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G'day, you wouldn't be able to get a travel schedule/list of sets they're selling this time round, would you? Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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The lego trailer seen last year is back with some new displays. This time it includes dioramas featuring the new starwars sets, Knight's Kingdom and the artic sets. Up the back of the display the six roboriders are posed coming out of their (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: FOTW - Road N rail hauler, Club car, Crocodile Loco
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Well, there is no way that the set will be left lying around with the trader. I've already got two of these now so I don't feel the need for one more, which is why I'm letting it known that one is available (otherwise I would've kept it for myself). (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes: <snip> (...) Rest Assured that it wasn't me. I've been very quiet on the Lego buying up until the Markets find. Missed all the K-mart/Target sales too. But I think i still ended up with some bargains over the (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) No, makes perfect sense to me! I support giving people good deals, but what I would hate to see is the set left in the store because no one local spoke up for it. It's too rare and valuable to let some random mundane get it and feed the pieces (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: ROTW - (RipoffOTW)
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That price is nearly as bad as the $12.95(?) for 4910 [The store has since closed], and Targets continuing $45.95 for 6474(?) Digger I mentioned a little while ago. Also, Toykingdom at broadmeadows has 5561 for about $128, down from its RRP of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I think a quiet word in the store managers ear along the lines of "Get your hand off it!" and a showing of a couple of K-Mart receipts would be in order. Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | 2000 Catalogue question
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Just wondering if anyone else has noticed any other of this years catalogues have the (C) year as 1999. At present, I have the Star wars [and the droid kit on the other cat as well], Knight's kingdom, and Arctic , yet the town Jr/city was (C) 2000. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) surely (...) Well said!! My sentiments exactly!! Having said that, I did a round of Vinnies on Saturday morning (11 stores all up in the inner west) and all that it yielded was a shopping bag full of Duplo. A few of the stores said they had (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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With the catalogues, The crocodile engine I have came with one of these catalogues, and I have several others that also have this. As to the older sets, I think it was last year that I found a few 6347 [monorail accessories] at the clint's in Meadow (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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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