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The 2000 Star Wars sets appear to have been found in stores. The Star Wars fan site Yakface's Realm has an item from a fellow who found the B-Wing, Desert Skiff, Gungan Patrol, Slave 1, A-Wing, Technic Battle Droid, and Technic Pit Droid at a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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It is not 2000 yet, so your message does not exist... ... or at least that is official policy(?) Scott A (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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I just checked out the pictures and I'm so glad these sets may be under the tree this year! One teeny nit-picky thing, though. The picture on the B-Wing box shows the ship flying with the wing out to the right side. It never flew this way in ROTJ. A (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is sarcasm, yes? James (URL) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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James Brown wrote in message ... (...) Yes. The whole 2000 thing is getting silly. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Doesn't the posting of 2000 set availability constitute a leak? After all they are not on their web site (!?!), so surely they cant exist can they? regards lawrence (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Uhm, you sure about that? Both wings are extended in the picture of the box I"m looking at... Tom "David Simmons" <alienbuz@concentric.net> wrote in message news:FMLwMI.7xv@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) the (...) in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Tom Boucher wrote in message ... (...) I believe what he is referring to is that the ship is flying with its main wing horizontally instead of how it is seen in jedi in a couple of shots at the vertical position. I believe the ship is able to fly in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Correct the whole B-wing should be able to swing around the cockpit. In flight mode (with the s-foils "lowered") the ship often flies with the body to the right. (It was in the game rebel assault 2) In attack mode the main body is generally (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I know about this, but it's never utilized in the games nor demonstrated in the films. I guess you could say it spurs the imagination as far as playing with the model when you're done, but I guess I really would prefer it if the ships were (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree 100 percent. The B-wing should have RED lasers not orange ones. Vader's TIE was easy to fix with neon green. At least they got the lightsabers right. How horrid would it have been if the red lightsabers were neon orange. I don't mind (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, TLC DOES make trans-purple. There is a Bellville accessory pack that has a trans-purple fairy wand - (URL) hard to see in the pic, but I've seen it pictured somewhere else, the one wand is purple. Unfortunately, YET ANOTHER set not (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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To All, I did manage to go to Meijer on Ann Arbor Saline Road in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and sure enough, there they all were. I got a B Wing, a A Wing, the Green Speeder, the Slave-1, and the Skiff, along with some Arctic sets. Some came up (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Hey Scott, you didn't even ask me to go along! (Heh-heh, we work about 2 miles apart). We should get Mark Koesel and meet for lunch again before (or after) the holidays.... I got the largest set from the 1950's (700 - the 1950's Town Plan) from a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Hey Gary sounds cool to me! Hey BTW, for anyone that lives near a Meijer, not only do they have the new sets, but they are 25% off!! I actually stopped to talk to the cashier at the "U-Scan" isle after checking out, thinking I was undercharged, and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I am jsut on the other side of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin and we have no new legos. I am in Kenosha just 60 miles north of Chicago. I am about ready to pull hair out for my new legos. The shelves are bare in the TRU by me but no new (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm here in Philadelphia, PA and I went searching today with the recent sightings in Michigan. However, there aren't any out yet. The TRU's here also have empty shelves but they gave me the same excuse they've been giving me for weeks, i.e. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) 6095 Royal Joust showed up in a TRU in Salem, NH. I found it 12/13 but the shelf tag had a date of 12/10. It was the only 2000 set there, but I saw the LEGO lady and she said that more might show up tomorrow... J (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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They're out in force in Ohio. I've found a few sets at the Meijers in Tylersville, and this evening I found all of the sets at the Meijer in Forest Park. And they're ringing up at 25% off to boot . . . Tim (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm up in Allentown, and I too searched a number of stores today, including Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Bradlee's, Ames, Kohl's, Toys 'R' Us, KB Toyworks, and Zany Brainy. I found no 2000 sets at all. I did get word from the LEGO rep at TRU that they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) no (...) ready (...) but (...) for (...) .. (...) I just stopped at the Meijers in East