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Has anyone seen the KK chrome sets 4816-19 in the U.S. yet. If so, at what stores (or type of stores) so I can check in my area. Tim (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Still looking in Tennessee... They are NOT at my local Bi-Lo, Food Lion or Winn-Dixie (food). And They are NOT at CVS, Walgreens, Ekkards or Wal-Mart. Don't know if it is because I am at the end of a distribution system (come on, folk in WA, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I just spoke with a lady at Lego Consumer Affairs and she gave me the scoop. The sets will only be available at grocery and drug stores. Lego does not plan on distributing them to the larger retail chains(Wal Mart, Target, etc.) The names of (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks for this info!! Now, to see if we still have any winn-dixies in town : )) John (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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This SUCKS. Those all are East Coast shops, AFAIK. Not a one of them ANYWHERE in NoCal. <sigh> (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Not Seattle, nuther. Dang. ~M (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Tom, you are becoming one foul-tempered Dude! I like it! =) I may have to call you out and have a toe to toe word-battle with you for the rights to the title of "Lego Curmudgeon" or "He Who Spews the Foulest Venom"? See? We should have just (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I'm hoping that the last listing is spelled wrong... If it is "Wakefern Food Corp." Then they might be near me... they are called "Foodtown" around my part of New Jersey, I think. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Hossbach" (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Ahhh. Oops. I really ought to check these things before I post. It looks like they are called Shoprite around here. If you look at the (URL) page, at the bottom it says copyright Wakefern Food Corporation. Correcting myself again... -Andy Lynch (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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For those in Chicago Land, Cub Foods is part of Supervalu. Here's a list of other stores owned by Supervalu. (URL) actually spell it Valu - isn'that irritating? Julie (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Todd Hossbach wrote in message ... The (...) forgive (...) these (...) Is there a Kings grocery store out East? We have a small department store here named Kings. Rose (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) There are Kings store in western Idaho, if it is the same chain, but that is still 8 hours drive. Also there are a few Cub Foods in western Oregon, where I live. I guess I will have to try there first. Tim (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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After my initial posting, I visited the local Buehlers and Save-A-Lot (Supervalu) stores and needless to say they didn't have any sets on their shelves and the managers of the stores looked at me as though I was crazy when I asked if they were going (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I think this depends a lot on your own interest in them. If they were cheap -- say under $4 USD each, I'd get a bunch. For the rest of us, I think the issue is obtaining the sets without having to pay for shipping at all, and certainly about (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) handful (...) I would be interested in 2 of each set. I'm in California... Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey All, I just got back from DisneyWorld in Florida and they have these sets on the shelf at the Legoland store at Downtown Disney. I picked up two of each of them myself. There were about 10 of each set there! Wouldn't that mean that the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Cool ... how much were they? (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) They were $5.49 each! They also had the set #2585 (train? set) for $1.99 and the service packs #5384 (UFO excessories) for $3.99. I got the service pack for the shoulder pad like armor to use with my castle MOC's! Each pack has a black and (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Tom Reed" <Merthyn1@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G1CHy4.KIo@lugnet.com... (...) on (...) each (...) mean (...) service (...) pack (...) to (...) watching (...) I (...) opened (...) Anyway, (...) There are signs near every entrance to the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Judging from how the Virginia Outlet handles theirs, it is mostly from K-8s (which are stocked with pieces either from damaged boxes at the factory, or factory overruns of some of the parts bags). They may also stock it with parts from (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Ahhhh I've never heard of any of these stores, anyone in the pittsburgh area seen these sets yet? how about the WV, OH, PA area? John (24 years ago, 4-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) plan (...) I've never heard of any of these stores, so I'm not even sure where to look. I can say that here in PGH we don't seem to get much good stuff. Toki (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi everyone, Well in hopes of finding the sets, I e-mailed customer service of ShopRite. I gave them the set numbers and asked them if they had any knowledge of these sets. Sadly, the reply was not what I had hoped. Basically the rep said that they (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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