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Re: Turaga to make a comeback to stores - Warning! Bionicle content
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Tue, 4 Sep 2001 04:41:52 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Pete White writes:
In lugnet.loc.au, Martin Scragg writes:
Seems they were unsure as to how well they would go, thinking that they
would have enough to last about a week in the stores, the average they
lasted however was about 2 days, with some people walking out with a box
full of them.
What outrageous behaviour ;^) Who would do such things.
Well, I don't like to mention names, but... :-)  This time I will get a
couple of each (My wife wants some of the masks and weapons for her doll
house stuff).  Mmmm, extra coloured heads...

Bit like the "chrome knights fiasco" Part 2.
This is probably why they only got a few in this time, they didn't want to
be stuck with them like the adventurers sets.

Maybe Woolies should have got exclusive masks with Big red W's on the forehead.
Or a big S for Safeway.  Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, no
it's a Safeway exclusive Bionicle!!!

pete.w (who hangs around the frozen goods section more often these days)
Better that, than the feminine hygeine isle!  :-)
(See this thread for explanation: http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=6631)

Martin



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  Re: Turaga to make a comeback to stores - Warning! Bionicle content
 
(...) But did they get stuck with the Adventurers overall or was that an isolated store or two? In Tas, the Chrome Castle and the Adventurers sold equally well, and fast, in all stores (so did the Technic duo packs). I did come across the odd (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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(...) Well I guess LEGO only manufacture and distribute them :^o (...) By the time people noticed, they would have had a choice of the tan or 2 grey and for something in this price range, the set would be affordable, so people would have been left (...) (23 years ago, 4-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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