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Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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Date: 
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 23:33:01 GMT
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Mike Poindexter wrote:

> I talk to the manager at Toys R Us and tell him I want 100 of them.  He
> orders them.  I pick them up and sort until I can't stand looking at Lego
> anymore.  At that point, I am half way finished with the task.  I have now
> sorted out 160 tubs and 30 buckets (2 buckets=1 tub but harder to sort).  If
> my local TRU would get in gear and get me some more of those tubs, I would
> be able to keep this up, but they still haven't gotten me my last order of
> 100 tubs because of inventory problems.  (They have a hard time ordering in
> something special during January when they do their annual inventory).
> 
> Mike
> 
> Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message
> news:387E3EAA.2829B7F5@xoommail.com...
> > How are you people getting all these tubs? From TLG directly?
> > 
> > --
> > Jonathan Wilson
> > wilsonj@xoommail.com
> > http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/
> > 
> > 

Do you get any kind of discount?

--
Jonathan Wilson
wilsonj@xoommail.com
http://members.xoom.com/wilsonj/



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  Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
 
I get 10% off, which is almost a joke. I was told that it is the same discount given to a guy who bought a bunch of Mindstorms sets last Christmas ($20,000 worth), but feel it is a little cheap. After all, the mindstorms units last Christmas were (...) (27 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
 
I talk to the manager at Toys R Us and tell him I want 100 of them. He orders them. I pick them up and sort until I can't stand looking at Lego anymore. At that point, I am half way finished with the task. I have now sorted out 160 tubs and 30 (...) (27 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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