I found an ad for Lego.com in Boscov's the other day that looked like it came from the early 2000's. It featured several old Lego sets, including some trucks, a dinosaur and... Pohatu Mata.

Why didn't you buy it

how does this i dont even

That was 2004. If memory serves there weren't even any LEGO stores at all back then. Just seasonal kiosks in some places. How does a LEGO product from before a store existed end up in the store's inventory, never mind the question of how the sets survived to be on the shelf today?

This is in Prague, though not the US, so maybe things are different. It's also a museum so maybe they had a bunch of extra stuff?

I doubt that was an official LEGO retailer store.

Anyway, that's a pretty cool find. Sounds like pretty much every one of my dreams lately involving BIONICLE sets somehow, though usually it's the Bohrok that the store has.

I doubt that was an official LEGO retailer store.

 

Anyway, that's a pretty cool find. Sounds like pretty much every one of my dreams lately involving BIONICLE sets somehow, though usually it's the Bohrok that the store has.

I dream about Kraata canisters and Vahki

how does this i dont even

 

That was 2004. If memory serves there weren't even any LEGO stores at all back then. Just seasonal kiosks in some places. How does a LEGO product from before a store existed end up in the store's inventory, never mind the question of how the sets survived to be on the shelf today?

Dude, there were LEGO stores way before then. We've had one here at the Mall of America for as long as I can even remember. I once bought a six-pack of Bohrok for $20 there.

Takuma Nuva

Dude, there were LEGO stores way before then. We've had one here at the Mall of America for as long as I can even remember. I once bought a six-pack of Bohrok for $20 there.

Takuma Nuva

Yeah, on second thought, I'm not sure what I was thinking - the Mall of America one was established in the late 90s, if I remember correctly.

I went ahead and bought one!

Not sure why, or what I'm gonna do with it, but it was only effectively 2 bucks.

Was it the only one in the store? If not why didn't you buy more? cats

because dogs