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| (...) Hi Dave, For whatever reason (perhaps my own lack of experience with such an event) the biggest part of the effort was organizing who was coming and when. As you can recall we had people coming and going on each of the three days. That in (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) Keith, I must again apologize to you. I still feel bad that your email address didn't quite make it on to the mailing list. That was confusion on my part between those people I was communicating with and those who were on the list. In your (...) (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| In lugnet.events, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) I'm in. I'll be there all 3 days. If you need some assistance, I'll help there as well. Dunno what that entails, but I'll do what I can. Dave K (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| Hi Allan, (...) Be sure to count me in and let me have all the details - in time! I don't want to miss it like last year! I still have (URL) Butters> and (URL) Inferno> built. I am keeping them around specifically for this event! Cheers Keith (20 years ago, 17-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) Thanks, that link answered all of my questions and more. You can count this reply as a 'yes' under the 'who is interested category'. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) Hello Janey, That's a good question. Last year that was probably the most common question I got. And the answer is 'no' you don't have to commit to all three days. In fact, for the 2003 show, we had people who attended for just about every (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| (...) I'm curious to know if someone wants to be part of the display do you need them to commit to all three days? Janey (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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| The Hobby Show in Toronto is just about 6 months away. This post is intended to gauge the level of interest that people have in putting on a booth at this year's show. As a reminder, the Can-Brick Builders attended last year's show (Nov 2003) and (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: ParLUGment May Meeting
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| Well, we had a record breaking turn-out for our May meeting. 14 people showed up, and that was without 2 regulars. We went around the circle to introduce ourselves and our favourite themes, so the new attendees were Deborah (architecture), Shirley (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: LEGO train Show in Niagara Falls,Canada presented by TheBrickArt
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| (...) RTLToronto and others- Sorry up front for the cross-post, but I wanted to get this to the .loc and .orgs in the area... I just stopped in a lunch and Marek let me peek at his layout. It is about 13m x 6m (about 42 x 20 ft), has several bridges (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.us.ny.buf, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham)
| | | | | Re: LEGO train show in Niagara Falls,Canada..presented by TheBrickArt
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| (...) I tried to find out more information and this is what I found: A website that lists train show in Canada but still has no more information: (URL) name of the building at the address given: CANADIAN POLISH HOME 5072 Magdalen Street Niagara (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| Have to agree with getting more Pick a brick stores, you have one in Windsor, down in the south of england, there should be one up north, say Manchester, so i can get the bits i need without resorting to bricklink :D (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I totally agree. The only other store west of Minnesota not in California is in Colorado. BC has just under a half million people less than Colorado. Plus we don't have any small chain toy stores. I would think this is one of the lest (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | History
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| Don't know how I got the idea, but I was browsing LUGNET and got the idea to look up who were the oldest posters on LUGNET from ParLUGment. Interesting stuff. Here's their first posts to LUGNET, first posts to .ott, and rec.toys.lego/alt.toys.lego (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Zellers asnd TRU small sales
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| Zellers ran a one page ad in one of the Halifax papers yesterday having a BOGO half off sale on all LEGO Thursday and Friday (April 29th and 30th) only. The sale is probably nation-wide, but I'm not positive as it wasn't in their normal flyer. TRU (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | ParLUGment May Meeting
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| Just to let everyone know, I will be hosting the May Meeting, on Tuesday May 4th, at 7pm. No dinner this time. It looks like we may have 14 attendees this time. Directions will be emailed directly to those interested in attending. Anyone wishing to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Dear LEGO...
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| (cross-posting to Dear-LEGO) Jake, ...or whichever other LEGO representative that might be reading this... Why has Canada been left out of all these LEGO store openings?!?! Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: 7046 in Canada
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| I am just going from my price list/catalog release dates. Sometimes the 'big guys' can get things around the same time as shop@home, but the smaller dealers for sure won't see it till July, same as the Falcon, and quite a few other sets as well. HP (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: 7046 in Canada
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| (...) Why would TLC put it out in the Magazine and Catalogue with the other "Rescue" Sets (back in Nov.) if it gunning for a July '04 Release? I heard from a freind he saw the set two weeks ago at one particular TRU, but when I went there last week (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Spiderman 2 sets at TRU
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| Emailed this around on Monday, but thought I should put a heads up here. New Spiderman 2 sets are now at TRU in Canada. 4853 Spider-Man's Street Chase - $15 4854 Doc Ock's Bank Robbery - $30 4857 Doc Ock's Fusion Lab - $30 4855 Spider-Man's Train (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | Re: 7046 in Canada
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| Dealers are not getting the 7046 till July, so it's a semi shop@home exclusive for a few months of preview. A very common thing these days. Same with Falcon, new falcon probably won't hit shelves till July retail wise, but shop@home has it already (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: meeting in may?
