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| In our effort to bring a little slice of LEGO heaven all corners of the world, we have 6 new LEGO stores coming soon! Bellevue, WA Santa Clara, CA San Mateo, CA Bridgewater, NJ McLean, VA Rockaway, NJ (For more details, keep an eye on the (URL) LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| (...) It's great to know this, but what does it really matter? I live in Minn and the only thing the Lego store at the MOA offers that I can't get at the local Walmart or Target is PAB. (Unfortunately, the one here, in general, stinks. Same old (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I haven't been to the store at MoA, but I've been to the ones in the Chicago Area and they carry a number of things that other stores don't. Track (Straights, Curves, Points & Crosses) All (Most?) the Train Sets (I seem to recall they even got (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Jake, Is there a reason why there is no store in NYC yet? (Something to do with the Times Square TRU maybe?). There are so many other 'brand' stores here that it really baffles me why there isn't a Lego Store yet. Jonathan (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Spain? when are you planning to place a Lego Store in Spain? With our bright sun, these Lego Stores would shine as no other Store in the world... Pleease, place a big Lego Store in South Europe (with USA prices of course ;-) ¡Saludos desde (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| C'mon, Texas! James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I was actually going to complain about the proliferation of stores near NYC, I believe these will make 4 in the general area. I guess it's a question of either a short drive out of NYC into Jersey, or a long drive for me down the Thruway from (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Julian, you may want to check with Jake's European counterpart for all things Europe... Scott Lyttle (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| Jake, you dont really mean "ALL corners of the World" do ya? I can think of quite a few that will never see one in my lifetime!!! I would be happy to be proved wrong. :-) Ram "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) This is great! The new improved LEGO store website is a lot batter too. I don't live close to any of these new locations, so instead of asking for yet another LEGO store where I live, I'd just like to see one moved. Illinois has 3 LEGO stores (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I don't know the number of people in NYC that own cars, but, I do know that I don't and none of my friends (in the city) do. I have looked into public transportation to Palisades and haven't come up with anything. I have yet to do so for (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I'm just waiting for one to open up in Michigan. Grand Rapids or Lansing would probably be a regular run, and I could even hit one in Detroit a couple times a year, but Chicago is considerably less than convenient for me. It seems very odd (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I'm sure there are some happy people out there, but none of them are in CANADA! Come on Jake, let them know we're waiting up here! We need PAB in Canada! Play well. Tim Strutt ParLUGment (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| (...) Psst, Jake: contrary to popular believe, the world does NOT end at the borders of the USoA. (...) Great for the people who live there! (...) Cities? Try countries or even continents... (...) I know you can only do so much at a time. But how (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the heads up Jake. Any word on the non-USA stores? I know a few have already opened, but if there are any more it would be good to know these as well. And some dates and exact locations would be nice (when the opening is getting (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) That has to be one of the most ignorant comments I've read on LUGNET in a long time. jt (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Instead of a Bookmobile, you'd have the Brickmobile! John Riley (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| (...) This isn't a complaint, more LEGO stores are always better, but... Why are you opening 2 in the Bay Area, 2 in New Jersey (for a total of 3) and 1 more in Virginia (for a total of 2)? I can think of many other places in the US that need one (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I completely agree with Mark. I don't find anything ignorant in his comment, the only one who's ignorant is TLC. All that Lego stores and S@H stuff is like licking the candy through a glass for me. (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Put some in Australia. Mabie 1 in every capital city. Or failing that, put one in Sydney and/or Melbourne but have a mail-order thign where people not close enough to those cities could have access to whatever the store sells. (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Contrary to popular belief, we do think about things in the most "success oriented" way. There are many reasons that I will not (and cannot) go into here for the reasons we choose one location over another. But new business ventures require a (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Why are there two store right next to each other? It seems kind of odd to have one store in southern CA, two in mid CA and NONE in northern CA, where I live. Would it really hurt that much to remove the store from San Mateo and put it (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Why are there two store right next to each other? It seems kind of odd to have one store in southern CA, two in mid CA and NONE in Texas, where I live. Would it really hurt that much to remove the store from San Mateo and put it somewhere more (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Well, I guess that rules out my dartboard/blindfold theory, huh? :) (...) <snip> (...) I sympathize with you. Really, I do. And it's nice to know at least some of the