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This morning's Courier-Mail had an advert that said "Huge $5 million clearance sale now on at Toys R Us". No other details were given about Lego or otherwise. Being cynical, I presume $5 million is what TRU hopes to make in huge profits from the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) A TRU ad in today's Telegraph had 'Selected LEGO 40% off' (or maybe it was 'Selected LEGO up to 40% off'). While I think TRU would probably 'select' different LEGO to me for a 40% off sale, it sounds promising. Or it would, if I hadn't (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Mmmmm. The fancy pants $5m sale involves a dozen or so sets, including the Red Baron and Pirate ship pricing previously discussed hereabouts. The only other mildly interesting elements were Tie Fighters for $18 and some of the small three fig (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Evil MB! Not like LEGO where the prices tend to get lower over time... Sounds like an excuse to provide some statistics! yay! For the new sets I purchased: Year cpp (total) cpp (sets) 1997 22.0 23.1 1998 16.9 21.7 1999 20.3 70.45 (hopelessly (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Since, as you know, 'up to 40% off' can mean amounts such as 35% off, 20% off, 3.089% off and 0% off, I decided to go to Highpoint to do some research today. These are the sets TRU had on sale and for how much: [LEGOSet 8012] Was: $51.98 Now: $29.98 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Sep-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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