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"Justin Pankey" <legofan@massnet1.net> wrote in message news:GpnEEA.DLw@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) received (...) $12.88. (...) My guess is that it was a Christmas return. Wow, 6568 for $13 is a deal, it is a great set for parts. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Larry, I'm now TERRIFIED!! To Mike Walsh: Alot of the Meijer stores here in the Detroit area received quantities of 6568 last year. They've been priced the whole time at $12.88. It could be part of an inventory dumping like Lego did with the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) No. Be afraid... be VERY afraid. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Justin Pankey" <legofan@massnet1.net> wrote in message news:GpMx4z.9Fy@lugnet.com... (...) do?? (...) Speaking of weird finds, I had one myself this morning. I stopped at my local Wal-Mart to see if anything was on the clearance shelves. This (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) There's even more than you think....myself for instance! Larry, Don't you live VERY far away from there...more than the 1 hour I do?? Is there any place safe from your reach? :) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This is the first sighting I recall of the new Ogel base, but a few sightings have been posted in lugnet.year.2002, and to a lesser extent the SW and Potter groups. I've seen most of the other Jan. sets at Target and TRU here in the SF Bay (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.year.2002)
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(...) I can. :-) It rocks. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I can't believe that many of us no about that little plaza.... Eric (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Ahhh, the old 8-and-Van-Dyke shopping center. Lots of great Lego finds there. The TRU has always had that "time warp" quality about it. When I came out of my dark ages in '97, they still had sets there from '94. I got my Star Hawk II at that (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) So far the score is... Targets at 50% off: 2 Targets at 30% off: 3 One I hit today still had a couple of trains on the shelf at 50-off. wooHoo ! Ray (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I can concur on some of these observations... it appears that TRUs had the 'no available shelf space for these items' boxed away in the storeroom for the holidays. That includes all kind of one-offs and other strange old stuff. Check your (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi folks, It looks like it's cleaning day at some of the TRUs; I found something very, very weird at 7 mile and Middlebelt (Livonia): a pail full of polybag set 3744, the My Own Train Green Kit. No documentation, no instructions, no context (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ...Including, as I found out on Saturday the 5th, some stores going full-bore to 75% off. I happened by 8 Mile and Van Dyke (Detroit) to check out the inventory, saw a load of good sets including a bunch of Imperial Shuttles and Watto's (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) While at Target today, I was told that Wednesday was the next day to adjust Toy clearances. The shelves were reset today as forcasted by Lugnet. And to my surprise several sets reappeared to the inventory. :) Maybe Wednesday will be a very (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I haven't seen too much mentioned about some of the newer sets being seen. I was at my local Target today (in Texas) and they had on the shelves the new Alpha team sets such as "Ogel Underwater Base" and "At Command Patrol"! They also had the Star (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I just got done talking with some people from the Dawsonville (North Georgia) Lego Outlet store. Here are some of there current sale items. #9709 RCX Programmable Brick - $69.99 #5876 Bellville Hospital Ward - 29.99 And some computer games for $4.99 (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Actually, Target controls this on a store by store basis. 2 weeks ago, Kare 11 (local TV news here in Minn) had a 15 minute extra on store advancements on how they are trying to improve moving merchandise. Target was explaining how the system (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Taken from a very long thread with many posters. . . (...) tells the database admins about sets that aren't in the database. . . TWS Garrison (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.admin.database)
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<snip> (...) Oh, BTW. This is right. The canopy alone is very cool. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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This was mentioned 2 weeks ago, and have been popping up at TRU's all over. (URL) no one has been able to track down *why* it's not in any new materials from Lego. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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