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Find at Kmart
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Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:06:07 GMT
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G’day,
I visited Kmart yesterday, nothing particularly exciting until on my way out I
found (away from the main LEGO section), a LEGO backpack containing a Mini
Millenium Falcon, Final Duel I and a Flash Speeder. No price tag. I figured it
would be expensive... but a Flash Speeder would be nice.
I wandered off to find a staff member, who directed me to a scanner, which
turned out not be be where she said it was, so I wandered aimlessly for a while
before stumbling (quite literally, someone had decided to build a barricade on
boxes across the aisle) on a fixed scanner. After five minutes trying to get the
scanner to scan the barcode... it finally scanned: Star Wars Backpack $18.99.
Wow.
That’s a great deal. 8.6c/pc. Plus you get a free LEGO branded kid’s backpack,
and a bionicle poster. Plus you get to wait at the checkout while they try, in
vain, to scan the barcode.
Unfortunately, there were only two on the shelf. I restrained myself to only
one. Initially. By the time I’d got to my car, I reconsidered, and I went back
for the second (I had the same barcode scanning problems with the second, but,
at 8.6c/pc I didn’t really mind!).
I’ve avoided the mini sets so far, but am quite impressed with the ’ Falcon (I
built one in left hand drive form, to appease the 66% of the world’s population
who drive on the wrong side of the road.) ;-)
What strikes me as odd about this deal is the mix of sets - one that’s new, one
that’s been on clearance (or at least cluttering the shelves) for a while, and
one that hasn’t been on shelves for around three years.
Good luck finding one (and don’t forget Kmart is 15% off Thurs/Fri). LMK if
you’d like the backpacks.
Adieu
Richie Dulin
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| (...) Plus finding a scanner that actually works and is not guarded by a feral scanning half the clothing in the store. (...) You sure this wasn't some shoplifter's backpack ;^) (...) I hope you went to a different register. (...) Something old, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the heads-up.I've been after this set for a while...any spare brown caps very much appreciated :) [Oh yes, even a complete minifig or 20...] Benjamin Whycross (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Great Find Richie! Well done! Definetely took some time to find these myself. Looked everywhere in K-Mart, found them hidden on a small shelf next to the Lay-By counter? I found another Backpack, but with a Jack Stone set, one of those New (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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