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Re: Strange set spotted at Target
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 27 Dec 1998 08:18:56 GMT
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Jim Baker writes:
> I was in yet another Target tonight, looking in vain for a marked-down
> Arachnoid Base, when I saw a 300-pc set called 'Cars and Planes Set' ...
> it was really odd. It had the customary Lego System logo, but there
> was no set number and no 'official' piece count (I got the 300 from a
> promotional sticker on the box). It appeared that the set contained no
> instructions, just a lot of wheels, wings and propellers for building
> cars and planes. The other odd thing about this set was the packaging
> itself, which was clunky and ugly compared to normal Lego packaging.
> There were 4 or 5 minifigs wearing green jumpsuits and one modified
> Timmy, red hat, white shirt, green pants, Timmy head. The copyright
> date on the box was 1998. I've never seen it in any catalog, and it's
> got me thouroughly confused. Can anyone shed some light?
There was a "special" Target packaged set this year. It was in the traditional
blue "Target Packaging". The same packaging that they use for the other brand
name toys that Target puts out (hot wheels, fisher-price, etc.) The Target by
me had a whole isle of blue boxed items. They are usually priced at even 5
dollar increments (5,10,15,). The lego set was basic Freestyle with added
wheels, propellers, etc. as you described, not very interesting.
Barry
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| (...) My neighbor is the national rep for one of the major toy companies for the Target chain. Target "Strongly Urges" its major toy suppliers to repackage sets that they may have in excess inventory or that were not good sellers and then sell them (...) (26 years ago, 28-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | Strange set spotted at Target
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| I was in yet another Target tonight, looking in vain for a marked-down Arachnoid Base, when I saw a 300-pc set called 'Cars and Planes Set' ... it was really odd. It had the customary Lego System logo, but there was no set number and no 'official' (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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