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| (...) You did say "standing army", didn't you? Fate has played it's hand. King Leo (ya know, the $4.99 one) has a white horse, and an extremely useful shiney crown and POOP tower. I just want the Castle minifigure pack and Accessory pack from 1991, (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Eric, I too am experiencing the same dilemma as you. I assure you that you are not alone. Except, it's not the ‘Black Technic beams’ that I need it’s the ‘Horse & Saddles’ pack! I have a standing army of well over 1200 troops, and I require about (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Lego pet peeve
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| My ultimate pet peeve is the discontinued Bulk packs of Technic Black Beams! Ahhh! Why o Why????!!!???? This really upsets me! I worked for 8 months to develop a rather great Mechanical Arm (Left Arm) It is comprised cheifly of Black Beams. After (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| KDJ wrote (and I snipped) "Note that personally I'm too lazy to call any distributors to find out the "real story" :] < snip > "I drove back here to Windsor, Ontario. Over the holidays and on the way I stopped at some of the Zellers, Wal-Marts, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Hoping for new Castle theme in 2002 and beyond...
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| Dear LEGO, After opening up and sorting through 35 (!?!) Chrome Knights Kingdom sets (4816-4817-4818-4819) today, I can't help but long for the sets of the 1980s for the Castle line. Remember when Castle had Taverns, Shops, Blacksmiths, Guardhouses, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| Kyle D. Jackson wrote in message ... (...) Here in Vancouver BC, the blue tubs are still turning up on the shelves regularly. I've bought 30 in the last couple of months and always left a few on the shelf. However, the retailer catalog and price (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) snippage... (...) In Australia this year, the 1200 piece tub has appeared for the first time. Before that the biggest basic brick lot has been the 4229. The Blue Tub sells for AU$69 (US$35) and is only available at Kmart. The BTs are labelled (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) I hope that's just the case, Robert. Windsor does get nailed by people coming over from the USA too, so the market drains quickly. But I should probably clarify my observations for the Canucks, and why it leads me to believe the Blue Tub is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) Yes, it was rather big! Sorry! (...) Look on the bright side - perhaps the local market is saturated, and they can't sell any more in _your_ part of Canada. I mean, if 3 retailers local to you were ALL selling it, maybe there is a limit to how (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Life on Mars TRU promotion on April 14, 2001
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| This promotion could have (and probably should have) been skipped at my local TRU. First of all it started an hour late. Then we went for lunch and came back and found it set up at the very back of the store. Since they didn't have "any room" they (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) I got 8 at $12/each plus 15% HST. I'd have bought more if there had been more to get. (Wally World here clearanced them...they _had_ a wackload, but there were only the 8 between 2 stores when I got to them...otherwise, I would have bought (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) In Toronto, my local Toys 'R' Us has several! I've also seen them else where. But the prices are always high, around $19.99 - $24.99. If i found the big blue tub anywhere under $15 i'd buy about 10 of them! -R (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) Both Zeller's and TRU have stocked the tubs here in Edmonton, always at full price. Except for a bit right after X-mas where everyone out here seemed low in everything, I've never not been able to find a blue tub at full price, if I wanted it. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) [snip huge email] I fully expect the Blue Tab to be no more in Canada, just based on observation. Last year they were everywhere in quantity, at Zellers, Wal-Mart, and TRU. But they were at full price. Then Zellers and Wal-Mart both cleared (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) Warning - long, involved (and possibly contentious) reply follows But first, a little background. I am from England, and have spent a fair amount of time trying to hunt down the legendary 3033 Bulk Tub here. Here goes . . . All this talk about (...) (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Thanks for the brown bricks
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| Dear LEGO I just received my order of brown bricks. I've been dreaming of being able to order LEGO in that colour since I was a kid, and have had hopes for it once bulk ordering became available. Keep up the good work. Thanks -Henry (23 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| (...) You might be right. I was guessing based on S@H listing this set as being available in the US but showing no availability date or price. I thought that meant it was coming, not that it had gone. Amy (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Amy Hughes (<GBnAyL.8n4@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:44:45 (...) I'm confused. I was under the impression that this box had been discontinued. It's a Basic set, and AFAICT these have been replaced by the Creator sets. (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: No more Blue Tub...
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| 4229 was packaged in the vlue pack that was available at Kmart around christmas time. It contains 812 pieces and is not as good of a mix as the tubs are if you ask me. And in true Lego fashion, i'm sure that they will price it at the same level as (...) (23 years ago, 11-Apr-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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