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Re: Did you know...
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lugnet.loc.au
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Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:22:48 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Paul Baulch writes:
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> At TRU, 7186 Watto's Junkyard is on clearance at $19.98???
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> That's right, twenty dollars!!! I'm not kidding. Mind you, there are some
> downsides:
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> 1. They're bloody hard to find nowadays. I found one, shoved behind some big
> Bionicle sets that, despite their obvious glamour and appeal to Australian
> Lego enthusiasts of all ages, had been sitting there literally for months!
> So weird.
> 2. Much more importantly, Watto's Junkyard contains no Bionicle masks! A big
> bummer, I know, especially considering you could go to Macca's and buy ten
> Bionicle promo toys for the same price, and get an amazing inventory of
> elements, including:
> 10 Bionicle masks
> 20 Bionicle feet
> 10 Bionicle torsos (WOW!!!)
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> Another good value set I spotted is at Big W - Mono Jet is available at just
> $1.94 and contains a decent astronaut minifig, some good sloped bricks
> (including sand blue) and a small selection of useful bricks. Admittedly it
> contains a wheel which is really only useful if you want to make a
> futuristic vehicle, and of course it's NOWEHERE near as useful as a Bionicle
> mask and it doesn't come in a variety of highly collectible colours and
> shapes like Bionicle masks do. At just under 6 cents a part, though, it's
> worth considering, even though you could buy a McDonald's promo toy for the
> same price... damn, even I'm not sure now.
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> I'll see y'all at MACCAS then!!!
> ;-) ;-) ;-)
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> --
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> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
Well...if someone can find one for me I'd appreciate it...it's one of only a
couple of star wars sets I'm missing.
Thanks,
Benjamin Whytcross
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