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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 (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.uk.en, lugnet.market.shopping)

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