reasoning behind where new stores are opened, but from what little we've (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: <snip> (...) Finally, I see "Canada" in Jake's post. I can now rest, knowing TLC has my message. :-) Thanks Jake. I know you're working hard at this, and I know it takes time. Sorry for your frustration. Just don't (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) ** SNIP ** (...) Amen!! Canada has yet to see any official Lego store, and New Jersy gets two!?! I don't get it... (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| (...) Jason Spears addressed this pretty well. Everything he said holds true for the Lego Store (technically an "Imagination Center", dunno if that makes a difference) in Downtown Disney. (...) Again my only experience is LIC Downtown Disney, but (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) WHOOOWHOOO!!! Yeah! For us in WA! Alright, well that will just affect my trip schedule to LLCA... Thanks LEGO!!! (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Ok...I'm starting to get a bit peeved now. I'm taking a risk here... Everything I'm saying here is based on my education (engineering degree with minor in business) and experience of working for different companies, especially those in (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) In a way, I think TLC is following Apple Computer's lead on placing brand stores. Both company's are selling a premium (priced) product, where conventional retailers have (generally speaking) not been able to market the product fairly. Apple (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Hi Jake, Great that there come more LEGO(c) stores, but i'm missing one important thing on the LEGO Stores Web site. I can't find the opening hours for the store in Köln - Germany. So my question is now: can some one from LEGO add those (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I have the solution!!! Open a store in the capital of Europe..... yes Brussels-Belgium! (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Okay, I'll bite. If that's true than what the brick happened with the color issue of 2004??? I feel soooo dirty for mentioning it, but well, you know... Perhaps some are in this category, but you can't expect us all to accept a blanket (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) At a guess I'd expect that it has to do with both target demographics and real estate. Chances are stores in the city are very expensive rent-wise, so having something outside the city is probably cheaper. As for demographics, I expect that (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I couldn't agree more. Jake is doing a bang-up job. (...) Unfortunately, LEGO consolidated its operations and pulled out of Canada quite a while ago, I'm guessing almost 5 years now. We have to go through the US for all S@H orders now, but (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) See (URL) think I have the answer to your question. The San Mateo and Santa Clara stores together draw on a population of nearly 6 million people. On average, Lego has put 1 store per each 3 million people in the largest US markets. Compare: (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| Really? Where are these 3 stores in Southern CA? Downtown Disney LLCA #3= ? (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| Wow, I never guessed I would open a can o'worms like this. First of all, I DO appreciate the time and efforts that Jake is puting in the Adult community here. I DO appreciate the opening of more Lego stores. And most of all I DO like Lego! But, to (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) As for not having access to PaB... maybe, maybe not. In the UK there have been a growing number of retail outlets not run by LEGO that have been getting PickABrick operations, or so I hear. I'm not clear on whether the pricing and selection (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Out of curiousity: I'm not sure if you are actually familiar with the layout of any given store, but there is a vast difference in the two southern California stores. Downtown Disney is a stylish store with lots of sculptures, but is miserably (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Glendale Galleria. I was just posting regarding the vastly different styles of the the Glendale store and the Downtown Disney store. For that matter, the DD store charged $50 for the Black Falcon Fortess, and the Glendale store charged $40. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) It should be interesting to see. The Potomac Mills store (BrickFest? Anyone? Anyone?) shipped its big sculptures of the DC monuments to LL Deutschland about 4 or 5 months ago, and just within the past month got a remodelling in line with the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) As far as I understand, all of the new stores will be in the yellow scheme. I think it's a nice, attractive design, but far too bright. -Tim (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Hi Jake, Thanks for the heads up! I live about an hour north of Bellevue, WA and expect that I will be making more trips down there than I ever have before. Josh Wedin (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Wow, San Mateo, am I hearing this right...? Any Chance for one in Green Bay WI within the next 2 years? Josh (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) snip (...) I'm interested in knowing what about the layout makes it bland to your eyes. Talking to the people who have shared that opinion, it seems to universally be the lack of the Capital model that has created that difference of feeling, (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I'm assuming Milwaukee would get one before Green Bay, and even then you have the proximity to three Chicago stores, and only five hours from Mall of America, if I recall those weekend trips correctly. You might notice that so far the Chicago (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Why don't you read this really GREAT analysis and then draw your own conclusion? (URL) wonder if Green Bay even MAKES the top 100 MSAs?? I didn't download the list but I am guessing not) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Green Bay was ranked #1 in business-friendly small towns by Inc. Magazine, which I don't quite believe, and Madison quite often makes lists of "Best places to have kids". But Milwaukee is the only big MSA, #36, with 1.5 million people. