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Don't remember the name of the store but it is the biggest toy store in the
world. 5 or 6 stories. The name that hits in my head is Harolds. It is in
London, just ask for the big toy store and any one would be able to help
you. This store was great, they had people walking around dressed up as
soldiers and other childhood things. I remember almost an entire floor
dedicated to LEGO.
In lugnet.general, Richard Morton writes:
> Hi All,
>
> Well the Britdog is back in England for a while and this weekend was my
> first visit to a UK toyshop since getting interested in LEGO again.
>
> I was in Toymaster, Harrogate (North Yorkshire) on Saturday. While they
> didn't have much LEGO (mostly the new racers), I did come across a few sets
> that I haven't seen on sale in the USA during the last 9 months.
>
> They had a few of the smaller Scala sets - I don't know anything about
> these, but they had a white dog in the sets I think.
> I saw the new Yoda sculpture for the first time in a retail store for 85 UK
> Pounds (approx $100), they also had technic figures and bionicle masks in
> polybags.
>
> The interesting find for me though was set number 3052 Ninja Fire Fortress
> at 10 pounds each, which I'm guessing was old stock. I bought all 3 at this
> price.
>
> Next weekend I'm hopefully hitting Leeds,. York and Bradford. Other than the
> toymaster stores, does anyone know of anywhere interesting to look? Although
> I'm originally from the UK, I am completely at a loss to which UK stores are
> good for Lego as I have been in the USA for so long (I'm definately missing
> Target!)
>
>
> Richard (Britdog)
> http://lego.britdog.com
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