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This may be one of the single greatest finds of my LEGO collecting Career. Following a tip from a kind soul who emailed me and told me the location of several 6706 Frontier Patrol ((URL) I went up to Montreal, Quebec and found a gold mine. Sitting (...) (23 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Congratulations Nate on your find. I'm certainly envious of the good fortune that allows you to scoot across the border in order to cheaply increase your troop strength. I was browsing through BrickShelf last night and saw some of the fruits (...) (23 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Thanks for the compliments Greg. I got a chance to scoot across the border again this weekend and picked up another 23 #6706. I think I wiped the store out this time. They didn't seem to believe they had anymore in the back. This brings the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.western)
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Nate, This is a tremendous find, how far did you have to drive to get to Montreal< If you crossed state or international lines for the sole purpose of getting Lego, then you my friend are the man! Jon (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) Well Jon, I did cross international lines for the sole purpose of buying Lego. From here in Plattsburgh, NY it is about a 1 hr. drive to get to Montreal. Crossing the border back into the U.S. was quite an interesting experiance though... (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.western) !!
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(...) With a story like that and you still didn't get pulled out of the car and strip-searched? That guard probably later started thinking about what you said and the NEXT college student who says he's crossing the border "just to buy LEGO" will (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.western)
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(...) LOL, I guess someone needs to x-post this to .general as a warning to everyone else! Maggie C. (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.western, lugnet.general)
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THIS... This is an AMAZINGLY funny story. If I can figure out easily how to do it, I am going to cite my first highlighted post ever. If the timing of my reading had been otherwise, I'd have been spitting Irish Breakfast Tea out my nose... -- (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-02, to lugnet.western)
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