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Re: Know of any good stores?
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 03:14:30 GMT
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> Hi Bryan. I didn't get any free time in Colorado Springs at the holidays, • oh
> well.
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> 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.
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 Little Richard's does carry
Lego, I imagine they would be pretty expensive; I think most of the toys
there are.
> 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.
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> 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 checked the Goodwill in Manitou today. Found a tub of the baby Legos and
nothing else. (There was an empty bucket from Megabloks and one from
Superblocks or whatever the Tyco bricks are called; this leads me to believe
that some Legos might go through there, but were already snatched up.)
> 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!
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> 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?
POOPS???
Bryan
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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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| 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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