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Re: Acquired the latest full Lego catalogue..........
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Mon, 23 Nov 1998 19:09:15 GMT
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> The free parking and bus that you talked about were actually part of the • Xmas
> park and ride scheme, so the bus probably costed a token amount.
I will probably be using it shortly, as I will shop in Windsor sometime in
December.
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> I never bother asking about new kits or info as nobody ever tells you • anything
> over here, not that I think anything has reached our shores yet. Dont a • good
> part of europe, and some other places all get their sets shipped over from
> Denmark? If so dont you think that shipping schedules hold up the arrival • of
> new kits a bit more than in countries that have their own Lego factories.
I don't think it matters where in the world you are, the US will get it
first,
and in considerable advance of anyone else. Though we are often second, it
just
adds to the poor treatment we receive. High prices, bang-on-schedule
release,(never
early)......
The cheek of them offering 1857 and the newer boxes right next to each
other, with
their phenomenal price differences! At least TRU has reduced the costs on
some
of the brick boxes, but not nearly enough to justify buying them.
> I was not very impressed with the prices either.
Yes, for stock, the place can't be beat, but can't be visited most of the
time,
either! Unless you are visiting the park during the tourist season, you are
apparantly only able to get in to visit the shop after 1730.....
One consolation is the offer of a refund of the difference, should it be
found
cheaper elsewhere.
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> Unlike yours, mine was not a wasted trip. On the way home down the A30 I • came
> accross a shell station just as the petrol light came on in the car. 25
quid in
Fortunately, a Shell garage 7 miles from home has had very good stock, and
haven't
restricted the amount of sets purchased. The only problem is that the petrol
is 3p
more per litre......but it was the only one I have encountered that had the
premium
sets and Ferrari! My local one, only about a mile away, doesn't seem to mind
how
many sets are purchased, the problem being availability.......
I have been fortunate, I have all from 1-7, plus the pitstop, Ferrari, and
the
horrible girly one. Purchased in the interests of completism, the dolphin,
and
those curved base plates!
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| (...) I have also been very lucky. Being at uni, and not owning a car makes it a tad difficult to get them, but somehow over the past term I have managed to obtain the ferrari, the pit stop, and 3 each of #1 through #7. Now I just hope I can somehow (...) (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| I was also at the Legoland widsor shop last week, and boy was I unimpressed. The updated 1998 catalogue, and the silver keyrings by the door were the only highlights of my stay. The free parking and bus that you talked about were actually part of (...) (26 years ago, 23-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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