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) I don't know that 'bland' is exactly the word I was looking to use; although it is definitely 'bright', the new layout is taking some getting used to.....And granted, "the main attraction" of the Capitol is a sorely missed 'wow factor' for (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Sweet! New LEGO stores? I'm in! I hear they have some pretty groovy people teach them the ways of the brick when they are hired...I think Scott Lyttle may also know somthing of this... -Brett (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| I don't know why Jake bothers anymore. For a group of adults, this place acts like one heck of a child. "But I want a LEGO store in my backyard, and here's why my backyard deserves one! How come New York gets more? It's not fair!" This place whines (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) (stuff) (...) I believe what it actually is with the PAB is that our selection will consist of low sellers and overstocks of other stores. I don't think the stores had a choice of which elements to stock. Needless to say, that means we won't (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I hear those people are absolute nutcases. Especially that crazy one from MN. <grins, ducks, runs> :-) -Tim (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I believe there are TWO crazy ones from MN. That one lady is kinda crazy too... Nutcases? I hear they are even worse then that. The employees at those new stores are in for a world of trouble. Yes sir. -Brett (20 years ago, 13-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I hadn't been to the GG in awhile, so when I was there this weekend I HAD to check out the new Lego store.. It was great! Bright and well organized, with a helpful and friendly staff (who watched my woeful attempt at Pick-A-Brick packing with (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (snip) (...) ONE from MN? I thought there were two....(bolts so fast, there's a blue streak behind him...) Scott Lyttle (20 years ago, 14-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Snip... (...) I'm really not concerned over selection... I could care less over color, really, as long as you have some type of basic bricks. I'm just excited to see a PaB and buy ANYTHING in a closer-to true bulk layout. Any idea as to when (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Having seen what we possibly can get, I am very very excited about getting PAB set up in our store. Yesterday, I unloaded our "tree" fixture (in place of a full wall) similar to the one in Colorado Mills. We will be recieving our first (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) When will you update the Lego website? Achim von Wiedner (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) color change=LEGO design lab new US stores= LEGO Brand Retail different parts of the overall company. LBR is working very hard to hire the right kind of people to be employed at LEGO--new employees have to go through a weekend training program (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) I'll personally vouch for this -- I recruited one of the "dedicated LEGO employees" who is now traveling around the country doing training. She is the BEST!! And "passionate" doesn't quite cover how much she cares about 'the brick'... :-) (...) (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| Hey Jake - any chance of getting an update on the new stores? There has been a post or two here on Lugnet hinting at new stores and I just found (URL) this news page>: "A new 8,000-sf tenant to be announced soon for Ontario Mills, the 1.7-million-sf (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Now only if Lego would open a store in Maine somewhere. (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Solomon Pond and Burlington aren't too terribly far. Unless, of course, you live excessively north of Portland. -Orion (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Not the same Portland, but Oregon's getting its first LEGO store at Washington Square in Beaverton, just west of Portland (PDX). Construction sign's up and everything. Should open in September. Bye bye, what little expendable cash I ever (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Plus, there's now a store in Natick, MA which is sort of inbetween and slightly south of Solomon Pond and Burlington. A bit of a trek from Maine (probably 2+ hours unless you live far south like in Kittery), but potentially worth a visit. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) I do. I'm about 2-3 hours away from Portland, waaaay up in Ellsworth. (Thats about 15 minutes away from Bar Harbor) So yeah, I'd be great if there was a Lego shop in Bar Harbor or Bangor/Brewer. (19 years ago, 8-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Hey David, living in an eastern suburb of Detroit, I feel your pain! With 10 million in the state of Michigan plus another 10 million in each Ohio and Ontario, and no Lego store, we all feel your pain! But I think the clustering of stores has (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Try living in the capital of S. Carolina. ..just got Starbucks ...just got Burger King back but I'm not bitter. nooo. (><) -Suz (who just visited her first LEGO store while in MA) (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Hey now, you Columbia people have Jack-in-the-Box we don't even have that in Charleston. -Orion (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) ... (...) Uh..? I've never been to one. (..asking Jim) Nope. none of those around here. sorry. -Suz (19 years ago, 9-Jul-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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