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All,
I just got a call from a colleague in our sales department. They are working
closely with the big chains this summer to clear out much of their old inventory
to make way for newer products.
While my colleagues were out and about all
over the country, several people noticed that especially Toys ‘R Us stores often
had a great deal of older stock. There is at least one story of something being
found in a back room of a TRU from 1993, and since that TRU wanted to move it,
they tossed it in the clearance bin!
I have no details on where or what can
be found. The word I’ve gotten though is that TRU is the place to look. Be sure
to check back often between now and fall, as the cleaning effort is ongoing.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liason
LEGO Community Development
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| (...) Jake is correct about the old stock. I found 2-6478 Fire Fighter HQ at a TRU about a month and a half ago. The manager was happy to let them go for $10.00 each. Of course, that was in addition to the 2 loaded carts I purchased. Steven Weiser (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| (...) Woohoo! (...) There's a reason for that, too. TRU stores are notorious for tossing older stock up onto the very top shelves to get it out of the way of newer stock. Noone really looks at the top shelves (not normal people, at least), however, (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| I stopped by my TRU this afternoon. For several weeks now, they have had a series of shopping carts out front just filled with *junk* for clearance. And if it rains during the days, these carts filled with stock sit in the rain. Needless to say, (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) Are they going to clearance all the over-stock? I ask because in the TRU's I have visited I have found some old Star Wars sets on clearance and some like Watto's Junkyard and Gungan Sub still at full price. The clearance seems hit or miss at (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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