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Re: 8480 Space Shuttles in MA
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Thu, 8 Jul 1999 01:31:58 GMT
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ADAM.PAYNE.1998@avoidspamALUM.BU.EDU
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<looks around sheepsishly>
Unfortunately I didn't go to the Kingston TRU in person to look for
them, I called and an employee went and looked.  I figured he knew
what he was talking about, since he said something to the effect of
"we have some of the System shuttles, but no Technic ones left" after
a suitable amount of "looking around time".  Serves me right for
trying to save myself a couple hours of driving time.  But the happy
ending is I found one in Baltimore anyway, and now there's one more
left in Kingston for the MA-based Technic heads.

Adam


"Robert Munafo" <munafo@gcctech.com> wrote:

> Adam --

> I find it hard to believe that the Kingston MA TRU store had run out, because I
> was there the same day, June 30th 1999, and they had 9 sets (8 after I left the
> store 8-) The price was about $138 ($129.99 plus tax).

> There were 3 sets on the bottom shelf, and 6 more (in two different places) on
> the top-top shelf where the store keeps their "overstock". That's a total of 8
> 8480 Space Shuttle sets in 3 separate locations. I was there at about 8:30 PM
> and the store closed at 9:30 and the odds of 8 other people buying that set in
> an hour are too low for me to believe.

> Sorry to bother you Baltimore folks with this but that's where Adam and Rob
> Doucette were when they started this discussion <: I've put followup-to the
> Boston group.

> - Robert

> In lugnet.loc.us.md.bal, Adam Payne writes:
> > Well, I was only visiting Baltimore, I'm actually living  up in Boston
> > (I found your message b/c it mentioned the Contruction Site).  I tried
> > to get a shuttle from the Kingston, MA TRU, but they were gone.  [...]



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  Re: 8480 Space Shuttles in MA
 
You must have gotten the same employee I got. He couldn't have looked too hard. I, too, called in advance, although I knew I was going to go to the store anyway. The employee looked, and said he had 2 or 3 sets. I had him hold one for me. Then I got (...) (27 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)

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  Construction Site and Space Shuttles in MA
 
Just returned from a weekend trip home to MA. Made the trek up to the Construction Site in Waltham. This place has the best selection of Lego of any retailer (on-line or otherwise) that I've seen. They've got lots of Dacta sets available which I (...) (27 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.md.bal, lugnet.market.shopping)

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