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In lugnet.castle, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> I remember going down the aisle of a toy section, most notably Toys R Us,
> for example, and having very much difficulty buying a Lego set with my
> "pocket" change. Even the "little sets" had appeal.
>
> Now if you want any good Lego set, you have to order it from Shop @ home.
> That's the fact of life at the moment.
> Look at the bright side, I don't have to waste my time going to a store, I
> can spend a bit of time writing out an order, and sending it in...
...and paying shipping costs, and having you taxes raised by the conversion
rate (if you live in Canada), and never finding any really good sales, and
waiting a week for your new set.....
> > Town- nothing, unless you find old City Centre. Which isn't Town at its • best.
>
> Actually, you mean town at its worst... :)
I think 2000 City Centre, which is what you would find, is less juniorized than
the Town Jr. of 1997-1999. I just bought two of those police monster truck
things, and they aren't really juniorized at all.
And now that I think of it, Race is still around too. And Soccer essentially
is Town. Town is okay.
> Look at the bright side, (myself as a townie), there is the gas n wash
> express which was approximately the same MSRP as when it first came out, with
> almost the exact same pieces....may have a slight varience of mouldings, and
> the box is probably substandard..., but the that is clearly "Town".
Yeah, I forgot about that one. I wish I could afford it.
> Who knows what the rest of the year holds....we might see further "classic"
> re-releases, "legend" re-releases, or "my own creation" releases....
> that should be good....maybe a diner or two, a market place....
> these should be good,
But almost certainly, these sets will be S@H exclusive.
> or else, a few more castle sets on the market, which might end up in stores,
> if Brad had his way!!!
Great! Do you know anything more about these?
> > Space- nothing, unless Life on Mars is space.
>
> Life on Mars is an off-shoot from Space Port, which is a subtheme of town.
> To say LOM is an off-shoot of town is heretical....since it encompasses the
> elements of town (the doctor, and the 2 adventurous space crew), plus some
> "alien artifacts" (the martians), and their mecha.....which caters to the
> mecha fans of Lego, with a small, very slight dose of Space - LOM space
> vehicles with exception to the Solar Explorer which is more closely related
> to Town than Space...
It may be related to modern life, but the setting of LOM is definately not a
TOWN.
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| (...) You are right... however, I have live in Canada but my main source of income is from American sources, and I happen to also have post office box in the US. So I don't have to worry about GST or conversion rates, however, I do know people that (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Just wanted to snag this bit... 7% is 7%, and the currency conversion doesn't make it cost any more. I'm not finding S@H burdensom. If you compare prices, sure, we're paying more at S@H, but it's all relative. If you compare retail pricing (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) "classic" (...) In the long run, I think we will find that "S@H exclusive" works in favour of AFOLs. Selling only through S@H means Lego can do a minimum production run, bung up a WWW page and distribute out of a couple of warehouses. If they (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Brad....Brad....now, now.... things aren't that bad... (I know where you are coming from!!) (...) I remember going down the aisle of a toy section, most notably Toys R Us, for example, and having very much difficulty buying a Lego set with my (...) (23 years ago, 22-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle)
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