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We'll have to get together sometime. I'd be an honor to meet you. (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Yeah, As far as I can tell, Raleigh and Cary are cleaned out too. (...) Thanks! I'll try to schedule a trip out there sometime. --Karim (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Re: Star Wars in Portland, OR
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If you are looking for Star Wars Lego sets, I'd try here in Charlotte. From what I hear, a bunch of shipments are coming to the local TRUs and Zainy Brainy. (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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Odd collection of news groups to post this to but once you read through you'll see the linkage ... ;-) I am in Portland (actually Wilsonville) for a couple of days this week (from Raleigh, NC) and had a little free time this afternoon so I decided (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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| | To Karim and others in Raleigh...
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As of today, Charlotte is dead dry of all Star Wars and ThrowBots. Just when I have enough money to acquire an X-Wing and Tie Fighter set and the three ThrowBots I am missing (Ski, Granite, Electro) the sets are all gone. I searched three each of (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Its a little suburb of Raleigh... Also know as the "Containment Area for Relocated Yankees." (...) Hmm, Thanks :) I'll have to look that up. where is it? near Charlotte? That's about 3 hours from me. (...) Hmm, wish I had known about that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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I'm 17 and living in Charlotte, NC. I used to have two major partners in the building hobby, but they betrayed me and bought a bunch of stuff on AucZilla using my name. Now I only have a few 'minor' partners who just buy sets and build them. They (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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Where the hell is Cary? There are about ten of us 'experienced' buildings in Charlotte. There's myself, a self-proclaimed 'master', and a few others. Most of the people in Charlotte aren't big on this stuff; most of my old friends have given up (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | SW found (now gone) at Capitol Blvd. Target
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I picked up the last Snowspeeder set at the target at Capitol Blvd yesterday. So far, I've got the landspeeder, speeder bikes, and snowspeeder. Now looking for the X-wing. --Karim (26 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Fun shoping trip and Star Wars sighting
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I just took an enjoyable Lego shoping trip today (from Raleigh). Primary destination was Asheboro. I was also shoping for Micromachines Star Wars stuff. After finishing up in Asheboro (best finding there was 2152 Robo Raptor for $19.99 at the Big K (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.gre)
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Alan wanted me to post this: From: Alan Clegg <abc@bast.firehouse.net> This won't make it to the lugnet groups, but a followup: TRU at crossroads does not have StarWars as of this morning, and the 'regional manager' informed me that "Oh, those have (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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Mike, very nice assesment of the Cary area... I've a couple comments: (...) I managed to get 2 copies of the Flying Ninha Fortress for $69.95 there the other day. They were marked so on the shelf (or at least thats what I thought). I also picked up (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Small world - hopefully you were here on Saturday when the weather was nice. Sunday was kind of nasty ... ;-) Here is my assessment of the LEGO market in the Cary, NC area where I also live. If you are familiar (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Of course there is the additional coincidence that I grew up in Massachusetts near Boston... (specifically in Concord and Lexington - I've seen mention of a toy store in Concord, and wonder if its the same toy store of my youth...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Wow, small world! I was just in Cary over the weekend for my niece's 1st birthday party. Spent the whole time getting caught up on family, didn't go shopping at all. Anything good that I missed? :) --Todd (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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| | Star Wars found in Cary K-Mart (corner of Kildaire Farms Rd. and Maynard Rd.)
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I found the Star Wars sets at K-Mart in Cary. I picked up all five. After I got one of each, only one X-Wing left, several Snow Speeders, and tons of Landspeeders and Speeder Bikes. I just finished assembling the Landspeeder. Frank (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Karim wrote in message <36F81057.B499B319@m...ng.com>... (...) only (...) I was going to suggest this also... Another possibiliy, for all the traffic these groups are getting so far, and the fact that a bunch of areas are not well served by any of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Hmm, As my web pages show, I'm primarily into space (though I have a soft-spot for castle sets), but even as a kid, I remember never being too interested in the "Official" Lego models. They stayed built for about 20 minutes before they got (...) (26 years ago, 23-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur)
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