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Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote:
> The couple of shelves devoted to Lego didn't contain
> any of the set's that have been discussed on lugnet. The only
> old ones I noticed were a few ideas books, a few Western sets,
> and a bunch of yellow town street sweepers. So I guess the
> sets they sell to AFOLs don't go up on the shelves. I did ask
> the assistant if they had any other sets apart from the ones on
> display and she hinted if there was anything particular I wanted
> they might be able to help. Unfortunately I mostly just wanted to
> be able to browse round a shop that had lots of old exciting
> sets in it. In the end I have to admit I went away without buying
> anything. But it was really nice to see the famed Busy Bee shop.
Wow, almost seems like Busy Bee caters to AFOLs instead of just
mindlessly marketing to what they think children want...
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| Well having been intrigued by all the talk of Busy Bee I decided I was curious enough to see what the shop was really like. So on the way back from shopping in Manchester on Saturday I and a couple of friends took a detour and called in. You'd never (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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