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How to get a UCS X-wing cheap
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:08:29 GMT
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Someone was asking a week or so ago about how to get a UCS X-Wing on sale.
Here's how I did it.
At TRU, I found one in a clearance bin. It had been opened. I remember reading
somewhere (I think this newsgroup) that there should be 20 or 21 bags of parts.
Well, there were 20 bags and a few loose parts. Plus a sticker sheet, the
standard catalogs, and instruction book. It was priced at $39.90.
I went over to the standard LEGO area and looked around to see if I could find
an open box to compare the parts & make sure they were (probably) all there. I
found another UCS X-wing, but this one was in MUCH worse shape. Half built,
the rest of the parts in ONE Ziplock baggie. Stickers and instructions were
present, though. That one was marked $109.90.
Well, My wife and I went to the service desk and explained that one was open,
the other was VERY probably incomplete, and could we cut a deal for both? They
gave us the better of the two at the marked $39.90, and marked the other one to
$19.90! When we got home, I built the first one, it was complete. The second
one we disassembled and counted the parts, getting 1294 out of the
box-indicated 1304. Now, there may be parts already assembled that we didn't
realize were assembled, and if the instructions and stickers count as pieces,
we are even closer.
Either way, $20 for almost 1300 pieces seemed like a good deal. And if I
actually have 2 complete X-wings, EVEN BETTER.
My point, check the clearance bins, you never know. And if you find one that
looks like it has been returned, talk to a manager, it can't hurt, and in my
experience, they want to get rid of the stuff they wouldn't be able to sell
otherwise.
Rob
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| In lugnet.starwars, Rob Johnson writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Wow, I am positively green... that's quite a find! -Bryan hobartrus@hotmail.com (URL) my apologies for breaking section C-194 of the message board code, the one that states all (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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