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(...) I feel your pain... I discovered the magic of Zellars lego shopping lately. found a bunch of goodies. The Giant Technic model Kit was on clearance for 30 $... not amazing but hey 500 technic bits for 30$ CDN.. you can't go wrong. I did note (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Mid January, I picked up a couple of these for $20 each plus tax from Zellers. Unfortuneately, I missed out on one of the local Wal-marts that cleared out there last sets at $10 each. Canadian. :-( (25 years ago, 14-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) this is what I've wanted to do all along. in fact a few of us have gotten together once or twice. again it was just a small meet at a restaurant. or at each others homes. my guess would be a central location to all and that means downtown (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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(...) Ahh great.. That sounds like a good plan. We could get an interested group to goto a pub or someplace small and have a few talks about what we can do to start a TorLug or something along those lines. The robotics event sounds fun.. I'd like to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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HI: Actually, the get together is just a bunch of us. the only relation to U of T is that i manage a theatre there and it is great to hold the robotic event. but it is not a technic only gathering. I'd love to have some sort of Toronto, lego (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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(...) 'Fraid not. TRU is the only place I've seen these, and I've been everywhere in the last day or so. Just a side note, has anyone else noticed that Zellers has upped their price points lately? All the "19.99" sets are still $19.99, but sets that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Hi I passed on #8002 at TRU here in NS last night at 79.99. Wondering if anybody has Zeller's or Walmart pricing that they can pass on? Thanks John Battcock (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Mark the 27th down on your calendars! Silas Randy Anchikoski wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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(...) I have gotten significantly better discounts at Zeddies than that. (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Zellers is 10 mins down the road from me so it's my local, and I have found interesting stuff there (like just after Xmas, an Ice Planet Ice Sat V and two Crater Critters!). They tend to do 20% off sales before Xmas and 15% off the rest of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) great (...) Zellers is decent. About the only place to routinely discount (15% once a month)... Sears and the Bay are also good places to go - their prices start 5-10% higher, but because of that, they often have older stuff, which can be (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) They are the same motors. I'll bet the batch that went into the above sets were bad. That's why this one set suffers so badly from this problem. LEGO will replace the motors with no hassles. I've got one replaced and the other on it's way. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Yeah the Bay tend to carry the older sets... I found quite a few Cowboys System sets scattered around the toronto area at the various Bays.. it would be quite easy for someone to get a whole set together pretty quickly. (...) yeah its pretty (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Dean Husby writes: since we are on the subject... (...) they (...) That was the only concern of mine when I picked up that set. I tested the motor first thing at it worked good. Are these the same motors used in the mindstorms (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Apparently you can get these new DND Canada-wide LEGO gathering passes. Just ask your CO. Randy "James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FpLAp4.Kvp@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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(...) Not to be a pain or anything, but since we are on the subject... On Jan. 28th I picked up two opened but complete sets for 25.50 each CAN. I thought that was a great deal. I was also given one of the sets. (I hope they didn't pay full price). (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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[Followups set to /loc/ca/] :) (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Yeah, it was more interesting than the usual TRU fare.. (...) Eglington? I dunno - I live in Scotland :) (...) Yeah, I have a bit of a gripe about them too, I thought it might be just the location (Eaton Center == first choice of lots of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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(...) few (...) (~£25) (...) I'll have to check out the TRU at Dufferin.. the one near me is at the Young and Enlington [?sp?] center.. thats where I got the half price cyber slam. The Toys Toys Toys store at the Eaton Center is where I found the 6 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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(...) True, the TRU in Dufferin Mall (?) had lots of Fort LEGOredo for $50+tax (~£25) a while back, along with some generally older looking stuff. If only on that trip I hadn't already sacrificed too many clothes - suitcase and backpack full of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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