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If anyone is interested, (Particularly Bryan Hodges seeing as how no one else seems to be in the 'Springs), I just thought I'd let you know that I checked out Poor Richard's Toys downtown today and they didn't have a single LEGO product. It seems (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Re: Good finding at K-Mart
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(...) I went to that K-Mart (went there to eat Little Ceaser's Pizza) and while I was waiting for my pizza I went over and looked in the Lego aisle... I didn't see the set you're speaking of (I didn't really look too hard for it) but they did have (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Good finding at K-Mart
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I had a pretty good finding today at K-Mart (N Nevada and Fillmore). I was looking through a mostly overpriced bunch of sets and not finding anything too interesting (or in my price range) when I stumbled upon a Combo Set. It was away from the rest (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Same store, same location, different findings...
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Well, I went to Target yet again last night and they still had plenty of blue buckets. They had moved their Lego aisle (seems to be a popular thing to do lately) to the back aisle. I was there looking for 2001 SW sets, what I found was one Technic (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Re: Target, Union and Academy.
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(...) that (...) was (...) droids (...) I'll have to head out there as soon as I get a chance. Thanks for letting me know where I can buy the blue tubs. Bryan (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Target, Union and Academy.
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Well I hit the Target at Union and Academy last night and I can confirm that they have at least 50 of the blue buckets... I went there looking for 2001 SW sets (I have most of 'em already, but I want extras) and all they had was the Battle Droid (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Re: Know of any good stores?
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(...) I thought that CRAP was actually CRAPP. Crummy Ramp and Pit Plate. Those are the 32 X 32 baseplates with the raised area usually used in Larger castles, space bases, etc. The POOP is related to the BURP (Big Ugly Rock Piece) as well. You can (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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Um, Piece Of Other Pieces. One type of big chunky brick, that could have been formed from several pieces but wasn't. If (like the tower battlement piece) it has some partial unique shapes, it's called a CRAP. So, I guess it was more of that in the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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| | Re: Know of any good stores?
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(...) oh (...) Tejon (...) shops (...) RIchard's (...) From what I remember, Little Richard's didn't have and Lego the last time I was there. It was quite a while ago though and I hadn't gotten into Lego again, so I might not have noticed them. If (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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(...) heh, I didn't have much myself... <G> Actually, I had to work on both Christmas Day and New Year's Day. (...) That's true... I haven't been there in quite some time. Typically downtown is "closed" by the time I get off work, but my sister (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.co.cos)
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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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| | Re: Know of any good stores?
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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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| | Re: Know of any good stores?
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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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| | Re: Know of any good stores?
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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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| | Know of any good stores?
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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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| | Helllllooo...ooo
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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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| | Re: Happy Christmas Morning!
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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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| | Re: Happy Christmas Morning!
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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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| | Re: Happy Christmas Morning!
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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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| | Re: Happy Christmas Morning!
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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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| | Re: Happy Christmas Morning!
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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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| | Happy Christmas Morning!
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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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| | Re: Havin' fun...
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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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| | Havin' fun...
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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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| | Re: 2001 sets are in Colorado
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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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| | Mindstorms Tour
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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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| | Re: 2001 sets are in Colorado
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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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| | Re: 2001 sets are in Colorado
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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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(...) I read LUGNET everyday! I am now a member and hope to figure out how to post NEW messages soon. Aaron (Lakewood CO) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | 2001 sets are in Colorado
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Just on the off chance that anybody in CO still reads Lugnet, I thought I'd share my findings. I'm in Fort Collins, and the Toys 'r Us here has pretty much the same assortment that has been showing up elsewhere around the country. From the Studios (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Visiting 11/18 through 23
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(...) I'm an AFOL in CS, we can hang out if you want. There really isn't a whole lot to do here Legowise unfortunately... no big Lego stores or anything, and most of the stores that sell Lego are national chains with pretty much the same stuff. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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(...) Sounds interesting. I'm not sure what all you might want to do, but I'll be here. I have a half-built, domed Cathedral sitting in my living room :-) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | Visiting 11/18 through 23
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Hi, I'll be visiting Colorado Springs the week of Thanksgiving. Any Legofans around that would want to meet up? -Erik (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | MileHi Con robotics competition
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Well.. Lego took the field in the automated class ( I was not competing there). However the day was lost by Leog in the human controlled class, due primarily to a lack of speed. Congratulations to Tim on his triumphant autonomous Lego robot! (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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| | Re: I'm alive and I'm back in town.. to stay
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Yeah I live about 6 blocks from the Wal Mart... in a nice neghborhood this time..with lots of room.. Still managed to keep the good job with Sun, despite the move back... I'm very close to starwars complete.. missing Mos Espa, the 2 mindstorms and (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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(...) Great news! I would love to get together, but the next couple of weeks are packed. Maybe in mid-October. I'm in east Broomfield now and Lafayette has a good Wal-Mart so I'm sure the trip will be worth it :-) -Duane (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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| | I'm alive and I'm back in town.. to stay
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I'm living in Lafayette, CA sucked so I came back..... (24 years ago, 27-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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| | Re: UCS Sets in Denver
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(...) see (...) I found the MF, the AAT, and the MTT at the TRU here in Colorado Springs... no UCS sets though. I may have to drive to Denver... :) -Bryan (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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