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(...) This look like the same bucket tree used at Discover Mills. The bags there go for I think 6.99 USD and seem to hold about the same, or maybe a trifle more, than a large PAB cup. (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Those are all the buckets. The tree has 32 of them. Unfortunately, someone walked in front of the one picture I took of it. I was thinking of getting one of everything for the inventory but decided to take pictures instead. The red slopes and (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well, that's just my feeling, but it was based on a very quick comparison. I'd be interested to hear from someone who packed one of each, to see whether or not the large bag can hold $4 worth more than the small. (...) I don't think so. :( I (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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Hi Allan, (...) Too bad I have to spent about 3 minutes finding the way, being my first time in Waterloo. Next time I will know to go for the small bags. Thanks. (...) I was there (in a pig tee :-) too around most of the 4pm filling up one large (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Martin, I'll let doug confirm, but from what I can see in his pictures I think he captured every one of the buckets on the rack. Keep in mind, in some of the buckets they mix together 2 or 3 different shapes/sizes of the same colored element. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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"Doug Eaton" <doug@ElecBrick.com> wrote in message news:I3MrH0.1pt4@lugnet.com... (...) Blocks (...) a (...) as a (...) This looks just like the system used at the LEGO Outlet in Denver. I had a chance to stop by the Denver Outlet about three weeks (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Doug, Thank you very much for posting this. I live only about 35 minutes from Bricks and Blocks, so this is very good news. This must be very new for them. I was just there on August 15 and there was no sign of it then. I had spoken with the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Hello Doug, Happy to learn that we have a PAB in the great white north. Do you have the list of parts at the store? Is the only choice are the picture you took? It look limited but a start. thanks, Martin (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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While visiting friends in Waterloo this weekend, I stopped by Bricks and Blocks in St. Jacob's Mall and was suprised to find Pick A Brick in Canada and at a store that is not owned by LEGO. (URL) comparison, a large Canadian PAB bag is $9.00 and (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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Thanks for the posters giving us the heads up on this sale! I went with John Guerquin this morning to hit some of the stores in Toronto. This of course, was after both us visited stores near home beforehand. I bought: 7034 Surveillance Truck 7045 (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <snip> Yeah, I couldn't go TOO crazy, since I just got back from LEGOLAND with about $450 worth of stuff, spent $300 on S@H, some Pitsco DACTA loot, and then this happens. My wife tells me I owe her an elliptical cross-trainer over this one. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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G'Day Found two 1000 pc Strata tubs, 4 green base plates, (no large grey left), couple more Yoda's, two spidey subway sets and some odds and ends, between three stores came to close to $500, gonna be a lot of overtime in the future. :( Cheers Oliver (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Gail: Thank You !! For the heads up on this, i would have totally missed this otherwise. Cheers Oliver Play Well "Gail Meagher" <685721@ican.net> wrote in message news:413A414E.86A791...can.net... (...) (20 years ago, 6-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Well for me probably the easier question is what are you *NOT* buying. (smile) I was not aware of the sale at all. I happen to go shopping for a few green base-plates, and when I went to pay, I was happily surprised with the price. After (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) All y'all did a pretty crappy job of cleaning shelves, given how much stock was still around the 3 stores I checked. ;] But I guess you can only have so many Yoda's. Today was a nice day for me, but bad news for my VISA card. Final stats are (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Greetings, I hit the two Zellers closest to me (Halifax, Bayers Road and Bayers Lake) last night just before closing (they aren't open Sundays in Nova Scotia). I don't know when Zellers started stocking the green 32 x 32 baseplates again, but I (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I bought very little, but still managed to get exactly what I went in for. I picked up two copies of this bucket: (URL) I could only find one, but after some hunting about I spotted another one on the MegaBloks side of the asile and grabbed (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Hi! What are you guys buying? I went to three Zellers stores and I just can't seem to find much that interests me. I spent a couple of hundred bucks but a good portion of that was for potential Christmas presents for my son. I did buy the Spiderman (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) This is indeed a CRAZY sale. We discovered this just last night in Ottawa, and we spent about $1500 last night. At one store. Today everyone was running all over town, hitting every Zellers in sight. I shudder to think of how much money has (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Looks like it is national. At least, it's good in Québec and Ontario too, so... The sad thing is the sale ends tomorrow (Sunday, september 5th), so hurry! :-) Pierre (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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