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Re: SW Mini Building Sets at Target
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 24 Dec 2002 04:25:02 GMT
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message
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> In the local mall, a guy selling LEGO from a kiosk was giving away set • #3219
> Mini TIE Fighter with any $20 SW LEGO purchase. When I asked him if he • had
> any of the other Mini SW sets he told me that they aren't supposed to sell
> them until December 26th. (Side note: The guy at the kiosk was working • for
> Walden Books - go figure.)
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> Imagine my surprise then, when not thirty minutes later in Target I found
> three of the four Mini sets on the shelves!
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> #4484 X-Wing and TIE Advanced (1/4)
> #4485 Sebulba's Podracer (2/4)
> #4487 Jedi Starfighter and Slave I (4/4)
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> There was only one copy of each, and I couldn't find the fourth set #4486
> AT ST and Snow Speeder anywhere in the store. (Believe me, I looked.)
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> I think Target goofed and put these out earlier than they were supposed • to.
> They weren't recognized at the price check station, and I had some, shall • we
> say, "Imperial entanglements" at the checkout. But in the end, they sold
> them to me for $7.99 each.
[ ... snipped ... ]
Aren't these sets supposed to be $3.99 each? That is what they are listed
at on shop.lego.com.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com
http://www.ncltc.cc - North Carolina LEGO Train Club
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders.com - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=mpw - CTB/Brick Depot
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