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Re: more on McDonalds promo sets
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lugnet.general, lugnet.promo
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Date:
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Sat, 30 Oct 1999 04:40:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes:
> I drove from Southern California to Northern today (about 450 miles),
> stopping at MOST of the McDonald's on the way. The first one we stopped at
> in SoCal, and the LAST one near my apt, were the only ones with the Lego
> out yet.
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> Ticks me off, you'd think as a franchise, Corp HQ would keep a tighter
> reign on them.
Yeah, espcially since McD has TV commercials running telling everybody to come
and get their happy meals & Lego sets.
Julie
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> Julie Krenz wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> > <snip>
> > > I went to a McDonald's last night. I was there for one thing and one thing
> > > only- Lego sets. I cased the place, and saw no sign of the promotion. So • I
> > > sauntered up to the counter and asked if they had the Lego Happy Meal toys • in.
> > >
> > > "Oh, yes, yes," the happy man behind the counter told me.
> > >
> > > "Wonderful!" I said, "I'll take three of whatever your current set is."
> > >
> > > He shuffled off to the back and returned with three Happy Meal polybags. • In
> > > them were figures of Francis, the Ladybug from Disney's "A Bug's Life".
> > > Fortunately for all involved, I caught this before he rang them up.
> > >
> > > I was too disappointed to even rant at the guy properly. I kind of choked • and
> > > wandered off.
> > >
> > > eric
> > I had a similar experience today. They only had the lame white trick or
> > treat bucket. What kid is going to use that dinky little bucket to haul • their
> > treats in?Maybe a 2 or three year old. My 2 year old is using the Lego
> > Halloween bucket, the older kids are using our silver buckets. Anyway....we
> > went down the road to a different McDonalds, and they had the Lego for the
> > happy meals.
> > Julie
>
> --
> Tom Stangl
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