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Re: Lego catalogue
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:52:39 GMT
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If you could bring me a catalogue I'd be grateful, as would others I'm sure.
I'm not sure the toyshop will be keen on your helping yourself to handfuls
of catalogues, though, as I suspect they have to pay for them.
Nathaniel
In lugnet.loc.uk, David Till writes:
> Hehehe, its at times like this that I really appreciate having moved from
> Fleet, to Devon ;)
>
> It just so happens that the Toymaster in Barnstaple had the new catalogue
> about a week ago, and so I already own a copy.
> I guess I should go back down tomorrow and grab a handful for the weekend ?
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> Other than the 5 pages of Harry Potter, JP3 studios sets, and new technic
> 4x4's there's little new/interesting, and overall the catalogue seems less
> Lego than ever. Only about a third of its 100 pages could be considered
> comparable to a catalogue from just 5 years ago ;(
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> (Duckie) Dave Till
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> BTW the colour balance is a bit off in places, like 4561 (the "fast
> passenger train" as TLC like to call it) is mostly teal, with orange, dark
> pink and lime green accents!
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> James Stacey <james@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:GJt7wK.F8s@lugnet.com...
> > Living in Cardiff we have TRU and The Entertainer, nothing else, it seems
> > that independent (or toymaster) shops are nonexistant around here. All the
> > latest sets, nothing else Cornwall on the other hand was really great, all
> > the local toyshops had loads of Lego. The Toymaster in Bodmin was pretty
> > good (unlike the rest of Bodmin), maybe cos nowadays in the big stores • they
> > are conservative with what they stock so they arn't left with loadsa sets • to
> > have to sell off cheap.
> >
> > btw - none of them had catalogues either
> >
> > --
> > James
> >
> > "Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesfamily.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
> > message news:GJsyA1.K29@lugnet.com...
> > >
> > > "Nathaniel Cross" <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message • news:GJsu1s.D8J@lugnet.com...
> > > > What's happened to the new catalogue? I've tried Fleet Toys in Fleet, • The
> > > > Entertainer and Toys R Us and none of them have it. With so few shops
> > > > stocking much Lego now I'm not sure where else to try.
> > > >
> > > > Mind you, if The Entertainer did have it they'd have to censor the • Harry
> > > > Potter pages Saudi Arabia-style ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > > I went in the Camberley Entertainer on Saturday for the first time in • ages. I have never seen such a small selection of
> > > Lego on offer there. No 'bargains' either.
> > > Bad sign. Thankfully we have S@H now.
> > >
> > > regards
> > > lawrence
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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| Nathaniel Cross <nathaniel@than.org> wrote in message news:GJv83r.Az7@lugnet.com... (...) sure. (...) Well, I went down today, and would you believe they only had the one left anyway! I'll bring it along for you, tho I suspect everyone else will (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| Hehehe, its at times like this that I really appreciate having moved from Fleet, to Devon ;) It just so happens that the Toymaster in Barnstaple had the new catalogue about a week ago, and so I already own a copy. I guess I should go back down (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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