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Re: Shop report - Toy Stack, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:42:06 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Huw Millington writes:
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> > "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> > news:G35pIu.nE@lugnet.com...
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> > > I was just at the Toy Stack at Bluewater mall, east of London and
> > > they have many (all, I think) of the same items. Between Huw
> > > Millington, myself, and LFB we took out 11 6543's but they
> > > still have more, lots more. We got all the 6856's though.
> > >
> > > I asked the shop manager for a discount and he gave us 20% off the total.
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> > I have experienced Larry's buying power first hand :-)
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> That was a relatively small foray. ("small potatoes", as we say) I once (at
> Potomac Mills) bought so much that it took 6 large cartons to ship it all to
> me, and that was all just one particular set (the future car).
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> However, you must admit, it's a thing of beauty to watch, eh?
It is a pity the (so called) Future Car could not be claimed to be a
"beauty" also. I too bought too much of this one in the past. The word "dud"
comes to mind. The mind boggles at what you did with your six _large_
"cartons" of them.
I think the entertainer still has these at £16 per pop if you need more.
Scott A
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> ++Lar
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 | | Re: Shop report - Toy Stack, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex
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| (...) It's the shopping process itself I referred to as a "thing of beauty"... not that dud (your word but I heartily agree) of a set per se. (...) Well... it has good to excellent parts for certain kinds of projects. As to what, exactly, watch for (...) (26 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Shop report - Toy Stack, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex
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| (...) That was a relatively small foray. ("small potatoes", as we say) I once (at Potomac Mills) bought so much that it took 6 large cartons to ship it all to me, and that was all just one particular set (the future car). However, you must admit, (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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