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Re: My 2002 FOTY
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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 06:18:40 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Bryan Beckwith writes:
> I stopped by one of the local GoodWill stores today, not really expecting to
> find anything. I was pleased to find one of the "chip 'n' dip" baseplates
> for $1 and didn't expect to find much more. Needless to say, I was ecstatic
> to find a 6991 Monorail Transport Base, used but in the box with
> instructions, for $6. Six bucks!!!! I put it together this evening and
> found it was only missing a couple of common parts which I was able to fill
> in from my collection, plus there were quite a few extra parts that were in
> the box.
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> I have just started to get into trains, looks like now I'm gonna have to
> make room on my table for the Monorail.
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> Hope everyone else finds a deal like this!
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> Bryan Beckwith
> LUGNET #814
I think this find deserves a new name, perhaps FOTC (C being century).
Dang, that's like, well, like finding a monorail for $6... I don't think
anyone can top that. That set is priceless.
Green with envy,
-Aaron-
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| "Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message news:GusxJ4.LE1@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I'll take that bait! Just about a year ago I paid $2 for a Yellow Castle. See this thread: (URL) Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| I stopped by one of the local GoodWill stores today, not really expecting to find anything. I was pleased to find one of the "chip 'n' dip" baseplates for $1 and didn't expect to find much more. Needless to say, I was ecstatic to find a 6991 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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