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Yes, the promo sets like shell you have to get at full price, but the shell sets are soooo cheap. Lego does offer the small sets like the shell does - but they charge $3.99 for them. I love the fact that the small shell sets were like $1.60 - I WISH (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) AFOLs (...) Most likely, while I was trying to order Saturday night, both the Vision Command (Mindstorms) and Red Fury were auto-removed from my cart, and showed "Sold Out" and "We no longer carry this item". I called, hoping they stop (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) And almost me... Ben Gatrelle (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) There are always exceptions. Was it an AFOL who was responsible for Juniorization? ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Likewise here. Especially on teenager "salary" (very undependable) I can barely afford anything for full price. Lately I've even started selling parts to defray costs. I try to buy 50% if I can; and, if I were given the option, I'd buy only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It doesn't amaze me. I would guess that many if not most employees are somewhat ambivalent about their employers goods. (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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With the exception of course of me, Brad, Tomas, and others, of course.... Jake (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It's continually amazing to me that they hire people who care not one whit about the brick or what it means to people. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3A62FB37.367D18...one.net... (...) but (...) not (...) sale, (...) Locally (...) I'll shop (...) with the (...) for a (...) sale to (...) I also (...) Droid (...) parts (...) My shopping (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I see that the 7171 Mos Espa Podrace no longer appears on eToys listings. AFOLs strike again ? Ray (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I very rarely by Lego at retail, the Speeder Bikes was the last one I did, because I know that I can get at least %20-%25 percent off on almost a monthly basis. Target, Shopko, K-Mart, FredMeyer rountinely have such sales, but these may (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Gee... might that have anything to do with the fact that we are AFOLs 24/7, while many of the TLC people are 8-5 employees 5 days a week ? Ray (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Gosh that sounds familiar. :) Tricky to work on building or sorting when you've got a baby that needs to be walked around. ;) James (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It also silences the "I told myself I wasn't going to buy any more LEGO until I sorted all the ones I have!" voice. eric (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Regular sets? Other than my first post-darkage sets XW and Snow Speeder, nothing. Rare, discontinued and promotional sets are different stories. (...) Well up here in Canada, Bay always has at least 10% off all toys every weekend, and Zellers (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I hear you. I just usually don't buy like that. I'm not a SW fan at all, so while I can look at the SW sets (some of them) and recognize that they work better as models than a lot of other sets Lego releases, I still don't buy them thinking "I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I was just over to my local K-mart and they had put out 5 or 6 each of the 10 small Throwbots, so I got one went to the checkout and instead of 6 dollars it scanned for 50 cents!!, yep that's $.50, HALF a buck!!. I told the cashier hold on. I went (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.technic)
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(...) This week via proxy, Shell set 1254 x 4. (...) Of course! I might be willing to buy some smaller or reasonably priced (a dime a brick or less) sets at full price, but if I want more than one of the set I will try to wait for at least a BOGO (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes... Yes you are... ;-). Just kidding of course although in the last year I have become extremely stingy. I think thats for a number of reasons. 1. Since the baby came I just don't shop very much any more. 2. Since the baby came my building (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Not at all. When the new sets for the year come out, I tend to buy them at full price. In recent memory, I have bought the following at full price: *All the Star Wars System sets to date *All the LoM sets (except the big base) *All the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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