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Re: Just got back from TRU . . .
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Date: 
Mon, 3 May 1999 07:08:36 GMT
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Hmmm I'm sensing a pattern.  I, too, just returned from 2 different TRUs
(Bloomington and Burnsville) and found no Anakin's Pod racers, and only 1 Sith
fighter (which Larry P quickly snatched up:-/)  Most were there for the <shudder>
non-Lego stuff and that was all the better because the line was healthy by the
time we got there (1+ hour early).  Saw other familiar faces and ran into some
GMLTC members as well.  All in all, it was a festive occasion.  All I could think
about was, it's good to be George Lucas;-)  He's gonna be richer than Larry P!

-John (J2)

Rich Thompson wrote:

Same story here, just got back from TRU an picked up the Duel, Droid Fighter,
Gungan Sub, Naboo Fighter and the large Pod Racer set. The manager knew nothing
about the Sith fighter and Anakin's Pod racer sets...very, very crowded though.

On Mon, 03 May 1999, Frank Filz wrote:
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). They
also had some of the Ep 4-6 sets, but again not all (X-Wing, Snow Speeder,
Speeder Bikes, no Land Speeder or Y-Wing/X-Wing).

I was impressed, the lines were quite reasonable (I waited for one
customer).

It was amusing watching all the people lining up all their Kenner figures in
the side aisles trying to make sure they had all of them. I'd love to know
how many of these people were scalpers, with piles of multiples of each
figure. At least no one seemed to be scalping the Lego (of course I picked
up 2 of a couple of the sets for parts).

Frank
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Rich
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"Hmmm...what does this do...arrghghh!"



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Same story here, just got back from TRU an picked up the Duel, Droid Fighter, Gungan Sub, Naboo Fighter and the large Pod Racer set. The manager knew nothing about the Sith fighter and Anakin's Pod racer sets...very, very crowded though. (...) -- (...) (26 years ago, 3-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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