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Re: Shop report - Toy Stack, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 16:08:28 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jennifer Clark writes:
Chris Dee wrote:

The Toy Stack in the Lakeside Shopping Centre has some good and some no-so-good
sets on special at the moment ..

The Glasgow Toy Stack also has some deals - one that caught my eye was the 5563
Model Team Racing Truck for 40 UKP, apparently reduced from 80 UKP. I must say it
didn't look great for even 40 UKP, but perhaps I am missing something. Any
comments on this set?

There *was* a brisk market for the wheels from the set, since they were
useful in making trailers for the 5571, or for properly "duallie"-izing the
5571 itself (in the US most tractors and trailers (together making an
articulated lorry in UK usage) have 4 tires per axle other than steering,
hence the common "18 wheeler" appelation. The 5571 comes with 6 wheels)

I dunno how brisk that market is any more, but I was offered 5 bucks a
wheel/tire a while back. (I parted out 10 5571s for my own use)

I had some of those 5563s in hand but passed them up. I wanted more 6543s
instead.



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  Re: Shop report - Toy Stack, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex
 
(...) Thanks for the information Larry, I am still in two minds about this set. I didn't actually like the tires and wheels that much, but wondered if the other parts of the set were worth 40 UKP or not. It did seem debatable - and 80 UKP as the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: Shop report - Toy Stack, Lakeside, Thurrock, Essex
 
(...) The Glasgow Toy Stack also has some deals - one that caught my eye was the 5563 Model Team Racing Truck for 40 UKP, apparently reduced from 80 UKP. I must say it didn't look great for even 40 UKP, but perhaps I am missing something. Any (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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