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(...) No sweat... information sharing is what this is all about... :) (...) <snip> (...) I haven't checked thrift stores in a looooong time. Maybe I should start doing that again. The last time I went to a thrift store the only thing they had that (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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Hi Bryan. I didn't get any free time in Colorado Springs at the holidays, oh well. I think Little Richard's Toys has Lego. That is, unless that store on Tejon has morphed into something else again. It's between Poor Richard's Book Store and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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Thanks for the good list, you mentioned some places I hadn't thought of. I had some luck today at the ARC Thrift Store on Austin Bluffs. They sell bags of toys and I looked through them hoping to find some loose pieces. To my surprise and (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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(...) Unfortunately there's not really any "good" places to buy Legos here. Toys R Us is good for the latest stuff (with the exception of the SW sets, they didn't get those until well after other places got 'em.) I usually shop the Walmart up by (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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I bought a lot of buckets and tubs at the usual places: Target, Kmart, Walmart. Mostly up at North Academy/Chapel Hills.That was 1998 though, a good year for tubs. The Kmart further down Academy is just as good for end-of-year clearance sales. There (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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I was just wondering if anyone knows of any good places to buy LEGOs in Colo. Springs. The last time I was at the Toys R' Us by the Citadel Mall, they didn't seem to have much of a variety of sets. I found some Mindstorms at the Discovery Channel (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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ECHO ECHO EcHO EcHO EcHo EcHo ecHo ecHO echo echo echo echo e c h o e c h o e c h o e c h o Anyone alive? I'm hoping we can get things going enough here that those of us in Colorado Springs won't have to pretend that we're in Denver. Anyway, if you (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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(...) I'm here too. I just rarely check the group because it hardly ever has any new messages in it... <G> I actually live in Colorado Springs, but since there's *NO* action there I'll read and post here. (...) <snip> Man, you guys are lucky. I (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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"Duane Hess" <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote in message news:G68n8A.JDK@lugnet.com... (...) Pile-O-Lego) (...) Not really. I've got a rubbermaid box that holds a bunch of my smaller models (either whole or fractured), and a number of other models that (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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In lugnet.loc.us.co.den, John C. Fiala writes: <Snip-O-Rama> (...) I finally took over a corner of the basement. I bought two of the 3' x 6' folding tables to work on. Most of the time it's sufficient. (At least it would be if I re-sorted the parts (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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"Duane Hess" <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote in message news:G678JA.AI@lugnet.com... (...) Well, hopefully other people will find the group. (...) Ah, I also put it together that night, along with the LoM unicycle, which was simple enough that I could (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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(...) I think it's just the two of us for the time being... (...) UCS (Ultimate Collector's Series) That's a good one. (...) I got that one too. I put it together that night. I also got the droid escape pod and the Techinic Pit Droid too. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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Hi all. (Well, Duane. Hopefully there's more than the two of us here.) Had some good results this Christmas. By theme: Star Wars: Supreme X-Wing. (Whatever they call the $100 set.) AT-ST (Chewie figure!) Life on Mars: Unicycle Trike Long spaceship (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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(...) Ya, This area used to have a little action a year or two ago. Things really tapered off, I don't know why. (...) I know. My wife went to Target and I *know* that she bought me something LEGO related. I just haven't figured out what it is yet. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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Not much conversation here. Thought I'd throw in some notes, just to prevent the mb from fossilizing. Well, Xmas is coming up and I'm all twitchy over what my legos my wife might be getting me from xmas. She's mentioned that she ordered some sets (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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"Joel Hoornbeek" <joel@webaccess.net> wrote in message news:G4K0xq.AHu@lugnet.com... (...) I live in Denver, CO, and just yesterday and today happily received Lego for my birthday! Yesterday I got the Naboo fighter and the box set of the y-wing and (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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It was in Auroura Mall this weekend. Anyone catch it? I may try Sunday Dec 3 to catch it.... (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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I found a Silver Champion and a bunch of the 2001 Life on Mars and Studion serts over at the Auroura TRU. I also found a bunch at the Westminster/Arvada (...) country. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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I'm a die hard Townie. My collection is in NY state. I havent been there in a year and a half but I will be there in 3 weeks! I used to buy Oasis Ambush to get the Palm Trees and sell the rest on ebaY. It is not a hobby anymore as I like to have 100 (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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(...) I'm still here. Not that I am able to read LUGNET everyday. I haven't found any of the 2001 sets yet, but I haven't been looking either. Besides, I've been instructed not to buy anything until after Christmas. For some reason buying sets for (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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