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(...) No, but we have the Top Secret Millennium Falcon concussion missile plans. More than a match for those namby-pamby shooting cannons. Steve (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Thanks for advice. The toy store is in the north terminal international departures area. It has a decent selection. The security in Gatwick is fairly tight and the lines are long to get into the international departure areas. Airport security makes (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I THINK there was only one batch. I first heard about them from a reputable source in August, at which time the order to Lego hadn't yet been placed by Busy Bee. (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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There is a listing on the LEGo web site: (URL) wrote in message ... (...) access (...) My (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Maybe. But you ARE whining. (About whining). -- Liam. (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I got the last 1858. (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Sorry mistake 8250 would be a cheaper set has it got no cd. -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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Hello Scott Both sets are the same but 8250 Has no CD 8299 Has a CD, therefore a cheaper set -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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Sorry I typed in 8250 instead of 8520! But 8250 and 8299 are very similar? (URL) wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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I have spoken to the ladies at Lego in Bluewater (shop), it's on order What is the price on this set, i take it's going to be more than £5 -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Go to my site, under the New slizer you will find some pictures on the new 8520 set -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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I've not seen this set yet. Is it just 8299? (URL) Parnell wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
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Then there have been multiple batches at BB. I know of someone that ordered some in July. I ordered mine in October. Quite a spread there. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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OK, fine, next time I won't just reply to one particular posting when replying about the general feel of your posts. After reading several of your complaints, I'd had enough. It's really none of YOUR or MY or anyone's else's business how BusyBee (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Smells quite fishy to me... I guess I plundered that pun didn't I? Actually, I think it was the League of Whining Little Sisters that made TLG remove the shooting cannons; they were tired of getting shot at. (...) I've got me fall frock, me (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.pun, lugnet.pirates)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ...] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] To get them to the US they cost £7.65 (about $12.50) plus shipping. Shipping was a little over £4.00 each on my order so the total cost to buy them and ship them to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Not a bad deal. If I weren't covered up in sets to break up for my own projects and for auction I might have picked up a few as trade material. At this point I don't have the shelf space to buy sets just to turn around and sell them, at any (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Sure, I could. But you're already convinced otherwise, so why bother? Maybe I'd agree more with you on the "Busy Bee and other stores should limit the numbers of sets sold to any one person" issue if I were more attached to the item in (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) The sets retailed at £8.99 each - Which works out at roughly $14. If you knock VAT off that I make it about $12. I guess someone in the US would have to confirm whether that is about what they actually paid. (...) Simon (URL) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Am I? I had a look back through my posting that this is (I think) about. In it I remarked that I was glad for the people who'd been able to benefit from BB by buying blue hopper cars (implying: no matter which country they were from). I (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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