Lansing, MI, on E. Grand River, and picked up the A-Wing, Flash Speeder, and the Technic Battle Droid! The only thing I need now is the Technic Destroyer (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) no (...) ready (...) but (...) for (...) .. (...) I just stopped at the Meijers in East Lansing, MI, on E. Grand River, and picked up the A-Wing, Flash Speeder, and the Technic Battle Droid! The only thing I need now is the Technic Destroyer (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) I *knew* there was a hidden cost to leaving Michigan State for the East Coast...sigh. Why did it have to be this, O cruel, capricious fate? Why? WHY!?!? *whimper* -Lindsay (a transplanted Spartan and Michigander all in one) --- Lindsay (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, come now. I have been buying the new sets for the model year since I can remember. Meijer and TRU always put the new sets out because they run out of most LEGO the last two weeks and they want the cash to keep on flowing. She should know (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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I don't think that the Destroyer Droid is scheduled to ship until February (so it may show up in January, but probably not December). BTW, for anyone finding the sets out of stock at Meijer, you can get rainchecks at the sale price. I did this for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Another weird thing is the arctic sets rang up as LEGO, not DUPLO LEGO. Looking over my receipt, some are called LEGO, some are called DUPLO LEGO, and some are called LEGO DUPLO. Only one of the items had a star next to it, meaning sale: 7124, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) you (...) Wow, you work like 10 minutes from my home in Hamilton! I have seen sets arrive almost 2 weeks after everyone else has them from the Michigan Meijers stores. We will just have to sit and wait. What local stores have you found that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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Wow, 2000 sets at 25% discount, already!! Gaw'd I love Michigan! I'll have to check the Meijer's 2 miles from my house in St. Clair Shores..... Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) It was in this week's sale flier (which I got in my Sunday newspaper). Right below the big blurb about Star Wars being on clearance, it plainly states "Star Wars LEGO 25% off" (I'm paraphrasing from memory). I stopped at the greeter desk in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Tim Saupé <tgsaupe@aol.com> wrote in message news:FMprxH.2Dy@lugnet.com... (...) and if you didn't use the $$$ off coupons from Meijer.com, then you paid too much. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Checked with the manager at my Meijers and all SW legos are supposed to be 25% off, even the new ones. He did says they wouldn't give out rain-checks for stuff they have not even received yet. Mine only had the Battle Droid and only 1 and it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) My arctic set doesn't say Duplo. All 4 I got rang up as just LEGO. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) YEah! They're not a Target yet and last year they were in October! :) Nothing Smiley @ (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Interesting. I know they are not network linked to the systems, because Meijer has different sales in different cities, depending on the competition. Scott S. (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) scheduled to ship until February (...) December). Wasn't all of the 2000 Tenchnic Star Wars line due in Feb! (...) Meijer, you can get (...) I wonder if they will gve me a raincheck on the Destroyer Droid, even though it isn't out yet?!? Or (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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James, (...) I don't think its a few months lead-time, I think it is a few weeks if any. There have been a lot of LEGO sales everywhere the last few months, I wonder how the sales are doing? This is from a lot of stores, K-Mart, Target, etc. This is (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) no (...) ready (...) but (...) for (...) .. (...) I am right in between you two, near Montgomeryville. I checked 2 wal-marts, 2 k-marts, 2 ames, 1 TRU, and 1 Target. Nothing yet. I am going to check my local Kohl's (And hope they are not (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) lightsabers (...) orange. (...) that has (...) wand (...) having (...) Grumble, grumble, bleapidy bleap. Why oh why didn't we get trans-purple energy binders then? [sigh] -Lord Insanity "A little nonsense now and then relished by the wisest (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) My Meijer wouldn't let me use both. Well, sort of. Oh, never mind. It's too hard to explain the entire stupid situation. Let me just say this: I'm very happy with Kristin's ability to deal with people in customer-facing situations. Steve (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Success!! I don't know how close the two of you (Mike and Rob) are to Philly but I managed to find some sets at my local Walmart. They had a decent selection of SW, but not much of anything else: -Technic Battle Droid and Pit Droid -B-Wing, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) also (...) Zany (...) they (...) 2 (...) Went to my local Wal-mart. Got A-wing, B-wing, Gungan Patrol, Flash Speeder, Dessert Skiff, 1 Rock Raider fig pack, and the Artic Combo Set. They also had slave 1, technic battle droid, pit droid, (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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