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Re: More on the decline of LEGO quality.... [long]
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lugnet.year.2001
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Sun, 7 Jan 2001 13:12:12 GMT
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Jonathan Mizner wrote:
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> In lugnet.general, Tim Culberson writes:
> > ----Note: FUT: lugnet.year.2001 (I figure this is probably the best
> > place but feel free to change :)----
> >
> > ...Sorry if this has been discussed but I was pondering today on the
> > subject of the LEGO catalogs.
> >
> > We've all yakked lots about how LEGO designs are becoming juniorized,
> > cheap, smaller, less interesting, blah blah blah...but what about the
> > LEGO catalogs? Although I was certainly younger at the time, I remember
> > being just fascinated looking at the catalogs of the lat 80's and early
> > 90's themselves because of all the inspiring and interesting scenes that
> > were created. They gave meaning and purpose to all of the various sets
> > in a particular theme such that the sets belonged together!
> >
> >
> > Two years later....
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1989/c89nl/c89nl-23.html
> > I start making up stories about the minifigs within 10 seconds of seeing
> > this photo.
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> > > Any thoughts?
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> Sorry to have to post again, but what is that car/vehicle lift in that
> picture? Is that a real set, or just a one-time Lego piece to fit in with
> the scene? Does anyone know?
I believe that it and the shell gas station on the baseplate next to it
were all part of one set, the metro park and service tower.
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