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Perhaps they shipped some of the remaining tubs to Australia in order to
partially compensate us for a complete lack of anything
bulk/interesting/useful like Shop@Home. Ha! Ha! I'll bet that K-Mart
imported them themselves in order to rid themselves of stock in the US
or something.
Tim (who will hopefully stop living where the Lego is not
bulk/interesting/useful)
Robert Spinks wrote:
>
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Eli Donati writes:
> >
> > Just one min this set 3033 was and still is available in Australia <snip>
>
> Indeed - I had spotted that, but given that 3033 is about to be
> discontinued, it did not seem worth fussing over Lego's poor grasp of geography.
>
> > So the bloke who wrote back to Eric FROM lego like most people who work at lego does not know
> > about there product and never pasted geography in school.
>
> In the unquoted portion of the letter to me, he said he researched the
> matter in depth. For example, he knew the tub was made in the UK, but the
> bricks in Switzerland and Denmark, which squares with what I'd discovered.
>
> > So just to reinterate
> > yes the 3033 tub is available out the USA in Oz
>
> Yes. Until 31 May. In is now an ex-product, which Lego has discontinued.
> But stock still exists in the shops.
>
> >
> > Q. so what can you do if you want this set ?
> > A, come talk to the boys and girls at loc.au and ask nicely if WE can get
> > them for you since the British pound is a lot stronger then the ozzy lira
> > you shouldn't have to go with out eating to support your lego habit.
>
> Again, I looked into this. The £ price of 3033 in Australia is (I think)
> about twice as much as it is in the USA, after discounts. Then you must add
> shipping. So, the opportunity to spend all that money to ship something
> 12,000 miles from Australia (which was originally manufactured just 600
> miles from where I live!) does not appeal. I also have a number of USA
> contacts who offered to do the same, and even THAT worked out too costly
> (but, oddly STILL cheaper than buying the same quantity in the UK). I think
> I shall stick to boot fairs, and enjoy the "lucky dip" element.
>
> Robert "still an ex-Lego customer" Spinks
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