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The TRU here in Binghamton had them all too. I only got the Demolition team for the launchers and the worm gear box. ;) -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.year.2001)
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The TRU here in Binghamton had them all too. I only got the Demolition team for the launchers and the worm gear box. ;) -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "D M Garcia" <dmglego@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GA070z.2rL@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ama, lugnet.year.2001)
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Found the whole collection at TRU today in Amarillo -- D M Garcia (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ama, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Heh, someone should start a webpage that chronicles all the bad names (and why they're bad). Just so we don't lose track. :) --Todd (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general)
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(...) one of (...) Which reminds me: To the Dutch, the name 'Znap' actually sounds like 'is fake'. Pretty well chosen name for a toy which soley existed to beat Knex (and failed). Eric (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's what I was referring to in my exclamation: "Are they serious? ...Zooters?!" and "I don't know if I even believe this..." I didn't want to come right out and say it. I'm no history expert. But I figured some people would know what I was (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general)
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(...) Not a licensed theme that I know of. However, their PR department could use a bit of leg work (from a google search for "zooters", from some history site that I forgot to write down). Seeing as the zoot-suit gangsta rap fad just came and went, (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general)
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Ace wrote in message ... (...) According to the Lego "manager" in TRU, there was suppose to be a lot of Alpha Lego but it never arrived. She was suppose to have a 15 foot section at the front of the store devoted to Lego, but..... it never arrived. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.year.2001)
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So far I've only seen the helicopter at the TRU in Pinole, CA. Dave Bradley Dale <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:G9JKJz.44u@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) "January (...) satellite (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) I've seen all of them in the NYC area except the Control Center & The Bomb Squad. Jonathan (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001)
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I haven't noticed any posts about buying Alpha Team sets, despite the fact that LEGO is usually a few days early (or months, as was the case for the "January 2001" sets). Are they not availible yet? I want a big trans-red satellite dish! (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) In your next lego movie, put a blacklight near that transparent light green. That looks REALLY neat! NICK !^/ (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Gimme more trans anything except trans anti freeze, that color is crap :) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I for one won't have to wait until 2002. I just secured a nearly complete Ice Planet collection from E-Bay ;-) The white and trans-orange (gimme more trans-<any-color> anytime ;-) ) will surely find their places in my Space Shuttle (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.space, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Much to my surprise, Racers are kind of cool!!!!!!!! (4567 Surfer)
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(...) How the heck did you use the car brick (2x6 with wheels) on a castle? A friend of mine uses the 2x6 bricks as technic skateboards, though that makes the launcher in the middle virtually useless. I found that the little "gargoyles" make good (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) I agree with your general impressions, except that ... (...) ... this is too high a price to pay for 3 (semi)useful pieces and some rubberbands. I don't count the SPUD/POOP chassis or the soft plastic slammer, because I don't feel they are (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001)
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So, what does 'Zooters' mean? Is it a licensed theme, known in the US? Eric (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general)
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(...) I could nawwwwt believe my eyes when I saw how small those little buggers are. Although I am sooooo not in the target market, it was still disappointing to see. (...) Oh, that's what those ratings are for? OK, that kinda makes sense now. When (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001)
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We have Surfer and Shredd. I was disappointed that the wheels are fixed, since I wanted to make and all-blue racer. My kids found the "slammer" action to be frustrating. It was too hard to actually launch two cars and hit each other. The driver (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: Much to my surprise, Racers are kind of cool!!!!!!!! (4567 Surfer)
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Bradley Dale <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:G9CKIJ.7MF@lugnet.com... I too bought one of these at the weekend. I wasn't that impressed, but my daughter, in the target age range, liked it. (...) The 2x2 curved slope used on the front (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001)
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