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Re: Best Pick a Brick Store?
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Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:04:38 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Timothy Gould wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Chris Orchard wrote:
> > Hi to the UK!
> >
> > I am traveling to the UK in September, and would like to include a bit of lego
> > shopping. Unfortunatly infomation is a bit light, so I wonder if anyone here
> > could help with a few queries?
> >
> > Which of the Pick-A-Brick Lego stores has the largest range of pieces?
> > How is PaB priced?
> > Do they do duty-free?
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> > I'm mostly interested in the Pick-A-Brick service, as we poor Australians do not
> > have this yet. A good collection of sets would also rate highly.
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> > I'm looking to spend around UK$800+ (Pounds), but unfortunatly I only have about
> > 1 day for shopping, so any help here would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Chris.
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> Hi Chris,
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> Firstly, which part of the country will you be in? The UK is tiny compared to
> Aus but it still makes a difference. One day of shopping is a lot more shopping
> if you go to a PaB nearby.
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> Brickish association has a bulk tracker (although I can't remember the URL...
> someone help me please!) which contains lists of most of the parts available in
> each store. Remember that Legoland has a PaB too which might be a more fun way
> to spend your day.
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> Pricing last time I went was about 11pounds for a large cup and 25pounds (I
> think) per kg in Legoland if they still do that. There is also a small cup but
> they're not worth it at all. As for duty free, they may do but I would think it
> unlikely. You could probably colect your VAT (GST) back at the airport but i've
> never tried that before so don't know how it would work.
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> Overall the UK prices seem to be similar to Aus prices but with less special
> deals and X% off sales in my experience so you're better off buying only what
> you can't get back in Aus while you're here.
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> Hope that helps,
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> Tim
Thanks Tim,
My wife and I are going to Scottland and ending our trip in Edinburgh, after
that I have 1 day of shopping + 1 day to get to the plane. So we can go to any
store, but not all shops, I guess I'm trying to find out if any particular store
is _THE_ store for PaB, or which store has the largest PaB range.
I assume that each of the PaB stores carry different inventories?
Is the legoland store in Windsor inside legoland, or could the public access it
from outside legoland? I'd rather spend my time shopping, so if I can get to
Windsor and another store or 2, I'd feel better than looking at the Mocs. I
know a bit mercenary, but the lego selection here in Oz sucks big time and PaB I
believe will fill out my collection with the things I think i need.
I tried the Brickish Association, it's http://www.brickish.org/bulktracker but
it gives me an error trying to find each stores' inventory. I've contacted the
webmaster there.
Thanks Again,
Chris.
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| (...) Thanks Tim, My wife and I are going to Scottland and ending our trip in Edinburgh, after that I have 1 day of shopping + 1 day to get to the plane. So we can go to any store, but not all shops, I guess I'm trying to find out if any particular (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Hi Chris, I'm not aware of any super PaB store. The best Lego store in many ways is Busy Bee in Manchester (where I live) because it has a good selection of old sets but it has no PaB. It might help if you can be more specific about what (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
| | | Re: Best Pick a Brick Store?
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| (...) What kind of error - this should be accessible to non-members. You could try deep links like (URL) for the LEGOLAND Windsor inventory. During the park opening season last year this had the largest selection, but we don't know what it will be (...) (18 years ago, 17-Mar-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Hi Chris, Firstly, which part of the country will you be in? The UK is tiny compared to Aus but it still makes a difference. One day of shopping is a lot more shopping if you go to a PaB nearby. Brickish association has a bulk tracker (...) (18 years ago, 31-Jan-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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