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Subject:	Re: So what did everyone get from The Bay?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.ca.vlc
Date:	Mon, 15 Jan 2001 04:17:30 GMT
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Robin Sather wrote: > I'm curious as to what everybody picked up at these recent sale > weekends at The Bay (and elsewhere). There are some amazing > post-Christmas deals to be had. I guess the shopping season wasn't > that great for retailers this year. We picked up almost all the Rock Raiders sets. Two of the largest set. (Incredible Parts pack for Trains that set!) 6 of the Minifig sets. I nabbed all the Star wars buckets and whatnot. I think we spent about ~$200 bucks I think for close to $500 at retail. Most excellent deal. We had put a LEGO freeze because of our Blown budget, but when I saw the $40 DDS I had to get another. Some nice parts in there for Mindstorms add on. IF you have the fiber optics stuff you can power up to 8 of the micro scouts. Some of the programs lend well to direct control. > I did quite well. Lots to play with for a while! My wife signed up > for a Bay card, and we shopped mostly on the friday night, so we got > some pretty major savings. The best of the lot? Set 6979, > Interstellar Starfighter (big UFO ship with micro motor, lights, and > fibre optics (!!) from 1997). Regular Bay price: $110.00. I paid: > $13.00. Nope, I couldn't believe it either! Jaw drops to floor... Was that the only one there? I can't believe that price! I'm looking for a CHEAP Extreme Creatures Mindstorms add on pack, if anyone sees them on sale let me know. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/coin-op.html Dean's Lego Workshop: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm/lego_wr.html Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc

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		Re: So what did everyone get from The Bay?
(...) Of course that was the only one there! Do you think I'd leave any if there were others. At the very least I'd buy them and sell them to you for $14 ... or maybe $109 ! ;-) Robin (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)

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		So what did everyone get from The Bay?
I'm curious as to what everybody picked up at these recent sale weekends at The Bay (and elsewhere). There are some amazing post-Christmas deals to be had. I guess the shopping season wasn't that great for retailers this year. I did quite well. Lots (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)

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