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(...) Plus they have the FREE 40106 elf workshop Christmas set if you buy more than $99 worth of Lego. (10 years ago, 3-Oct-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in the Target flyer this week. The superstore flyer has some full price LEGO mentioned in it. The Walmart flyer (Thurs 2 - Wed 8) has these three Star Wars sets for $29.86: 75041 Vulture Droid, 75040 General Grievous' Wheel Bike, and 75048 (...) (10 years ago, 3-Oct-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in the Target flyer this week. Walmart flyer has a multipage toy section with some LEGO, but at full price. ------ Superstore has tax free on Saturday 27 only. When I was at the Joe Howe one yesterday they were expanding the toy section. (...) (10 years ago, 26-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I was going to refute that and then realized I have not been in a Sears store in over a year, maybe two. (10 years ago, 24-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Yes. They still publish a WishBook.... its a shame they no longer stock toys in their department store... :( (10 years ago, 21-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Last week's TRU flyer is valid until Sunday Sept 21th. 30 Bonus Air Miles if you spend $30 or more on LEGO Movie, Chima, or Arctic sets. 20% off LEGO electronics 20 Bonus Air Miles if you spend $40 or more on Technic sets free $5 value polybag (...) (10 years ago, 20-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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They still publish the WishBook? Wow, I remember as a kid when we looked forward to getting it and seeing all the new LEGO sets. (10 years ago, 19-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in either the Walmart or Target flyers this week. ------ The Sears Wishbook is out with a fair amount of LEGO in it. Only a couple of set numbers are shown (small print or not shown) but the piece counts are accurate. city: Helicopter (...) (10 years ago, 18-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in either the Target or Wal-mart flyers this week. -------- Superstore flyer runs Thursday September 11 through Wednesday 17. Shows City LEGO $8.99-$24.99, but I think that might be regular price. 5,000 points for every $40 you spend on (...) (10 years ago, 11-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | BACK to School rtltoronto dinner
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If you have to attend an rtlToronto Dinner, this is the one to be at. I can't expand on the info, but if you show up, you might end up leaving with more than you came in with. (this could mean LEGO bricks, an STD, or a new Friend who's to say - at (...) (10 years ago, 9-Sep-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I almost wish I hadn't. This week they have bonus airmiles on some stuff. 30 bonus airmiles with a $30+ LEGO Star Wars purchase. 30 bonus airmiles with a $30+ LEGO Super Heroes purchase. 10 bonus airmiles with a $20+ LEGO DUPLO purchase. I (...) (10 years ago, 5-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Oh, Snap! LEGO Sales Surpass Mattel
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Oh, Snap! LEGO Sales Surpass Mattel Danish Toy Maker, Boosted by Popular Movie, Takes Toy Crown for First Half of 2014 By Jens Hansegard of wsj.com. STOCKHOLM : The LEGO brick has toppled the Barbie doll—at least for now—in children's affections. (...) (10 years ago, 5-Sep-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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No LEGO in the Target flyer this week. I haven't seen the TRU flyer yet this week. ----- Walmart flyer is good Thursday September 4th through Wednesday September 10th. LEGO Marvel video game for PS4 $29.99. Also avaliable on XBox One. ----- As well (...) (10 years ago, 4-Sep-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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The flyers are filled with back to school stuff. Good if you want large plastic containers, not so good if you want LEGO on sale. -------- No LEGO in Target, Walmart or Superstore flyers this week. ------- Superstore is having a 'tax free' day on (...) (10 years ago, 28-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in the Walmart flyer this week. ----- Canadian Tire flyer is good Friday 22 through Thursday 28. 30% off assorted parts organizers. Flyer shows among other things a cabinet with small drawers (40 small, 2 medium, 1 large) for $24.99, reg (...) (10 years ago, 21-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Bjarke Ingels Lays Foundation Brick at LEGO House
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Bjarke Ingels Lays Foundation Brick at LEGO House By Rory Stott August 19, 2014 BIG‘s LEGO House is now under construction, following a one of a kind foundation laying ceremony featuring – what else – supersized LEGO bricks. Bjarke Ingels himself (...) (10 years ago, 20-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | BrickCon 2014 Call for Presentations
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BrickCon still has slots open for presentations. Please submit your proposals as soon as possible. Most BrickCon sessions default to "classroom"-type slots for of up to 50 minutes in rooms that can accommodate up to forty people, but time, room (...) (10 years ago, 18-Aug-14, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon)
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| | Island Park, NY woman arrested to tried to sell $59G of LEGO on eBay
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Cops: Island Park, NY woman tried to sell $59G worth of LEGO play sets on eBay Published: August 16, 2014 By Kevin Deutsch Gloria Haas, 53, of Island Park,NY was arrested Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, and charged with grand larceny for stealing about 800 (...) (10 years ago, 16-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Phoenix, AZ Police: $200,000 in LEGO Recovered, 4 people arrested
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Police: $200,000 in LEGO sets recovered, 4 people arrested. Phoenix police say they've broken up an elaborate Lego toy theft operation. More than $250,000 worth of Lego were found in the garage of a Peoria home, according to investigators. (...) (10 years ago, 16-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | PNY Launches LEGO® USB Flash Drives in Partnership With the LEGO Group
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PNY Launches LEGO® USB Flash Drives in Partnership With the LEGO Group PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2014) - PNY Technologies®, Inc. ("PNY") today announced a new brand licensing partnership with LEGO® Group to produce LEGO branded USB (...) (10 years ago, 15-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Ushuaia Beach Hotel IBIZA - Built In LEGO
