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Re: Available UCS Tie/ UCS XWing and SWMF
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:18:42 GMT
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What about the Millenium Falcon (7???)?
Also, most of the stores in town (Bris) have limited supplies of the new catalog
(I only grabbed one not my usual three so that others could enjoy).
Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > UCS Tie/ UCS XWing and SWMF. there are:
> > (2) ucs xwing's $259
> > (1) SWMF $189
> > (0) ucs tie $189 the ucs tie which i put on layby
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> I made a few phone calls this morning. The "Mr Toys Toyworld" group in
> Brisbane (which includes most but not all Toyworld stores in Brisbane) will
> not be stocking the 7181 or 7191 claiming that they are "above their price
> point", which apparently is the price at which they will not stock a set for
> fear of not selling it. This probably accounts for why we rarely see big
> Lego sets at these stores. They will however order them in at RRP of $259
> for the 7181 Tie Interceptor and at $390 for the 7191 X-Wing Fighter.
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> ToysRUs at Aspley claim that these sets are not yet available but should be
> available within a month or so. They would not speculate on the price, but
> based on usual TRU prices, we can probably assume RRP or thereabouts.
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> I speculate that we will not see these sets at places like KMart and Target,
> which never carry the big sets.
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> Interestingly, the man at Mr Toys Toyworld mentioned (as part of the
> discussion on "price points") that lots of toy stores were currently
> reluctant to carry a full range of any brand of toy because of the poor
> market conditions. He pointed to store closures of World 4 Kids and Toys R
> Us as proof that the philosophy of carrying the widest range of product
> didn't always work.
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> Personally I wasn't aware that toy stores were having poor market
> conditions. Although it wasn't clear if he was saying toy sales were bad
> generally, or whether he meant that toy stores (as compared with department
> stores like KMart, Big W, etc) were doing badly.
>
> --
> Kerry Raymond
> kerry@dstc.edu.au
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| (...) I didn't ask specifically about it because I have one already (from the USA). However, I would assume from the conversations that: Mr Toys Toyworld won't stock it (due to their "price point") Toys R Us probably will stock it in a month or so I (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) I made a few phone calls this morning. The "Mr Toys Toyworld" group in Brisbane (which includes most but not all Toyworld stores in Brisbane) will not be stocking the 7181 or 7191 claiming that they are "above their price point", which (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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