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Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 26 Sep 2004 07:10:07 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Darrell Urbien wrote:
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Strangely, when the managers check their computers, the computers say they
have XX number “on the floor” but they can’t find any in the store or on the
dock.
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The answer to this has been a great source of frustration for me in trying to
get the tub. Apparantly, the green Duplo tub with a box of 40 bonus pieces (set
5352) that people have seen at some Toys R Us shares the same system entry in
the TRU database with tub 4679. The managers I talked to said that the two tubs
are probably considered an “assortment.” They both have a Toys R Us SKN of
500979 and a description of “LEGO Value Creator Tub.”
The reason that this is so frustrating for me is that all six Toys R Us stores
anywhere reasonably near me have lots of the green Duplo tub in stock, and
that’s apparantly all they ever received. And since their computers show SKN
500979 as being fully stocked, it has scheduled no more shipments of the item
for the foreseeable future. Even when it does decide to send more, who’s to say
that the order won’t be filled again with nothing but green tubs? After all,
it’s the same thing to them.
I asked the local stores if they could special order an item from their
warehouse, but they say it can’t be done. A call to TRU Customer Service didn’t
yield any way of getting red tubs either.
I’m told that there are about 14,000 of the tubs in their warehouse (which would
mean green and red), but with about 680 TRUs in the U.S. that’s only 20 tubs per
location. I hope that they don’t run out before I find a way to get a few here.
Charlie
(a 4-year lurker but new poster)
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Charlie, Glad to see you and WELCOME! Thanks for the search tidbits and warehouse info. That does present a dilemma if green tubs need to be moved before any red ones can arrive. Hmmm. Well, I'll let you know what happens next for me, but I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
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| Anyone see one of these on the West Coast/Southern Cal? All the TRU I've hit so far (about 6) have had the Duplo bucket with bonus strap-on-box-o-parts, but no Creator bucket. Strangely, when the managers check their computers, the computers say (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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