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| (...) lol! Details two weeks before the meeting? That's unheard of for our group! In the past we've been pretty bad, as I'm sure you've noticed the lack of meeting postings on LUGNET. :) I guess we should try and change that since the group is (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | meeting in may?
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| hi, tim strutt mentioned that this group might gather in may, the 1st monday and i was hoping to receive more info re details, if they've been decided. could someone please let me know if in fact details have been decided. i'd appreciate it very (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | Shopping Update
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| Stopped at TRU on Merivale today. They have ALL the X-Pods now. A bin full. And they have a LOT of stuff on sale, between 30-45% off on sports, racers, some new creator & town stuff, and of course Jack Stone. The 45% was mainly the extra-large (...) (20 years ago, 15-Apr-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: 7046 in Canada
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| (...) This set had a manufacturing issue. Some sets were fine while others were missing one polybag (the one with all the legs) and had another bag that was duplicated. The LEGO store is selling this set with the potentially missing polybag afixed (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: 7046 in Canada
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| (...) Welcome to the new nature of retailing in Canada. I can't find the boat either in Southern Ontario (Niagara Falls). I haven't checked out the stock in New York State, but I assume that Walmart and Toys R Us carried it for the christmas season (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: 7046 in Canada
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| (...) A non-AFOL friend of mine gave me that set for my birthday in January. This is the Ottawa area, and I don't know which store he got it from, but my guess would be that if you can't find it, it's probably because it's such a small cheap set, (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | 7046 in Canada
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| I'm trying to find 7046 in the Vancouver Area. I've looked at TRU, Wal-Mart, Zellers, and none of them have the Fire Boat. I assume they came out to the US when the Rescue Base and Hovercraft came out. None of the Catalogues say its S@H only so why (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) As far as I know, ParLUGment will meet next on Monday, May 3. Unfortunately, I may not be there, since it's my sons birthday. But if you are interested in attending, we will definitely email you the info on where it will be (once decided), (...) (20 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: My pics from MonLUG's 6th train show
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| (...) Replying to myself, I've made a mistake. The pictures are in this folder: (URL) Sorry! Pierre MonLUG #1 (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.town, FTX)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) sharing my work with children is one thing, sharing with the afol community has turned out to be something completely different. you mentioned in a previous post that parlugment would be meeting the first monday of the month. will this be (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, FTX)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) before i break my creations, i bring them into work to show my students (i'm a teacher) so at least i get a chance to share the beauty of this hobby. they (aged 4-12) are in awe of the brick and i hope i incite them to build something, (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | | | Re: more mocs - cliffhouse, museum
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| (...) <snip> (...) Some more beautiful MOC's again. The Cliffhouse is beautiful. Makes me want to build something just to include a waterfall. That waterfall is awesome. I can see why you'd have to tear it down. That's a lot of window packs. And (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.general)
| | | | | My pics from MonLUG's 6th train show
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| Hello, Last weekend, MonLUG participated in its sixth train show. As always, it was a great success and our best layout ever, we were as popular as ever with visitors (around 9000 people). Here are my pics: (URL) (after moderation) There’s 3 pages (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.town)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Two words: WICKED!! Sweet aye-carubma, they've got colours I never knew existed! When did pink show up?? Light pukey green? Man, having a PAB around would be cool, the ultimate in bulk purchasing. The best thing I see is the freedom of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| TWS Garrison wrote in message ... (...) I'll vote for that! Kevin (now 6 hours north of Vancouver in a town where the ONLY LEGO source is Wal-Mart) ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Presumably Gatineau is part of the Ottawa Region, casino and all. :) (...) Well, it doesn't seem the way it used to be, I agree. While we don't miss anything our American friends get from S@H in the US. What we lost was: a) At exchange pricing (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Meanwhile, there are no Lego stores (as far as I know) in the region west of Minnesota and north of California. That's what, a quarter of the US and half of Canada, roughly? So I agree with the Canadians that Canada should get a Lego store. . (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) How lucky are we here in the Chicago suburbs????? 3 P-A-B within an hours drive! Pretty darn lucky I guess......... (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) The store in downtown Chicago got pick-a-brick as well. It was a while after the other two stores in IL opened with Pick-a-brick first. My guess would be that the new stores get it right away and then the other stores will get it eventually. