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I have found a town completely devoid of any AFOLs. Proof: set 383 being on
the shelf of a toy store for 25 years without being bought!!!
The town is Helsingborg in Sweden, the shop is a combined
bicycle-and-toy-shop(at Södergatan/Bollbrogatan).
This shop has 1000's of old toywares (like lots of Playmobil and LEGO), and
nothing is newer than 1995. I've done some very nice buying there for the
last couple of weeks (6080, 6384, Fabuland etc.), but still there are so
many old LEGO sets left on the shelves - not to the prices 25 years ago, but
only slightly updated (e.g. 6080 for 698 SKr = 70$, originally 59$ in 1984).
As I have strained my financial means seriously now, I'm giving the address
to this gem to the LUGNET community, so other AFOL's can have their dreams
come through.
There is Classic space (e.g. 6951, 6952), classic town (e.g. 6395, 6384,
4021), train (4564), classic castle (e.g. 6080, 6011, 6059), pirates (6273,
6276, 6285), basic boxes (e.g. 566, 577, 733), blacktron 1 complete,
blacktron 2, space police 1, m:tron and lots of old Duplo.
The owner is a little old man who only opens the shop when he feels like it,
mostly in the afternoons. Shopping there claims a lot of patience: first
waiting for the shop to open (yesterday I sat at the churchyard across the
street reading a book for a couple of hours until he opened), secondly to
get to pay for your finds. His first priority is repairing bikes, then
talking about the weather to his friends; servicing costumers are long down
the list.
And bring your own bags, unless you want your precious MISB sets to be put
in recycled plastic or paper bags with traces of chain-oil from the bikes.
And don't wear your finest white summerdress!
If any of you goes to this shop, please write here at LUGNET about it!
many kind regards
Arne, Copenhagen
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Here's some more contact info etc.:
Ekstrands Cykel o. Leksaksaffär
Söderg. 18
252 25 Helsingborg
+46-(0)42-21 53 27
You can use the Swedish OnLine phonebook Gula Sidorna (yellow pages) to locate
the store on a map:
http://www.gulasidorna.se/
Then my recollection of dealing with this particullary store and it's owner.
When I first received news that Arne had found this treausre in Sweden, I
e-mailed him asking for the adress and such, which he gave after visiting once
more.
I decided to drive there (about six hours by car from my home). Needless to
say, my SO was not pleased with the idea of me driving 12h alone, and quite
frankly neither was I. But I saw it as a cool thing to do. I set out towards my
sisters home with the intention to sleep over there and thus shortening the
trip. Alas I got hold of my brain and thought the whole thing was a bad idea.
It would cost me almost $100 US to get there and back and since I build mainly
my own things and have little interest in official models, even if they are old
MISB, I turned back home. It turned out to be a very clever move since my SO
had been rather angry, I failed to see that before I left...
I spoke to a bloke (hey, that rhimes!) who's from the town, and the shop goes
under the name "Rasrisk", which means something like "Avalanche zone".
Appearantly the shelfes are stuffed and not that stabile (not all LEGO so stop
drooling)!
He has his parents still in the town so I could use them as a proxy. Better
yet, a friend found himself in the town for work this monday. However, he was
pressed for time so I tried calling the shop to prepare for the mates visit.
I called for about half an hour before before he answered. The man seemed nice
and asked what I was looking for, since I wanted to know what he had in more
detail and to what price, I asked if he could list the things. He could not (I
don't blame him). I then tried asking if he had any Model Team (I'm a tad
single minded for the moment) and he responded that he had a lot of Space, most
of it in the basement... All of a sudden he got stressed up and half shouted:
"Sorry, I can't help you over the phone." Then he hang up!
So I don't think calling there is such a good idea, even if you speak Swedish...
Anyway, the "friend" could not fit a visit to his schedule so I still have not
bought anything.
I'm going to a town somewhat closer on the 30th though (Ullared) so I might
drive the extra 1½h there to see if he has anything left, now that you lot know
about it...
One thing Arne pointed out in one of his letters to me that I think he forgot
to mention: He only accepts cash!
Question to Arne; Did you notice any Model Team?
Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)
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In lugnet.general, Tobbe Arnesson writes:
> Here's some more contact info etc.:
>
> Ekstrands Cykel o. Leksaksaffär
> Söderg. 18
> 252 25 Helsingborg
> +46-(0)42-21 53 27
> I spoke to a bloke (hey, that rhimes!) who's from the town, and the shop goes
> under the name "Rasrisk", which means something like "Avalanche zone".
> Appearantly the shelfes are stuffed and not that stabile (not all LEGO so stop
> drooling)!
Well, a safety helmet might be a good idea, there is like 4 meters to the
ceiling, and things is piled right up to the top. And while you're getting
you're head back to look upwards, you might trip on whatever's lying on the
floor. I didn't dare to ask for a latter to get to the pirate and train sets
up around the 3-meter-mark, so I settled for what I could reach.
> Question to Arne; Did you notice any Model Team?
>
> Best regards,
> /Tobbe
Come to think of it, I actually think I spotted a 5580 on one of the remote
shelves - I'm not quite sure though, as the lights were not on in the shop,
and the windows are stuffed with so much, that very little sunlight gets in
(the upside to that: none of my boxes were discolored, even after 20-odd years!)
Just imagine the dark cave Aladdin entered, and you've got the picture!
regards,
Arne
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> Come to think of it, I actually think I spotted a 5580 on one of the remote
> shelves - I'm not quite sure though, as the lights were not on in the shop,
> and the windows are stuffed with so much, that very little sunlight gets in
> (the upside to that: none of my boxes were discolored, even after 20-odd years!)
I knew I would regret not going...
Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)
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That's the stuff dreams are made of. Literally--I'm always dreaming I come
across such a find. It'll never happen in the U.S. though.
Seth.
In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen writes:
> I have found a town completely devoid of any AFOLs. Proof: set 383 being on
> the shelf of a toy store for 25 years without being bought!!!
>
> ...
>
> If any of you goes to this shop, please write here at LUGNET about it!
>
> many kind regards
> Arne, Copenhagen
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In lugnet.general, Seth McCarus writes:
> That's the stuff dreams are made of. Literally--I'm always dreaming I come
> across such a find. It'll never happen in the U.S. though.
Yup, small european toy shops = heaven.
I too had a simmilar experiance in both Germany and Switserland!
But that was about 4 years ago.... and my Lego hobby wasn't that
serious. If i were to go now, i'd bring an extra 300 Euro's for
the sole purpose of finging a Lego-gold-mine and cleaning it out!!!
I wish i could jus' jump on a plain and fly there,
--==Richard==--
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In lugnet.general, Seth McCarus writes:
> That's the stuff dreams are made of. Literally--I'm always dreaming I come
> across such a find. It'll never happen in the U.S. though.
It might. It is less likely, with the dominance of chains and big-box
stores, but it did happen to me last spring in Canada.
I found a small, independent department/clothing store in Edmundston, NB,
called Hutman's. A permanent sign outside hanging over the sidewalk said
something like "Toy Clearance Basement sale."
I walked in and asked to go downstairs. The salesperson had to turn on the
light for me. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, it was like going
back in time. There were some old Go-bot toys, Barbie dolls, Tonka toys I
remember from the late 70's, ancient board games including one modelled
after the Atari video game "Berserk," even some Tyco bricks, and a wall of
lego from the 80's to the mid-90's...
After the spasms stopped, I asked the clerk for a sheet of paper so I could
take an inventory (which I will list below). I bought as much as I could
afford that day, and went back several times in the following months. The
staff came to know me as "the Lego guy." I haven't been back for several
months, but they were starting to re-stock the shelves with some new sets.
Anyway, I apologize to the community for selfishly keeping this gem to
myself. I kept sets that were more valuable to me than their market value,
but sold the rest on Bricklink. Some enthusiasts call this "scalping" and I
did feel a tiny pang of guilt, but this is an expensive hobby and I couldn't
resist. Of course, every penny I made has gone directly back into Lego,
either to S@H or Bricklink.
