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(...) I think TRU is becoming the new KB. Here is a great example: V-Wing Fighter (6205) List Price: $19.99 Our Price: $9.99 (50% off) TRU: (URL) S@H: (URL) link> However MSRP and the Shop@Home price for 6205 is $9.99, so here again we are seeing (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Life-Sized Batman
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Yeah, and for an extra $6 you can have it gift-wrapped!!!!!! (...) (18 years ago, 7-Sep-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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LEGO Life-Sized Batman The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader...The Batman. At 6'6" tall, a Batman statue would be an impressive guardian against whatever lurks in the shadows. But when he's made entirely of Lego bricks, you know Batman's reached new (...) (18 years ago, 6-Sep-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | TRU and Prices
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Any one else notice that TRU is starting to take on the same price practice that KB does. Some sets are lower then TLG, but then most of the sets are available for a buck or two more. For example the heavy hauler is 26.99 at TRU, but I can find it (...) (18 years ago, 4-Sep-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials for Aug 23--Aug 29
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1-800-835-4386 (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). 8877 Vladek's Dark Fortress 99.99 80.00 3496 2x2 Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Red 7.99 4.00 10059 (...) (18 years ago, 29-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Re: Resale shops / whose been geting your brick buck this year?
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most of my purchases have come from new sets and pretty much all of the rest have been at a local second hand toy shop that I go to (they do LEGO by the part and by the set and I am one of their best customers) Right now though I have pretty much (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Maybe it's a socio/geographic thing. I live in Chicago so there are dozens of resale shops, and enough affluence that alot of folks just prefer to drop it off for that warm-fuzzy-feeling and tax write off rather than bother with Ebay. I do (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow and congrats! Your experience has certainly been different than mine. My wife and I used to hit the thrift stores every week. We stopped going two years ago for two reasons: 1) We realized our house was full of junk that we didn't need. 2) (...) (18 years ago, 25-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This would be a guess: 45% pick-a-brick/S@H Bulk/factory 50% Bricklink 5% New sets (usually small sets, ie: Racers, when I am at Target for other non lego items) I very rarely buy used bricks. I can't remember the last time. Maybe 3-4 years (...) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Forgive me if this has been discussed already,(I did a search, but it's a topic with many possible names) but I was thinking recently about where I buy my LEGO, and I realized that this year a significant portion has been purchased at resale shops. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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69.99 They show the original price as 199 (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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(...) What is Tuesday Morning charging for these? I have seen them mark up the retail price and then take the discount off of the inflated price. (18 years ago, 24-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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(...) For those who live around the Houston or Austin area and are looking for these, the Tuesday morning in my town, College Station, still has 3 left after I bought two of them! If you live elsewhere, you might want to think about looking in (...) (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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(...) Nice snag, Nate! Ed (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Up to 75% off many items at S@H
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Summer clearance. Not much that interested me, but I am sure others might find something they like: (URL) Happy shopping! Jonathan (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) After I got the one in Scottsdale I drove around to several other stores and bought three more. So yes I was the one who bought them all here. (18 years ago, 23-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Guess Nate and I were the lucky ones. I picked up 2 and he got one. I did go to the other stores in Phoenix and no one else had them. Nate did you buy them all? Larry (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I went to my local TM (Sunnyvale CA) and they had the NBA and Hockey sets but they told me the Metroliners had sold out "weeks ago." (18 years ago, 21-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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(...) Funny, I have never heard of them either and I assumed "Tuesday Morning" was when the sale started. No need to clear my calendar tuesday morn, apparently my postal code is not a valid zipcode, who knew?? Janey "Red Brick" (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TUESDAY MORNING
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(...) I wasn't thinking, its been awhile since I checked the newsgroups on lugnet. I've never even seen a tuesday morning store. I did check their web site and found a few within 60 miles. (18 years ago, 20-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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