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Frankly, it seems like Walmart rarely has prices that are all that low on things like Lego sets. Even Target and others rarely seem to do much on price. Frankly, I've done best with K-Mart and K-B but ONLY when they're running major mark-downs. TRU (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Right. The more that WalMart causes other retailers to fail, the more ability they have to squeeze the suppliers, and the less (eventual) competition there will be. Ray fut to .market.theory (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I happened to catch a brief report on Fox News on the subject of TRU (an other tory retailers) "exclusives" yesterday. The basic thrust was that TRU has been unable to compete with Walmart on price, so their strategy is to work out large (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It seems like I remember reading somewhere that 10% of the SKNs at TRU are 'exclusives'. In some cases, that might be a combo pack of otherwise existing merchandise. In others, it might be the 'spring cleaning' tubs and (much more notable) the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I just got back from TRU. I believe to compete with Walmart most Toy companies allow "exclusives" and first right to display some toys. I wonder if TRU is really doing it with TLC!!! I saw all sorts of new sets on the shelves. Including one that was (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Shopko has 50% off blue tub all weekend (also Duplo.) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: One last Spring Cleaning set
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(...) I got 4 buckets - they had green and orange 2x2 corner slopes! (one each) Old slope - Exploriens pattern 2x3 low slope that was last in a Space Accessory pack. I also like the white 3x4 low slopes (2), green 2x2 low slope apex (2), white 1x2 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) My area K-Marts have priced them at $9.99. Deals at CVS with BOGOF, and the Walgreens boxes are much better. Usually when WalMart had the small tubs like this, they priced them low and watched them fly off the shelves by nine in the morning. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) No doubt they're not as good a deal as the 4400s, 4679s and 4562s. But in the grand scheme of things, 400 pieces for $9 ($0.025/piece) or 800 pieces for $13.50 on sale ($0.017/piece) is still pretty good. The usual buckets and tubs are no (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Go to (URL) to see ad scans. The Kmart BF 5 hour sale is Buy One, Get One 50% off. Still not as good a deal as the Walgreen's sets. The bonus parts better be killer for the price. I'm tempted to buy 2, go to the car and check them out, then MAYBE (...) (20 years ago, 25-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials, Nov 24 - 30, 2004
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(URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative) US S@H Phone Specials, Nov 24 to Nov 30 Orient Expedition 7411 Tigers Roar 9.99 5.00 Basketball 3428 (...) (20 years ago, 24-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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I was looking at bargainshare.com for Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) sales listings, and saw some LEGO deals, so I thought I'd cross post these here. These might just be rumors, for all I know, so YMMV. Toys 'R Us Friday and Saturday Lego (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) So far, I have been unable to locate these in north Fla. One store I spoke with indicated that "a bunch of Lego is going to be on sale", but she did not yet have the ad-copy. We shall see what happens on Thrusday. Ray (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Just got my new fire sets last night. Not bad, but can any one tell me why the sets have some german stickers in them? Larry (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.town)
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(...) Don't use them as heads ;^) Use them architecturally. If you can use 1x1 cylinder bricks and 2x2 round bricks, you can use plain minifig heads as columns in combo with other round elements. (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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FYI Amazon/TRU has the 4679 bonus tube in stock now. In a small sample (3) - all of the ones I got were stamped "2714" by the bar code. These are the tubs with the assortment of "heads" (mostly black and brown though I've seen variations). IMHO, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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For those of you in the Seattle area, both of the Alderwood Mall KB Toys locations are closing. I didn't go in to check it out, but both stores have "Everything at least 30% off" signs along the street. Kristine (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hey all, Was at CostCo (in Vacaville CA) today. They had three pretty good Lego deals. #1: (URL) for $19 and some change. #2: (URL) again for $19 and some change. #3: Three of the big KK2 knights (Lt. Blue, Red, and Black I think) for $10 and some (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 5359 spoted at Target
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(...) These have also appeared at the local WalMart with a 'rollback' tag under them. It appears that WM rolled them back from 19.97 to 14.98-ish. Ray (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Oprah's Favorite Things: LEGO Mosaic
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Prepare for a run on (URL) LEGO Mosaic> sets this holiday season. Oprah Winfrey, whose purchasing advice can make or break a small company, has listed LEGO Mosaics as one of her "Favorite Things" in this month's "O" magazine. She might feature it on (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.general, FTX)
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