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Re: Shopping in London?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.loc.uk.en, lugnet.market.shopping
Date: 
Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:54:31 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk.en, Raymond Flournoy writes:
Hello all!

In one week I will be heading off to my first business trip to the UK, and
I am quite excited about seeing England, even if most of my days will be
spent inside at a conference.  I will likely have one whole day in London
free, and was wondering if any locals had any advice for me on fun LEGO
shopping and/or sets which I cannot get in the States.

I ain't a local.

Depending on what day of the week you have free, you may want to go to
Legoland or you may want to go to Bluewater. or somewhere else.

Bluewater has a lego "outlet" (more like the LIC, with lots of trinkets and
trash type merch, than some sort of gigantic discount place) and it also has
a ToyStack which I had pretty good luck with.

The UK, for me so far anyway, hasn't been a hotbed of really old MISB sets,
nor has it been a source of huge deals on current sets. Plus it's cold and
wet. :-)  But I like it anyway.


In particular, I'm wondering if the football/soccer bus uniform stickers
are different in the UK

Yes.

and I'm also wondering if the Deutsche Telekom
bicycle sets are on the shelves in stores.

No.

Also, do the toy stores give out
UK catalogs for free on the shelves?

Yes.

++Lar



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(...) Isn't Legoland closed at this time of year? I seem to remember checking and finding that - or is that just the rides, while the store is open? (...) Hmm...so where exactly *is* Bluewater? Is it in the 'hop a train/bus from London for a day (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.uk.en, lugnet.market.shopping)

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  Shopping in London?
 
Hello all! In one week I will be heading off to my first business trip to the UK, and I am quite excited about seeing England, even if most of my days will be spent inside at a conference. I will likely have one whole day in London free, and was (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.uk.en, lugnet.market.shopping)

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