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Re: Bought one today (recalled set 6776)
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 25 Sep 2001 00:43:02 GMT
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Stopped by KMart (Belleville, IL, east of St. Louis) on the way home from work
today, mainly to check to see how long their "Buy One Get One 1/2 Price" sale
was going to last (it ended yesterday, doh!). And today they have about SIX of
these on the shelves, but at $48.99 I could not see spending the money even for
one. Funny thing, they were NOT on the selves during the before Friday (last
time I was in this KMart)...
In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> Found a bunch at the TRU in Emeryville, CA today. Great parts but the set
> design is totally ignorable. I can see why it was decided that some of the
> graphics on the box and instruction sheets might upset someone. I haven't
> cared for Alpha Team from the beginning, the minifig uniforms were too busy
> (except for the enemy guards, GREAT torso!), too much black and
> trans-antifreeze (got plenty!), and the vehicle designs were just blah.
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> However, some GREAT parts in this set. I'm planning on getting three more
> eventually. The most intesting new piece was the 4x4 turntable on a base
> that had ratchet rotation action. Very cool piece for mech joints!
>
> Dave
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| Found a bunch at the TRU in Emeryville, CA today. Great parts but the set design is totally ignorable. I can see why it was decided that some of the graphics on the box and instruction sheets might upset someone. I haven't cared for Alpha Team from (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)
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