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(...) Gee, I thought the Wishbook disappeared when Sears ended (most of) their catalog operations in the early 1990s. (It always seems to me that if Sears had waited 5 years and had a little insight (OK, 2 big ifs) that they could have preempted (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Christmas has been cancelled
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(...) Heh. I am of course delighted to see Mega Bloks being represented in the famous Sears Wishbook. I'll need to take a look to see if they have any unusual sets, as they have in the past. Additionally, Sears/KMart had a general product line (...) (19 years ago, 30-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Christmas has been cancelled
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I gave up on the Wishbook years ago. When I was a kid (70's) it was a special occasion with more toys I had never seen before than I could imagine. Of course, back then toy stores seemed a rarity as well and who could even imagine something like (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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I cannot believe it, but it is true. I get home to see the Sears Wishbook. And just like I always do, I opened it up to the back and look at the toys. I think, what exclusive LEGO sets do they have this year. But... I could not find any LEGO at all (...) (19 years ago, 27-Aug-07, to lugnet.loc.ca) !
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| | Pictures of QueLUG's layout at the Canadian Railway Museum
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This past weekend, August 18-19, QuéLUG was participating in a train show at Exporail - the Canadian Railway Museum in St-Constant, Québec. We had a 8'x45' layout (2,5 m x 13,5 m) featuring 3 train loops, 1 monorail loop, rural, residential and (...) (19 years ago, 21-Aug-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.org.ca.quelug, lugnet.trains) !
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| | City LEGO on sale at TRU, March 26 to June 1
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TRU has all 'LEGO City' sets 20% off Saturday March 26th to Friday June 1st. The flyer shows set 7239 Fire Truck 'now $23.97, after event $29.99' and 7945 Fire Station 'now $67.97, after event $84.99'. Gail Meagher Halifax (19 years ago, 24-May-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: New Sets in Retail Stores
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(...) Yes, Yes and Yes The ToysRUs in Hamilton Ontario, had A few of each line in stock.. They only had the container ship for the town line. They had 3 of the Mission mars sets, and about the same amount of castle sets. Jeff VW (19 years ago, 23-May-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Just wondering if anybody has seen the new sets (Life on Mars, Castle, Town) in Canadian stores yet? If so where? Thanks, Jude (19 years ago, 22-May-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Zellers BOGO sale March 31 to April 5
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This weeks Zellers flyer (Saturday March 31st to Thursday April 5th) has "LEGO Buy 1, Get 1 1/2 price. Assortment of LEGO* play sets *Second item must be of equal or lesser value". As well, this week only they have "10,000 HBC reward points at (...) (20 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | TRU sale Saturday March 17-Friday March 23
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TRU sale starts Saturday March 17th and runs through Friday March 23rd. Half price $44.97 (regular $89.99) for the TRU exclusive Bionicle Mask of Light set 8624 ( (URL) ). "While they last! Sorry no rainchecks!" They also have some other non-LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | NovaLUG display in Stellarton, NS March 10 and 11
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NovaLUG (Nova Scotia LEGO Users Group) will be displaying at the (URL) Museum of Industry> in Stellarton, NS this Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11. We will have a 5 foot by 25 foot (URL) town/train layout>, and a display and demonstrations of (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, FTX)
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| | Review of the Jack Frost Festival in Charlottetown PEI on Feb 17-18
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Greetings to all! I asked my wife Karen to write the article for me so it will be easier for everyone to understand! ;~D So here it is: This was the third year for the Jack Frost Festival at Charlottetown. It's a huge event which draws thousands of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Feb 17-18 2007 Jack Frost Festival in Charlottetown PEI
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Hi Everyone, Just a heads up to let you know that there will be a LEGO Town at the Jack Frost Festival this coming weekend in Charlottetown, PEI at the Confederation Court Mall. There will be representatives from NovaLUG ((URL) doing demonstrations (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.ca.pe, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | TRU Knights cans on sale
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Barely counts as LEGO, but TRU has a sale Saturday Feb 10th to Friday Feb 16th. Half price on the four Knights cans. Reg $12.99, now $6.47. "while they last! no rainchecks! selection varies by store." The picture shows two of the metal cans with the (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Zellers BOGO sale Dec 16th to 24th
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Zellers flyer has "Buy One Get One 1/2 price All LEGO*. *Second item must be of equal of lesser value. Selection may vary by store." The flyer is good Saturday Dec. 16th to Sunday Dec. 24th. A note for anyone who can actually find LEGO on the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Nova LUG at Dartmouth Train and Hobby Show
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Jean Marc - I was just looking at your brickshelf pictures...very cool... Interesting thing I noticed...that sumo robot looks really similar to the one you used in August I think :) Bryan (20 years ago, 13-Dec-06, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains)
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| | Zellers sale Sat Dec 9th
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Saturday December 9th only Zellers has an additional 50% off all yellow ticketed (clearance) toys. Not much yellow ticketed LEGO left in the Halifax, Nova Scotia area. Last I saw were a few Harry Potter sets, an opened Wild Hunters, and some (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | TRU and Zellers sales Dec 2-8
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Both sales run Saturday Dec 2nd to Friday December 8th. TRU has 20% off all* LEGO ExoForce & LEGO Knights' Kingdom items. *excludes clearance items. It shows pictures of most of the sets and quotes prices (Still at MSRP unlike Zellers). 8813 is (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Nova LUG at Dartmouth Train and Hobby Show
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Seven stalwart members of NovaLUG participated in the Dartmouth Sportsplex annual Train and Hobby Show on November 18th and 19th for the fifth consecutive year. As in previous years, we had our own exhibition room right off the main entrance and (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains)
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| | BOGO at Zellers Nov 18 to Nov 24th
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Sale at Zellers from Saturday November 18th to Friday November 24th. "Buy 1 get 1 1/2 price* any LEGO item. *Second item must be of equal or lesser value. Selection may vary by store" Other Zellers notes, Monday Nov 20th is a Seniors day, "those 55 (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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