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RE: Found some circa 1997 system sets
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Fri, 26 May 2000 05:53:03 GMT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Low [mailto:stinglessbee@hotSPAMFREEmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 6:05 PM
> To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
> Subject: Re: Found some circa 1997 system sets
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> In lugnet.loc.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> > My local Coles supermarket are obviously cleaning out their storeroom
> > at the moment (they did have some Lego a few years ago and • it disappeared
> > all of a sudden, I'd wondered where it went and now I know!).
> >
> > If they are of preliminary interest to anyone in Aus, email • me and I'll
> > go back and get details this weekend. The other thing to • note is they
> > are not on special so you'll be looking at full retail and probably
> > indexed at that.
> >
> > sets snipped
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> Nice find Deidre. I've never seen Lego at Coles -- is it some sort of
> Coles/Kmart hybrid? I'd like to know how much 6746 costs
> (Indian Chief's
> Camp), and PeteW might be interested in 6175 (lots of trans
> blue in there).
> Actually, having a closer look at it, I might be interested
> in it as well.
it wouldn't surprise me if Coles in Tas has/had some lego, as I don't
believe that there are all that many k-mart stores down there, and this is
the only way they could sell some of the larger sets in Tas.
Anyway, selling lego in supermarkets isn't that unusual...Safewayused to
stock some lego back in the mid 80's-early 90's...then they went to meccano,
and now best/lock/megabloks/some lego clone. [Admittedly, they are at the
small end of the range, and not the $20+ area.]
Benjamin Whytcross
BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au
Ph: (03) 9856 5282
Directory Technology Pty Ltd
1/436 Elgar Road,
Box Hill, 3128
Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-)
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| (...) Well, there are only marginally more Coles supermarkets than Kmarts, there's a Kmart in each city (2 in Hobart) and every Kmart has a Coles s'market in the same building. The few other Coles stores are geographically not very far away. The (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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