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Re: AFOLs as cheapskates
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:19:56 GMT
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Yes, the promo sets like shell you have to get at full price, but the shell
sets are soooo cheap. Lego does offer the small sets like the shell does -
but they charge $3.99 for them. I love the fact that the small shell sets
were like $1.60 - I WISH they were the same price in TRU or Target.
> I'll buy older or promotional sets at full price when I find them. I'll buy
> new sets at full price if they interest me for some particular reason
> (either as a set or for parts). This is particularly true for smaller sets
> like the Movie Maker dinosaur head and Inidiana Jones (not sure of the name
> but the set has two of the 1x8 plate with the rail) set and the Droid Escape
> set. Larger sets I tend to wait until I find them on sale. I waited to buy
> a UCS X-Wing until Wal-Mart.com had them for 50% off. The most I have paid
> for a 4561 train set is $77. Since my interests are pretty much limited to
> Town and Train I am finding that the majority of my LEGO money is going to
> secondary market parts sales.
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> Which leads me to my next point, if LEGO had a slew of sets the size of the
> small Shell Promo sets, I'd buy them all the time. I wouldn't think twice
> about tossing a couple in the cart every time I go to Wal-Mart or Target (or
> to the grocery store or gas station for that matter). Impulse buys are
> perfect market for LEGO (IMHO). Everytime I bought gas these last couple of
> months I bought two or three of the small Shell sets. I don't even know how
> many I have but I'd bet close to 50 or 60 of the small ones. At $1.50 a pop
> they are in the same price range as a soda and a candy bar and whole lot
> more healthy! I doubt I would have gone out shopping for a $75 LEGO set at
> MSRP.
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> Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
> http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
> http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
> http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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| "Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3A62FB37.367D18...one.net... (...) but (...) not (...) sale, (...) Locally (...) I'll shop (...) with the (...) for a (...) sale to (...) I also (...) Droid (...) parts (...) My shopping (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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