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Re: FOTW, dagnabit.
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Tue, 15 Aug 2000 05:26:54 GMT
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MCAMBRON@antispamPACBELL.NET
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A real embarrassment of riches, eh? I'm not superstitious, mind you, but I
would say it bodes well.... Have a great time and a memorable year abroad!
Maggie C.
Mr L F Braun wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I leave for a two-phase year in .nl in five hours, not to see my Lego
> again for many months. Yet today, I got bitten by an FOTW--the third
> one in as many days (so perhaps it's only an FOTD, but it was nice
> anyhow). I've been popping into Detroit area Targets that I pass as I
> run errands, and in every one I've found *something* at final
> clearance--three Tunnel Transports for $12.14 apiece, four Naboo Swamps
> at $2.44 each, a Whirling Time Warper for $5--which was pretty wild to
> begin with. However, I popped into the Tel-Twelve
> Toys-backwards-'R'-Us, which is kind of messy and a little off the
> beaten path, and found three 6494 Mystic Mountain Time Labs squirrelled
> away behind a 6600 Bridge to Nowhere, and it turns out they scanned at
> $13 apiece. Argh! Ah well, I bought 'em all, they'll be a nice
> Christmas present for me come 19 December. They had Droid Fighters for
> $2.98, so I bought a couple of those too. Looks like I'll have quite a
> collection to drag back to NJ next May--and this after promising myself
> *no more buying*. Ah well, I guess I'll just deal with the feelings of
> self-betrayal, and play with my toys.
>
> So it looks like I can't escape sub-basement discount LEGO, no matter
> how I try. ;) I suppose I could have worse problems, no? Now if only
> this luck will hold out in Europe...I could use some MISB 1980s sets.
>
> best
>
> Lindsay
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