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Came across a silver freestyle bucket for $4.00 at wal-mart. They only had one, and I grabbed it. Julie (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials May 24 - May 30, 1999
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On Mon, 24 May 1999 15:40:44 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following profundities... (...) Having just been in the states for 2 weeks, am **really** disappointed, too. Having read so much about the specials for so long! The next batch will be (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW:Silver Buckets!
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On Sat, 29 May 1999 21:40:55 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following profundities... (...) I could have stored them in my cousin's house, thinking about it. I should ask him to swing 'round and pick some more up! Problem with that, though, as he has (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW:Silver Buckets!
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On Fri, 28 May 1999 23:45:57 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following profundities... (...) No. Only bought two. Had to retain luggage space for the Star Wars Ep 1 sets I had bought. I didn't want to throw away clothes to accommodate them. Besides, (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW:Silver Buckets!
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TUR shipped these to the Midwest region stores about two weeks ago. I offered to buy all they had (thinking that the # was small), until they pointed out that there was about 600 available. I think they must have found a few skids after an (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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TRU will do that for me, so I don't see why not for you. I think it only works for stores that use the same Distribution Center, since they only had about 20 stores in the computer, so it can't be national. Should I try to get them to get the (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Mike Poindexter wrote in message ... (...) aren't (...) Are you saying that TRU will find items like this at another store and get them to your store? I may have to ask about the Silver Freestyle Tubs then, I would be interested in a couple more... (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yeah, luggage. Didn't think of that since I don't fly. Still, he could have bought them, ditched the buckets, and shipped them in a box to his home. :) (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Maybe he didn't have the room in his luggage?? Although I was in OHare last night and would have been happy to work something out if I had only known. (...) (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW:Silver Buckets!
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Well, I found four in Clovis, CA at $17 each (the silver tubs), but... "It ain't there kid, that's what I'm trying to say. It's been completely blown away..." I think they said they can get maybe 50 more or so. Some stores (TRU) aren't selling them (...) (25 years ago, 29-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW:Silver Buckets!
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(...) HAS? You mean you didn't clear them out? (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | FOTW:Silver Buckets!
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TRU in Arlington Heights, near Chicago, has about 20, at 7.97. Also, some of the freestyle tubs for 18 dollars. On Pack Road. (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) I seem to remember reading somewhere (eToys or LEGO press release) that they were only allowing eToys to sell as a 1) way to experiment with internet retailers and to 2) keep just any company (IE possibly with a bad reputation) from selling (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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[Added .loc.us.ma.bos to group list and set followups there] (...) Woooooshhhh! Enter Han Stanley -- captain of the Millenium Porsche -- makes point five past limit-speed. :) (...) Hey, The Construction Site is going to be having another LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) They have the largest selection of current LEGO (including DACTA) of any retailer in the Greater Boston area (maybe even all of New England) but since they are so unique and popular, things don't stay on the shelves long. The odd thing about (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Frank Filz wrote in message ... (...) [ ... deleted for brevity ...] (...) vacation (...) stock (...) Unfortunately other than the polybags, there were no older sets to speak of. No pirates or castle. They did still have some Roboforce, Divers, and (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) If you can't find stuff to do in Boston for a day trip, you would be weird... The hard part would be what to see in just a day... (our church youth group went up for a week this spring, and they had trouble (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) Ah, 3 hours is nothing. I'm used to TN driving times, after all. I used to make the drive from Memphis to Nashville and back every week. I guess we could end up there after all - especially if we can find a decent hotel and other things to do (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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(...) Not this stuff. :) I can't collect Space full-time, but I can stock up on some of the cool sets like this, especially at a buck ninety each. (...) I'd love a full spread of pictures of that. That's so cool. (...) Oh yeah, I know it isn't their (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 1992 Polybags at Construction Site in Waltham, MA
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) their (...) WOW! I'm really going to have to stop by there the next time I'm in Mass. (fortuanately for me, most of my family is there). Perhaps a summer vacation is in order. Just out of curiosity, do they (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.build)
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