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(...) Maybe in your location but here in Charleston, SC the TRU employees bring new meaning to rude and incompetent (so much for so called "southern hospitality") and the stores are still trying to sell old sets with damaged boxes at full price. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Interesting observation. In the past ~8 months I have noticed a major change in the store-stocking attitude of TRU. Stores which used have shelves oveflowing with older stuff are now clean as a whistle. The store directors seem to be more (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IC6vyG.1p88@lugnet.com... (...) At BZPower one reporter also at the event states at (URL) "The revelation that there will be no Vikings sets this year was the biggest shock." (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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Larry, thanks for being first out the gate with such detailed pics set! My question: Do you know the piece count and price of the huge Technic crane 8421? I can't make it out from the pics you posted. I only know it will have more than 1000 pieces (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for passing along the pictures! Especially love those of the Technic crane and fork lift! Question- Did they have the Technic Enzo you could pick up and look at? Thanks again, Adr. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) You're very welcome! (...) Obviously learning a bit from LEGO! (...) manufacturers need to realise that kids abandon toys at earlier and earlier ages, because they want to grow up, and adults go back to toys, more and more (not all adults, but (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Yes it was. I was in a hurry. Don't get me started on BL, please. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Yes, this release was in our press kit as well. Reading between the lines of some of the comments, I got the impression that (not surprisingly) they don't have the fulfillment of this completely sussed yet, as pricing wasn't discussed. They (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) It is. Both that one and the Microfig Statue of Liberty were winners. I am not 100% sure but I got the impression that Nathan's set is going to be one of the first ones out of the chute in the set project. (...) than hi... (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IC6vyG.1p88@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) 2005 (...) Thanks for the pics Larry. Anyone catch the age range on the Magnetic toy in this picture? (URL) Mike Walsh - (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) What’s with you and the critique of language in all its forms? Is this how you playfully jab at people in an affectionately cute sorta way… Well, you do it admirably! BTW, haven’t seen you in a while. Just thought I’d say hi… But I had to mask (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Hey Ben! Yah, i know... All the new ranges have crazy possibilities. My budget is going to be tight 4 sure! For the first time in a very long time, IMHO, Lego has an entire range filled with promising possibilities. 'IF'...this keeps up, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) cost? The ideals of the past gave relevance to the notions that Military (guns) and Mortality (graves) were not the ethics the company was founded upon… What compromise is this? ...unfortunately, it’s a realistic one! But the new gun-heavy (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Me too! (...) I think it is... :) I can't wait for these sets to come out. These are amazing sets they have put out for the 2nd half of 2005. There should be another, hopefully large batch of HP4 sets coming out in spring time (crosses (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) I know, sometimes a typo is just a typo. ;-) (...) Thanks for posting the pics! And thanks for not giving Clikits short shrift! :-) Maggie C. (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Yep, that looks like Anthony Sawaya's winning entry in week 2 in the (URL) LEGO Factory competition>, and the town hall is a winning entry from week 3 (this one deservedly beat out my entry for that week). Coolness. Also, according to a (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) That looks like the senior winner entry from the 2nd week of the Lego Factory competition. It was created by former Lego Master Builder Nathan Sawaya. See: (URL) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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(...) Well, naturally ;) "Lar went to Toy Fair and all I got was this lousy Brickshelf gallery..." - j/k! (...) (URL) just one (loaded) question: bley? (...) Actually, I set this particular FUT to .color, for I hope obvious reasons. - Kelly (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) It's for PC, PS2, XBox, and GBA - not the 'cube. Which is what I have, so my boys are likewise miffed. The screenshots and demo movies so far look awesome. (...) Excellent! I saw pix of that a few days ago, I'm so gonna get that one. I'm (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) Larry, I don't recall pictures like this (from yourself or anyone else) from past Toy Fairs... so just let me say thanks right off the bat for taking and posting these images for us. (1) (...) (URL) Is that a microfig scale Status of Liberty? (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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