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Re: Best Pick a Brick Store?
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Tue, 31 Jan 2006 01:47:43 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Timothy Gould wrote:
> Hi Chris,
Hi Tim,
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> 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.
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> It might help if you can be more specific about what you're after. Retail sets
> are probably pointless to buy here and even S@H exclusives might not be worth
> it. PaB selections can vary a lot with time so your best bet would be to check
> closer to the time or make a list of parts you want to get and post it here.
What I'm mostly after is:
- slopes (all types)
- wedges
- wings
- plates (blue/yellow/white)
- bricks (blue/yellow/white)
- other greebling style pieces (mostly minifig stuff)
Not really after:
- Technic (any)
- Red and Black of most things as I have heaps!
As for sets, if they have items that I cannot get in Oz, then I might consider a
few, but I think my shopping will be mostly PaB.
Hmmm, any idea on how frequently stock varies? Are there PaB stores that are
_not_ as large as others? For example the Kingston-Upon-Thames store from the
web, looks like it doesn't have as large a range as say the Birmingham store.
Is this the case?
Ref:
http://www.lego.com/legostores/location.asp?store=Birmingham,%20UK&cCode=2
http://www.lego.com/legostores/location.asp?store=Kingston,%20UK&cCode=2
> The Legoland store is inside the park but to be honest, you really should go to
> the park if you get a chance. You may also want to try the BulkTracker again as
> Brickish has been playing up for a while and has just been fixed in the last
> hour.
I just don't feel I'm going to have time to enjoy it properly, I've had to
whedle my way to get 1 day plus some lego budget :) I'll try brickish again
soon.
> Tim
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> PS. Remember that it might be better value to buy some stuff from BrickLink than
> from PaB, especially if it comes from the US where prices are much lower.
Very good point Tim, noted.
Thanks yet again :)
Chris.
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| Hi Chris, I've only been to three PaBs: Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Legoland (which wasn't at the best time) so this may not be the best summary but I'll go ahead. Perhaps other people can cover the stores I've not been too. (...) These are good (...) (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)
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