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Re: Star Wars Releases...
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:01:20 GMT
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I got the same info from the Sprfld, IL TRU and Wal-Mart. Looks like I'll be
at TRU May 2 at 11PM (just to make sure I'm first in line). Has anyone heard
if they'll be putting SW Lego sets with the rest of the SW stuff, or in the
Lego aisle?
-John Van
Jonas Marcho <BolaHead@msn.com> wrote in message news:FAsA7q.Ao@lugnet.com...
> Some sources have reported saying that stores are holding all Star Wars • Legos,
> including the classic ones. That's true. I went to Toys R Us today and found
> out that they are holding them all back until May 1st. Don't ask me why. I am
> still dying to get my pretty little hands on a Tie Fighter & Y-Wing.
>
> On the subject of shipping, those reports are true as well. Lego Shop-at-Home
> and the Lego Imagination Center are backordered until late May and once • stores
> sell out of their first shipment of Episode 1 Legos, they will have to wait
> until the end of May for another shipment.
>
> I think Lego is trying to boost the demand of their sets so they can make
> charge a little more and make money in the long run. It's devious, but it
> looks like that is their scheme. Don't quote me on this, don't hold me to
> that. This is just my opinion.
>
> I mean think about it. There are guys on E-Toys right know selling the Mos
> Espa Pod Race for $125. There is another guy who is selling Darth Vader
> minifigs for $10 a head. That's highway robbery and yet he is selling them
> like hotcakes because everyone wants one.
>
> I guess all I can say is this - auctioneers, stock up on what you can find.
> You'll make mega-profits in the auction game and end up walking away with a
> load of cash, a lot more than what you paid for. I'm sure any auctioned Star
> Wars parts will make a lot more then they are actually worth.
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| Who knows? Knowing my luck, I will look for them in one place, and they will sell out in the other. FYI, I talked to one of my friends that works in the Meijer toy department, and he said they have all the sets in, and will be putting them out on (...) (26 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) The TRU I got my sets from had them in the front and also on the usual designated Lego aisle. Oddly enough, there were more in the front, and there were no Snowspeeders in the aisle. But there was also lots more non-SW lego in the front too. I (...) (26 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| You're JOKING, right? DO you REALLY think that if you show up a measly hour early, even if in the middle of nowhere, you will be first in line? Try 100th - 100 scalpers ahead of you. (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| Some sources have reported saying that stores are holding all Star Wars Legos, including the classic ones. That's true. I went to Toys R Us today and found out that they are holding them all back until May 1st. Don't ask me why. I am still dying to (...) (26 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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