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Re: DROID ALERT
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Date: 
Mon, 27 Mar 2000 03:41:15 GMT
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Oops! Well, of course, I should have looked at your return email address
more carefully! Australian dollars! *blushes*  Sorry, typical Yankee assumption
that 'dollars' means 'U.S dollars'.  What is the current exchange rate?

-Bill Leue

In lugnet.loc.au, William M. Leue writes:
WHAT????????

$99.99 for 8002??? What in the Sam Hill are they smoking at your local
toystore?  The MSRP for 8002 is $49.99. All the prices you mention are
WAY high, by nearly a factor of two!

I suggest you move to a bigger town ASAP! :-)

-Bill Leue

In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes:

Peter White <aztekium@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:FrxB2H.Fr1@lugnet.com...
FYI - TRU Parramatta had all three SW 2000 DROIDS available as at Friday • 24/3,
the prices were $ 100+ $ 60+ and $ 40+ AUD, sorry but I didn't write them
down. So expect the prices to be a couple of dollars above the above.


I went down to my local toy store (Toyworld / Uncle Pete's, Wollongong).
They also had all three droids. The prices were

8000   $43.99
8001   $65.99
8002   $99.99

Looking at the models, and the number of pieces, I don't think that the
cheaper two are worth it. Just not enough parts to justify the cost, and the
models look very average. However 8002 is an extremely cool model and with
about 600 parts, becomes excellent value. Bought it on the spot.

Assembly is in progress. :) The model is bagged in an 8448 format, with each
bag labelled (1), (2), etc. to simplify construction.

later,
David Drew.



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(...) assumption (...) Hi Bill, the way to work it out is to multiply the above by 0.6 , with the exchange rate at the moment just hovering above 60 US cents to the 1 Aussie dollar. I know, it's still more expensive but that's the story down here. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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WHAT???????? $99.99 for 8002??? What in the Sam Hill are they smoking at your local toystore? The MSRP for 8002 is $49.99. All the prices you mention are WAY high, by nearly a factor of two! I suggest you move to a bigger town ASAP! :-) -Bill Leue (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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