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Re: Know of any good stores?
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:41:03 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.co.cos, Erik Olson writes:
> Hi Bryan. I didn't get any free time in Colorado Springs at the holidays, oh
> well.
heh, I didn't have much myself... <G> Actually, I had to work on both
Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
> 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 Richard's Restaurant. In 1986 it was Poor Richard's Cinema, then
> it closed up and reopened as a coffee shop. Then all the other coffee shops
> opened up and after everybody had learned how to spell Latte, Poor RIchard's
> got out of that business (one less outlet for Poor Richard's Bakery which
> was in Manitou) brought back the Cinema. I'm a bit confused how it all fit
> together, but I think the book store moved over to make room for Little
> Richard's Toys after the Open Egg folded.
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 needs to hit a
bookstore downtown on Saturday so I'll head down there with her. I'm pretty
sure that store is still there, I'll letcha know what I find.
> The Walmart on 8th street is just like any Walmart. There is some little toy
> store in Woodland Park I never got around to visiting, you might look it up
> just to cover all the bases.
I think I know which one you're talking about... I went there last summer, I
think all they had was some of the newer castle sets. There's also a Ben
Franklin's up there which used to sell Lego (I lived in WP as a kid,) so
maybe I'll take another trip up there to check it out again.
> I found a Pink Lego Bucket at the Goodwill in Manitou once. It was the Lego
> bucket but it only had Megablocks inside. Haven't found Lego at the Goodwill
> by Chapel Hills, or at any garage sales, ever.
I had a friend who found all of the old yellow castle sets at a garage sale
once... we were just kids at the time and didn't even know what he had
found. He went off to college and I haven't seen him in about 5 years, but
maybe I can convince his parents to sell me his old Legos... <G>
> Colorado Springs was my Lego Dark Ages; I bought my last set just before
> moving there (set 6384) -- the first and last I found on clearance for a
> long time!
It's hard to find sets on clearance because they get bought up very quickly
here. I think there are alot of closet AFOLs here that haven't found lugnet
yet... <G> Either that or our stores ship them back to HQ and the sets are
sent to areas with higher populations.
> Then those ugly gray castles started coming out, and I noted those awful
> POOPS and stuff at other people's houses in COS. Who knew that those were
> the days?
Ah yes... The Fright Knights. Yeah, I know... I found the Night Lord's
Castle (set 6097) for 50% off at Kay Bee once, but at the time I was only
mildly "re-"interested in Lego and I passed it up... that was a mistake. I
also passed up a 75% off Twisted Time Train (set 6497) at a TRU in Denver...
<sigh> I just barely missed out on the UFO and Western stuff, though I did
manage to get a couple of large UFO sets. I got some Insectoids and
Aquanauts, though I now wish I'd picked up some more Aquanauts stuff.
Fortunately I got pulled back in with the Star Wars sets... <G>
-Bryan
hobartrus@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/hobartrus/index.html
http://brickshelf.com/gallery/hobartrus
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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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