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RE: Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Star Wars Sets
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Fri, 19 May 2000 03:58:50 GMT
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Just curious...where are these sets available, and for how much? [Star wars
mini-fig collectors sets, I'm referring to]

Benjamin Whytcross
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Callaway [mailto:pcallaway@bmcl.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 1:56 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Star Wars Sets
> 
> 
> In lugnet.loc.nz, Peter White writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.nz, Grahame Reid writes:
> > > 
> > > The LEGO Football sets are now available in New Zealand, • exclusively from
> > > Toyworld. However there is only one Team Bus available - • set number 3406 (the
> > > one with blue window frames). I bought one of each set • except for the
> > Expansion
> > > Set 3410 of which I bought two.
> > > 
> > > Total cost: $372.00 NZD
> > 
> > Grahame,
> > Let us all know what the soccer field set is like to play with,
> > surely it can't be too far away for Australia (but then...)
> 
> A call to LA has revealled that these sets (all of them, she
> said) will be
> released in the first week of June. No word on the prices,
> but I think we've
> guessed them all anyway.
> 
> Incidently, the wonderful little Star Wars Minifig Collector Sets
> http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/3340s.jpg
> http://collectibles.echostation.com/fbtb/3341s.jpg plus two
> others 3342
> (Chewie + two Scout Troopers) and 3343 (Battle Droid
> commander + two Battle
> Droids) won't be available in Australia, surprise, surprise.
> I reakon these
> would sell like cold beer in Darwin, particularly as some of
> the figures are
> only available in expensive sets, and Emperor Palpatine isn't
> in any sets (for
> the moment).
> 
> Who is in charge of these marketing/ordering decisions and
> what planet do they
> live on? The soccer sets decision was turned around, perhaps
> we can work on
> them for this one?
> 
> 
> 
> Pete Callaway (thinking of taking BrikWars to Lane Cove, on a
> more "realistic"
> level!!!)
> 



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  Re: Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Star Wars Sets
 
(...) Check (URL) for prices and availability (USA only - now how many times have we heard that when referring to LEGO?). Pete Callaway (26 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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