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Re: Polybag Heaven
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 14 Mar 2000 04:46:04 GMT
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Shiri Dori wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Mark A. Herzberg writes:
> > I was the FAO at the Aventura Mall in Miami with my friends this past
> > Saturday. I always find something new (or should I say old?) there. And this
> > time I found a HUGE stash of old polybag sets. There was Town, Dragon Masters,
> > Royal Knights, Spyrius, UFO, Freestyle (from the original Freestyle sets), and
> > even old Holiday "Build-A-xxx" from 1991. I bought a "Build-A-Snowman" and a
> > Dragon Master's cart. Prices ranged from $1.49 (Freestyle) to $2.00 (Holiday)
> > to $2.50 (Town) to $3.00 (the rest). I'm leaving for New York soon, so I
> > probably won't be able to return to the store, so I'm sorry that I cannot pick
> > up any for anybody. Speaking of New York City, I go there all the time, but
> > other than FAO on 58th & 5th and the huge Toys "R" Us in downtown Manhattan, I
> > have not visited any other toy stores. What else is there?
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> Wow. I've never found anything worthful in any FAO, sounds like you got really
> lucky... FAOs are usually extremely over-priced, I sometimes browse there but
> I was amazed to discover that their prices are higher than the lego S@H prices
> (that include shipping, for gosh sake!)... The only thing I bought there was
> the 1200pc bucket. I didn't even know it existed so at $25 it seemed like a
> great find (at the time I was green to US shopping, didn't know that FAOs were
> over-priced). And it was, even though I can find it for $19.
The big FAO in Manhattan still has Pirates merch. The FAO in Menlo Park Mall still
has an Armada Flagship for $65, Unitron sets, etc etc. It's because they're so
pricey! Go check it out...
best
Lindsay
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| (...) Wow. I've never found anything worthful in any FAO, sounds like you got really lucky... FAOs are usually extremely over-priced, I sometimes browse there but I was amazed to discover that their prices are higher than the lego S@H prices (that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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