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(...) I think I too agree that this is the same baseplate (new color) that graced the recent Avdenturers "Egypt" theme, a "classic" $29.99 set whose name escapes me (saw them at KMart before the August clearances hit) that had a kind of overgrown (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Is this a possibility?...
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(...) Not a bad idea (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.year.2000, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Whoaah! Someone at TLC needs a wakeup call! I didn't ever recognise it as LEGO (I first checked the 'recent uploads' at Brickshelf before I read this post). What is LEGO thinking? What marketing research do they have to back this up? "If we (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Ooooooh! This Racers! Nice high detailed Model Team sets! (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) I wonder if they have "Made in Taiwan" written on them somewhere... ~Nathan =) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is this a possibility?...
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(...) In Australia 1278 and 1280 are available off the store shelf (sans candy). AFOL groups should get together and organise 'sister' clubs in other countries to help with trading sets only available in certain areas, rather than waiting for Lego (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.year.2000, lugnet.general)
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| | Is this a possibility?...
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Okay, I was browsing through lugnet.adventurers when I remembered four sets that came out through a Japan Candy Company. (Kabaya??) I don't know if it a realistic possibility, but it there any chance of getting these sets in the U.S. and available (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.year.2000, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) That's gonna be kind of hard with these(1). They only appear to have "imitation" studs. Gak. 1 - I know you know that, I'm just whinging. ++Lar (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Or, better yet: collect all eight, and doubles of some, and build something new and cool and utterly unlike anything dreamed of by the people who designed the sets. (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) "Collect All 8?" Whatever happened to good old "Get the one you like best, and build something new if you get bored?" (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Looks like they are after the "mum, can I have that ?" market. Cheap enough for the parent to give in, and look there is 8 in the set. All getting very HTO/Impulse purchase orientated. It's worked for fast food retaurants/breakfast cereal (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Yep... my initial reaction was literally "ewwwwwww". And it's only getting worse the more I look at it! (...) Well - I didn't like them *that* much more... but at least they were still *lego*... (...) It's so much fun, isn't it? ;-) I do it (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Wow. Those ARE bad. Are you sure you didn't get hold of some McDonalds advance planning stuff? Those look like something you get in a Happy Meal, not something that has anything to do with building. Sigh. However, remember that Lego has had a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) It's not a bad idea in terms of concept only -- but it went sour fast in the implementation. It should have been more Big Daddy Roth and less junior, or Duplo, or whatever...blech...(insert fake rubber vomit here). And I really don't see the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | New 2001 Lego Racers
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I just got my Nov.-Dec. Mania magazine in the mail yesterday, and inside was an ad for the new Lego Racers. Y'know, those ugly little critters we saw artist's conceptions of (in the 2001 catalog, I believe). Well, they have the actual sets in there, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Greek Mask Question (was Re: here comes the next wave of 2001 sets...)
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Mr. Istok: Since you have a pair of the better educated eyes on the subject, what scale do you imagine this green greek-style pop-eyed mask to be? The direct link should be here: (URL) would be so great to have this mask in minifig scale AND in gold (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Other new Lego for next year
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(...) For 1200$ I would expect more than a few large hull pieces with a motor. More life 5000+ pieces and a motor :-) Kev Z #142 (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: The minifigs don't fit in the vehicles!
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(...) In addition to the difficul;ties of transitioning their design department to a new type of vehicke that would fit a minifigure, Lego also released some sets twice, the first time with the old, unposeable figure, and then again with the new (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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| | Re: The minifigs don't fit in the vehicles!
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I have been trying to modify the sets that I have that are like this so that the mini-figs actually do fit into the vehical. The only one so far that I really like the way I have modified it is set 554. It is no longer a tractor trailer type of (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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| | Re: The minifigs don't fit in the vehicles!
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(...) ... (...) Well, these all came out shortly after the advent of the minifig. Prior to that, most 'legoland' style vehicles were made without doors or interior for a cab (There may be some exceptions, I forget). At any rate, they were still (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.town, lugnet.year.1978)
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