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| "Jason Spears" <spearjr@hotmail.com> wrote in news:HvrHpw.D89@lugnet.com: (...) other (...) and (...) is (...) Those are cool models. Mine are there: (URL) warned, though, that i do not have a big variety of bricks so my models are a bit "square". (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) That's the first one I've heard of then. Excellent, that gives hope. (...) Yes, Bricks and Blocks has 3 locations, and the 2 I've been to are very well done. They are done very professionally, and the large models and play areas add a lot to (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) The Mall of America LEGO store got PaB. It existed long before the new push for more stores. I may be misunderstanding you though. As for whether the St. Jacobs store (N of Kitchener/Waterloo ON) would be well suited, I am with Allan, I think (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I agree that PAB would be perfectly suited for any of the Bricks & Blocks outlets in Southern and Central Ontario. Unfortunately, from what I have understood, PAB has not gone into any of the existing stores. It has only appeared in new (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Again, speaking only about St. Jacob's... I've always thought of them _sort of_ like a car dealership. Most car dealers only sell one brand of cars, but they're not really stores owned by the company that makes the product. I'm not sure that's (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Calum, According to your stats, we beat your tourism on a per capita basis. :-) Do not forget that with Ottawa you have Gatineau and a reasonable proximity to Montreal. Actually, I do not want to argue that LEGO do something here instead of (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) (URL) If this is the first you've heard of it, then I'm sure that once you've (...) I couldn't agree more. :) Allan B. (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Brickshelf is back up now. Drool over this selection of fences and foliage: (URL) some more links to drool over: (URL) Strutt (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Well, Brickshelf seems to be down this minute, so I can't pull out any direct links, but when it's back up, just do a search in the gallery for "pick-a-brick" or "pab", and you'll see pictures of the bins of bricks in these stores that you (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Because those 3 Ontario stores carry special S@H packs and sets, discontinued items, have displays, and have only a huge honkin' LEGO logo out front, I had always assumed they were at least an officially recognized exclusive brand store. I (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Adult Fan of Lego Please see Shiri Dori’s Acronym FAQ: (URL) Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) LEGO Imagination Centers, besides looking somewhat cooler on a whole, tend to end up with a whole lot of non-line merchandise and things like keychains and magnets and stuff. The Brand Stores are just that, and the Outlets carry a broader (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) It's good to hear of another new AFOL. :-) It stands for Adult Fan Of LEGO. Play well. Tim Strutt (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| "Tim Courtney" <tim.courtney@SPAMCA...ktron.com> wrote in news:Hvpp22.AJB@lugnet.com: (...) Hi, i'm new here. I'm canadian, from québec city. I understand that AFOL seems to mean a fan of lego, but what's the exact meaning of the letters? Thanks. (20 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I can't speak to any of the others, but from what I know of talking to the folks at Bricks & Blocks in St. Jacob's, they are an independent retailer. They aren't a franchise or official company store in any way so far as I know. Having said (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Imagination Centres", "LEGO Brand Stores", and "LEGO Outlets", from the point-of-view of buying selection. They sound the same as the 3 franchise stores we already have in Ontario (Windsor, Waterloo area, and north of Toronto). And compared to (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Alexander - I encourage you to use your local store as a way to network with other AFOLs. Introduce yourself to the store manager, and ask if they wouldn't mind putting you in touch with other local AFOLs who come and buy. I imagine you aren't (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Frank, I'm living in 30 minutes of driving from this Moscow store. And I think that you seem to be right - these days I see a lot of activity from TLC in Russia - various campaigns with other brands, TV advertising etc., there was nothing like (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Don't forget the southern US, too(1)! Here in South Texas, I'm more than a 15 hour drive from any LEGO Outlet, probably a lot more than that. I mean, talk about pent up demand...(2) Texas(3)! It's a good place to have one, too! C'mon LEGO... (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| "Christian Treczoks" <ct@braehler.com> wrote in message news:Hvoy1q.24Fz@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm, I wonder if Moscow gets a LEGO brand retail store because a definite market is perceived, but perhaps there aren't good retail partners to get the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I know GTA would be a great spot in Canada economically for a new store, but you know I had to put in a plug for Ottawa. :-) (...) If they had outlet pricing for a small selection, we'd be there as least weekly to check for new items. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Niagara Falls of course. It is already a huge tourism hotspot, with large numbers of outlet style/specialty stores and attractions. 14 million people visit Niagara Falls annually. (URL) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Anyhow, it would be nice if they put one in australia (1 in each captial city would be nice but start with Sydney and Melbourne I guess) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Well, first and foremost it would be a sensible and intelligent decision to open stores in places where there are actual customers for the given product. And the first thing one seems to learn at the manager school is to avoid sensible and (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) are they getting *another* one? Or are you seeing an old page? I know they have had a store since 2002: (URL) have never known Lego to say where they were going to put a store, heck - they really do not even tell you that when it opens - you (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Well, if you're going to put it anywhere, you'd put it in the nation's REAL capital, Toronto. You know, the one that leads in economy, population, culture etc. :) It only makes sense that you'd go for Toronto: If you had to pick a place with (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| (...) Potential for growth? (But that doesn't explain the other markets that *are* getting them, of course). Cheers Richie Dulin (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| Tell me the last time LEGO did something that's made sense. *rolls eyes* -Anne (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | whats up with the rollout of the Lego Stores?