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Ushuaia Beach Hotel IBIZA - Built In LEGO Ushuaïa Beach Hotel has over 28,000 LEGO pieces and took 135 construction days. The Ushuaïa Beach Hotel, is the most detailed masterpiece by Kevin Deelay, who is from Sweden. Kevin Deelay Video: (...) (10 years ago, 14-Aug-14, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | flyers for Aug 14th
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No LEGO in the Walmart Flyer this week. No LEGO in the Superstore flyer, but they have 30% off Rubbermaid and other plastic storage totes. Lots of stores seem to have this sort of thing on sale with the back-to-school thing going on. ------ Target (...) (10 years ago, 14-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | LEGO set 10245 Santa’s Workshop
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LEGO set 10245 Santa’s Workshop Press Release Set Year: 2014 Ages 12+ 883 Pieces US $69.99 – CA $89.99 – AU $119.99 – DE 69.99€ – UK £59.99 – DK 649.00 DKK Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing. Have festive (...) (10 years ago, 12-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | This Cyborg Arm Is the First Step to a Badass LEGO Mech Suit
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This Cyborg Arm Is the First Step to a Badass LEGO Mech Suit At some point in your nerdy childhood, you surely imagined what it would be like to build an entire exoskeleton out of Lego. How much fun would that be to have a LEGO creation you could (...) (10 years ago, 12-Aug-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Walmart sale starting earlier
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To match up with the grocery flyers I guess, Walmart flyers are now starting on Thursdays. This weeks flyer is good from Thursday August 7 through Wednesday August 13. Save $5. 79119 TMNT Mutation Chamber Unleashed rollback $24.86 (was $29.86) (...) (10 years ago, 6-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Aug rtlToronto dinner
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Where or where has my John Neal gone? Where oh Where could he be. yep, its about time for another monthly DINNER!!! This Friday - Aug 8, would be the 2nd friday of the month. And I think would make for a GREAT time to feast of chicken parts. if you (...) (10 years ago, 5-Aug-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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No LEGO in the Target flyer this week. ------- This weeks Walmart flyer mentions a toy clearance. LEGO not specifically mentioned, but when I was in a Walmart they had clearance signs on a bunch of sets. Clearance on most of them was 20% or less. (...) (10 years ago, 1-Aug-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND® Japan to open in 2017
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It's really amazing how popular LEGO has become in Japan... finally!! It took over 30 years for that to happen. When LEGO first arrived in 1962 (thru the Ahashi Corp. as licensee), it was NOT popular, mainly due to distribution problems... That (...) (10 years ago, 23-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGO Systems Inc. Unveils New Products, at San Diego Comic-Con 2014
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LEGO® Systems, Inc. Unveils New Products, Experiences and Exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con -World's largest construction toy maker to showcase new playsets, life-sized models, exclusive sets and one-of-a-kind giveaways related to some of the (...) (10 years ago, 22-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.licensed, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: The Most Insane LEGO Machine: GBC (video)
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Akiyuki is not using every trick in the book. He is writing the book. (10 years ago, 19-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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No LEGO in the Walmart Flyer this week. ----- Target's flyer this week shows that the discount on some toys has gone up to 70% off. Probably no LEGO left in this sale, but you never know. ----- TRU flyer good from Friday July 18 through Thursday (...) (10 years ago, 19-Jul-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: July Monthly rtlToronto Dinner
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(...) Hey Dave, I had a change of plans, I will not be going tonight.. (10 years ago, 11-Jul-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: July Monthly rtlToronto Dinner
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(...) I'll go With Fam. Dave K (10 years ago, 11-Jul-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: July Monthly rtlToronto Dinner
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(...) Is anyone planning on going, if so I will trek over from the far north. Jeff VW (10 years ago, 10-Jul-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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By the power vested in me, I declare that the July monthly dinner be changed to a new time and place. I'm thinking The Delta hotel in Scarborough. I also think that we should have it spread out over 4 days. Ergo. If you want to be part of the (...) (10 years ago, 7-Jul-14, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Canadian sale July 4-17
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(...) Target may or may not have sets available for 50% off in their toy section. It looks like some of the older Chima sets, Lord or the Rings, or Marvel SuperHeroes sets. YMMV. Ben (10 years ago, 4-Jul-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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No LEGO in either the Target or Wal-mart flyers this week. ---...--- TRU flyer is good for two weeks. 20% off select city, creator, basic and superhero sets. Note, they usually count train sets as city, so it might be worth checking the website on (...) (10 years ago, 3-Jul-14, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LEGO® MINIFIGURES ONLINE OPEN BETA LAUNCHING IN JUNE
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I notice LEGO isn't promoting this one as heavily as they did LEGO Universe. And it seems remarkably similar. (10 years ago, 2-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Japan to open in 2017
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Merlin Announces plans for first LEGOLAND in Japan June 30, 2014 LEGOLAND is about to become huge in Japan. Merlin Entertainments, corporate owner of the LEGOLAND parks, announced it will open its first LEGOLAND in Japan, the world’s second-biggest (...) (10 years ago, 2-Jul-14, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Canada Day
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Happy Canada Day everyone! To make it Lego related: my friend and co-builder John will be doing our annual sit-by-our-Legoslature-model this afternoon here in Edmonton. In the evening, folks are coming over to my place to watch the annual fireworks (...) (10 years ago, 1-Jul-14, to lugnet.org.ca)
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