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Re: Round Australia in 3000 stores...
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lugnet.org.au
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Sat, 15 Jul 2000 09:43:07 GMT
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I found a place in Tasmania and Victoria that had alot of that stuff, not anymore
though.
Yep, 4551's used to be discounted to $50 AUD. When you then sold them for $230
USD it meant you could buy a whole lot more lego. I traded two 4551's for a mib
4558, those were the days.
Mark H.
Santosh Bhat wrote:
> In lugnet.org.au, Mark Harrison writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This sounded like a great idea when it was first put forward but, lets
> > be honest, if you find the holy grail of lego shops with stock going
> > back 20 years in practically every theme and still forsale at the price
> > it came out at up to 20 years ago, are you going to tell anyone.
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> I'd strongly doubt that such a place exists in Australia. I'd say you'r emuch
> more liekly to find bits and pieces in all sorts of odd places. Like in '96
> when i saw Clints Crazy Bargains selling the following
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> 12v Electric Points (right and Left) for only $12
> Crocodile Loco's for $50
> Blue Hoppers for $12
> 12V Train lighting sets for $5
> and monorail extension sets for $15 or so.
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> Unfortunately I wasn't aware of how elusive these items were then and didn't
> get much only one croc and one hopper and some 12v stuff :(
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> I still dream of seeing things like this!
>
> Santosh
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