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| | | Skip, I've lost faith in TRU with the 2001 line. I'm on the road a lot, and I make a point to visit every WalMart and TRU on my route. Although WalMart's shelves were bare for a couple weeks after Christmas, they wasted no time replenishing every (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | (...) Just in case you're keeping notes, I'd like to go on record to say that the Walmarts here in Colorado Springs suck (actually, I can only comment on one, but usually the others can be judged by one.) I went to Walmart last night to see what (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, not true, not true at all. The Walmart closest to my house has a decent selection - pretty much middle of the road - they got some of the 2001 sets in December, they still have some older stuff. The next closest one has a tiny shelf with (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Actually the three Walmarts that we have here in town are all about the same, and typically have the same stock. The stock may vary from store to store in different towns, but here in CO SPGS, CO, they don't differ too much... the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Darren Townsend
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| | | | | | | (...) ...etc,etc,etc I was just reading all the comments about the lack of avialability for Star Wars 2001 sets, and was thinking how lucky you guys in the states are for the choice of stores. Over here in the UK we have TRU and...oh, just TRU (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Which Tie was £24-99? Is that their discounted price for the Tie/Y-Wing pack, or was it a Tie Fighter with StormTrooper? I've been trying to track down some 2k1 stuff in the South with no luck. Some people have said in loc/uk that a few (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | RE: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Steve Trease
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| | | | | | | | | I picked the Droid Escape in TRU in Aberdeen and the Imperial Shuttle and Tie Fighter sets in TRU in Nottingham both before Christmas. Cheers, Steve -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | | | "Jason J. Railton" <j.j.railton@cwcom.net> wrote in message news:G7Gos3.344@lugnet.com... (...) Star (...) really! (...) were (...) MTT(£39.99) (...) sterling! (...) stuff (...) Bite the bullet and order from shop.lego.com... Huw (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | | | (...) And pay RRP and postage? Okay, so they screwed up last time and refunded the postage in full, but I'm not lucky enough to have it happen again ;) I've just bought a load of Life on Mars stuff from Toys R Us, and it was about 10% cheaper than (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | | | "Jason J. Railton" <j.j.railton@cwcom.net> wrote in message news:G7IKtA.9D4@lugnet.com... The new Argos catalogue has some of (...) Explorer (...) What else is in it? Huw (who can't get there until tomorrow lunchtime :-) ) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | | | Life on Mars (was Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets?) —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | | | | | (...) Ah-ha! See how quickly he abandons the false joys of Shop at Home! (...) But you can use Ring&Reserve, with this handy guide: Pg 838#4: 373/5413 - LEGO Solar Explorer [7315] £22.99 Pg 838#5: 373/5396 - LEGO Recon-Mech [7314] £16.99 Pg 838#6: (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | | (...) of the Walmarts (one I never goto) had a few sets, but nothing 2001. The other one (the one near my house) had just stocked and they had the Battle Droid Carrier and the Droid Escape... whoopideedoo. They also had an ATST *BOX*... the parts (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) This could be an occurrence of "comic store owner" syndome, wherein every comic store owner in a 50 mile radius buys up new toys just in case they get valuable. But my WalMart is lame too. And Toys R Us And Target (Well, they had the D.E. and (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | | (...) True... I ran into that back when I collected the POTF action figures. Two days after shelling out $25 for a Leia, $12 for a Chewbacca and $8 for an R2-D2 at a local comic shop, I found them all at a Walmart for $5ea. That's when I learned to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —John D. Forinash
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| | | | | | (...) I learned with POTF figures not to ever go to comic shops (btw, anyone want to buy some? :) ) Is the Star Wars Lego stuff showing up in comic shops now, too? (I haven't been to that particular sort of hive of scum and villainy in years; I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Bryan Hodges
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| | | | | | (...) I dunno, I haven't been in a comic shop in several years... at least, not to shop. It's been quite awhile since I've read any comics. After my experiences with the POTF figs I decided to avoid the places like the plague... (hmmm... that's not (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Bob Parker
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| | | | (...) The Alien Discovery Pack for $10.00 has the following sets in it: <set:7300> <set:7301> and <set:7311> One of the Wal-Marts here in Tucson, AZ had several last week. - Bob (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Where are the 2001 SW sets? —Jason J. Railton
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| | | | (...) With any luck, these might show up in ASDA/Walmarts over here in the UK. If only that was Portsmouth, oH. Jason. P.S. I meant oH = old Hampshire (i.e. Portsmouth, Hampshire, England). Not Ohio or wherever. (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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