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Re: Local TRU Not going to carry new star wars sets?
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:30:36 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Ronald Wells writes:
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> Hey everyone, I was at my local TRU yesterday and was asking about the new
> starwars sets and when they would have them. He said "we won't have those
> sets" when I asked why he said that the starwars sets had "flopped like a
> pancake" (whatever) and they weren't going to carry the new sets. I would
> have thought that the starwars sets were doing very well, does anyone out
> there know anything different? I'm hoping this guy didn't know what the
> heck he was talking about, but if not i'm worried that lego will slow down
> or stop the starwars line.
I can't imagine that was anything other than a clueless employee. About the
only way that SW Lego could be considered a "flop" is in relation to the
first month or so when it was sold out everywhere. It certainly sells as
well or better than the rest of the Lego product lines. They've just been
making more of it.
> In any case, does anyone have any idea when the new sets will be available?
> I'm itching to get my hands on them!!
Apparantly someone has seen them in Florida. Mid-novemeber is about the
time that they typically start showing up.
James
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| I have a receipt from Target dated 11/26/99 from last year. That was the day in NJ that I bought all the 99 Lego SW sets (except the Destroyer Droid) and they had the Artic sets out then too. On 12/17/99 I picked up the missing Destroyer Droid at (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Local TRU Not going to carry new star wars sets?
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| Hey everyone, I was at my local TRU yesterday and was asking about the new starwars sets and when they would have them. He said "we won't have those sets" when I asked why he said that the starwars sets had "flopped like a pancake" (whatever) and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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