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Re: Strange set spotted at Target
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:45:45 GMT
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Barry McFarland writes:
> 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?
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 as "generic" sets that are usually quite discounted. The toy
manufacturers do not like this since a toy dollar spent on those items usually
reduces the dollars spent on new more costly branded items, but when you have
such a big customer....who can really refuse.
Tom Carman
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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
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