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Re: Too Few Uk RTL'ers
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Date:
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Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:24:26 GMT
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David Till wrote:
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> > I get quite a few odd requests for info on buying and selling old sets via
> > email sent to questions@auczilla.com and pause@lugnet.com, and when I write
> > back suggesting that they ask around in rec.toys.lego, most of the people
> > write back saying they'd never heard of RTL. So extrapolating, etc.,
> > and that's how I get the guesstimate of 100-200 UK'ers, once this becomes
> > more widely publicized and given a bit of time.
> I can easilly agree with this after one experience in the summer vac. I was
> bargain hunting at my local car boot sale when I happened accross a stall
> dedicated to Lego. Now this didnt really surprise me as I had previously met
> the seller at a toy fair, and he had said that he often had a stall at car boot
> sales. What surprised me was that whilst I stood there talking to him two other
> AFOL's wandered by. Only one had heard of RTL, the second hadnt heard of it,
> and the seller has no access to the internet at all. That makes 5 adult fans of
> Lego in and around my vacation address including myself, and Kev Holmes -
> anyone heard from him recently? In time this place is sure to become a hive of
> activity.
It would also explain why the older sets are hard to find.. I for one
never believed the "kids buy it" theory! :)
Richard
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