Here's my original inventory list, with the original quantity and the number
remaining last time I visited (in case someone nearby is interested). There
were a few sets I missed (Wild West, Aquazone, etc), but not a lot, and
nothing better than the ones I recorded.
Set# Name Qty
8844 Helicopter 2, 0 left
8845 Dune Buggy 1, 0 left
6842 Shuttle Craft 4, 0 left
6890 Cosmic Cruiser 1, 0 left
6886 Galactic Peace Keeper 2, 0 left
6450 L&S Mobile Police Truck 1, 0 left
6273 Rock Island Refuge 1, 0 left
735 Basic (Electric Fire Truck) 1, 0 left
260 Idea book 4, 0 left
6949 Robo Guardian 4, 4 left
6097 Night-Lord's Castle 2, 2 left
1788 Pirate Treasure Chest 2, 0 left
6044 King's Carriage 4, 3 left
6036 Skeleton Surprise 4, 4 left
1843 Space/Castle Value Pack 4, 0 left
6615 Eagle Stunt Flyer 6, 6 left
6484 F1 Hauler 1, 0 left
6277 Imperial Trading Post 1, 0 left
6268 Renegade Runner 2, 0 left
6263 Imperial Outpost 3, 0 left
6899 Nebula Outpost 5, 3 left
6889 Recon Robot 1, 0 left
6340 Hook & Ladder 3, 1 left
6334 Wave Jump Racers 4, 4 left
6545 Search N' Rescue 2, 0 left
6442 Sting Ray Explorer 1, 1 left
6559 Deep Sea Bounty 3, 3 left
6338 Hurricane Harbour 2, 2 left
6441 Deep Reef Refuge 2, 2 left
6078 Royal Drawbridge 3, 0 left
6082 Fire Breathing Fortress 2, 0 left
6983 Ice Station Odyssey 3, 0 left
6280 Armada Flagship 1, 1 left
6271 Imperial Flagship 3, 0 left
6342 Reach Rescue Chopper 2, 1 left
1786 Jailbreak Joe 3, 0 left
6451 River Response 5, 5 left
6351 Surf n' Sail Camper 3, 0 left
6336 Launch Response Unit 2, 2 left
6331 Patriot Jet 3, 0 left
1721 Sandypoint Marina 3, 0 left
6462 Arial Recovery 3, 3 left
6879 Blizzard Baron 3, 0 left
8808 F1 Racer 1, 1 left
8720 Power Pack 1, 1 left
8816 Off-Road Rambler 1, 0 left
6261 Raft Raiders 3, 0 left
6038 Wolfpack Renegades 1, 0 left
6267 Lagoon Lock-up 1, 0 left
6755 Sheriff's Lock-up 5, 5 left
6799 Showdown Canyon 4, 4 left
6057 Sea Serpent 4, 0 left
815 Grey Baseplate many left
317 Basic 3, 2 left
517 Basic 4, 3 left
527 Basic 5, 4 left
834 Basic Bricks Yellow 3, 1 left
832 Basic Bricks Blue 1, 0 left
And several other small basic trial sets left
Finally - I am not affiliated with this store. This is not a sales-related
message, but rather an example of what might still be out there, if you look
hard enough.
Jeff J
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Jardine writes:
> In lugnet.general, Seth McCarus writes:
> > That's the stuff dreams are made of. Literally--I'm always dreaming I come
> > across such a find. It'll never happen in the U.S. though.
Would it be too much to ask to take a small order from you.
I remember set # 6036 Skeleton Surprise (4, 4 left) being my all time fav'
from childhood. If you should ever have the opportunity to return to that
shop, could i send you the money to pick up those 4 remaining?
Thanks for shairing your story,
--==Richard==--
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Hey ;-)
"Arne Lykke Nielsen" wrote in message news:HELwtK.1LB7@lugnet.com...
> This shop has 1000's of old toywares (like lots of Playmobil and LEGO), • and
> nothing is newer than 1995. I've done some very nice buying there for the
> last couple of weeks (6080, 6384, Fabuland etc.), but still there are so
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Oh yes, a LOT of old toys, that´s for sure.......
