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[On the price of the new Imperial Star Destroyer in different countries]
> 172, USA (269USD, current price, regular price seems to be 299 when
> switching to a US shopping basket)
> 173, Australia (499AUD)
> Perhaps the 'Lucas Tax' is less in the USA.
My theory on the Australian low price (my pre-order is in!) is that 70,000
Australian declared their religion to be Jedi in the recent census, so
therefore Imperial Star Destroyers are religious icons and hence sales tax
exempt.
Kerry
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| (...) I seem to recall the Imperials weren't too keen on the Jedi. In fact, didn't they try to wipe them out (all of them)? The ISD would only be a religious icon for a Jedi in the same way a statue of Jupiter (the Roman god - not the planet) would (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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| "Andy Lowe" <slipstreaming@ANTIS...NOSPAMcom> wrote in message news:H37n2A.GCs@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) Not only in the UK, by the looks of things. Having just checked prices in other countries, the Sterling equivalents are as follows: 172, USA (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.lego.direct)
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