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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:3A7A768D.D51331....com.au... (...) duplo. (...) age of lego (late 80s-early 90s) (...) public. But this wasnt the public was it? I assume by toy fair its the same sort of 'not open to the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: depressing news from the Nuremberg toyfare in Germany
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(...) Get with it lego. If we wanted junorized sets like this we would buy duplo. We want good town sets like the ones that were available during the golden age of lego (late 80s-early 90s) (...) None that they are going to show at that fair anyway (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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The first depressing news from the ongoing toyfare in Nuremberg have made their way to 1000steine.de: - Jack Stone is an overall juniorized city spinoff with creator figures - no other Star Wars sets in 2001 - no train news - Harry Potter sets are (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Racers (was Re: 2001 catalog)
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if you go to lego.com/racers there is an explanation page about them. (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: The Perfect Parts Set: 6776 Ogel Control Center?
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(...) Here's to hoping for a resurgence in Blacktron yellow windshields in 2002! Markus (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: The Perfect Parts Set: 6776 Ogel Control Center?
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(...) Are those "trans-yellow orbs" crystal balls or the bell jars? I'd prefer bell jars, but either in trans-yellow sounds cool. Frank (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.year.2001)
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y'know, this one i'm gonna order from S@H for sure. given the juniorization of lego in general, and the IMHO lack of decent themes these days I, too, am excited about the Alpha Team sets. love all the new minifigs, too -paul (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Yeah, my fear is that hagrid will be a big POOP like the Rock Raider monster. But you never know, a modelled figurine like the dragon with moveable limbs might not be so,bad maybe. Think of the detailed painting they've been doing on the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Huh. Maybe Hagrid will be creator-scale? That would be pretty cool. Although since they use yellow for minifig skin and flesh color for Creator-fig skin, that could seem weird. eric (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Well firstly, I wouldn't buy the sets. I'm more of a collector than a builder and a set with the creator figures has no interest for me. I think they are yucky. Yes, yucky. Secondly, recently on lugnet we heard from some German sources that (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) To me, it would depend on whether or not the sets were full of neat props and pieces that could be used with minifig-scale creations. If not, then I probably wouldn't buy them. Fortunately, someone posted a rumour here a while back stating (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.year.2001)
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During our last meeting, some of my fellow Monlugians (from MonLUG) and I discussed the upcoming Harry Potter theme due out in November. We were thinking that it would contain some very cool parts for Castle and Town MOCs. But then, someone blurted (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Perfect Parts Set: 6776 Ogel Control Center?
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(...) 3 figures: Ogel and two of his soldiers. However, there are three trans-yellow orbs which include skeleton-heads too and two spare of them in the plane. Bye, Christian --- xTI@N. ---...--- Lugnet Member #479 -- The World is full of AFOLs ! (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: LoM 7317 Aero Tube Hangar REVIEW!
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(...) I'm not sure, currently I don't own a scanner or a digital camera but I'll try to get some up on BrickShelf. (...) It's hard to measure force, but you don't need a lot. The transport modules are molded, so only Martians will fit in. I've tried (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) Like a 2x2x2 brown wooden barrel? Nope. Just a hair too big. The problem is the bottom of the tube is notched in (which provides a rail for the sled to ride on). The inner diameter of the tube is just over 2 studs, but because of the notch is (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would like to know the size of the tubes. Can you shoot barrel-sized things through it? (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LoM 7317 Aero Tube Hangar REVIEW!
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"Kevin McMillin" <mcmillins@prodigy.net> wrote in message news:G7u1qv.8D1@lugnet.com... (...) goes (...) How soon can you get a few pictures of this set up? (...) How powerful is the force applied to the sleds in the tubes? Can the transport (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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| | Lego is being mean again!
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Why, lego, must you always tell about websites that don't exist yet in the instructions in sets. When WILL lego.com/alphateam/ be up? Does anyone else hate this? NICK :^L (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.year.2001)
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| | Re: The Perfect Parts Set: 6776 Ogel Control Center?
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(...) Sounds interesting, can't wait to see it. (...) I've got so many of these darn things I don't know if I consider them "nice"... (...) Cool! (...) I assume you mean the slanted braces. Yes, that's nice to get those in red. (...) How many (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.year.2001)
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| | LoM 7317 Aero Tube Hangar REVIEW!
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Well, my 7317 arrived yesterday; had it built by late last night, here goes my review: There are 706 pieces, including: 16 3x1 Purple slopes, 5 Martians (Rigel, Cassiopeia, Arctures, Mizar and Vega) 3 Molded sleds (2 black, 1 glow-in-the-dark) for (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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