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more on McDonalds promo sets —Ray Sanders

I went to two McDonalds today. At the first one I bought a happy meal. When I got outside to the car, I looked inside the bag and boy was I happy. They put two #1s in the bag. The second McDs sold me another #1 for a dollar. The second store had a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Larry Pieniazek

I got ten each of #1 and #2 today at 99 cents. I suspect it IS franchise dependent. I hope to complete a set of 10 each of all 8 and I will be allocating some of the ten to my factorees, one complete set each. I doubt I will have any left for non (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Tony Kilaras

(...) Why so much interest in these? They look like junk to me. (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They aren't Star Wars sets but at least they aren't juniorized and have some interesting parts. Their packaging bills them as "classic". I want the one with the purple slopes and will be getting more of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Scott Smallbeck

(...) There are several pieces of interest (besides the fact that they are basically free as I have to eat something for lunch). I have not seen any comment on the yellow propeller in set #3, is this new? Set #5 with the purple slopes is nice in (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Steve Bliss

(...) That's pretty much my POV. And where I'm going in about 5 minutes. (...) Nope. Just a Freestyle propeller. (...) Care to elaborate? The only pieces I could have too many of would be: - the yellow 2x3 printed slope (could be altered) - the gray (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Scott Smallbeck

(...) Sorry, I meant set #7, its a yellow freestyle propeller with a 1x1 cylinder in the center. (...) The 2x2 red brick. I only included this because I have heard that the 2x2 bricks are growing dust in many collections. -- Scott Smallbeck (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Steve Bliss

(...) That's the one I assumed you meant--it's the only yellow propeller. (...) Ah. I can understand that POV, but it's an unusual way of thinking about a standard brick. Steve (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Christopher Lannan

(...) i think so too. All I can think is that folks must want the crazy colors. Chris (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Kya Morden

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 18:48:26 GMT, "Christopher Lannan" <shakguy@hotmail.com> wrote: e. (...) I admit it, I want pink parts, to go with my pink/white striped umbrella, my pink game boy colour and my other delusions of pink. Basically my three (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Mike Petrucelli

(...) Well of course. Imperial Violet is my holy grail of lego colors. Must get at least 20 number fives. Mmmwwhahahahahahahahahaha. (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Mike Walsh

Ray Sanders wrote in message <3819E516.24240036@gate.net>... (...) This must be franchise dependent as the two McD's I have queried so far priced them at $1.69 plus tax. When a Hamburger Happy Meal costs $1.99 it is hard to buy these w/o the food. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Christian Holtje

* Mike Walsh (mike_walsh@mindspring.com) [991029 14:47]: (...) Here in Pacifica (Just South of San Fran) in Sunny CA: $1.99 each, 10 max. I think this place got trashed with the Beanie Baby toys, so maybe they're being 'cautious'. Ciao! (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Jonathan Wilson

(...) What do you mean trashed? do you mean that they were all snapped up by the collectors and they had none left for the happy meals? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Christian Holtje

* Jonathan Wilson (wilsonj@xoommail.com) [991101 02:47]: (...) I believe that it only took the store a few hours after opening at 6am the day that the BBs starting being sold that they figured out that they *had* to put the limit to 1 per customer. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Eric Joslin

Warning: Negativity follows. (...) Hmm. Well, lest anyone think I was off my rocker when I said that getting these things could be hit or miss... I went to a McDonald's last night. I was there for one thing and one thing only- Lego sets. I cased the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Julie Krenz

In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes: <snip> (...) I had a similar experience today. They only had the lame white trick or treat bucket. What kid is going to use that dinky little bucket to haul their treats in?Maybe a 2 or three year old. My 2 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Tom Stangl

I drove from Southern California to Northern today (about 450 miles), stopping at MOST of the McDonald's on the way. The first one we stopped at in SoCal, and the LAST one near my apt, were the only ones with the Lego out yet. Ticks me off, you'd (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Julie Krenz

(...) Yeah, espcially since McD has TV commercials running telling everybody to come and get their happy meals & Lego sets. Julie (...) I (...) in. (...) In (...) and (...) their (...) (25 years ago, 30-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Julie Krenz

Included is a $3.00 rebate on a $9.00 purchase. One rebate per address.Also a $5.00 CDN rebate coupon is included. Julie (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —James Brown

(...) ??? I thought this was a US-only promo... Hmm, time to go scope out my local McD's. James (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Ray Sanders

