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(...) Dear Jude, I hope you enjoy your plate! I'm from Pennsylvania and I also have a plate that reads "LEGO MAN" with the only difference being a space between LEGO and MAN. I've had mine since 1993 and I'm surprised it hasn't been stolen yet. I'm (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: My Christmas Gift from my parents
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(...) Calum (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.people)
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| | My Christmas Gift from my parents
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I opened a Christmas gift from my parents, a <set:7315 7315> and noticed it was a little heavy. So I opened the box, despite the cry of no from my sister who did not want me to build it right in the middle of opening gifts. Inside I found a new set (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.people) !
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| | Re: Any 2003 set sightings in Canada yet?
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G'Day Yup, a small chain here in Toronto called "Toys,Toys,Toys" has what looks to me like a very good selection of 2003 sets, lots of Orient, 2003 Star Wars, (TIE Bomber) and more. Sorry i did not write anything down. But they are starting to show (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | PlayValue has a web site!
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In the so-called "information age", most stores do. But I didn't know playvalue did, and it's such a useful site too! It lists their store hours, and all the items they have on sale. (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: 2003 sets should soon be seen in Canadian stores!!!
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(...) Thanks for the info. I hit one of the TRUs in Ottawa today and they had the following on the shelves.... AT-TE T-16 Skyhopper Jabba's Palace TIE Bomber Most of the Orient sets (I think only the large palace was missing) No sign of NBA, SW (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | 2003 sets should soon be seen in Canadian stores!!!
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Since I presently working at TRU, I know what arrives and what doesn't off the truck. Today's shipment contained new Starwars sets, NBA sets, and a whole bunch of Orient Expedition sets. I don't recall which sets arrived, and the quantities (...I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Mindstorm RIS 2.0 on sale
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(...) I presume you're talking about the Sears down at Fairview mall, right? Maybe I talked to a less-than-competent sales person at that Sears, but he claimed they don't have any RIS 2.0 sets, and that I should order it from the catalogue. I may (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Mindstorm RIS 2.0 on sale
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For those looking for a good price on a Mindstorm RIS 2.0 Sears in downtown Kitchener has them on clearance for $209.00 with an additional 40% off that price this Friday (13th) from 10-11pm as part of a moonlight madness sale. They had at least 10 (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: PlayValue Clearance Items
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OK, I forgot to add RACERS to the list of exceptions. There were too many sets and I ran out of time. Doug (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: PlayValue Clearance Items
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(...) Just wanted to add one more. 10.99 4595 Zero Tornado/Hot Rock (Racers) For those who want light blue town wheels. :-) Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | PlayValue Clearance Items
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I know that this only applies to those who can get to Ottawa for shopping, but here's several reasons to make the trip. For PlayValue's address, see the ParLUGment homepage: (URL) 1351 Movie Backdrop Studio 34.99 1352 Expolosion Studio 9.99 1354 (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | PlayValue Clearance Items
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I know that this only applies to those who can get to Ottawa for shopping, but here's several reasons to make the trip. For PlayValue's address, see the ParLUGment homepage: (URL) Polar Base, $49.99 6520 Mobile Outpost, $22.99 6579 Ice Surfer, $3.99 (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: TRU Sales
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(...) Just realized that the item numbers were the same for #2 and #3 on the list. Sorry, but I copied them off the store tag, so I guess they'd made a mistake on the Playtable tag. Play well. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | TRU Sales
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Stopped by the local TRU in Ottawa today and wrote down some sale prices. Items on sale until Dec.24 4107 Build your Dreams (Strata) Tub, 1000 pcs, $19.97 from $29.99 4116 Animal Adventures Bucket, 212 pcs, $9.97 from $14.99 4116 Playtable (had (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Reminder: MonLUG and ParLUGment's joint Train Show this weekend
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Hello, I'm proud to announce MonLUG's third and ParLUGment's second participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at Georges-Vanier High School in Laval (just north of Montreal) on Saturday, November9th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town)
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| | MonLUG and ParLUGment will hold their second joint Train Show
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Hello, I'm proud to announce MonLUG's third and ParLUGment's second participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at Georges-Vanier High School in Laval (just north of Montreal) on Saturday, November9th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: November Meeting
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(...) Correction, that is October Meeting. D'oh! (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | November Meeting
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We will be meeting this Saturday, October 19, at 11am. Meeting at Denny's on Clyde at Merivale for brunch, then hitting a couple shops before heading to the Model Train Show at Algonquin College. After an hour or two there we will head to my home (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | MonLUG and ParLUGment hold their second joint train show
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Hello, I'm proud to announce MonLUG's third and ParLUGment's second participation in a Montreal Area train show. It will be held at Georges-Vanier High School in Laval (just north of Montreal) on Saturday, November9th from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.town) !!
