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Re: No 8461 till October
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic
Date: 
Mon, 2 Sep 2002 08:40:23 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
> 
> "Adrian Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:H1pssJ.1H1@lugnet.com...
> > 
> > Ditto this side of the Atlantic.  When I contacted SAH (US) to inquire, I
> > was told the US price would be around $120-130.  My immediate reply when
> > told was "WOW!  That's cheaper than the Silver Champion I paid $170 for!"
> > 
> > Who knows?  Maybe it's something they learned when they did that big price
> > cut earlier with the 8466.  Cut the price and more people will buy it.
> 
> Well, for the folks in Australia, it's listed on the S@H website for our
> country as "Available Now", although at $220 + $80 s&h it might be a pretty
> expensive buy, even though it has a lot of pieces for that amount of $$$!!
> :-)
> 
> X-posted to .loc.au so Australians can rejoice too!!  [And plan more credit
> card purchases!!  :-)]
> 
> 
All good and well, but if the parents wont allow purchases on S@H, then
what? (Serious question.)

Does anyone have any clues, ideas, ANYTHING??? About when it's coming out in
australian stores??? I am DYING to get my hands on one- I am so glad I
didn't buy the Silver Champion...
As for a pic, go to www.brickset.com and search for "8461". It's a really
good pic that I put on my desktop.

:-D
-Matthew



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  Re: No 8461 till October
 
"mat" <Mjjeffer@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H1syrB.Dtn@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) when (...) for!" (...) price (...) pretty (...) $$$!! (...) credit (...) in (...) Glad you like the pic, I scanned it from the UK catalogue. 8461 is now (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic)
  Re: No 8461 till October
 
(...) Wait till you grow up :-) More seriously, where are you in Australia, Matt? It's not clear if this set will or won't be in stores here in Australia. If you really want one, then S@H is the way to go. However, if your parents have a problem (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic)

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  Re: No 8461 till October
 
"Adrian Egli" <aegli@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:H1pssJ.1H1@lugnet.com... (...) Well, for the folks in Australia, it's listed on the S@H website for our country as "Available Now", although at $220 + $80 s&h it might be a pretty expensive (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic)

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