(...) The same instruction/promo sheet has both the US and the CA coupons on it. Also interesting (at least to me) is that the back of the bag says 'Made in DENMARK', no mention of USA OR Switzerland. So much for high shipping costs across the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Ray Sanders

Heres a question: Do the McDonadls's promo sets have Lego set numbers ? I do not see one on the bag anywhere. Nor is there a bar-code to extract the set number from. I did notice an odd code number on the back of #1: 2032/4125052. Is 2032 the set (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Steve Bliss

(...) Those look suspiciously like TLG numbers. I'm definitely going on the assumption that the four-digit number is the actual set number. Steve (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Gene Weissinger

explain this: (URL) wife, and several friends around the country are diligently hunting for these things - is this an employee or what? Gene W EugweCoral Eugwe@yahoo.com (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

stupid question —Jon Bosman

this is a very stupid question but how do i post a new thread? please email me at orbitalstarcraft@hotmail.com because I don't check this newsgroup. thanks - Jon (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Mike Stanley

(...) Wow, that's violating one of the core rules of behaviour for discussion groups. Here's what it sounds like to us: Hey, I can't figure this out, so I want one of you people to help me. Oh, but don't post it here, because my time is too valuable (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Chris Phillips

(...) Especially since he's asking how to post a new thread here that he apparently doesn't intend to follow...? (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

How to Post (was: "stupid question") —Chris Phillips

(...) To be fair, the original question should be answered here for the record. You must "drill down" to a specific newsgroup in order to post. (Choose from the list of links at the top of the page.) Once you are down in the hierarchy at least one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) ...and even more so because he's actually posting a new thread to ask how to post a new thread, rather silly when you stop to think about it. D'oh! LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) My bad, I just saw all the "reference" headers. Feh. Here's one more! (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Tony Priestman

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Mike Stanley (<slrn81t0pg.s4.cjc@....utk.edu>) wrote at 05:08:34 (...) Not to me. I rather thought there were many groups here on Lugnet so that people could tune in to their specific interest. Jon has tried to make an on topic (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Larry Pieniazek

Weren't you the guy who told us you were a "professional" web designer? Maybe I'm misremembering but... Anyone who's a pro at the web like you told us you were ought to know the basics of using a newsreader. Starting a new thread is newsreader (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Kevin Wilson

(...) I looked at my Netscape bar and wondered why it ddn't look like what Larry said... and realised it's because I have it set to text instead of icons. Mine says intuitive things like "New Msg" and "Reply" instead of showing baffling icons :) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Jeremy Sproat

(...) Kevin, you're a geek after my own heart. The very first thing I do with any new Netscape profile is turn the buttons into text. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Larry Pieniazek

The buttons are smaller as icons and I need the real estate. Or so I claim. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) That's odd. Mine shows the baffling icons *and* the text...hmmm. LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Susan Hoover

[followups set] jsproat@io.com (Sproaticus) wrote in <381F1268.FDC1D2C5@io.com>: (...) True geeks don't read news with Netscape. ;-) (I think true alpha- geeks use tin or rn.) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Thomas Main

(...) I have mine set to small icons instead of baffling text...I also prefer international iconographic road symbols to text...a picture is worth a thousand words :) (...) main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: stupid question —Jeremy Sproat

(...) Baffling text? What's so baffling about "Next"? Compared to the arrow-pointing-to-a-green-dot icon, it speaks volumes about tis functionality. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then gimme the millipictures any day! :-, Then again, "Get (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: stupid question —Bram Lambrecht

(...) I have pictures because they look nicer :) I hardly ever use the buttons anyway...and for me it's easier to recogize a stop sign or a back arrow at a glance than the text. (...) LOL! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Tom Stangl

You know, it's interesting that I see at least 2 sellers, both from SoCal, that say they have 50 or more complete sets. I wonder if someone is buying/bribing/stealing them from a distribution point down there? I hope one of you manages to find out, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Gene Weissinger

Check out Greatbuyz@aol.com as an Ebay seller - looks almost the same as this twosix person... Very interesting - do you think McDonald's Knows about such things? GeneW EugweCoral Eugwe@yahoo.com (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Mark Lindsey

(...) I can tell you exactly what this is. It is called evil exploitive toy piracy. I collect Star Wars toys and see this kind of stuff all the time. This is one of three types of sellers: One, it is someone who is an employee within a distribution (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Nico Hoogerbrug

Hi Ray and all, Just another mail about McDonalds, but this is in Holland (...) There eight basic LEGO sets and 1 DUPLO set (1614) a crocodile in the action in Holland available. All available for approx 2 USD. Greetings Nico (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)