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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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|  Posted 09-09-2008 at 17:14
Well..................It's better than nowt.........
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Your-Stonehenge-Running-Press/dp/076242883X
Or is it 
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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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| Posted 09-09-2008 at 23:58
Going back for another look, maybe it is worth the money. (£1-21 + postage)
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Andy B
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|  Posted 10-09-2008 at 00:11
Good one - of course you could rebuild it Lego style to create the megalithic monument of your choice. Do they also sell them in the Stonehenge gift shop? They must shift a fair few units to do them at that price.
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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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| Posted 10-09-2008 at 02:23
Right, I've ordered one, (£4-13p including postage).
Maybe one of our younger members could get one and review it.
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davidmorgan
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| Posted 10-09-2008 at 13:02
I was given one a couple of years ago. It's cute.
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Andy B
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| Posted 10-09-2008 at 13:44
Put up as an ad link - had to be done  Although 5% of £1.30 is erm, not enough for a sugar lump let alone a cup of tea 
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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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| Posted 19-09-2008 at 10:47
Just arrived, I'm surprised how small it is. Slightly bigger than a packet of cigarettes.
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chimera
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 08:26
Yes, the henge builders asked "where do we get the stones?" and were told "you have to roll your own".
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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 09:19
LOL!
Hence the term "I'll just have a drag".
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chimera
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 10:20
They saw the drawbacks as they puffed and pulled on the hemp rope over the grass.
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 11:12
"They saw the drawbacks as they puffed and pulled on the hemp rope over the grass."
Yep. The job specs for Stonehenge were for a four storey monument just West of Portsmouth but they smoked all their rope and said sod it maan, let's build a single storey enigma right here instead.
See Iameffingbarmy.co.uk for more.
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davidmorgan
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 11:51
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Just arrived, I'm surprised how small it is. Slightly bigger than a packet of cigarettes. |
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Did the jigsaw base fit in the box badly? My pieces were bent.
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chimera
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 12:09
[let's build a single storey enigma right here instead. ]
yep, must have been stoned.
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BERNARDQUATERMASS
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| Posted 20-09-2008 at 12:38
Everything is in perfect condition.
Some of the outer ring stones are much shorter than others, would this be to compensate for changes in the contours of the site, and to keep the lintels level?
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davidmorgan
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| Posted 14-12-2008 at 14:54
I'm thinking of getting this cardboard model of Stonehenge:
http://www.moduni.de/product_info.php/products_id/1000123
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