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Re: Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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Fri, 28 Sep 2001 16:51:30 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes:
> What I am worried about are the folks that don't post, don't contribute,
> but scalp on Ebay. Trust me, they're out there.
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…
> In fact, I'd be almost safe to say there are almost no cool Toronto Lego secrets anymore
Actually, I do have a few really super-secret independent Lego shops that I
visit, but thanks to both your warnings I won’t post this info the general
public. Sad really, how a few opportunist can ruin things for the rest of us.
> Zellers is by far the best for deals, the Bay/Sears are often very small and
> poorly faced/rotated, TRU is a frickin ripoff, and Eatons isn't even in
> contention. Once in a while, you'll see something roll around in Costco
> but nothing advertised.
I do agree with you, that a compound Zellers sale, (BOBO 50% + 10% door
crasher + 10 % getting a Zellers card = The BEST discount on Lego in Canada)
Winners, and Costco are at the top as well!
> I've only bought bulk buckets, tubs and clearance Star Wars/Creator sets
Have you been able to locate the 1200 pc bulk tub?
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/3033
If so could you e-mail me the location?
> and clearance Star Wars/Creator sets to scrounge for interesting elements.
> I own two or three Gungan Subs I bought at 50-60% off just for slopes and
> plates.
I actually think Star Wars sets are quite useful in construction of everything.
Especially at 50-75% off!!! And the elements are always cool and the sets
are of intrest, even though they will ultimately be taken apart for MOC’s.
> no one sells Technic beyond $50 "Play" junk. One of the things that really
> irks me about Technic
For all you Bridge builders and Technic Robot fans I present to you the best
Technic parts pack ever…sure it’s yellow, but I've only ever seen this set
on extreme discount! And if you can still find one you’ll be very lucky indeed.
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8277
(The set has sixteen 1x16 beams)
--==Richard==--
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| (...) 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)
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| "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?
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| 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)
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| (...) 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)
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