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Re: Show disappointment. (was: STUDS stuff)
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Sat, 4 May 2002 04:39:44 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> > > Any info on proposed visit to Castle Hill for the World Show?
> > Count me in on a weekend.
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> The Significant Other was going stir-crazy yesterday and it was quite easy
> to suggest a trip to the (nearbyish) Castle Hill Towers.
> Disappointment.
I visited this morning (4/5) and was probably less dissapointed... but that
may have been because I wasn't expecting too much after James' post.
And there was a Duplo pit to play in. I like Duplo pits.
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> It's not the world show at all.
No.
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> It's not even close.
No.
> It is most of the stuff from the Powerhouse display (Jan 2001?) With some
> extra. (Half a wizard, some broken Toa's and a western shooting gallery)
And a 'put yourself in the picture' sculpted knight (complete with a pot
belly) and junior knight. Unfortunately, I didn't take the camera with me. :-(
> The shop has sale tickets all over it, advertising reduced prices, but the
> reductions simply bring the price down to RRP (or BigW RRP) or sometimes not
> even that.
True. The Enchanted Island at c.$55 is good if you don't know about the $45
ones at BigW. I picked up a 5975 dinosaur transport boat for $50, which I
think is pretty good. Several more left when I left.
> K-Mart was the star of the trip, they had Collectors X-wings ($250?) stacked
> on a Collectors TiE ($150) end. It would have been possible to argue that
> they were the same price (since it wasn't just one it was 5 or so), But I
> didn't have $150 lying around to spend on a Collector X-wing.
I didn't visit K-Mart. Uncle Pete's did not impress at all (the World Show
savings were significant indeed compared to Uncle Pete!
> > > Any info on next meet? (I know it's still a little while off)
> Shogun Bond-Sai had the last of his supplies arrive this week, Bows and
> saddles and a extra Ninja to round out numbers. In all, he commands just
> over 180 figs (a couple more than the postulated 150)
180! I can probably field around 60 dark ages troops. Good thing I'll have
some of Leonards devices on hand. And a trained dinosaur or two.
> So far (at Macq at least) these aren't rushing off shelves. Perhaps exposure
> in the movie might help but I don't think it'll come close to Falcon-like
> rarity. After all the falcon was iconic, the gunship is merely a retooled
> helicopter. Perhaps there's hope for it to be discounted (but it'll probably
> go very quickly then).
I wonder whether to draw card for the gunship isn't the the four clone troopers?
> James (who is still recovering from the disappointment)
Cheers
Richie (who thinks if you don't expect to much, you can be in for a pleasant
suprise)
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