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(...) I don't think that stores are that interested in stocking lots of large sets right after Christmas. The general retailers are in the process of cutting their toy footage in half (or so). That's why e.g. Target sells off so many clearance sets (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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(...) kind of like lego meets puzz-3d? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) new (...) the (...) barbarian-type (...) Can anyone tell me which sets came with this piece? Thanx, Bill (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Rechargable battery questions
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(...) I prefer rechargeable alkalines myself (such as Rayovac Renewal). They have the same nominal cell voltage as alkalines, charge quickly, have excellent shelf life, and no memory effect. The downside is that their total charge is somewhat less (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) the exec (...) The answer isn't pretty.... As near as I can tell (sorry, not much of a Windows expert), the command line gets passed in its entirety to the executable, which then is responsible for parsing it into separate arguments. For the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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The WordMeister wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) use (...) I am actually okay with the fact that TRU charges more. That means that TRU will tend to have older stock longer than Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart, etc. Anytime I am on the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Heh heh, I hit the Target and KB ToyWerks near my office at lunch today, I had my choice of about 4 (!) sets at Target. *grin* Looks like I'm not the only Maniac around here. Though I did manage to grab a Slave I, and I could've gotten a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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Heh heh, I hit the Target and KB ToyWerks near my office at lunch today, I had my choice of about 4 (!) sets at Target. *grin* Looks like I'm not the only Maniac around here. Though I did manage to grab a Slave I, and I could've gotten a couple of (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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Joel VanAtta wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) My local TRU (Cary, NC) is very diligent about checking ID on returns. I recently returned a couple things and how to show my NC Drivers License before I received my merhcandise card (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New CAD spaceship!
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(...) file, Cool! When can we see them? (...) I can understand that :) (...) That's an exchange I'll take any day :) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)
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I'm admittedly new and not a conneseur of the western themes to be sure, but if these two are rare or desired at all, let it be known that I saw 'em at the local KBToys this evening and am willing to pick 'em up & send 'em your way. They were priced (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: NQC default output file
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(...) I just added the error check to nqc. I haven't changed the directory yet, though. Using the source directory was strictly from laziness. Assuming there aren't massive objections, I'll switch to using the current directory. Dave Baum (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) ROFL! <cross-posting to .general, 'cause everyone should see this!> James (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Hmmm...so lets see,the store accepts an item they carried even though it is now out of stock, and this makes the first one returned to them after a car was broken into stolen? Yes, more likely than not it was PROBABLY the stolen items, but (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WTB: Gray egg shape shields!!
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Scott-A wrote in message ... (...) wait. Yep. My mistake. They are white. Sorry. Scott A (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Target - surprise finds!
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Oops, sorry, must have hit the wrong button. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <387F8EC9.59E2@minds...ng.com>... (...) This point was raised. I can't be sure if they arr grey or white. Just wait. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Receiving stolen goods: They can't keep something that belongs to someone else. Proving that or getting them to admit to it or getting them to return the item or payment is something else entirely. Bruce (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) lawsuit. (...) That (...) it (...) warn (...) the (...) which (...) at (...) time, (...) be (...) coffee (...) I also recall that one of the big issues which always gets left out is that McDonalds had (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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Wait a minute. How is TRU responsible for what happened to your Lego set after it left their store? They certainly could not (not would they be expected to in any case) have verified that the receipt holder was _not_ you. There is something, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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