones that weren't ravished by the bombs of war) that have very antiquated (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.western)
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(...) ...or you could simply buy a 6958 Android Base, which comes with one. ;) (Actually, have any recent sets come with a 32x32 grey baseplate?) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) The set is 9453. Check (URL) under DACTA, 5+ sets. It also has 4 white 2x2 classic windows and a 16x32 grey baseplate (course you can always make your own using scissors.) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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There was also *one* available in 316 Fire Fighting Launch. If you look at the Brickshelf scan of the instructions (URL) the part in question is visible at the bottom of step 6 and the top of step 7. -Cheese (...) out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Yes, yellow is extremely rare today. Luckily, The Construction Site has (had?) a Dacta set that has EIGHT of them in it, so I finally have some. Though buying a $70-80 set for 8 pieces is a bit extreme in my book, I HAD to have them ;-) (NO, I CAN'T (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) As a kid growing up in Detroit in the early 1960's, whenever I got 50 cents or a dollar together I used to go up to the neighborhood bicycle shop, which also carried LEGO. I ended up buying the macaroni brick parts packs in every color (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Town (...) had (...) USA, (...) Master (...) As Gary has said, yes they do exist. I used to be able to (once in a while) play with my Uncle's collection, which included clear macaroni bricks, and a neighbor friend of mine was lucky enough to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Cool! Thanks for the info.! (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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Yes clear do exist. I have "several". If you want to know which set had the most, here it is (thanks to Horst Lehner's cool catalog website). This is the reverse side to the 1961-62 USA Samsonite Catalog, where the parts packs are located. Check out (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Ben, Funny you should talk about the half circle bricks..... I just found my October 29,1999 post here in lugnet.general where I talked about the rarest LEGO bricks. Rather than cross referencing it, I just copied/pasted it below. Enjoy! (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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