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Not really cheap, but a find nonetheless. I went back to my parents this weekend; they live in a pretty small village in Suffolk. In the second hand shop was a bunch of 1992-1997 era Lego, in boxes. I was amazed- it's a tiny place and I'd expected (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I visited in May and can't remember the exact price but that seems accurate. Maybe we should complement the 'Cheapest' list with a hall of shame- except Hamleys would probably get all the prizes... :: paul (26 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Once upon a time, (on Sun, 6 Jun 1999 22:00:23 GMT, to be precise!), Richard Dee uttered the following profundities.... (...) What I meant to say was that this smacks of a cartel. SW sets are obviously going to be a great cash-cow, and as such, it (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Once upon a time, (on Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:39:12 GMT, to be precise!), Col uttered the following profundities.... (...) **Applies to the UK** TRU seems to adjust their prices to be equally competitive, not more competitive. They rarely lower their (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I went to TRU in Southampton today and they had put the prices up on 7101, 7111 and 7121 ! Last week I bought both 7101 and 7111 for £4.99 each, today they were £5.99; last week 7121 was £6.99, today it was £7.99! I have seen 7121 for £6.99 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well, we have police and we give them guns and they occasionally kill people. Isn't killing people bad? Yes. But in some circumstances, it is necessary. We leave that responsibility to the police, and for the most part, we let them see to the (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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7101 Lightsaber Duel £4.69 - Makro: Halesowen 7111 Droid Fighter £4.69 - Makro: Halesowen 7121 Naboo Swamp £6.99 - TRU: Nationwide? 7131 Anakins Pod £9.39 - Makro: Halesowen 7141 Naboo Fighter £14.09 - Makro: Halesowen 7151 Sith Infiltrator £??.?? - (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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----- Original Message ----- From: <RIBBED FOR SPAM PLEASURE> To: Kevin Bane <RIBBED FOR SPAM PLEASURE> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 2:12 AM Subject: Re: Questions (possible spoiler) (...) bit (...) he's (...) But that's my point. Have you ever seen (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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I forgot... The most ridiculous prices for SW stuff was in Hamleys duty free shop at this side of the tunnel. The Tie/Y set was 43GBP! That must mean that in their London branch it is about 50GBP! (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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So, did anyone go to the LLW club weekend? Anything new? Huw (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I went to Calais and Cite Europe yesterday. Here's a quick resume of my LEGO findings: I found 1 toy shop in Calais itself, which didn't have anything of any age, except an 8858 and a sail-and-fly marina, the latter as about 530ff = 53GBP! Ep4-6 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Once upon a time, (on Sat, 5 Jun 1999 11:01:28 GMT, to be precise!), Lawrence Wilkes uttered the following profundities.... (...) Sith Infiltrator cost, please? (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The larger sets were all available in The Entertainer in Camberley today Sat 6th June. Podrace was £65 (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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Once upon a time, (on Sat, 5 Jun 1999 00:46:04 GMT, to be precise!), Carbon 60 uttered the following profundities.... (...) Yes, let's! Though so far these are the best prices.. (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Here are the prices: This was at the Makro in Halesowen in the West Midlands. I did do a longer post but my PC crashed: 7101 £4.69 7111 £4.69 7121 £7.04 7131 £9.39 7141 £14.09 They have the search sub (yellow Technic sub) for £11.73 which is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Here are the prices: I did do a longer post but my PC crashed: 7101 £4.69 7111 £4.69 7121 £7.04 7131 £9.39 7141 £14.09 They have the search sub (yellow Technic sub) for £11.73 which is excellent. Lets do an Ep1 UK Best Price chart. Carbon 60 (26 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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In article <FCsyrM.DqD@lugnet.com>, Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> writes (...) That's the retail price :-) (26 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) [Warning: dullness alert!] I've done price-per-piece calculations for the Star Wars E1 and Classic Lego, based on the best price in the UK and the Lugnet piece counts. (Why don't European boxes have piece counts, anyway?) The TRU prices are (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) sets (...) released (...) I believe they will be available on June 18th. The Argos catalogue states that as the date in its catalogue. I know for certain that the podrace is appearing here - I have seen it in my local toy shop price list (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Actually, the droid *is* the ship. They don't get a whole lot of screen time, but you do see them both flying and walking. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.starwars)
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