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Re: Greetings! (Neophite alert!)
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Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:55:19 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, Mark D. McKean writes:
> In article <Fy8vv3.MCn@lugnet.com>, "Joel Jacobsen" <jacobsen@oar.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Being a stones throw from Meijer @ Hilliard/New-Rome, they tend to
> > get my primary stop anymore, if and when I can find the money to go
> > looking.
> 
> I stop there frequently on my way home from work.
> 
> > The only sets I've gotten from ZB were my only Train • [snip]
> > and I think one of the UFO sets they had on sale.. or maybe it was
> > one of the Aquanaut sets. whichever... I've just found they seem to
> > be more expensive than TRU or any where else when I've compared.
> 
> They're about the same price point as TRU, usually. They're normally
> much better stocked on Technic and Trains than most other stores. And
> every once in a while, they get a huge markdown stock in one or two big
> sets, like last year when they had about a bazillion 8480 Space Shuttles
> at 50% of list price.

I recall that sale, actually. They had some other sets as well..maybe that's
when I got the aquanaut set I have.. I know I got something but it wasn't the
shuttle set. not that it really matters. :)


> 
> >  Haven't tried Kohl's, but we rarely shop there which explains it.
> 
> They're worth a look. Their stock is limited compared to many other
> stores, but for about the past two or three months, they've been running
> an unadvertised 20% off sale on Lego. And they do have most of the small
> and medium-sized current sets (haven't been there in a couple weeks, so
> I don't know if they ever got the July releases in yet).

Hmm. I'll keep that in mind, though the nearest one I know of is on Olentangy
near Grant/Riverside. My travels don't take me over that way much, except for
the monthly run to "Ye Olde Comics Shoppe". Can't live without comics. wait..
I mean.. Legos.. or was it both?

JJ



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(...) I stop there frequently on my way home from work. (...) [snip] (...) They're about the same price point as TRU, usually. They're normally much better stocked on Technic and Trains than most other stores. And every once in a while, they get a (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh.col)

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