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| | September 14th Meeting
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Short notice I know, but Parlugment is having a meeting tomorrow. We are meeting at Perkins on St. Laurent for Supper. We will then head to Toys'R'Us and other shops, and then end up at my place for the main meeting. Email for more info. Kevin (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Discounts at Play Value
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I was just in play value today, and they have Vision Command for $50 (normally $150), and they had at least 50 left. They also have Exploration Mars for $50 (normally $70), as well as Extreme Creature and RoboSports at similar discounts. There were (...) (22 years ago, 3-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Parlugment Meeting Report – June 29, 2002
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Attendees: Tim, Jude, Kevin, Ka-On, Jason Our latest meeting was held this past Saturday and included a brand new member (namely, me). By virtue of this distinction, I was blessed with honour of writing up the meeting report, which follows as best I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Harry Potter discounts
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(...) I'll second that! Thanks for all the updates. I will try and take a "detour" into Cookstown on my way up to Orillia in two weeks. Regards, Peter (22 years ago, 29-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Next Meeting
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Just a note to let everyone know that our next meeting is this Saturday. We will meet for dinner, sounds like it will be Red Lobster on Merivale as usual, and then head to my place for some more visiting. Feel free to bring any MOC's, finds, etc. I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Some minor Costco deals
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I was in Costco on Merivale yesterday and they had... 3-packs of Bionicle Bohrok for $22 Spider-Man and Green Goblin combo pack for $40 J (22 years ago, 27-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Harry Potter discounts
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(...) Hey Kevin, I just wanted to thank you for those bits of info you and others (Andrew Keeping, Bradley Dale, etc) post into this group. I know they rarely get followup replies, but I do find them very useful! Sometimes they're not applicable (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Harry Potter discounts
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(...) That's basicly the price at Walmart. They still have a score of those available. (...) I only saw the Forbidden Corridor $35 ($10 off full retail) and the Sorting Hat for $8 (full retail) at the one local Winners near my house. They HAD (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Harry Potter discounts
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Mrs Tiggy Winkles has Harry Potter on for 30% - or at least they did on Saturday. Not sure for how long. They had most of the sets including the castle at ~$140 I think. So with the discount the castle is around $100+tax. Also some Harry Potter is (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | June 1st Ottawa Shopping Report
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Hi all, I hit quite a few stores in the Ottawa area this weekend, and found a few new things: - Island Extreme sets are at Toys'R'Us - Studios Monster sets are at Miss Tiggy Winkles - Rebel Blockade runner is at Toys'R'us - price $299 Canadian - (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | I found some LEGO Island Sets!
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I saw three LEGO Island sets in Toys R Us in Newmarket, Ontario. They were 6735 Air Chase, 6737 Wake Rider, and 6738 Skateboard Challenge. I bought the Wake Rider. Does this make me the first person to report owning a LEGO Island set? Feel free to (...) (22 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: HTO Alpha Team: Mission Deep Sea
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(...) I didn't count them, but if they still have about as many as they did when I was there, I'd call it "a bunch". (...) could probably get one. (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: HTO Alpha Team: Mission Deep Sea
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(...) Where is your local Zehrs??? I'll have to check mine out (I'm in St. Catharines). (...) <snip> HTO = High Traffic Outlet What it means is local supermarkets and discount stores sell small sets, high traffic, but the sets are priced to sell (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: HTO Alpha Team: Mission Deep Sea
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I found all three of those sets at my local Zehrs grocery store. BTW, what does HTO stand for? Andrew (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: HTO Alpha Team: Mission Deep Sea
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Hi Brad, Thank you soooooo much for the heads-up! I've been looking for these since they were 1st announced! Would you happen to know how many Ogel’s & Drones there were? (I need a bunch of each!) Oh, and did you happen to see the third *HTO set in (...) (22 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | HTO Alpha Team: Mission Deep Sea
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I found three little Alpha Team sets today that I hadn't seen before: <set:4798 Evil Ogel Attack>, <set:4799 Ogel Drone Octopus>, and <set:4800 AT Jet Sub>. They are $3.99 each. The location is: Reid's Independent Grocer 1893 Scugog St., Port Perry (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | LEGO finds at Bricks&Blocks in Cookstown
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The B&B has a huge amount of star wars Episode I stuff on sale, mainly in those double packages. Calum, I know you were looking for the Slave I (the old one) in a combo pack, and they had lots. 7161 Gungan sub + 7121 Naboo Swamp = $40 7144 Slave I + (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Zellers BOGOHO
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Ohhhh Yeah!!! Another one sooo soon!!! I love it!!! Last time I had purchased 2 hiway construction sets (6600) for 70 CDN (for both of them!!!) This time, I am looking to buy a few HP sets (3 Diagon Alley sets, and another Troll on the Loose). I (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Zellers BOGOHO
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I checked a couple of Zellers today in preperation for the bogo, and found most of the new episode II star wars sets, including the slave I ($69) and the gunship ($129). The only one I didn't see was Jedi Duel, which I want to get for the yoda fig. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Will be in Toronto April23-May7
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(...) Thanx for e-mailin' me the info. I really appreciate the details! (For i too am lookin' into gettin' a new PC) --==Richard==-- (...) And no, i'm not running a 286...just a low-end Pentium... :) (22 years ago, 25-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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