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Re: Bizzare find at Sears Clearance Center (Brampton)
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Thu, 17 Jan 2002 00:26:50 GMT
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I was just there (its the liquidation center farther down queen street)
I got a $35 Vision command!!! (only one I saw)
The RIS is there also a little torn (and it looks English) $150
Other things
Loads of soccer sets ($35)
Movie Maker Set (~ $140)
Manas @ $65
Alphateam,
DDK's (the r2 one) $30
Jeff VW
"Matthias Jetleb" <Jetleb@Netcom.ca> wrote in message
news:3c450c57.15012424@www.lugnet.com...
> I paid a visit to the Sears Clearance Center in Brampton this evening.
> Sorry, I didn't think to write down any set numbers or specific prices
> but I do know that they were all marked down to 50% of Sears' regular
> price. Here's what I found:
>
> Lots of Alpha Team
> Lots of Lego Soccer (the main set)
> At least 3 Vision Command sets
> At least 6 Studio's main sets (the one with the camera)
> Maybe a dozen Studio's sets with the airplane crashed into the tree
>
> And now the bizzar part ....
>
> There *were* 2 RIS2.0 sets.
>
> Not necessarily strange in it's own right, but...
>
> I was initially surprised to see them there, given that they were only
> introduced in mid fall (maybe later in Canada?). I didn't think I'd
> find one on clearance this soon. Anyway, I looked it over, remembered
> that I already have the 1.0 and 1.5 sets and a spare 2.0 RCX,
> remembered also that bringing it home would mean facing my wife who
> wouldn't be too pleased given the Lego binge I've been on all year
> (thank's Nortel). So I put it back.
>
> A few minutes later, I came across the second bizzare one, which put
> me over the edge. I had to buy it, just for the novelty.
>
> IT'S ENTIRELY* IN GERMAN??!!??
>
> Box, manuals, CD - everything!
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>
> How the hell does this end up in a Sears store? Am I not correct in
> believing that you can't sell something in Canada unless the packaging
> and manuals are in one or both official languages? I was under the
> impression that the law *required* English or French labelling, even
> if it's a Avery label stuck on an imported product as an after
> thought. For that matter, why would Sears even *have* a German edition
> anyway? It's not like there's a market for it here.
>
> So now a question:
>
> All the poly bags seem to be present, as are the playfield, USB tower,
> registration card, Mindstorm's User card and Constructopedia.
>
> Are there any manuals missing (the box had been opened)? I note that
> my 1.0 had a Users Manual. Should there still be one in the 2.0?
>
> Another side note (and question):
>
> There's a postage reply card included offering "Roboter programmieren"
> by Dirk Louls and Peter Muller for 39.95DM. Has anyone ever heard of
> this book? Is it being made available through Canadian RIS 2.0's?
>
> On the cover of the book are three teens looking at an R2D2 - like
> robot, but it isn't the one from the Droid Developer Kit. First of
> all, it has red feet, but most interestingly, it has a destinctly
> GREEN microscout. Has anyone ever seen such a thing?
>
> Matthias Jetleb
> *... and yes, when you turn it on, it even beeps in German
>
> Pretend that was funnier than anything Chris has produced lately.
>
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