> many old LEGO sets left on the shelves - not to the prices 25 years ago, • but
> only slightly updated (e.g. 6080 for 698 SKr = 70$, originally 59$ in
1984).
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*nopes* not any more, I didn´t see any yesterday (6080)..............
> As I have strained my financial means seriously now, I'm giving the • address
> to this gem to the LUGNET community, so other AFOL's can have their dreams
> come through.
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Thank you Arne, for sharing this with us.........and my bankaccount has seen
better days. *G*
> There is Classic space (e.g. 6951, 6952), classic town (e.g. 6395, 6384,
> 4021), train (4564), classic castle (e.g. 6080, 6011, 6059), pirates • (6273,
> 6276, 6285), basic boxes (e.g. 566, 577, 733), blacktron 1 complete,
> blacktron 2, space police 1, m:tron and lots of old Duplo
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*nopes* - not anymore ;-)) Me and my mate, took the rest Blacktron and the
only classic space left was 6991, and that went with us home too ;-))
> The owner is a little old man who only opens the shop when he feels like • it,
> mostly in the afternoons. Shopping there claims a lot of patience: first
> waiting for the shop to open (yesterday I sat at the churchyard across the
> street reading a book for a couple of hours until he opened), secondly to
> get to pay for your finds. His first priority is repairing bikes, then
> talking about the weather to his friends; servicing costumers are long • down
> the list.
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Ohhh yyyeees, Shopping takes _ALOT_ of patience......almost to much
IMHO......
And "customer service", are not words he know ;-( He wan´t do anything
for you...
> And bring your own bags, unless you want your precious MISB sets to be put
> in recycled plastic or paper bags with traces of chain-oil from the bikes.
> And don't wear your finest white summerdress!
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Thanx for this tip ;-)) Very nice to know.........
> If any of you goes to this shop, please write here at LUGNET about it!
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*done* ;-))
He told us that lately he has sold _alot_ of Lego. we left only a few
Technic sets, medium size, and a bunch of small sets. Didn´t see any
modelteam there ;-( But i got a 8868 ;-))) *awesome*
/Lars
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"Hector" <hector-nospam-@danbbs.dk> wrote in message
news:HF6rBI.69x@lugnet.com...
> > There is Classic space (e.g. 6951, 6952), classic town (e.g. 6395, 6384,
> > 4021), train (4564), classic castle (e.g. 6080, 6011, 6059), pirates • (6273,
> > 6276, 6285), basic boxes (e.g. 566, 577, 733), blacktron 1 complete,
> > blacktron 2, space police 1, m:tron and lots of old Duplo
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *nopes* - not anymore ;-)) Me and my mate, took the rest Blacktron and the
> only classic space left was 6991, and that went with us home too ;-))
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DOH!
Sorry, wrong set number, the only classic space left was 6951 (not 6991)
and that went with us home ;-)
/Lars
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Was there anything left?
I'm curios since I'll perhaps go there on the 30th.
Thanks.
Best regards,
/Tobbe
http://www.lotek.nu
(remove SPAM when e-mailing)
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Hi Tobbe.
"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message
news:HF8JM9.MCu@lugnet.com...
> Was there anything left?
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*S* Not much, IMHO. Some small / medium sized Technic sets. Some Duplo and
some small town / basics sets. I saw 2 buckets, one with basic bricks and
one with Duplo.
> I'm curios since I'll perhaps go there on the 30th.
That´s up to you! I ain´t going there again, there´s nothing for me there´s
worth the transport time & cost. I collect, Technic,Town,Trains,Sw,UCS.
Maybe if you are into Duplp you can do a find, but if not - i don´t think
you will find what you are looking for.
/Lars
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In lugnet.general, Lars Hector Lange writes:
> > Was there anything left? • Not much, IMHO. Some small / medium sized Technic sets. Some Duplo and
> some small town / basics sets. I saw 2 buckets, one with basic bricks and
> one with Duplo.
