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Re: Latest update from LEGO Direct
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:30:35 GMT
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Good point.. the numbers don't lie...
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Jason King
LugNet #665
jklugnet665@optusnet.com.au
Paul Baulch <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:G71wC1.1op@lugnet.com...
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> Jason King wrote in message ...
> > I know what you mean, Stores say a set is out of there price range and • that
> > their customers won't buy the bigger sets..
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> You know I think when they say that, it's total rubbish!
> I've found that the larger sets are almost always the hardest to find. • I've
> seen a large numbers of smaller sets from discontinued lines like Town
> (that's the real cars-have-doors Town), but never ever seen the larger • Town
> sets from similar years. Are they seriously trying to tell me that people
> wouldn't buy Century Skyways, Red Bird Rigs, Royal Kings Castles or Cargo
> Railways so they stopped selling them, what a crock.
> Even with the '99 lines while there are piles of the medium sets being put
> on clearance, the largest sets are already mostly gone, like the RR base • and
> the Adventurers jungle temple, even the Town Jr. police station, so it's • not
> true even now!
> I think they listen to their customers too much instead of watching what
> they buy. I've heard many people complain about the price of the bigger
> sets, but frankly, I see them move.
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> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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>
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| Jason King wrote in message ... (...) You know I think when they say that, it's total rubbish! I've found that the larger sets are almost always the hardest to find. I've seen a large numbers of smaller sets from discontinued lines like Town (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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