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Re: 2000 Star Wars sets are out in US
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 05:21:56 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Robert Farver writes:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 01:49:22 GMT, "Jonathan Little" <piano254@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > In lugnet.starwars, Michael Perri writes:
> > > Well I am jsut on the other side of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and we have • no
> > > new legos.  I am in Kenosha just 60 miles north of Chicago.  I am about • ready
> > > to  pull hair out for my new legos.  The shelves are bare in the TRU by me • but
> > > no new sets!!!  One disgruntled lego fan here!
> > > 
> > >         Mike
> > 
> > I'm here in Philadelphia, PA and I went searching today with the recent
> > sightings in Michigan. However, there aren't any out yet. The TRU's here also
> > have empty shelves but they gave me the same excuse they've been giving me • for
> > weeks, i.e. "Uh, we don't know anything . . ." with the tone that says that
> > they might be able to tell me something but they don't feel like it.


> >    So . . . what I want to know is this: Has anyone seen any 2000 sets
> > anywhere other than a Meijer's (which we don't even have out here)or in a
> > state other than Michigan (or any other country, at that)? Just curious . . • ..
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -Jonathan
> 
> I'm up in Allentown, and I too searched a number of stores today, including
> Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Bradlee's, Ames, Kohl's, Toys 'R' Us, KB Toyworks, and Zany
> Brainy.  I found no 2000 sets at all.  I did get word from the LEGO rep at
> TRU that they should be in by the end of the week, and she also said that they
> shouldn't be available anywhere before that.  I of course pointed out that
> they are available in a number of places in the midwest and she had little
> to say about that.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> 
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> |  http://www.farver.com/lego/              |
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I just stopped at the Meijers in East Lansing, MI, on E. Grand River, and
picked up the A-Wing, Flash Speeder, and the Technic Battle Droid! The only
thing I need now is the Technic Destroyer Droid and I am all set. I'll let you
know when I find it.



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(...) I *knew* there was a hidden cost to leaving Michigan State for the East Coast...sigh. Why did it have to be this, O cruel, capricious fate? Why? WHY!?!? *whimper* -Lindsay (a transplanted Spartan and Michigander all in one) --- Lindsay (...) (27 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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(...) I'm up in Allentown, and I too searched a number of stores today, including Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Bradlee's, Ames, Kohl's, Toys 'R' Us, KB Toyworks, and Zany Brainy. I found no 2000 sets at all. I did get word from the LEGO rep at TRU that they (...) (27 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)

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