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The LEGO Brand shop in Milton Keynes opened today, on schedule! I arrived at about 12pm, and met Jason B there. I was eager to tuck in to the loose ABS gourmet on show as soon as you enter the shop, but there was a problem -- the cups had not (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:H57z3J.K4B@lugnet.com... (...) Slightly later... I have found, after rearranging the contents of mine, that a tub holds about 90 2x4 bricks which makes them dearer than on (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Looks like I might have to make use of flexi-time tomorrow morning ... Thanks for the info Huw. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Huw, can you tell us how much it weighs, please? :-) Just so I can compare with the LLG setup. Tony "Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:H582sw.5xJ@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Tony Priestman" <tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:H583vL.8F5@lugnet.com... (...) I thought I did... Each tub and contents was between 350-370g. Having weighed a tub, a rather higher than I expected 70g, leaves 280-300g of LEGO for (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Ian Greig" <igreig@bellerophon....uk.nospam> wrote in message news:H583Lw.7oF@lugnet.com... (...) It'll be worth the trip, get the bricks while they're nice and new and unscratched!! BTW -- Jason wiped WH Smiths out of Star Wars magazines in MK, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Yes, you did, my apologies. That's about comparable with the €5/100g at Legoland. You'd almost think they'd planned it :-) There isn't anything that I really need in the selection you describe, though, so I probably won't wander over this weekend. (...) (22 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well, this is definitely a step forward, although the stock doesn't sound hugely impressive to me. I'd like to see a selection of smaller bricks and 1-wide plates, let alone a good roofing selection. Maybe they could add these in some of the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yes they did, the full range of loco subsections and wagons, and so does LSB for that matter. Huw (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:H59CtF.663@lugnet.com... (...) still (...) LSB (...) LSB has the Santa Fe carriages too now, priced the same as LLW at £25 each... (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I'm still bemused by LLW only stocking the less versatile of the two carriage sets. Jason J Railton (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:H59JJ6.Mo2@lugnet.com... (...) They _had_ both in stock, but my guess is that they sold out of the 'more versatile set before the other... I grabbed the last one from the shelf on (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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When I was last in the shop, the day before the last RLD, they had both, but they were thoroughly mixed on the shelf; which ever member of staff put them out either didn't realise there were two different versions, or, er, didn't care ... (...) (22 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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