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Re: Tuesday Morning Preview
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Thu, 24 May 2001 22:49:11 GMT
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This is most odd....
I stopped by one of the local TMs today, and the Arachnoid Starbases were
$50 and the Mindstorms accessory kits were $30. You'd think the prices
would be the same chain wide, but that doesn't appear to be the case....
Troy
Cary Clark <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message
news:GDuvFz.55F@lugnet.com...
> The Mindstorm accessory sets were $40, the Aarchnoid Bases were also
> $40. The ZNAP were $20 for the 3171 and $10 for the red set in the
> octagonal hard black case. The yellow Technic subs were $30, I think.
> There was a lot of Duplo, including a Duplo train, but I didn't pay any
> attention to it.
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> Cary
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> "r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:GDuuGq.2np@lugnet.com...
> Do you remember the prices of the larger sets?
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> Rose
> "Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message
> news:GDut2x.LHx@lugnet.com...
> > I went into Tuesday Morning today and saw a shopping cart already full
> > of Lego sets. I remarked that it was quite a haul, but it turned out • to
> > be the self-described "Lego Lady" stocking the shelves instead of • buying
> > them. There was Droid Developers, Extreme Creatures and the Mindstorms
> > sports accessory sets, some ZNAP, a couple of Arachnoid Bases, some
> > yellow Technic pneumatic subs. The rest were small sets and polybags.
> > The small sets included some chrome knights at $3, adventurers, city
> > center, knight's kingdom, soccer, indian chiefs, rock raiders. The
> > prices were 50% off KB Toy-like prices, so usually 40% off regular
> > retail. There were few irresistable bargains.
> >
> > However, I ended up helping the Lego Lady stocking the shelves, and in
> > return she gave me some display material and offered to set aside the
> > sets I wanted in the back, off the shelves. And offered to buy them • for
> > me at her employee discount. On her credit card. It shows that being
> > nice sometimes is more than its own reward.
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> > Cary
> >
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> >
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| Troy, I probably mis-remembered the prices. I didn't think too hard about any of the prices that were substantially above recent discounts for the same set elsewhere. Cary "Troy Cefaratti" <mnementh@dsl.telocity.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Preview
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| The Mindstorm accessory sets were $40, the Aarchnoid Bases were also $40. The ZNAP were $20 for the 3171 and $10 for the red set in the octagonal hard black case. The yellow Technic subs were $30, I think. There was a lot of Duplo, including a Duplo (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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