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Re: Just got back from TRU . . .
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Mon, 3 May 1999 05:02:15 GMT
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Just got back from my midnight foray from TRU and only came up w/ Pod Race,
Sub, Duel, and Droid Fighter. The manager said that was all they had. Went by
Walmart right afterwards, and they had the action figures out but no Lego.
In lugnet.starwars, Jonathan Little writes:
> I just got back from TRU. I'm really surprised at how large the turnout was. I
> expected a decent number of people, but this equalled the crowds that I've • seen
> though on Christmas Eve.
> Fortunately, I have a TRU within a 5 minute walk of my house . . . made going • a
> lot easier. I only found three of the sets (duel, gungan sub, pod race). I
> don't know if I just missed the other four or what. It took me ten minutes to
> find these three. They didn't have them in the regular aisles. They were also
> mixed in with the eps 4-6, which TRU didn't put out until tonight.
> I'm going out on a hunt tomorrow, to check out some of the dept. stores and
> such that didn't open at midnight, to see if I can capture the other three • sets
> (I don't think I'm buying Anakin's pod racer, seeing as how it's included in
> the pod race set). Wish me luck!
> -Jonathan
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> PS I work at a bookstore, and flipped through some of the books we got in.
> There's a really good shot of the Sith Infilitrator, but it doesn't look
> anything like the Lego one . . . not even close. The Naboo fighter is even a
> bit off. The "real" one is quite a bit longer, proportionate to the wings than
> the lego one.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Just got back from TRU . . .
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| I'm a little bit longer than just got back from TRU (I just finished building the Droid Fighter...) My TRU (Cary NC) had the Duel, Droid Fighter, Gungan Sub, Naboo Fighter, and the Pod Racer Set (missing the Sith Fighter and Anakin's Pod Racer). (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Just got back from TRU . . .
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| My impression was that TRU had the Gungan Sub, and Wal-Mart had the Sith Infiltrator. As for Anakin's Pod, it is possible that the set is meant to be sold in areas and stores which don't carry the Pod Race set. I know that often the larger sets (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Just got back from TRU . . .
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| I just got back from TRU. I'm really surprised at how large the turnout was. I expected a decent number of people, but this equalled the crowds that I've seen though on Christmas Eve. Fortunately, I have a TRU within a 5 minute walk of my house . . (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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