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Re: Say it ain't so...
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town
Date: 
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:05:19 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bradley Dale writes:
> In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
> > Hey, I beg to differ here. HP, Alpha Team, Studios, LOM, Bulk Packs, Legends,
> > MOC, Sculptures are NOT available in stores. If you missed what I said before,
> > Lego should offer these for sales in STORES, not online. Most people I know
> > perfer doing things the old fashioned way by walking into a store, handing
> > money to the nice clerk, and walking away with some lego. In fact, about 90
> > percent of the people I know do that very thing. Maybe that's the target
> > market lego is missing.
> 
> Harry Potter, Alpha Team, Studios and Life on Mars are all available in
> stores, though LOM will probably be gone soon.  I've seen a few Sculptures
> at TRU.

Really? Where is your local TRU located?
I've seen some HP and Alpha Team stuff still around, but most of the
original lines are gone already, in fact, I was going to pick out
one of those awesome Alpha Team helicopters, but I couldn't find one
amidst all of the bionicle. The studios sets are plain weird though,
and look as though they were constructed just to get rid of extra elements
(although I would like to have that studio moviemaker set.)


> I completely agree with the point of this post, though.  I buy all of my
> LEGO from stores.

Thanks, who's to saying I should start a petition at .dearlego to bring back
respectable sets with intelligent design?

<<_Matt Hein_>>

check it: http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/~1112/



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(...) I was just at a Target in Los Angeles yesterday and saw a bunch of Alpha Team and Harry Potter stuff. I don't know if you'll find the AT helicopters very easily. This year's release of AT stuff is all based around submarine vehicles. Some are (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)

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(...) Harry Potter, Alpha Team, Studios and Life on Mars are all available in stores, though LOM will probably be gone soon. I've seen a few Sculptures at TRU. I completely agree with the point of this post, though. I buy all of my LEGO from stores. (24 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)

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