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Nope, none in the Mountain View, CA Walmart. Will have to check Milpitas tomorrow... (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.shopping)
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R stands for Runyan (last name) The first place I always go is the clearance. Still no avail :-( At least there's TRU and Pic-N-Save Why? Depressed in the Land Of Entraptment Lego is not a toy, it's a way of life. ScottR swrunyan@uswest.net Eric (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I assume you checked the clearance aisles? /Eric McCarthy/ (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Yea, this is my point. I have 1 WM down the street from home, 1 around the corner from work and another on the way home from work. I frequent them regularly. (min. 3 times a week) But to my surprise nerver a sale. They have sets sometimes for (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I have a Wal-Mart down the street from my house. They started clearancing things. Iwas there everyday for about 4 days straight, waiting for certain items to go clearance. I got tired of going there so I took a couple of days off. I went back and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <37F0F573.EB891F00@gate.net>... [ ... snipped ...] (...) Watch closely, one day they might be gone! The Wal-Mart near me had about half a dozen of the Time Cruisers lab set (sorry don't remember exact name or number and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Anyone else seen these? Are there different sets inside, and is it random, or do you KNOW what you are getting? I'll be checking my local Walmart tonight. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.promo, lugnet.market.shopping)
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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ben Pegler (<FIrs1z.MHp@lugnet.com>) wrote at 12:29:59 (...) Surely you don't have a low opinion of UK AFOLs? We all tend to hang out in loc.uk. Go and have a look, and find a part of the country that no one posts from. That (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Again this morning I had to go into WM for something. So I found the Toy dept lady and asked a few questions. It seems that there are several factors involved: First, she can only mark something down a minimal percentage on the first go-round (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The stores near me must pick and choose which clearance prices to use. One store has 5988 Pharoh's Forbidden Ruins at 50% clearance, but has 8269 Cyber Stinger at full price, while the other nearby Wal-Mart has 8269 at 50% off and 5988 at full (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi there - I have recently moved to London from New Zealand and was curious if anyone could make any suggestions for going on retail hunts for older Pirate and Castle sets. If anyone can help I will be A)surprised and B)pleased. Cheers - Ben (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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ScottR wrote in message ... (...) The Wal-Mart near me (Cary, North Carolina) rarely has sales either. I spoke with the manager in the toy department recently and asked him why some Wal-Marts have sets on clearance but others (like the one near me) (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Why is it I read all these Wal-Mart special prices, but go there here in Albuquerque and never see anything? Is Albq. one of those places where Lego sells very good as to never warrant sales? Am I missing something? Lego is not a toy, it's a way of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I don't know if this is a local, regional or national WalMart price decrease, but... The local WalMart has had a number of sets on clearance for a few months. The markdown was only 20-25% off retail. Sometime over the weekend, they increased the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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O.K. Remy, I'm going to try to find sets 4558 and 8480. I'll send mail on newsgroup to tell you, if I succeeded... See you later, Emmanuel. Remy Evard a écrit dans le message <8E4AE2817evardmcsan...et.com>... (...) >Emmanuel, if you really have the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I bought 8269 Cyber Stinger for $15 at the Wal-Mart in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. The Upland, CA Wal-Mart has 5988 Pharoh's Forbidden Ruins for $40. I'm debating whether or not to buy one, since I already have it. But all that tan at half price.. I think (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I think you could do better if you wanted to wait a little. I do like the set; the piece count for the price is fantastic. We picked several of these up locally, though, for the same price you would get through S@H: Original retail: $2.99 Kohl's (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Todays K-Mart newspaper insert (Sun 9/26) contains a blurb that all Lego Star Wars sets are 10% off. They specifically mention Episode 1 and Classic Star Wars (?). I stopped into one store and checked. Sure enough, a $19.99 set was scanning at (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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See: (URL) In the October issue of _Familiy Life_, on page 9, there is a full page ad about toytime.com. They're offering a buy-one-get-one-free special for new customers. Free item is same or lesser value, of course. Only good for up to $15 free, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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