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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 21:18:29 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Sean Forbes writes:
> Recently, I was in my local TRU Lego aisle and there was an older woman
> worrying over some of the larger Ninja sets. After a few moments I offered my
> assistance. She was certainly relieved. Her nephew had asked for the "Big
> Ninja Castle" which she had been told cost around $80. Well, TRU was having a
> sale on it so she was confused by the $50 price tag, as there was no reference
> on the tag of the real price. Well, I gave her a quick lesson on the
> size/price ratios and she ended up deciding on not only getting the Flying
> Ninja's Fortress, but the Emperor's Stronghold and Fire Ninja Fortress as they
> were all on sale. She thanked me, and the look on her face and the knowledge
> that I helped get a new legophile more than he expected left me with the best
> feeling, even though I didn't buy anything that day! You never know when your
> product knowlege can help someone else!
When I was in TRU one day, I met a man who was looking for Spark, Torch and
Blast (or other throwbots), but had no idea what product line they belonged to.
I showed him which ones they were. See, we are useful to have around the toy
stores!
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| (...) There's some excellent truths in the responses here and I'd like to throw in my two bits. I'm 28, for reference, and have only started buying Lego's en masse recently (curses and blessings to Steve Jackson). However, before Legos it was my (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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