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| LEGOLAND California recently held their third Star Wars weekend. Local AFOLs were invited to bring Star Wars MOCs to display at the event. I dusted off some models from previous years, but also built a new model for this years event: Mos Eisley (...) (17 years ago, 28-Sep-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.starwars, FTX) !!
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| (...) One thing that should be noted here is that any set that is rare enough that people could, in theory, monopolize the available stock, generally tends to be released as a S@H exclusive with a limit of five copies per customer. Even store (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) Elroy, I would call the store before I go. I have given up trying to get anything from TRS as they are usually way behind shop at home. Also not all of Lego sets are released to the stores. I was really lucky in that I lived 10 minutes from (...) (17 years ago, 10-Sep-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) They can, however, deplete an area, making it difficult for regular customers, especially in rural areas. It's incredibly disappointing to find out that a set has been released, then drive two hours to the "local" Toys R Us, only to find that (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| (...) HI I see what you mean. I never started collecting Legos to sell, I am an OCD horder by nature and there is just so much you can get with Legos. I really do not think that someone can corner the market on any Lego set as they make so many of (...) (17 years ago, 9-Sep-08, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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