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The Brickheads Bulletin
Last update, 8 June 2001
The Brickheads Bulletin is in temporary hiatus while I move to Tallahassee, Florida. See you in September! --DaveL (stinglessbee at hotmail)
Local news
Carl has listed brickbay and other online LEGO shops based in Australia. Very handy!
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| I have compiled a list of Australian Brickbay Shops & their owners. (URL) to everyone who provided details. (let me know if you would like any of your details changed.) Some facts: 16 shops in total 7 (known) shop owners are LUGNET members. 5 shops (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | LEGO is re-releasing LEGOLAND, starting with the Guarded Inn!!!
| | | | And the July Surprise is...
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| Okay, so it's still June. Let's just say that we're as eager to announce this as you are to hear about it. So without further ado... LEGO Direct is pleased to announce the arrival of a new product series: LEGO Legends. LEGO Legends are reissues of (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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| | Bionicle have arrived downunder: collect them all!!!
(or don’t, obviously)
| | | | Canisters wash up at BigW Macq
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| What is it about BigW Macq? Is it 'cause I work there or is it simply 'cause it's the closest W to LAHQ? Either way Bionicle are now in. 5 copies of each of the six Toa are on shelves tonight ($11.83 at BigW). Tommorrow I'll go in early morning and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | LEGO is re-releasing some old sets: bring on LEGOLAND! (Actually quite unlocal, but anyway.)
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| | The June OzLUG meeting in Melbourne is taking shape...
| | | | Venue located for June lego meet!
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| Hi everyone It's taken longer than I thought, but I have finally secured a venue for the Queens Birthday long weekend Lego meet. The venue is the Brunswick South West Uniting Church on Union Street, Brunswick. We have the hall from midday on Sunday, (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Mel has assembled on one page all the (divulged) info on Aussie fans of LEGO
| | | | Australian Roll Call ~ All on one page!
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| Hello now you all can see the Australian Roll calls all on one page. There is a lot of info there so I just posted the posts :). If I missed you out, sorry! just email me or read the instructions up the top of the page... Thanks... Mel The link is: (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | New sets now available at ozBricks.com
| | | | Re: Trains question.
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| (...) Ozbricks.com has them in stock now, so there must be a supply somewhere. It will be interesting to see if LA can manage to get some now! BTW Both LA and Ozbricks are out of straight track, LA should have more sometime in June. I am slightly (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Local shopping
Unlocal but anyway -- kidstoysplus.com ships internationally: good for discontinued lines.
| | | | ... and shipping to Australia
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| I have recently found and contacted a store in America who sell quite a bit of LEGO (and other toys) and also LEGO that has now left our shelves! (ie this is mainly for Star Wars fans) This store also... ships to Australia! :) I am sure most (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Michael Golaszewski has started up http://www.ozbricks.com, where you can buy LEGO online. Features some Australian exclusives (like the S@H Sculptures), and $5 delivery anywhere in Australia
| | | | Re: Remember www.l***.au.com ?
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| Hello and thanks for your comments :) legOZ, ahh, that name never crossed my mind, but it's very clever. Although I would not be able to register it as it contains the lego trademark. If anyone hasn't been to ozBricks.com yet, read on. From now (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Large LEGO sets are available online from Kmart
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| | SYSTEM Trains available from LEGO Australia
| | | | The 9V Train Price List from LA
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| Ok, I'm not going from memory this time :) 4515 Straight Rails $25 4520 Curved Rails $25 4533 Snow Plough $18 4519 Rail Crossing $25 4541 Maintenance Vehicle $26 4548 Transformer and Speed Regulator $80 4553 Train Wash $60 4557 Container Crane $60 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Deidre tracked down the service packs that LA still has
| | | | Re: Lego Australia Question...
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| (...) LA had sold out of pretty much all their Service Packs earlier this year and said there wouldn't be any more coming in, but more did come in recently (leftovers from somewhere, SPs are no longer produced). Found out by accident, they sent a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | ... and an update
| | | | Updated list of Service Packs at LA
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| Pretty much the same as I posted in December except the following are no longer available: 5024 Duplo Stop/Start Rail 5088 Duplo Long Bricks 5235 Technic Large Beams with Holes 5228 Technic Small Beams and Plates with Holes 5203 Technic Alloy look (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Local events
- 20 May 2001
- BUGS #5, Gold Coast
- June long weekend, details coming into focus
- Welcome to sunny Melbourne, your host-city for interstate trade, rivalry and discussion of all things LEGO.
Galactic Brikwars II: The Space Pirates Revenge, or Johnny Thunders must die!!
Local links
- (The group formerly known as LegOz)
- STUDS, the Sydney Lego Users Group
- BUGS, the Brisbane & Region Lego Users Group
- LegOz Victoria (MUGS), the Melbourne Lego Users Group
- AdeLUGs, the Adelaide Lego Users Group
- TasLUG, the Tasmanian Lego Users Group
Always local
Local people have local LEGO
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