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Re: Great news!
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sun, 7 May 2000 11:30:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Paul Baulch writes:
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> Great news for all Lego fans in Australia, from Mark Harrison:
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> >
> > I spoke to the Lego Rep for Qld today. She informed me that Lego has done • an
> > about face regarding the new Soccer theme. Her order sheets for this theme • at
> > the beginning of the year showed only one set, 3409. Her latest order sheet • now
> > shows all the sets that appear in the 2000 catalog. She also said that Lego
> > Australia is going to subsidise the cost to reduce the price on many of the • sets
> > in this theme. One example she gave was the 3409 had an original RRP of • about
> > $119, it will now be offered for a price in the $60's range. I asked her • which
> > Team bus set would be released and she said all of them.
> >
> > If this is true, I think it will be a coup for Australia. It also occured • to me
> > that this change of heart may have something to do with the upcoming • Olympics
> > but the rep would not comment about this.
> >
> > So something to look forward to.
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> I'll be interested to see what the Toyworld and Toy Kingdom stores do with
> that RRP for the 3409, I'm going to remember that $60 price.
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> We're getting all the soccer sets!!! Woohoo!!!
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> LA might actually have listened to us!!! ESPECIALLY LOUD WOOHOO!!!!
> ;-)
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> >
> > Now to get on my soapbox........
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> > Maybe all you Australians can contact Todd and tell him what a great
> > asset I am to the Loc.Au newsgroup. He felt he was looking after your • interests
> > in stopping Australia Auctions "spam" (his word not mine) on the loc.au
> > newsgroup when a number of you requested I send the annoucements there.
> >
> > Gagging
> >
> > Mark H.
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> You certainly are, Mark, if this Soccer sets news is anything to go by, and
> yes, I am dissatisfied with having to wade through .market.b/s/t and
> .market.auction for Australian posts. High int'l shipping costs to Aus means
> a lot of us down here prefer to look locally for sets/parts, and especially
> because of that I would very much like Australian auction/BST posts in this
> group to be regarded as on-topic.
> However, that probably wouldn't work well for the much-larger American
> groups, and if exceptions are made for different groups I don't know what
> the ramifications are.... only Todd can be the judge of that, love him or
> hate him, he's the one with the experience of running this show.
I'll second the request to allow Mark to make these posts in .loc.au. I am
personally tired of responding to trade/sale/auction posts and being informed
they are only open to US bidders [same with ebay auctions]. What we really
need is a .loc.au.market or .loc.au.tradingpost. This would allow us to have
our sales/trades insulated from the rest of the world, helping us keep lego in
Aus, and our prices down.
> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
Benjamin Whytcross
b_whytcross@hotmail.com
bwhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au
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| (...) OMG!!! Ben!!! You're here!!! As part of the thread!!! GEORGE:"Permission to yell "Bravo!" at an excessively loud volume, sir!" MELCHERT:"Permission granted." GEORGE:"BRAVO!!!" Well done! It's much more fun having you here as part of the thread (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) I agree. I'd like to see an AU-only marketplace but not mixed up with general discussions. I'll sending a message to that effect to lugnet.admin.general. Why not send a follow-up in support? Kerry (25 years ago, 8-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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