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| Why is it that (acording to an official page at lego.com), Russia (of all places) is getting a Lego Store (in moscow) but countries with probobly a much greater market (e.g. Australia or Canada) arent? (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| I think there was a published list a ways back, I just couldn't find it. I know that Chicago-area got 2 stores, Boston got another one, Southern California (LA-area) got another store, NY City Metropolitan got 2 (1 in NJ - Paramus Park) and 1 Nyark) (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) Well, it's not really a "list" per se, but I was referring to this page of new store openings on the LEGO site, which lists cities by country: (URL) Strutt (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) G'day Tim, To which "big list" are you referring? Can you post a link? Thanx, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) As a side note, our benevolent member-at-large has been willing to help us by shipping 50, yes, 50 large PAB containers worth to us so far from Boston. And we have orders for many more still. That number would be a lot higher if we were able (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Re: Dear LEGO...
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| (...) I agree Jake. Ottawa would be an excellent choice as it is between Canada's two largest cities, Montreal and Toronto, it is Canada's Capital, it has a population of over 1 million people in the region, it lies on the border of the two largest (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
| | | | | Dear LEGO...
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| Jake, ...or whatever other LEGO representative that might be reading this... Why has Canada been left out of this big list of LEGO store openings?!?! Not to ignore other countries, but Canada actually had a LEGO S@H until a couple years ago, and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment) !
| | | | | Zellers BOGOHO sale
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| Zellers has buy one get one half off from Saturday April 3rd to Friday April 9th, just in time for Easter. It also coincides with the first Monday of the month, so those '55 and better' (Zellers phrasing) get an additional 10% off their purchases (...) (20 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: MonLUG's 6th Train Show, April 3rd and 4th
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| (...) x-posted to Ottawa and ParLUGment Looking forward to seeing those who can make the trip. Jude (20 years ago, 30-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | MonLUG's 6th Train Show, April 3rd and 4th
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| A french message follows. Un message en français suit. Hello, I'm happy to announce MonLUG's sixth participation in a train show at the « Expo Train Modélisme » in the Montreal Area. It will be held at Georges Vanier High School in Laval (just north (...) (21 years ago, 27-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !
| | | | | Star Wars @ Winners (Tillicum)
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| In case anyone actually reads either of these groups. :) I bought a Repblic Gunship @ Winners on Sunday. They still had one left plus the bounty hunter ambush set from Phantom Menace and several technic-style R2's and Darth Vaders. (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.org.ca.viclug)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| (...) A world of lackies & tools. I have (at last count) 239 811 pieces from sets 467 unique sets 1563 sets total I think that total is a little low, even for me. I don't have the largest collection here in Victoria, someone else has 330 000 + (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | NovaLUG to display in New Minas, Nova Scotia, March 20th
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| Greetings all, NovaLUG will participating in the Kings county Hobby Show at County Fair Mall in New Minas, Nova Scotia, tomorrow, March 20th. The show is from 9 am until 3 pm, free admission. New Minas is near the start of the Annapolis Valley, just (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
| | | | | Re: PlayValue Clearance Items
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| Thanks Tim, that was a lot of work you did! I stopped by there today at lunch to pick up a couple of items. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Strutt" <heidi.strutt@sympatico.ca> To: <lugnet.org.ca.parlu...gnet.com>; (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| Well here is my count. I have kept a fairly detailed spreadsheet since I came out of my dark ages about 4 years ago. It has everything except bricklink/ebay loose parts purchases/trades, so it is fairly accurate: Total LEGO pieces: 162860 Total (...) (21 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | PlayValue Clearance Items
