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Star Wars Complete!! (Was:Star Wars spotted in Colorado)
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lugnet.starwars
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Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:59:24 GMT
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After seeing this post Saturday night, and one other about seeing sets in
Colorado Springs, I knew I had a chance. There is a *major* WalMart
distribution center in Fort Collins, I figured that kits were going out of
there at a good pace. So, I figured there was a good chance of finding sets in
the WalMart where I was visiting my Mother-in-law: in Sterling. For those of
you who don't know (which would be most of you <g>) Sterling is a hundred miles
from nowhere in eastern Colorado. It's the biggest town in the entire eastern
Colorado plains. I say all this because I find it ironic that this little
podunk town had all, I repeat, *all* the SW sets. I am now SW complete.
Twice. Wahoo! Thank God for AMEX.
Off to build!
Ben
Ben Vaughan
buster@marsbase.com
www.marsbase.com
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The few,...the proud,...the platic.
> Steve Berry wrote:
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> > For those who live in Colorado, you might want to check your local Wal Marts
> > for Star Wars sets.
> >
> > During lunch, I took a trip to one of the Wal Marts close to work. Well,
> > sure enough, I found two of the Star Wars sets: The X-Wing and the
> > Snowspeeder. Deciding I'd rather not anger my wife ;-), I only purchased
> > the Snowspeeder. The weird thing is the X-Wing and Snowspeeder was all that
> > was on the shelf. And, nope, nothing was on the overstock shelves and there
> > was no special Throwbot display. I'm wondering if they already sold out of
> > the other sets... I also checked TRU, but nothing there yet.
> >
> > Anyway, it was really hard to put the X-Wing back on the shelf. But, $20
> > sounds a lot better than $50+ when I show my wife the receipt. I plan on
> > assembling the Snowspeeder later tonight. I did look through the
> > instruction booklet. From what I could see, these sets truly capture
> > vintage LEGO building. As others have said, the Star Wars sets seem to
> > include a lot of basic bricks and slopes -- the way it should be.
> >
> > Due to budget constraints that go along with a young family, I'm trying to
> > reduce my LEGO spending. But, I just can't bring myself to pass these Star
> > Wars sets up. I figure when my 11-month old gets older, these won't be
> > available any longer. I'd like him to have access to these at some point.
> > In the meantime, I'll certainly enjoy building and admiring them.
> >
> > Steve B.
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| Steve: Thanks for the info. Two quick items: * It might be also helpful to post this message in the lugnet.us.co.* groups so that the Colorado folks that don't read this group will get the message. * Just in case the Star Wars sets are not at all of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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