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Re: Calling all Aussie Lego fans (Harris Scarfe)
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sat, 3 Jun 2000 05:34:45 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jane McDermott writes:
> > Jane, do these sales have a rhyme or reason, first Monday of each month etc.?
> > Was John Martins a single store or chain ?
> > How are the independent Toyworlds/Toy Kingdoms shaping up ?
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> I don't think they do, but there's one a week usually in the lead up to all
> special shopping events. Johnnies had a 4-5 stores in the suburbs, now taken
> over by DJs and mostly sold to Harris Scarfe. But the pride and joy of all
> toy people was the flagship store, which had almost a whole floor devoted to
> toys. They had just about everything you could think of in there. They also
> had a special area attached which hosted the Lego exhibitions etc. I haven't
> seen any Toyworlds in ages, so I wouldn't think they're going too well. There
> are usually Toyworlds in large country towns and that's about it.
Much the same story in Sydney.
5 Toyworlds, 3 Toylands and a couple of Toy Kingdoms. They still live on in
rural NSW.
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| (...) I don't think they do, but there's one a week usually in the lead up to all special shopping events. Johnnies had a 4-5 stores in the suburbs, now taken over by DJs and mostly sold to Harris Scarfe. But the pride and joy of all toy people was (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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