 | | ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
*Here’s a general question… ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ Where are the 5 (five) -BEST- stores in your area that sell Lego. This survey will enable all of us to discern which locations are wroth visiting and which are not so good. My top -5- list will (...) (23 years ago, 27-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) OR, to quote the "eye-biting monkey" ...if you reveal your secret stash of stores then the lurkers will come and buy all the sets right from under your nose. :) :) :) Chris Visit my newly revamped walker page @ (URL) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) I don’t mind! Anyways, it’s not like the entire general public of the GTA will clean out the Lego inventory before I get to it. “the lurkers will buy all the sets right from under your nose.” This happens anyways. Conversely, I've cleaned out (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
|
| |
| | Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) Neither of these two items is particularily secret, yes. In fact, I'd be almost safe to say there are almost no cool Toronto Lego secrets anymore. Lego I suspect has changed it's business model from what I can tell to hold back most of the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) Oh, I see, so my initial “let’s help the community” would be taken advantage of by the AFOL who see the hobby purely as profit. Then I apologize for responding to Chris in that manner. I guess he’s just more aware of the Lego-Dark Side… (...) (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) Well as others have said you don't want to give away all your secrets. :-) But for me, I find I buy most of my lego from Zellars. Doesn't really matter which one, I go to several. They all seem to have slightly different stock. The Bay Yonge (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) Try the ad in the paper -- Wanted - LEGO bricks... It does work... Yes you have to haggle the price, yes you have to sort thru the bricks and throw out all the Tyco and Megabloks, but its quite nice what you *may* find... I have bricks dating (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.general)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) I'd like to know too. I haven't been able to find any in quite a while. (...) indeed. (...) I thought this set had 16 yellow and 4 gray 1x16 long beams. Although it could be 4 and 12 I can't remember for sure. Anyway, lots of smaller beams (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
My sister goes to York, and close to her residence (Calumet) there is a ghetto mall that has a Zellers with some fairly old Town/Train/Technic sets (mid 90's). I haven't been there since the spring, but there's probably still some stuff there. It's (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) Oh great, all of a sudden people are floundering my ‘supper-secret locations.’ ;) Just a question, what year is your sister in and what’s her major? Thanx, --==Richard who also goes to York==-- (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GKDtHu.3HE@lugnet.com... (...) best (...) indeed. (...) *YES*. That set is simply fabulous. I had a friend "accidentally" buy the wrong set for someone (I don't rember the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
G'Day I agree 8277 The Giant Model Set is the BEST source for Technic parts, over time I have now scouped up 7 of them, the only way to get good parts! And I only had to pay full retail for one, the rest were sales at 40-60% off. If anyone knows (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
G'Day For blatant 6776 selling check out (URL) Well "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GKCyM9.AzB@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) Olivier (Oliver) <more snipage> (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
G'Day "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GKCyM9.AzB@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) hold (...) managers (...) <snip> I agree I have not bought any sets for a while, there is just nothing out there that looks neat or is (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) I like those canopies too. The problem is they're so expensive! I think there's a cheap $9.99 set which has a canopy, it's a yellow car. (...) Apparently the Slave1 and Desert Skiff Combo is on sale for $19! I might go get one, or maybe a nice (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) one be more obvious? RARE! :) This guy's also selling gas masks too :) Calum (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) There's another Zellers that I call "The Zellers Time Forgot" in Toronto at Keele and Rogers in something called Black Creek Center/Plaza(?). I got some nice old Technic sets there not too long ago (sets with hydrolics). If you go, please (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
(...) If you can make it down to York Gate mall on Jane & Finch, (the one Eric alluded to) they have a few Space Center/Space Shuttle sets I believe. Along with the entire Adventure line (first year Egyptian) And everything else from 1998. That (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
|
| |
| | Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
|
|
Sadly, I wnt to "the Zellers Time Forgot" today, and it looks like time caught up with it. Their Lego section was only half an aisle, as opposed to the whole aisle that had to have all the sets stacked sideways to have room for them all. I hate to (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
|
