To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.loc.ukOpen lugnet.loc.uk in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Local / United Kingdom / 411
    Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Richard Dee
   Went to the Windows 99 conference at Olympia. Waste of time and too few exhibitors. So, after lunch, found myself with loads of spare time! Back to the office, pick up the car, and off to Legoland to catch the Big Shop before it closes! Got all 5, (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Huw Millington
      Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) I went there too, on Tuesday. As you say a big waste of time, and tiny compared to last years. I wonder why? How much were the SW sets at LL? What time do you need to arrive after to get in free? Huw (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Richard Dee
     On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:38:53 GMT, Huw Millington uttered the following profundities... (...) I arrived at 545pm. And had to ask permission to go through. Total cost for the sets was 93.95. Tie-39.99 Speeder bikes-7.99 Land Speeder-5.99 Snow (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Simon Robinson
     (...) That sounds a bit steep - or are some of these sets bigger than they look in the catalogue? Judging from the pix in the catalogue, I find it hard to believe that the Tie is worth £40, or the XWing is worth £24.99. Simon (URL) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —John Neal
      I'm confused-- are we talking US$ or £'s? I paid US$129 including sales tax for mine so I'd say 93.95 is a great deal. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
     
          Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Richard Dee
      On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 04:38:55 GMT, John Neal uttered the following profundities... (...) Sorry, it was cross-posted from loc.uk, my main audience for the post. The prices were in Pounds sterling. Should anyone be visiting the UK, and going to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Richard Dee
      On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:51:54 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following profundities... (...) If the expected retail prices are cheaper, than I shall attempt to avail myself of their difference-back guarantee. Whether they worth it, yes! They are SW. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
    
         Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Richard Dee
     On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:51:54 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following profundities... (...) I decided to have a look at my receipt. It shows the price without VAT. I then compared that to the S@H catalogue prices at an exchange rate of 1.62. Sans (...) (26 years ago, 20-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Dave Ryder
   In article <MPG.115a0dc7b4148c3...gnet.com>, richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net says... <snip> (...) ^^^^ <snip> Cats??? - What Cats?? - I've seen the 1-peice town cats, and the Duplo/freestyle 'cat heads' but What are we talking about here? an actual (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Richard Dee
   On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 10:12:55 GMT, Dave Ryder uttered the following profundities... (...) Cat. Sorry. It is an abbreviation for Catalogue. You said there weren't any on Saturday. On Wednesday they had loads, so I grabbed an extra for you! (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
   
        Re: Star Wars sets, got mine, wayhay! —Dave Ryder
   In article <MPG.115b5fd1dd7be15...gnet.com>, richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net had their 2d worth... (...) Phew! _that's_ what you meant. Sorry, I got all excited for a minute there. Regards, Dave Ryder. (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
 

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR