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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Australia has lost quite enough Lego to overseas already. We seem to have had the unfortunate situation where the merchants got to our country's stock long before the enthusiasts did. We need to do all we (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Why not snaffle and auction (Re: FOTW - Road N rail hauler, Club car, Crocodile Loco)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) Gee Lar, your views on this sort of thing are fairly well known. I'm kinda surprised you want to stir all that up here. I'm with PeterW and Santosh. While we owe a debt to the professionals like yourself, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) In our small yet growing AFOL community we like to give each other tips on what's about and first offer on it (the non-lurkers anyway). Maybe it's the Lego situation in Australia, ie high retail prices, less of the range available, less (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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I've sent these overseas where there were some considerable hassles from both sending and receiving ends :(. So I'm not too keen on sending it immediately overseas. Ok here's what I'll do. If someone within Australia wants it, please let me know by (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Nice find.. you should definintely buy up the other croc, someone in Oz surely will want it. Or if not, sell it for loads of cash on eBay... (...) Why? Not that someone won't want it locally, but why not sell it wherever? ++Lar (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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We have all seen the podrace 7171 set on clearance in different countries around the globe. A 7171 was seen on Friday in a toy store in one of the more expensive suburbs of Sydney for $ 270.00 AUD. The highest I have ever seen it is $ 228 AUD. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Please give it a go, the worst that could happen is nil response. A couple of questions for Australians.... Has anyone found old stock appearing at a toy shop, I mean one that you would normally frequent and have a good idea at what the limits (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Maybe i should draft up a letter to LA to find out what the actual stand on excess older stock is. I mean i could write it up from the perspective of a possible distributor. Maybe the Excess stock is a reason for why LA is moving to only getting (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) down (...) It's amazing what toys some toy stores will carry and what more what they won't. Some toy stores stock no Lego at all eg. Supertoys (Gosford) and others (usually so-called educational toystores with enigmatic names) defend their (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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The dealer said that he used to own a toy store but had to close down. They did have one or two other smaller sets, but i didn't really note them down as my attention was elsewhere. But you know the standard range of crappy plastic toys, but there (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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