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I will be in the Potomac Mills area this weekend and I might be able to stop by the LEGO store there. How is the Pick-a-Brick selection there? In particular I'm looking for gray, dark gray and brown bricks (old or new colors) in 1x2, 1x3, 1x4, 1x6 (...) (19 years ago, 23-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Old Grey 1x1 Plates at S@H
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Shop @ Home is selling 90-piece bags of 1x1 plates for $2.99: <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG2 old very light grey> <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG3 old light grey> <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG4 old dark grey> <https://shop.lego.c...asp?p=BAG5 (...) (19 years ago, 16-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.color, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Re: Batman Sets At LLCA
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(...) I was there on Sunday, and snagged the Batmobile/twoface and Dragster/Catwoman sets. I like them, my kids love them. The batmobile is great, but has almost no ground clearance. The armored bank car is nice, but I'll swap it to all grey when I (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Batman sets and $CDN exchange
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Anyone else notice Canadians are getting extra screwed with the exchange rate on the new sets? 7779 Bat Dragster $15 CDN $10 US (exchange 1.50) 7780 Bat Boat $30 CDN $20 US (exchange 1.50) 7781 Batmobile $45 CDN $30 US (exchange 1.50) 7782 Batwing (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Batman Sets At LLCA
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All the new Batman sets except the large Batcave set were at LegoLand CA on Monday (3-13-06). I bought the Batmobile and Batwing sets. Pretty fun, and you gotta love the Batman and villains mini-figs. (19 years ago, 15-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
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(...) I was on the site earlier today before 2:00 PM eastern times. I placed several things in my cart and then moved them to my wish list. I then started searching other LEGO foreign sites to see what was available outside the U.S. While shifting (...) (19 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
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(...) Thanks for confirming that it's not just me! :) I think it likely that 'something happened' given that it was already down for several hours before this splash screen went up, together with the site misbehaving yesterday, and the timing of (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
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(...) Yes, the site is currently down for maintenance it seems. They usually do this late at night, so doing it Friday afternoon seems odd unless something happened... (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: S@H & www.lego.com down?
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(...) lol ... sorry to reply to my own post, but I should have known that no sooner than I click on 'post' first time around that a page would go up confirming the site's down for maintenance, after several hours of 'error - page not found' ... I (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | S@H & www.lego.com down?
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[These see to be the appropriate places to post?] Is the whole of lego.com frazzled right now? Or is it just me? I've noticed it down for maintenance before but not usually for this long. I noticed yesterday evening that my S@H wishlist had vanished (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New Batman Sets are at Lego Shop at Home
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(...) Hey, Mike Crowley reported on FBTB.net that he saw them at a LEGO store earlier this week. He posted some pics and discussed the sets (URL) in this thread>. Bruce (19 years ago, 7-Mar-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv3u6K.vu0@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I think is where the disconnect for me is. I find the "cup" aspect of P-a-B annoying. I have purchased quite a few (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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(...) I have to admit, it's not time-efficient or really very cost effective (yes, with careful packing you can fit more... but with the way many of us buy LEGO, would buying another cup really kill you?). It is, in some ways, an experiential or (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv2034.JDp@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ .. snipped ... ] I really don't understand doing this. Don't get me wrong, I am all for getting as much as you can in a cup. However, if you (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bricks & Blocks Outlet in Ontario
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Alan, Thanks for the indepth report. Oh, and I enjoyed the interview I watched with you and commandN. It was a great interview. By the way, the book is great and I have given it to friends and families that have lots of bricks but do not know what (...) (19 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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(...) I've wondered if they filled the grab bags from stuff swept up off the floor from the PAB area and partly with parts from damaged boxes. I bought a grab bag last trip... it had Bionicle parts in it. :P --Mike. (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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(...) Seeing as how I spend about an hour or two packing a single large cup, my wife is happier when I go at night when our kids are asleep :) (...) This time I had a cup packed so nicely the lady checking me out commented on it, and went and showed (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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(...) I found it a little disconcerting as well. I'd look up/down a few bins at a time, figuring out what I wanted to buy... then I'd jump to the next section & had to refigure what I wanted to stuff into a cup... then I'd jump to the next section & (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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(...) If you are looking for a particular brick or item, ask one of the sales people. I have found in dealing with the two outlets here in Virginia and the Orlando store that sometimes the bins are not refilled but there is an ample supply in the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Finds at Orlando PaB
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(...) That would be very interesting. I saw some turnover in the four days I was there. I suspect they would sell even better if they (the store) would link certain part together somehow. They had two kinds of wheels (larger ones that mount to (...) (19 years ago, 21-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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