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(...) LFB wrote: (...) I'm back from my holiday in UK, and I'm sorry, Steve, I found no Shell sets at all :-( I did, however, find some Soccer Starter sets at 14.99 UK sterling pounds at a TRU in Preston, just south of Blackpool - my 8 yr old son (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Just wondering if anything more has been decided. It seems like there is much interest in a MI Legofest. I believe Gary said we might be able to have it at his place (right Gary?) I'm happy to help out with any preparations that need to be done. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) I took a lunch-time trip to Kohl's today. Mostly Ninja ('98 and '99), Adventurers ('99), Insectoid, Spaceport, Town Jr., and some '99 Technic. Oh, and the large basic bin, some DUPLO, and a DUPLO bin. All sets are 20% off. Additionally, some (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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I just saw that Meijer's (add on the "Thrifty Acres" if you're old enough to remember it) is having a LEGO sale this week. I don't have the flyer handy, but I believe it was 20% discount. Not quite as good as the K-Mart 25% (ie, (...) (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) stuff. (...) those (...) Michigan can (...) weeks). (...) I'd love to come too. My in-laws live in Battle Creek, so my wife and I can visit them on whatever weekend you choose, and I'll just make the drive over myself on Saturday. Chad Smith (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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(...) Dagnabit. Darnit, gee whiz, shuckies. I move away from MI, and *now* you have a meet? :( Blasted graduate school. LFB. (26 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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You got it, Mark! I can't wait! I might even be able to take along my SO! Ha ha! Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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(...) Sure. And since it's Gary's house we're volunteering, I think having the Ohio folks there too would be a GREAT idea. -- Larry Pieniazek (URL) Know your Customer is wounded, thanks to you, but not dead... See (URL) for details For me: No (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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(...) Yeah, I guess it would be OK (Oh God, I haven't heard from Ontario yet!) ... (slowly opening Pandora's Box...). Gary Istok (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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Awesome, Gary! You count me in, anyday! I might even get my Lego obsessed roommate to come along! Scott Sanburn (...) stuff. (...) those (...) Michigan can (...) weeks). (...) snap (...) think (...) trying (...) have a (...) Since (...) and (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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(...) stuff. (...) those (...) Michigan can (...) weeks). (...) Would there be any objections to some Ohio folk making the trip North? There are a few of us in Columbus that may be interested. We've previously talked about a similar get together (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)
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I volunteer my house! That way I won't have to drag around a bunch of LEGO stuff. I live within 3 blocks of where I-94 & I-696 merge in St. Clair Shores. So those coming from the Ann Arbor area can use I-94, those coming from western Michigan can (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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I'm in too, and I promise to think first before I start any conflicts. (right Scott :) I can bring a couple RCX's and some other electric goodies, pneumatics, and any technic parts really. Plus, I've got some old (used) sets that I'd love to offload (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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OK, looks like we are coming to a consensus. Any thoughts on where to meet, time, etc? Scott Sanburn (...) Detroit's eastern (...) Detroit/Ann Arbor area, (...) "Great Lakes LEGO (...) Perhaps a (...) 1x1 round (...) destruction, (...) crosseyed"... (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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Great! Can I ride with you? Steve (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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Do it on a saturday, and I'm there. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.build)
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I haven't been shopping lately, but my remote spy network (ie, a guy I work with who has a Star Wars fan for a kid) reports there are a lot of Star Wars lego at the K-Mart on 28th Street and Lake Eastbrook Drive. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) </lego> Eh, that's just your run-of-the-mill U-M combativeness. They don't have basketball to watch, after all...;) Unfortunately, my Spartans are liable to get walloped by Duke. On the other hand, it wasn't Ann Arbor that suffered the rash (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nj.new, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) O My Fair Shakespeare. Ada Elementary team, coaches JoAnn D'Agostino and Josette Pieniazek (...) I will ask how they liked it but I did not follow the above. You want reaction but not which problem they had?? I know which one it was now. OK, (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Hey! I didn't see you there. Then again, I didn't see many people. What LT problem was Taya's team doing? How did they like the Spontaneous problem? I take reaction comments about Spontaneous problems pretty seriously (for next year) -- I've (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message 36E4442C.B3C220BA@vo...ger.net... (...) Hi Larry. I was merely kidding, of course. The fact that I replied to a remark that was in jest and the fact that I included smilies were supposed to be (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) <snip> (...) What's going on here? Can't we all just get along? (bumming because when my SnowSpeeder came, the order list had the dreaded "Backordered" for scoutbike and Y/Tie... Sigh) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote in message 36E420C2.867440A5@aeieng.com... (...) Whoa, that was mature. Guess next time I'll omit the fair warning, and just start hurling insults. Geez. Okay, I'm partly to blame here. Let's start (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Scott Edward Sanburn <ssanburn@aeieng.com> wrote in message 36E42091.8F02E8D2@aeieng.com... (...) Certainly. (...) Hey no problem with that, I just sincerely hope you are not scalping the sets, that's all. If you are, then I for one have a real (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Get a clue, Mark! You make me sad. Come, Patsy! Scott (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Mark, Sorry, Mark, all is fair in love and capitalism. Your bleeding heart story really touched me, really. As an avid collector and builder of Lego's for years, I took an opportunity to buy what I wanted, and I did. You can go and buy all the sets (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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I've only opened one, one of the TIE-Fighter/Y-Wings. The others are for my kids, some as Easter-basket presents, and the others prolly as birthday presents. The instructions are pretty cool looking, with a small (like 1.125"x.375") scene from the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Re: SW sets are in Ann Arbor Meijer's! :)
