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Re: Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot)
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 30 Jul 1999 17:27:16 GMT
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It is my understanding that Slizer (Throw Bot) sets have
been very successful in the US market. Much to my
dismay, my son loves these sets... so I was trying to
find some for his birthday. They are not on very many
store shelves. I was talking to someone at Zany Brainy
and he said that at the Lego themes that are selling
are Mindstorms, Throw Bots, and Star Wars.
He also said the folks at Lego didn't think they would
sell and had postponed their production... has anyone
else heard anything like that?
"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
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> Grahame Reid <gareid@ihug.co.nz> writes:
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> > Watch out for the Millennium Slizer (Throw Bot) to be released later
> > this year, set number 8520. Retail price to be two to three times
> > current price of normal Slizer sets.
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> Sounds cool! I'm not too happy about things being called Millennium
> this and Millennium that, but as long as it's LEGO, I can live with it.
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> BTW, do anybody know if the Slizer (Throw Bots) range is successful?
> Does it sell well?
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> Just today the Star Wars sets arrived in the shops here in Norway. Now
> how's that for being late? The sets look really cool, though.
>
> Fredrik
-- dave
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| When I was trying to buy them this spring, it was very difficult to find them on the shelves. Now, of course, there are lots in stock at the local TRU. When I was in Munich in March I bought one in the German (Slizer) packaging. Paul Sinasohn, who (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Sounds cool! I'm not too happy about things being called Millennium this and Millennium that, but as long as it's LEGO, I can live with it. BTW, do anybody know if the Slizer (Throw Bots) range is successful? Does it sell well? Just today the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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