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I used to trade off my palm trees left and right, as I had no use for them. Now I
am saving them (minemineMINE!), in case I build a beach/jungle.
I got 30 of the 5938s at LLC too ;-) I wiped them out of their stock the day I was
there a month or so ago.
Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Ben Gatrelle writes:
> > I was looking at a small Adventurers Egyptian set#5938 marked down to $5 at
> > local Wal-Marts and I was wondering if the older segmented palm trees are
> > officially discontinued and if therefore all of the new sets come with the
> > new "OnePiecePalmTree."
> >
> > Which led me to ask, 1) will these old palm tress be selling for $10 each in a
> > few years and 2) how many people like the new tree better than the old? (which
> > should help answer question 1)
> >
> > Ben Gatrelle
> > (remove the spam dot from the yellowcastle to reply)
>
> My two 5938's came directly from Legoland ($3 each there) and they have the
> classic segmented palm tree. Somehow, I have yet to get the one piece trunk.
> Of course, the new tree sucks - it defeats the purpose of having Lego rather
> than any other plastic tree. With the segmented tree, I can make them vary in
> height and give the trunk a unique shape. I suppose I could mix in a certain
> amount of the new tree, but I'm glad I have the a large stock of the
> customizable ones.
>
> If they start selling for $10, then I have at least $400 in palm trees! I want
> my jungle island to look like a jungle! I'm going through my piles of Lego and
> organizing them at the moment, so I'll have to see how many trees I actually
> have, but I wouldn't be surprised to have over 50.
>
> Bruce
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