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Re: 2001 search...
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 20:05:59 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes:
> This is a long story about my failure in searching for the 2001 SW sets.
> It's fairly long, so you may want to skip it, unless you enjoy this kind of
> thing.
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> Last night I went on a search to find some of the 2001 SW sets here in
> Colorado Springs, CO... I visited two of the three Walmarts we have, our
> TRU, and a Zainy Brainy here's what I found:
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> TRU had most of the LOM sets, and most of the Studio sets. This came as no
> surprise as I had seen these there weeks ago. TRU had the Darth's TIE +
> Y-Wing by itself back at full price, no combo set. They had two displays
> setup with the LOM and Studio sets, but no 2001 SW. I looked in the SW fig
> section (where they had the 2000 sets last year) to no avail. I searched
> high and low, but I found nothing. I got in my car and drove to one of the
> Walmarts.
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> This Walmart had an impressive selection of the OLD SW sets, but nothing
> new. They had a HUGE stack of the Droid Developer Kits for $25, but my
> money is on hold for the new sets. I looked all along the tops of the
> shelves and near the back of the toy section where they usually unload new
> toys, but there was nothing. Onto Zainy Brainy.
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> Zainy Brainy was less than impressive. They had moved all of the Lego stuff
> to a corner and put K'Nex into the old Lego spot. They had a total of three
> SW sets: one Droid Fighter, one A-Wing, and one Lightsaber Duel. They had a
> few uninteresting non-SW sets. They did have the biggest selection of Lego
> Soccer I've seen anywhere however... At this point I went home disappointed.
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> After sulking for a few hours and working on converting my Imperial Shuttle
> to LDraw, my sister got off work and had to get some groceries. I decided
> to tag along to the second Walmart. This Walmart seems to have too much
> stock of junk people don't want, and not enough stock of the stuff people do
> want. They had large palates of boxes set out, blocking aisles and making
> it difficult to navigate throughout the entire store. This gave me hope
> that perhaps in the toy section there were a few boxes of new Legos... but
> alas not a single box contained Lego. The Lego aisle had most of the
> standard stuff, but nothing new, nothing exciting.
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> I went home, head dragging, and came to the conclusion that there are no new
> SW sets in Colorado Springs yet. It's possible that one of the two Targets,
> the other Walmart, or one of the other toy stores has 'em, but I doubt it.
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> -Bryan
Sometimes looking is part of the fun for me. But then again when you turn up
empty handed it is a bummer. oh The excitment of looking up to the top
shelf and seeing 4 TIEs turned backward so all you can read is the set
number and the other misc. dribble they put on there in small print....
ahh back to work, enough daydreaming...
travis
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| (...) I agree... it's also great because every now and then when searching for the new sets you'll come across a large older set that you put off buying until it was too late... or so you thought. I love it when the local Kaybees clean out their (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| This is a long story about my failure in searching for the 2001 SW sets. It's fairly long, so you may want to skip it, unless you enjoy this kind of thing. Last night I went on a search to find some of the 2001 SW sets here in Colorado Springs, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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