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Re: An Uncommon Find?
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Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:34:24 GMT
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James Simpson wrote:
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> Saturday I was rummaging through the usual suspects at a KB in hopes of > a really good bargain, and had almost conceded defeat when at the very
> back of the "stacks" (this particular KB doesn't really shelf its Lego
> - it kind of stacks them), something caught my eye just as I turned to
> leave...I had stumbled upon Model Team 5561 for $40. Needless to say I
> purchased it. What seems uncommon about this is that it is the European
> version, or atleast European packaging - no element count, no model
> name, and a curious supplemental catalog listing prices by various
> European countries only. I'm wondering how common it is to find a
> European-packaged version here in the states?
KB (both online and brick-and-mortar) often has European sets (I've seen
European model team, wild west, and fright knights at KB)
ZB also has them sometimes (technic space shuttle, for example)
I've seen one European set at WalMart, the aquazone set for $15 a few
months ago.
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Tim Buchheim
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| (...) Biglots has also had some of this stuff. Value City is another one. What appears to be happening is that TLC or some toy distributors are recognizing that the US has good outlets for clearing out old stock, and are funneling such old stock (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| "Timothy Carl Buchheim" <tcb@cs.hmcSPAM.edu> wrote in message news:39F492C0.BBBA4B...PAM.edu... (...) It's funny you mention those. At a local Wal-Mart in Amarillo, I saw 2 more of those "famous" $15 sets and decided to scan them. They showed up at (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| Saturday I was rummaging through the usual suspects at a KB in hopes of a really good bargain, and had almost conceded defeat when at the very back of the "stacks" (this particular KB doesn't really shelf its Lego - it kind of stacks them), (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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