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| I took a trip to PlayValue today and decided to write down all the clearance items, not including Bionicle and Duplo/Primo. For those who aren't familiar with PlayValue, they are located at 1501 Carling Ave in Ottawa, and are the best location for (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| (...) <snippage> According to my Lugnet list it shows that I am at: 147,050 pieces 872 total sets and I'm not sure at total unique sets. I don't find this one particularly interesting or important stat. But total pieces listed by Lugnet is really a (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| (...) Hmm. Curiosity had me go through and update my set list, and poke at my collection. (URL) 186,000 over 1000 sets, roughly, according to what I've put into the guide, which is a conservative low estimate. Adding in things from drafts, auctions, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| (...) My numbers are questionable (kept in a text file which I update when I get new stuff, but I think it could easily be 10 - 20% out). It shows 144,000 Lego pieces from 587 sets. I also have 69,000 MegaBloks pieces including 63 sets, and 1050 (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| G'day folks, Well, I'm holding at just over 75 000 pieces in about 450 sets right now. That's only about 50% larger than it was for Andrew's original post 2.5 years ago. I haven't really bought or sold anything since summer 2001 due to a bunch of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| (...) Well, you got me beat by a long shot. What I've managed to keep track of on LUGNET shows: Total LEGO pieces - 104,479 Total sets - 723 Unique sets - 401 Similarly, my collection also is entirely from the last 8 years. I've got a rubbermaid (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: Largest Lego collection in Canada
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| Well it's been more than 2 1/2 years since my original posting but I've finally got a good idea of just how large my collection of Lego sets just is. It ended up taking one full room in my house with a bit of overflow into a second room. I actually (...) (21 years ago, 6-Mar-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Re: $5 roadplates in Ottawa
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| Brainfade... Also forgot to mention that TRU has all of the Orient Expedition sets on clearance, as well as a bunch of other things (including the big 4404 yellow truck). KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | $5 roadplates in Ottawa
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| G'day folks, This may be nothing new, but just a heads-up that Play Value on Carling has a pile of green roadplates at half-price ($5). A bunch of other stuff had some markdowns too, mostly older things, although the Jedi Starfighter was marked down (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
| | | | | Restrospective on Classic Space Seminar at BrickFest PDX 2004
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| Want to relive the good old days of Classic Space? Join me at (URL) BrickFest PDX 2004> for my Retrospective on Classic Space seminar. I'll be sharing some of the highlights from my personal complete Space collection. See the old 70's (URL) Rocket (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.space, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.us.mt, FTX)
| | | | | Walmart Price Clearances...
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| I seen that they are trying to get clear out some of their remaining holiday stock. They had Dragon Fortresses for $70 down from $100 CDN. They had a bunch of Nasa Shuttle Discovery sets for $50 CDN. They had some other NBA old stock, a bunch of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
| | | | | Auctions at BrickFest PDX 2004
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| Ready to get some deals? Have some surplus LEGO you need to unload? Remember the excitement of your last great find? It is getting dusty on your shelf now - time to pass it along! Put it in the auction to be held at (URL) BrickFest PDX 2004>! We (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
| | | | | Matt's Roller Coaster is Back!
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| I will be showing my roller coaster one last time at (URL) PDX> this February. If you want to see it in action, come to this event, because it will be taken apart afterwards (unless someone decides they want to own it for themselves, of course). See (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.ca, FTX) !!
| | | | | Prochaine rencontre ?
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| Bonjour membres de Monlug. J'aimerais participer à une de vos prochaines rencontres. Pierre m'avais invité il y a quelques mois, mais je préférais attendre d'être mieux installé dans mon nouveau domicile et d'avoir réglé certains détails (comme (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon)
| | | | | BrickFest Display Cards
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| BrickFest PDX, Portland, OR....is only 46 days away! Have you reserved your MOC Display space yet? and have you checked out what we are organizing for this event? (URL) Display Cards are available for registered participants to complete. If you plan (...) (21 years ago, 29-Dec-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.nv, lugnet.loc.us.ca) !!
| | | | | extra 20% off LEGO at Sears Clearance centre
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| Greetings, While looking for boxing day sales on LEGO, I noticed that the Sears Clearance Centre has an additional 20% off all toys, starting at 7 am tomorrow and running until Saturday January 3nd. Their prices are usually about 30% off retail to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns.hal)
| | | | | Sale @TRU in Canada
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| TRU are having a 25% off sale on all Lego. Not sure if it ends the 24th or runs until the 26th. Lots of new 2004 sets on the shelves (SW,etc) It's pays to be a last minute shopper! Kevin (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.market.shopping)
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