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Re: Find at Kmart
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:57:54 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richie Dulin wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You sure this wasn’t some shoplifter’s backpack ;^)
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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!).
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I hope you went to a different register.
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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.
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Something old, something new.............
Only Lego could come up with a marketing idea like this.
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Good luck finding one (and don’t forget Kmart is 15% off Thurs/Fri). LMK if
you’d like the backpacks.
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If we ever have another meeting, I might make you an offer.
Thomas the TE loses playground credibility after kindergarten, my son will soon
discover.
pete.w
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| (...) Of course! Spread the happiness! (...) I'm just glad they didn't go for 'something blue' as well. ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 12-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Nov-03, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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