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Hi Studs, LEGOzzers, and victims of the Australian Peso, Just rang Lego Aust @ Lane Cove. Set 7190 (Mil. Falcon) is due for release at end of July (28th I think). I totally forgot the exact date when the helpful lady told me the pre GST rrp of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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$359 pre-tax ??? YIKES! If this is setting the precedence...who's joining me in entering the dark ages? Does LEGO have no sense that you need customers to stay in business? Santosh (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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$359. What a rip off! Anyone know any toy store owners who can get us a look at the wholesale price that the stores pay for it? And mabie to confirm the price from a 2nd source... (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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Import cost= $100US * 1.7 (dollar to peso) = $170+~10%=$190+post= approx $220 RRP=$359 Who is making the profit ? Once again LA make it difficult to buy Lego and deprive Australian youth of the toy they should be playing with (sigh!!) Tim (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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or to look at it this way US Aus AAT $20 $60 x3 X-Wing $30 $85 x2.9 Y-Wing+Tie $50 $130 x2.6 Millenium Falcon $100 $260 (max) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) This can't be right. I think the person at LA must have swapped a two with a three somewhere along the line. When I range LA back in February I got a price list for all of the 2000 Star Wars range. The exchange rate has got worse, but see (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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Pete, I want to be the one with the BIG Glove doing the smacking. The lady from LA did say three, not two hundred. I asked if she said 2 or 3, and she replied 3. Make that a stick, or maybe an aluminium cricket bat. Mike (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Right! That's it! Where's my big novelty blow-up hammer I got from the Easter Show this year? Someone's gonna be hurtin'!!! That's absurd! ABSURD! y'hear me LA! ABSURD! The US MSRP is USD$100.00 according to Pause. At current exchange rates (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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