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RE: FOTW - Road N rail hauler, Club car, Crocodile Loco
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Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:45:02 GMT
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With the catalogues, The crocodile engine I have came with one of these
catalogues, and I have several others that also have this.
As to the older sets, I think it was last year that I found a few 6347
[monorail accessories] at the clint's in Meadow Heights. These were selling
for $12.95 each, but had torn boxes. Another toyshop that occasionally has
older stock is Tates Toy Kingdom in North Geelong. I got my Crocodile engine
there last year for $90. They seem to get the odd older item in, as I think
they are high on the distribution list for older/clearance sets from other
toy kingdoms that are closing down. [Unfortunately, when I got the
crocodile, We were hoping to get the 6989 that had been sitting on the shelf
there for a few months[years], but we hadn't had the money for :( ]
Also, Are there any other toy-worlds other than Craigieburn which are
waiting for this years lego to appear? [All they have received so far has
been a catalogue (1 copy for the shop), which they were convinced to give to
a customer. I provided them with 2 copies so they'd know what was going to
be [hopefully] available, but it is not good for a company like lego to let
stores go for several months without a rep visiting, or sending in a range
of sets.]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsary..Growing up isn't :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Santosh Bhat [mailto:santosh@student.unsw.edu.au]
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 9:13 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: FOTW - Road N rail hauler, Club car, Crocodile Loco
>
>
> The dealer said that he used to own a toy store but had to close down.
> They did have one or two other smaller sets, but i didn't
> really note them down
> as my attention was elsewhere. But you know the standard
> range of crappy
> plastic toys, but there were some other stuff too. He pointed
> out a wooden
> Train set that he claimed collectors paid over $120 for him for.
>
> Judging by the plastic bag he gave me, they're Importers and
> distributors of
> toys from Hong Kong. The catalogues on the sets were
> bilingual in English and
> <insert Asian Language>. I don't seem to remember lego
> catalogues that we got
> in our sets ever being in any language other than English, so
> I'm guessing that
> these sets were imported from overseas.
>
> I asked him if he had any other Lego Items and he said he'd
> have a look at the
> remainder of the stock he had. I'll check back next week to
> see if he's come up
> with anything else good.
>
> My gut feeling is that there is a stock of a whole lot of
> Older Lego being held
> somewhere in Australia. In 1996 I was in "Clints Crazy
> Bargains" in Parramatta,
> and they had a huge stack of 4551's for $50 and a stack of
> 12V Automated
> Swithing Rails for the trains. A very unusual find. I chased up some
> information as to how they got all these. Turns out that some
> buyer/distributor
> must've got a delivery of them cheap off Lego Australia, and
> then sold them
> onto Clints who then sell it in their stores.
>
> Therefore there must be some other process going on about the way Lego
> Australia get rid of excess older stock that we haven't
> really found out about.
> It would be good to know where these items go. There was
> discussions at Legoz.2
> about how we'd be willing to pay to take older Lego Off LA's
> hands than for
> them to destroy them. Perhaps these buyer/distributors are
> applying the same
> priniciple.
>
> Thats one of my theories anyhow. Perhaps others may know a bit more.
>
>
>
>
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > Just got back from Parklea Markets. Was on the mission to • purchase some nuts
> > > and dried apricots, wehn i was going past a trader selling toys.
> > > Using my super-human vision, I was able to spot the Lego symbol.
> > >
> > > To cut it short.
> > >
> > > This is what picked up:
> > > 4549 - Road 'N Rail Hauler
> > > 4547 - Metroliner Club Car
> > > 4551 - The Crocodile Locomotive
> > >
> > > Boxes were opened, but all bags sealed and all • stickers/pieces were there.
> > >
> > > Yay :)
> >
> > Excellent find Santosh. I thought places like Parklea would • be useless,
> > especially for any trains. What sort of other goods did the • guy carry,
> > I mean in general, not just a Lego sense.
> > I have a 4551, but I'm sure someone local will want it (at $80 too).
> > Just as long as it doesn't find it's way across the Pacific • ,as much as
> > we love them :^)
> >
> > pete.w
>
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