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Scott, Here is a tip for you: when the Carpenter Meijer gets the sets -- you better run yourself over there and them right away. Because if I get there before you (and I intend to) I'm going to buy them all up, and then sit in front of the Meijer (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Oh, so that was you who came by and bought them all, eh. When I got there (about 6pm on Sunday), all that was left was some of the Landspeeders that you had left behind. In case you are curious, there was a lady there whose son had *just* seen them. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Awesome, Steve, don't enjoy them too much! ;) I am still looking at them longingly! Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Sorry to follow-up to my own posting, but here's the lunch-time report: I decided to go for Knapps Corners Meijers (seems like there should be one or more apostrophes in there). The 28th Street strip, with its high concentration of large (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Steve & All, You know what else is funny is the Meijer's located about 10 miles where I found then didn't have any! Go figure, I sent my roommate out to find them since I have been here at work since 8:00AM Sunday morning. UGGHH!!! Scott Sanburn (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Well, it's off to 28th street (home of most major retail shopping in SE GR,MI) I go... Hmm. I wonder if Knapps Corner Meijers would be faster to get to? Steve (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Oooo. I wonder if I can use my $10 eToys coupon along with the 30% sale? Hmm. Steve (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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www.eToys.com have a 30% sale on some Aquazone, Space, a couple Castle & Town & a few Technic sets. I have never traded with this company so I don't know the service, but we'll see as I ordered a Hemlock Stronghold! (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Maybe, perhaps. What sets would you put in there? I'll have to go check what's currently in England, but not MI. Steve (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Unfortunately, when I was "home" (near A^2) this last winter, the inventories *were* low--Larry's leaving the area didn't do us as much good as we'd thought. On the positive side, NJ is pretty good--I got a huge haul of stuff at 90% off in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Yes, I will keep my eyes open in my travels. (...) I believe I read that all remaining sets were to go back - though again, who knows! (...) O.K.! I shall report back when I've returned about mid-April. Of course, in the meantime if I should (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Hi, Pam! It seems like the West Michigan stores are (generally) running lower inventory on LEGO than they used to... And the sales aren't as good. If you happen to find one of the Shell promo sets #2536 (the Divers jetski), I'd definitely be (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Reporting from Kalamazoo/Plainwell - there has is hardly any selection in any Target, Walmart, TRU, etc., new or older. And the only good sale was a few weeks ago in Walmart the 5978, Adventurers Sphinx Secret Surprise, was on clearance at $35.00 - (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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I found a small shelf of LEGO sets in the Lowell (MI) Rite-Aid the other day. The manager indicated they had been there awhile -- I must not have stopped by in a longer time than I thought. No outstanding prices or selection, just such an anomoly I (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Excellent news. Needs wider circulation. Hence my post to a few more groups. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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(...) Where is here? Since we both seem to be close to Detroit, if there is something you'd like me to keep an eye out for, or vice-versa, we be able to help one another out sometime if a fabulous deal crops up. Jim (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) RCX plus sensors would be a minimum purchase and by the time you get to that point you're almost at the cost of the RIK... besides I can always use more parts or sell them off... (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) <insert snappy comeback that I will think of about 5 minutes after pressing the Send button> (...) Yep, $160. We got the coupon in the mail. Actually, it was the second 20% coupon we got from them. We might have gotten on a mailing list (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Larry sees all, knows all, says little. (...) Wait, did you actually pay 160 then?? That would be sweet. Where did you get the coupon. I plan to get another RCX but had been holding out for a price less than 200... (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) Just wanted to be sure you were paying attention. obLocal: Picked up Mindstorms yesterday, from Learningsmith. Surprisingly, the price was the same ($199) as TRU. Didn't check any other locations. We had a coupon for a 20% discount. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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James pointed me to this newsgroup to say hi. So "Hi" I hadn't looked here since the .det newsgroup is closer to my area of town. Nothing much to report from here either, same K-mart and Service Merchandise sales (which I think are over now). -Greg (...) (26 years ago, 8-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) What are you trying to say? :-) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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This one really is a GR posting: Does anyone hit the Alpine Big Lots on a regular basis? I was there last night for the first time. I wasn't terribly impressed. I guess I shouldn't make any judgement based on a single visit--I imagine this place is (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) It's quiet because Larry is spending most of his time in Colorado. Steve (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Well, I haven't put up the sign yet, but I did buy a whole bunch of Lego sets at the Canton Super K when they were 20% off and more recently I bought some of the 25th ann. buckets to give to the kids when they get older. Not that I think this is (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) ExitG has reported good results from placing "Willing to buy LEGO" ads around a college campus. I don't see any reason that ads around UM should have dissimilar results. I would actually be more concerned about getting an overwhelming (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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OK, so I read the last post in the last thread and got lost. Are you expecting a ood response to a posting like that, or a low turn-out response. We do have an Engineering school here :) and you knwo the engineers probably had lego blocks as a kid. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) I'll just cross-post this reply to the Michigan groups. I caught something Todd said about the state-level in the loc.us.* hierarchy. Basically, it's just there as a convenience for tracking down specific city-groups. Interesting. Which makes (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.mi.fli, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.mi.lan)
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In article <36111804.2662005@lugnet.com>, blisses@worldnet.att.net says... (...) Well, as the other groups are empty except for the openning posts, lets use GRR as the main meeting point for now. How about posting your message into those groups so (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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(...) There are lots of MI AFOLs out there, but I dunno how many are on this group. (...) Yup. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Do we really need 4 ng for Michigan? Unless/until traffic reaches reasonably high levels, why not consolidate? If something really super-cool happens in Detroit, I might be willing to drive over. So I'm reasonably interested in loc.us.mi.det. Ditto (...) (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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Are there any other Michiganders floating around out there? Besides Larry P, of course. I already know he's there. And he's only a weekend-Michigander. Steve (26 years ago, 29-Sep-98, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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