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The Kids Play Factory was in the one in Wales. The other branches probably have different toy shops. Were there any good offers in Cheshire? It is supposed to be 30%-50% off or something. -- Liam. (URL) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Wow, almost seems like Busy Bee caters to AFOLs instead of just mindlessly marketing to what they think children want... (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Liam Parnell (<Pine.LNX.4.04.9910...0.18392-10 0000@ukonline.co.uk>) wrote at 23:41:55 (...) The one in Cheshire (Ellesmere Port) has Toy World, which didn't have 5561s about 2 weeks ago. I'll have to look and see if there's a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi Lawrence While I sympathise with your sentiments, it's not true that Lego are somehow pulling out of trains in the UK, as you imply. For a very long time, the train selection in the UK has been more modest than across the Channel - I'd guess (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I saw a single Blue Turbo in TRU in Southampton yesterday - I think it was £95. They also had the new 'millennium Slizer' which was £15 -- Colin numbersix@freshfroot...erve.co.uk www.freshfruit.swinternet.co.uk ICQ 25808282 David Graham (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I was in Amsterdam on holiday (partly to buy the '99 train range) and noted the difference between the UK and the Netherlands. It is not just LEGO trains that are not just popular there, all toys and trains are. Trains and LEGO are all declining in (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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York is a very fine historical city, but totally devoid of good Lego. Only one toyshop in the City Centre (Toymaster) which had only current top-dollar offerings. TRU at the ubiquitous retail park was much the same. The only sets worthy of even the (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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This shopping centre has a toy shop called "Kids Play Factory" which has the following sets cheap: 8480 GBP60 5561 GBP40 6982 GBP25 They have branches in Bridgend, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Swindon and York. -- Liam. (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I've only recently put it there. (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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OOPS! I guess I never looked at the bottom of your page. (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Lawrence Wilkes (<FJnFow.24C@lugnet.com>) wrote at 14:46:08 (...) Actually, they haven't sold the full range in this country for years. Have you ever seen a 2126 or 2150 in a shop? (Other than Busy Bee, of course :-) and 3225 is (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) there (...) Sadly my nearest one (Horsham) didn't have it :-( I still haven't seen 8520 rouhd these parts either... Huw (26 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I've just realised that I've got a Toymaster near me (I knew the shop was there but didn't think it was a TM). I might give them a ring - see what the deal is. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) think anyone was interested in it, but I was wrong. (URL) 60 (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Did anyone else pick up the message in rtl? Anyone else seen it? Its one of 3 sets shown on the in-set SW catalogue! Sadly the guy doesn't have a scanner :-( Now I am going to have to make a special trip to the nearest Toymaster to me tomorrow... (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Alan is correct. This piece came out in 1962 with LEGO Wheels. I have a European Wheel set #314 (from 1962) that has two of these. They are a unique piece in LEGO, in that they are not actually white or clear, but a sort of a milky (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Actually, looking at www.lego.com its hard to determine what lego train should be available in the UK. Though the printed catalogue only has the 4561 express and rails, on the "european" web site there is the whole range of trains. I asked lego some (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yes I got that impression too. But why no trains in the UK catalogue, why none in usual shops? Why have Lego taken what is clearly a conscious decision NOT to allow us access to the full train range? There has to be someone in Lego who said (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) It's a flexible connector used between carriages on the older train sets and between cars & trailers. Before they had the push-in and magnetic couplings Cheers Alan Kershaw (26 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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