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Re: What's available Brisbane CBD
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 03:01:05 GMT
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There is one reason to check out David Jones sporadically, they often have PARTS
sets (so you don't have to buy an awful System set to get 5 black 1x1x3 pieces).
Otherwise there prices are similar to Myer and range is younger.
Thanks for posting as I will now check the CBD today for the 800? series which
I've been waiting for for a while.
Cheers
Tim
Kerry Raymond wrote:
> I made a visit to the Brisbane CBD to check out the Lego range.
> Here are some of the items of interest (all done from memory, so maybe
> worth a phone call to double-check before trekking on in). My own
> interests are Mindstorms, Technics, Model Team and Space/Star Wars, so
> I didn't look much at other stuff. I'm mostly interested in the larger
> sets which seem harder to come by than the smaller sets.
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> Myer level 2, the Myer Centre, Queen Street
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> All normal retail prices here, but the only Myer that I have found
> in Brisbane that has Mindstorms. On shelf were:
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> Mindstorms Robotic Invention System 1.5
> Mindstorms Extreme Creatures extension pack [not useful IMHO]
> Cybermaster in the silver case (8482?)
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> Technic 8845 Formula I Racer (yellow)
> Technic 8448 Supercar Mark 2 (black/red)
> Technic 8444 (I think) supercopter
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> Model Team 5563 Truck
> Model Team 5533 Red Fury dragster
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> Most of the bigger Star Wars (including Episode 1) was available
> but with the exception of the 800X droids.
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> Loads of smaller Technics and space/star wars sets.
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> Mr Toys / Toyworld, Level 2, Myer Centre, Queen Street [just outside
> Myer's toy area -- convenient if you want to compare prices!
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> No Mindstorms, Cybermaster, Model Team, or larger Technics
> generally but big selection of the small and mid-range sets. I
> had the impression that there might be a bit of discounting
> across a lot of sets, possibly to compete against Myer.
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> 8002 Destoyer Droid $83 (I think someone quoted $99 as an RRP)
> One of the other droids (either 8000 or 8001) at about $50.
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> There was a big discount on a couple of sets of
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> 6979 Space UFO Interstellar Starfighter, $100 (reduced from $175)
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> The above did not appear in their "specials" catalogue so I don't
> know if this is available in all My Toys / Toyworld stores or just
> at this store. It's a large set and nice looking model but I'm not
> a UFO fan myself, so I left them on the shelf for the rest of you.
>
> Mr Toys /Toyworld, upstairs from A&R Bookworld, Queen Street (near Games R Us)
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> This store has a larger floor area than the one in the Myer Centre
> but far less Lego. I didn't see anything to interest me, apart from
> the 8000 Pit Droid. The sales assistant told me that they expected
> to get in more Lego, but had no idea what or when.
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> David Jones (level 2), Queen Street
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> Large general selection of Lego, but not much to my taste.
> No signs of specials or discounts, did not want to discount
> a set with a lot of damage to the box.
> No Mindstorms, Cybermaster.
> A lot of Star Wars (incl Episode 1) but I don't remember any
> 800X droids.
> Model Team 5563 Truck Model Team
> 5561 Big Foot [which is available at KMart much cheaper]
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> They had a Technics 8446 Monster Crane Truck but they sold it
> earlier in the day. However, more are expected next week and
> they will phone me when they arrive, so add points for customer
> service.
>
> Target, Queen Street [the old Coles store]
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> Same range as my local Indooroopilly Target store. Mostly small
> and medium sets. Nothing worthy of special mention.
>
> Summary.
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> Myer Queen Street and Mr Toys Toyworld in the Myer Centre are the
> place to start as between them there is a good range of stuff,
> and being so close, you can waltz between them making up your mind.
>
> Kerry
>
> =============================================================================
> Dr Kerry Raymond, Distinguished Research Fellow E-mail: kerry@dstc.edu.au
> CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems Technology Phone: +61 7 3365 4310
> University of Queensland 4072 Australia Fax: +61 7 3365 4311
> =========================================== WWW: http://www.dstc.edu.au/kerry
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