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(...) Oooh competition ;) Nice job! Michael (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) I think Lego Australia should review there pricing policy, as competition here in Australia is growing with respect to brick sales. Lately, over the past 6 months I have noticed in Kmart and Big W stores the gradual reduction in the amount of (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Hello, all. Here another entry for the "Great Breathe Some Life Into .loc.au" competition. It fits best for the Woomera -spearthrower- category. Here: Mobile Gun-Carriage, system scale. (3 URLs) Thanks Troy (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) I only found 10 Back hoes :(, 2 left behind because the pistons were stolen. Kmart clearance items include, 4709 Old HP Castle ($64.00AU with 20% off) 4491 Mini MTT ($4.80AU with 20% off) 4728 Privet Drive ($36.00AU with 20% off) 7469 Mission (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Here in the US, we have a terse Kerry who's trying to reign. He's got the personality of an eggplant. But heck, the shrub reigning currently ain't much better. -Tim (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Huzzah! The reign of the terse Kerry is ended. The verbose Kerry prevails once more! Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Oh, boy, don't I wish I had something to say about Lego's pricing! Mark (North American) P.S. I feel your pain, really, I do! :-) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) You fogot the really important one... 3. The WMD theory If you don't give us what we want we'll accuse you of having WMD's and invade. After all, how else do you explain the colour of your mini-figs. Of course, this may not be correct either (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Well, I still don't see why they shouldn't equalize the playing field...If they can afford to be selling the sets at $X in North America, then why don't they try and INCREASE sales by selling sets at this price EVERYWHERE. After all, Megabloks (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I know of two theories: 1. The Whinging Australian(s) Theory One or more Australians whinge about the Lego company in Australia, the product availability in Australia or even the price in Australia. The Lego company does not like this (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Wow. After reading the excellent narration of the purchase, I can't wait for a similarly detailed review of the set!. Cheers Cheers Richie Dulin (3 URLs) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Ahoy and welcome! (...) Doubly cool. (...) A nice vessel indeed, I'd call it a brig, with or without a gaff sail - but I think a gaff sail would be a nice addition. As others have noted, the door is a great. You've done a great job in (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Is there a lot of snow in Bris in late fall, then? I was thinking there wasn't but what do I know? (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'd encourage this subthread to migrate away from the current groups and into off-topic.debate if it goes too much further into comparative analysis of countries... I XFUT there already. (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And all this doesn't take into account other taxes Americans pay yearly. * personal property tax * vehicle tax * sin tax (cigs, alcohol, and other "non-necessary things) * gasoline tax (30-40 cents per gallon?) * Medicaire (not a tax) * Social (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Add Czech Republic to the list. I wrote a small script to recompute the czech MSRP (price / 1.19 / 27 ) = 19% is the tax, 27 Kc per 1 US dollar. Then I divided czech price by US MSRP price and got: 1.00-1.20x = Orient Expedition, Belvile, (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! If your castle gives you as much amusement as reading your post did to me, you deserve every brick of it! Thanks for brightening 2am in the morning! James (who isn't up late, honest!) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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<snip> (...) Benjamin, I believe that the answer is (at least) twofold: 1. LEGO's way of setting prices for different markets is very complex (I believe that Jake has stated this before), and the price only partially depends on what the given market (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) What I was actually referring to was more along the lines of 200x sets arriving in stores in the US in November 200x-1 while to the rest of the world it is a 200x release date. [Out of curiosity: 1) is it now officially a 200x-1 set as it was (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I have actually noticed that although new products may show up on NA S@H first, often they start shipping to Europe before NA, as was the case with the Maersk ship. Still doesn't explain the price discrepancies though. ROSCO (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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