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Todd Lehman wrote:
>
> Get thee out to K-Mart! :)
>
> K-Mart stores in Boston (maybe everywhere?) are having a BOGO (Buy One Get One
> 50%-off) sale on all LEGO, and the new LEGO DUPLO "eggs" are on the shelves
> here! :-s
>
> There are 4 eggs so far (I'm hopefully expecting more, and I'm hoping these
> aren't just purely a short-term promo):
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=2751
>
> These eggs are much cooler than they look at first glance --
>
> * The top and bottom separate into two *real* and usable DUPLO elements
> (with small holes so your kid won't suffocate).
>
> * You can fit a PRIMO fig inside the egg. (One of the DUPLO sets comes with
> a DUPLO kid fig and a racecar that actually fits inside of the egg.)
>
> * The top (clear) half of the egg has 4 DUPLO studs on top, and the bottom
> (colored) half of the eggs has 4 DUPLO studs on the inside.
>
> * The bottoms come in four colors: blue, red, yellow, and green.
>
> And the best part!--
>
> * The egg pieces are DUPLO compatible (naturally :) but also PRIMO compatible
> (most DUPLO things are :) and SYSTEM compatible.
>
> * To adapt the brick to SYSTEM compatibility, simply use two 2x4 SYSTEM
> bricks at the base inside! Now you've basically got a LEGO SYSTEM egg,
> and you can put minifigs and whatever else you want inside the egg! :-s
>
> * These would be fun for a kid to leave out for Easter, the night before,
> and see if the Easter Bunny fills 'em up with jelly beans. (I'm gonna
> try that. :)
>
> * With K-Mart's BOGO sale, these are $2.99 each plus sales tax.
>
> Bad things:
>
> * The only way to get the green egg bottom is to buy a Little Forest Friends
> set. (Little Forest Friends are those "fleshy-dough-blob" people that came
> out in DUPLO last year that look like Strawberry Shortcake meets the
> Smurfs.) But for 3 bucks, it's still not that bad.
>
> * All four of the sets have the same set number and the same UPC symbol.
> Grrrowl. %^E
>
> --Todd
My understanding is that there are to be twelve different eggs released. Your
K-Mart promo though may only involve some of these eggs.
Grahame
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| Get thee out to K-Mart! :) K-Mart stores in Boston (maybe everywhere?) are having a BOGO (Buy One Get One 50%-off) sale on all LEGO, and the new LEGO DUPLO "eggs" are on the shelves here! :-s There are 4 eggs so far (I'm hopefully expecting more, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.primo, lugnet.promo, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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