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Subject: 
Re: 2000 sets should appear this weekend
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 20:24:08 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Chris Ernest Hall writes:
> In lugnet.general, Christopher Lannan writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Mark Herzberg writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > > In lugnet.general, Mark Herzberg writes:
> > > > 
> > > > snip
> > > > 
> > > > Mark, just to confirm -- you mean this *coming* Friday/Saturday, and not
> > > > this weekend that we're in right at the moment?  If so, that would mean
> > > > December 3 or 4, which would be perfectly in alignment with previous • years...
> > > > 
> > > > --Todd
> > > 
> > > Yes, this coming weekend. Though as another poster mentioned, the shipment • is
> > > expected on Tuesday, the seventh. That's close enough for me. Can't wait!
> > 
> > Hey! Does this mean only at these Lego stores in Florida? Any educated • guesses
> > about regular stores for the rest of the States? (TRU, Walmart, Target, and • KB)
> 
> Just checked my calendar. I captured the first day I saw the new sets last • year
> - Dec. 14th, Redwood City Toys R Us. Based on the rollouts of various sets, it
> seems to take about a week for new sets to make their way across the • continent.
> So depending on where you live, it could be anywhere from one day to a week
> from when they are first spotted in the LIC stores. (That assumes, of course,
> that you live in one of the lower 48 United States.) Toys R Us seems to get
> them a little earlier than Target or Walmart. Don't know about KB, since that
> chain is not so prevalent here in the SF Bay Area.
> 
> - chris

So, us Left Coasters have to wait an extra week?  How dare they!  The nerve!
What an insult!  OOoooOOOooooo....oh...I wasn't going to buy any until there
was a sale, anyway.

Never mind.  ;-)

Bruce



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  Re: 2000 sets should appear this weekend
 
(...) Just checked my calendar. I captured the first day I saw the new sets last year - Dec. 14th, Redwood City Toys R Us. Based on the rollouts of various sets, it seems to take about a week for new sets to make their way across the continent. So (...) (27 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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