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Re: Where are all the Lego?
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lugnet.loc.us.ma
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Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:12:16 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Kevin Loch writes:
> A TRU employee told me once that every time they restocked the original
> Throwbots, the three with the 40 tooth gears sold out withing 24 hours.
> Obviously signs of an AFOL. For every one person you see here or on
> Brickshelf, there are at least 10 more who do not participate in the
> online forums. Non-Lugnet/Brickshelf AFOLS regularly come in to the LEGO
> store at Potomac Mills and are surprised when someone tells them about
> the online forums. Even when I visit that store which is about once
> a month, I always see obvious AFOLS with a stack of boxes heading for the
> register. Interestingly, of the ones I've seen personally, about 80% are
> men with girlfreinds/wives helping them. I also see a surprising number
> of people in offices with LEGO on display. I don't even have any LEGO on
> display at work. When I ask these people if they have ever heard of Lugnet
> or Brickshelf they usually say no!
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> The point is that wherever you are, there are probably many AFOLS
> buying up all the good sets.
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> KL
That's another thing, while I don't go to the Fresh Pond TRU that frequently
because its rare that they have what I want, I have never run into apparent
AFOLs there. I only ever see parents and kids . Perhaps my Lego radar isn't
finely tuned.
jonathan
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| (...) Or you aren't there when I am. Or other AFOLs that I know shop there. I picked up the Alpha Team helicopter there just a few days ago... although I don't remember which day it was, now. I never used to go to the Fresh Pond TRU. I moved from (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| (...) A TRU employee told me once that every time they restocked the original Throwbots, the three with the 40 tooth gears sold out withing 24 hours. Obviously signs of an AFOL. For every one person you see here or on Brickshelf, there are at least (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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