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(...) I'd ponder how their sample size compared to Lego's colour change sample size, but I'd just be accused of stirring up trouble about... well... you know... ;-) (...) My eBay purchases are pretty much restricted to bargains, and few of those (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I don't watch much TV at all, and I only ever buy the weekend newspapers. Catalogues in my letterbox seem to be rather a hit and miss affair at the moment (not delivered in a timely manner if at all). From this rather limited perspective I can (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Do Big Dubya even have an advertising campaign, if they do it shows the impact it has on me, though I only watch satellite TV (which does have Target ads). I wonder how many normal toy shoppers do the price-checking Lugnet ALFs do. Maybe they (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Got an email from ebay(australia) saying they were getting rid of 'reserve' amounts for auctions. They said it was only for auctions run through .au, as opposed to running auctions in other currencies like in US$ which means they would run as per (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) They are advertising a hell of a lot for not a hell of a lot, aren't they? I suppose they think they'll fool the masses with lots of bright light and noise, but from the conversations I've had so far I don't think it's working very well! (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby wrote: (snippage) (...) The scanners shall inherit the earth (or at least pick up the bargains). Certain Targets and Kmarts are slack when it comes to shelf tags. What is to stop astute shoppers removing (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Is Hairy McMary of Donaldson's Dairy handy with a sword (or two) ? (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Today the bundle scanned at $109.95, same as shelf tag. As Aaron pointed out, even at the sale price of $99.99 the "free" tub certainly isn't free, plus it looks pretty cheap and cr*ppy. Deidre (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Due to my fondness for minority colours, I'll no doubt acquire some blurple some time (I was just jumping on the Blandwagon for a couple of stops). Bit of a pain to have to purchase a HC2 for every MKB though. Is Target's extra profit an (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Quite a nice play on words there by Shakespeare, since it was the second sword (held en-passant in the left hand) that was poisoned, hence sinister in both the Latin and English meanings of the word. :) It's been a while since I've read some (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well, there's a partial rebuild of the Misérable planned: stern design has been moved forward (mostly by you!) in leaps and bounds since the Mis was put together. I do have a whole BSB with a spare centre section and mast standing by for the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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<snip> (...) Yep. about $25 for a little Blurple bus (And I really do want it...) This is based on targets "sale" price of $139, compared to BigW's sale price of $114 (which is still running) , same goes for the bundeled Spiderman sets. the bucket (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) hello Mr Dulin! glad everything went okay with your move. look forward to see what youve got in the works, its been a while since weve seen anything big from ya. can you share with us what youve got planned? on another note, you had to build (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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Hi folks, As Jonathan said, some good deals at TRU: 4101 $30; 4403 $50; 3615 $40; 7194 $80 among others... (I might say that TRU's schizoid pricing and poor store layout make it less and less attractive to visit.) Nothing too special at Target (HP (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) I was in the city TRU yesterday (monday) and they had Tie Bombers, Hailfire Droids, the large red helicoptor thingo and some other stuff on clearence (forget what) Nothing noteworthy (unless the passenger train or the train station come down (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) 'Tis interesting that you bring that up... When that bundle first showed up on the shelves in Target Hobart about 10 days ago the shelf tag very clearly said $101.xx. I remember that quite clearly because I thought it was such an odd amount! (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Do LEGO make their own tubs ? It's the same colour scheme as another tub from a few years back. Maybe the combo will be $10 more expensive for the sale ;^) Interesting to see that MB get a whole page and LEGO shares their page with Magnetix (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Additional to that, with the 2x4 version, you can lock it down much more securely by building over the plated ends. A (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Well, it'll be affected by the fact that the 2x2 version has considerably different internal geometry than the 2x4 version, but the 2x4 version has much more sturdy geometry than you'll find inside either a 2x4 brick or plate. It's built like (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Heh, ya not wrong! I thought it was rather funny after looking at the catalog that I scanned the bundle pack with the bonus tub thingy (which isn't even LEGO) and it scanned at $89.95 or there abouts.. (.99 or .95)... and in the catalog they (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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