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| (...) The information that I got from Lego Consumer Afffairs is that 6500 Shell stations will be participating in this promo. I believe that they are the corporate owned stores and not the franchised stores. (...) Also, I was told by Consumer (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| I checked out shelloil.com, I could not find any info on Lego while at the site. I did find out there are over 9000 Shell stations in the US. How did the promotion work in S.Cal? Was there a min purchase requirement? Julie (...) California (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| (...) only sets 2535-2544 were sold in California last time. (They were all $1.99, or $1.19 with a $10 purchase of gasoline.) We kept hearing rumors of 2554-2556 but as far as I know, no one ever saw them. (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| (...) Saw 2554-bought one for myself and for Señor Sandlin. Saw 2555-passed on all the copies of it. Saw 2556-passed on it. Wish that I hadn't. Never saw it twice. Given the chance (and knowledge that this was a So Cal only promo), I'd buy a couple (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| (...) Out of curiosity, where did you see these? None of the shell stations I checked (several in eastern LA County and a few in southern Orange County) had them. (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| I found 2554 and 2555 in either Carlsbad (!) or Oceanside in late August -- can't remember which station exactly. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| The previous So Cal promotion did not require minimum purchase, however the price varried. The small sets were $1.99 regular price, and $1.19 with minimum purchase of $8. They did not limit the number of $1.19 sets you could purchase, so if you (...) (24 years ago, 12-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| I found that terms were interpreted differently at different stations. I only got in on this in Aug-Sep, after the promo had officially ended (since I don't live in SoCal), but I found a few places that still had them in stock. At one, it was as (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| One other occurance: At the end (August), some of the franchises combined their stock and sold it through individual stores. Buying a case of these sets @ $.99 per set wasn't unheardof. They are all gone now, but keep your eyes open for the upcoming (...) (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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| At one, it was as Scott writes below -- with my fill-up, (...) This probably explains why they still had enough sets for you to stock up on this late in the game. Scott (24 years ago, 13-Oct-00, to lugnet.promo)
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