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Re: Brief Layover in the UK - Where to go for LEGO?
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Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:51:44 GMT
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How are the selections for parts packs at LEGOLAND and/or other stores?
Other than S@H, the only place here in the US I have seen parts packs is at
the LEGO Imagination Center in Orlando. Their supply of parts packs seems
to vary quite a bit so anytime I am in Orlando I swing by.
Mike
Huw Millington wrote in message ...
> > 1) How difficult would it be to go to LEGOLAND Windsor from • London-Gatwick?
> > Reading the LEGOLAND web page it sounds very doable but is it really?
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> Yes, you could easily do LLW in the time you have. By car, it would take
> about 1 hour to get there, but seeing as you won't have one at your disosal
> you'll have to take the train. Even then, it won't take more than about 1.5
> hours.
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> The route is Gatwick - Clapham Jn - Windsor, and you can plan your trip at
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> www.railtrack.co.uk/travel
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> I just did a journey plan starting from Gatwick at 09:23, and arriving at
> 10:59. Once at Windsor, you can get on the LLW shuttle bus which runs
> throughout the day.
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> I live 10 miles from Gatwick, and work just outside, so if you want more
> info, just LMK.
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> > 2) Are there any good LEGO haunts in the London-Gatwick area or am I • better
> > off taking the train down to Victoria Station and wondering around that
> > general vicinity? If so, where do the locals recommend shopping?
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> There are none that come to mind. There's nothing much round Victoria apart
> from an old shop that has some discontinued stuff (but not much since I
> cleaned it out last year, there's just a few bits of Technic and a few • early
> '90's sets there now). I can give directions nearer the time if you're
> interested.
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> Elsewhere in London, there's Hamleys, but that's like your FAO Swartz
> (sp?) - good to look round but very expensive.
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> What day will you be here?
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> Huw
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| (...) London-Gatwick? (...) Yes, you could easily do LLW in the time you have. By car, it would take about 1 hour to get there, but seeing as you won't have one at your disosal you'll have to take the train. Even then, it won't take more than about (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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