Hi Lars and Tobbe,
I was there again today (26th of May 2003), and there is in fact a few
interesting larger sets left (some of them on the remote upper shelves,
where Lars & Co. might have over-looked them):
Castle: 6080 (x2)
Pirates: 6270, 6273, 6285
Space: 6941, 6783, 6981
- but the owner is not happy with trying to retrieve any boxes from upper
shelves - there is no space left for stairs, so he uses a broom-stick to
push the boxes down!!
kind regards
Arne
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Hej,
Jeg har været i Helsingborg igen, og som han havde lovet, havde
legetøjshandleren været i kælderen og fundet "litt" frem (hvilket betyder at han
har mere nede i skatkammeret!).
Nyt denne gang var en masse klassisk space, bl.a. 928, 6980, 6872 og en bunke
6805. Desuden nogle små castle og town sæt fra 1984/89 og en brand-båd 4020.
Også mere Technic, blandt andet 8680.
Og nej, han har ikke længere 928 og 6980!!
hilsen Arne
P.S.: Købmandskæden SuperBest har tilbud: bestil og betal inden 4.oktober, og
hent varen 20.oktober. Blandt andet 7163 Republic Gunship 499 kr, 1382 Scary
Laboratory 299 kr, 4403 Ny model team rød helikopter 349 kr.
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In lugnet.loc.dk, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
<<snip>>
> Og nej, han har ikke længere 928 og 6980!!
Hehe, han kanske har fler i källaren - vad vet vi? :)
Hört att priserna är uppmärkta en del mot katalogpriserna på den tiden?
/Tobbe
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In lugnet.loc.dk, Tobbe Arnesson wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.dk, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> <<snip>>
>
> > Og nej, han har ikke længere 928 og 6980!!
>
> Hehe, han kanske har fler i källaren - vad vet vi? :)
>
> Hört att priserna är uppmärkta en del mot katalogpriserna på den tiden?
>
> /Tobbe
35 SKr for 6805, 575 SKr for 928 - men jeg ved ikke, hvad deres oprindelige
katalogpris var?
Men jeg lagde mærke til, at 212 Homemaker Scooter nu kostede 65 SKr, hvor jeg
købte een i maj for 49 SKr, så han har nok haft gang i prismærkningsapparatet.
Arne
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I had a similar expirience some time ago.
On our yearly "Round-trip in Estonia 2003" was passed through Valga/Valka on
Sunday. Valga/Valka is a small city 4-5 hours from here at the Latvian
border (that's why it has 2 names - the border goes through people's
gardens. Just to get the mail they need their passport!) with some 12000
sleepy citizens.
Anyway, there are 2-3 toyshops there, and in one of them I noticed some old
sets. Of course I see that on a Sunday.
The good thing is that a friend is going there soon and he will buy some
things for me...
I have been driving places to get sets, but 5 hours to get to the shop is
too much. Not that expensive though, some 20 USD for a return ticket, but
the sets are not that much worth,
Sonnich
In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen writes:
> I have found a town completely devoid of any AFOLs. Proof: set 383 being on
> the shelf of a toy store for 25 years without being bought!!!
> The town is Helsingborg in Sweden, the shop is a combined
> bicycle-and-toy-shop(at Södergatan/Bollbrogatan).
> This shop has 1000's of old toywares (like lots of Playmobil and LEGO), and
> nothing is newer than 1995. I've done some very nice buying there for the
> last couple of weeks (6080, 6384, Fabuland etc.), but still there are so
> many old LEGO sets left on the shelves - not to the prices 25 years ago, but
> only slightly updated (e.g. 6080 for 698 SKr = 70$, originally 59$ in 1984).
> As I have strained my financial means seriously now, I'm giving the address
> to this gem to the LUGNET community, so other AFOL's can have their dreams
> come through.
[snip]
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In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
> I have found a town completely devoid of any AFOLs. Proof: set 383 being on
> the shelf of a toy store for 25 years without being bought!!!
> The town is Helsingborg in Sweden, the shop is a combined
> bicycle-and-toy-shop(at Södergatan/Bollbrogatan).
This shop is still in business (well) and has almost no LEGO left, seems it's
become even harder to shop there since the old man refuses to give prices or
sell stuff not in the window and tells you to leave (but this might be put down
to hating teens, it was a TFOL experiencing this). But he's retiring soon,
according to the local rumor.
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