 | | Town without AFOL's —Arne Lykke Nielsen
| | | | I have found a town completely devoid of any AFOLs. Proof: set 383 being on the shelf of a toy store for 25 years without being bought!!! The town is Helsingborg in Sweden, the shop is a combined bicycle-and-toy-shop(at Södergatan/Bollbrogatan). (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no) !
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Tobbe Arnesson
| | | | | | Here's some more contact info etc.: Ekstrands Cykel o. Leksaksaffär Söderg. 18 252 25 Helsingborg +46-(0)42-21 53 27 You can use the Swedish OnLine phonebook Gula Sidorna (yellow pages) to locate the store on a map: (URL) my recollection of dealing (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Arne Lykke Nielsen
| | | | | | | (...) Well, a safety helmet might be a good idea, there is like 4 meters to the ceiling, and things is piled right up to the top. And while you're getting you're head back to look upwards, you might trip on whatever's lying on the floor. I didn't (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Tobbe Arnesson
| | | | | | | (...) I knew I would regret not going... Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Seth McCarus
| | | | | | That's the stuff dreams are made of. Literally--I'm always dreaming I come across such a find. It'll never happen in the U.S. though. Seth. (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Richard Noeckel
| | | | | | | | (...) Yup, small european toy shops = heaven. I too had a simmilar experiance in both Germany and Switserland! But that was about 4 years ago.... and my Lego hobby wasn't that serious. If i were to go now, i'd bring an extra 300 Euro's for the sole (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Jeff Jardine
| | | | | | | (...) It might. It is less likely, with the dominance of chains and big-box stores, but it did happen to me last spring in Canada. I found a small, independent department/clothing store in Edmundston, NB, called Hutman's. A permanent sign outside (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Richard Noeckel
| | | | | | | (...) Would it be too much to ask to take a small order from you. I remember set # 6036 Skeleton Surprise (4, 4 left) being my all time fav' from childhood. If you should ever have the opportunity to return to that shop, could i send you the money (...) (22 years ago, 11-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Lars Hector Lange
| | | | | | Hey ;-) "Arne Lykke Nielsen" wrote in message news:HELwtK.1LB7@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) xxx...xxx Oh yes, a LOT of old toys, that´s for sure....... (...) but (...) 1984). xxx...xxx *nopes* not any more, I didn´t see any yesterday (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Lars Hector Lange
| | | | | | | "Hector" <hector-nospam-@danbbs.dk> wrote in message news:HF6rBI.69x@lugnet.com... (...) xxx...xxx DOH! Sorry, wrong set number, the only classic space left was 6951 (not 6991) and that went with us home ;-) /Lars "This message was transmitted on (...) (22 years ago, 20-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Tobbe Arnesson
| | | | | | | Was there anything left? I'm curios since I'll perhaps go there on the 30th. Thanks. Best regards, /Tobbe (URL) SPAM when e-mailing) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Lars Hector Lange
| | | | | | | Hi Tobbe. "Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:HF8JM9.MCu@lugnet.com... (...) xxx...xxx *S* Not much, IMHO. Some small / medium sized Technic sets. Some Duplo and some small town / basics sets. I saw 2 buckets, one with basic (...) (22 years ago, 21-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Arne Lykke Nielsen
| | | | | | | (...) Not much, IMHO. Some small / medium sized Technic sets. Some Duplo and (...) Hi Lars and Tobbe, I was there again today (26th of May 2003), and there is in fact a few interesting larger sets left (some of them on the remote upper shelves, (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Arne Lykke Nielsen
| | | | | | | Hej, Jeg har været i Helsingborg igen, og som han havde lovet, havde legetøjshandleren været i kælderen og fundet "litt" frem (hvilket betyder at han har mere nede i skatkammeret!). Nyt denne gang var en masse klassisk space, bl.a. 928, 6980, 6872 (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Tobbe Arnesson
| | | | | | | In lugnet.loc.dk, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote: <<snip>> (...) Hehe, han kanske har fler i källaren - vad vet vi? :) Hört att priserna är uppmärkta en del mot katalogpriserna på den tiden? /Tobbe (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Arne Lykke Nielsen
| | | | | | | (...) 35 SKr for 6805, 575 SKr for 928 - men jeg ved ikke, hvad deres oprindelige katalogpris var? Men jeg lagde mærke til, at 212 Homemaker Scooter nu kostede 65 SKr, hvor jeg købte een i maj for 49 SKr, så han har nok haft gang i (...) (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Sonnich Jensen
| | | | | | I had a similar expirience some time ago. On our yearly "Round-trip in Estonia 2003" was passed through Valga/Valka on Sunday. Valga/Valka is a small city 4-5 hours from here at the Latvian border (that's why it has 2 names - the border goes through (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Town without AFOL's —Tobbe Arnesson
| | | | | (...) This shop is still in business (well) and has almost no LEGO left, seems it's become even harder to shop there since the old man refuses to give prices or sell stuff not in the window and tells you to leave (but this might be put down to (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.no)
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