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RE: Cookies? What the...?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 1 Jun 2000 00:37:19 GMT
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G'day,
Looks like their getting around....We had them in Aus about 1 year ago. They
are in a blue 'town-jr' tin, and come with 3 layers of biscuits and 1 set [a
white jeep, a black F1, a 'gyrocopter' or an ultra-light, I think] Is this
correct?
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Culberson [mailto:t_c_c@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 8:56 AM
> To: lugnet.general@lugnet.com
> Subject: Cookies? What the...?
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>
> Okay, so I just randonly browse/lurk on the LUGNET NG's especially for
> the past couple years and I've never seen what I saw/bought today
> anywheres else....but I'm sure lots know about them.
>
> I was in a local "discount" department store and they have
> these tins of
> cookies (choc. chip abd butter) and they contain a small (very small)
> lego set. This is real true valid LEGO stuff. There are
> four different
> sets total.
>
> The one tin that I bought contains set 2880.
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> The tins have pictures of various town scenes from at least a year or
> two or three ago.
>
> On lugnet the release date for set 2880 is cited as 1997.
>
> Anyhow, the tins are selling at this store for $4.99 CDN (approx $3.34
> USD) and they have several that most likely won't move too
> fast (as in,
> getting 20 more in the next three weeks wouldn't be a problem.)
>
> I'd like to know some more information that anyone has as to
> when where
> and why these were released as this past month was the first
> time I ever
> saw them and I never remember seeing them in any other stores before.
>
> Also, if anyone is interested if this is like a good price or
> something
> let me know. I'd be really interested in trades. Mind you the whole
> tin would be a bit for shipping (~1 kg with cookies, tin, and
> LEGO).....but to ship the LEGO itself shouldn't be too bad
> (the cookies
> are absolutely terrible though - taste like garbage)
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
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| These tins were also a "UK Tesco exclusive" last year. Benjamin's set list (below) is correct: 2880 Jeep, 2886 Formula 1, 2849 Gyrocopter and 2884 Ultra-light. The UK tins have two labels: 1 on the side declaring the ingredients (it's a requirement (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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