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"sun yun" <solasphere@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GprGnD.6G3@lugnet.com... (...) $50 (...) flow. Where are you? I went by one yesterday and everything was still 25%-30%. Some of this stuff may go to discount Liquidators. Liquidator World puts (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) After visiting 3 Target stores in Richmond VA this week,I found one store with no 4561s, one store with with three 4561s @ $90.99 (I found a piece of track out of one of the boxes and slid it back in), and one store with three sets at regular (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm starting to think you're right, nationwide, with a few very limited exceptions. As long as they clear the shelves at 50%, they don't need to GO to 75%. (and I am one of the many who is willing to just about clear them at 50 if I see it... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Lou Pereira" <louper@DELETE.mediaone.net> wrote in message news:3C3EDC62.255C62...one.net... (...) That set seems to be store be handled on a store by store basis. Here in Raleigh where there are four Target stores (Cary, Garner, North Raleigh, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Just wondering if anyone in the New England area has seen the 4561 Railway Express reduced beyond $99.99 at Target? All of the Target's I've visited in Mass. have not made the 4561 part of this year's clearance. Since they reduced the price after (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I visited the Targets in Mountain View, San Mateo, and Redwood City (California) today, and found 50% off. All the cheap stuff was in a separate section, mixed in with other toys. NOTE: They don't necessarily put all LEGO together. I found (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Swung by a KB outlet store today in Ontario Mills, CA. On any SW lego set marked 4.99, get 3 for $10. This includes Droid Fighter - musta been 200 of these. Landspeeder Duel Naboo Swamp (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oh . . . the humanity! That is very disturbing information. I have never heard of this before. I wonder if other chains do this. It just reaffirms that I should hit up more Walmarts to save the Lego sets from this dire fate as I did today. I (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) 50% has finally hit my targets in california. I did notice something interesting though. I went a few days earlier and there were just a hand full of sets marked at 30%. I went today and the shelves were stocked with 5 times more merchandise (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I heard about this once a few years back. The person who described it to me said something to the effect... "we make it not resaleable, then dump some red paint on the pile of stuff in the dunpster". I was always a bit skeptical, but in (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I quizzed a WalMart manager concerning the procedures for discounting products. WalMart management, specifically the toy dept. manager, has complete discretion as to when and amounts of the discounts that will be applied to the toys. Usually the (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Revisited my local Target on a hunch...an entire new isle of clearance with... the 3 shuttles I was eyeing. ...(chanting)...I got 3 shuttles...I got 3 shuttles... ...dancing now... Man, can I move... :p (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) "North America"... but ya. It even says that. (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gpqn8G.DLD@lugnet.com... (...) but only if they are in the USA :-( loz (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I saw much the same today in Mountain View, CA, except for some slight differences in which sets were marked down. 50% off, no trains. --Bill. (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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(...) tend (...) 7 (...) stores (...) Did you find these at Super Walmarts or just regular ones? All of our Walmarts are of the Super size. There were a lot of these Harry Potter sets (...) I bust a gut over this last comment. I previously only (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Today, I was at the Short Pump Target (near WalMart) and they were in the process of restocking the toy clearance aisle. Everything was marked at 50% off. Lego sets included lots of Droid Escapes, Arctic double packs, a few DDKs (at $49.95) and some (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.va.ric, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.us.richlug)
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(...) I have noticed that Wal-Mart has been carring fewer of the $60 and up sets than they used to in the past, but that Super Wal-Marts (the big 'uns) tend to still stock heavy on LEGO. In my area (So Cal) there are only 3 out of 7 that have decent (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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This post may be of interest to folks (URL) it outlines how the bulk discount at S@H works for now. FUT market.shopping... (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes... like the Imperial Shuttle that I found on a Target clearace pile the other day. Tossed it in the cart with the other stuff. When I got home, I noticed that the box sounded funny, too many loose parts moving around, then I noticed the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Same problem for me though, they only ship within the USA. ~Adam (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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(...) I was just 'chat'ing with a friend about this. It was this time last year when Walmart.com had a number of clearance items (i.e. Silver Champion for $28, Railway Express $45). However, it appears that they are holding onto their stock longer (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) As of yesterday, only one that I have visited had gone below the 25-30% first round. I believe that to be an instore markdown and not a corporate one. The items there were rather picked over when I got there. Ray (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hello Since a few days I am trying to get the 6573 Technic Differential New, but the only Lego-Way to get it is buying a second RIS. The have no support bags anymore, so you can only buy what they want you to buy. By talking to the support hotline (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Does anyone know if Wal-Mart has lowered their clearance prices yet? Does anyone remember their clearance sale pattern, i.e. how long between mark downs. Around here they have the greatest selection of clearance sets, but we recently went from (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: A day of shopping
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(...) [ updating ... ] After visiting 45-50 stores since Christmas, I finally saw a couple of 4709 Hogwarts Castle yesterday. One each at two K-Marts. Still at the $89.99 price (not that I expected any difference). In both cases they were stuck up (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Jan 9 - Jan 15, 2002
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(...) When I called this morning, they were already sold out of the 5956. :( Christopher Wiggenhorn wiggenhorn@stat.umn.edu (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi Adam, You can still find these on ToysRUs.com for the same price. (URL) quick though, only 1 left as we speak - but it says more on the way! Hope it helps. Richard. "Adam Murtha" <adammurtha@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:GppnpD.182@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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(...) I look at this list with envy. Target is the ony place discounting where I am in california and they're still at 30%. 30% is alright but it's all Jack Stone. sigh. . . sun (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Is anyone willing to buy a Gungan Sub/Naboo Swamp combo pack for $30 and ship it to me up here in the Frozen North of Canada? Naturally I will pay for the Lego and shipping. Please e-mail if you can help me. ~Adam (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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I did my 50% off shopping tonight (is it just me or did the wait seem like ages?!!) I pretty much cleared out Appleton WI of the better stuff - all the Droid Escapes and Railway Expresses (sorry) I nabbed a few Arctic & LOM multipacks, but theres (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Report of my local (NW Houston- FM 529 @ hwy 6) Target sales: 3403 $10.40 Fans' Grandstand with Scoreboard 3408 $14.90 Super Sport Coverage 78800 $ 7.90 soccer bonus set 4561 $64.90 Railway Express (5 or 6 of these left) 4609 $14.90 Fire Attack Team (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Visited 2 Targets today in Texas both stores had moved toys to 50% off! I picked up a few droid escapes and a tie fighter for me and an exploding bank studios for sale or trade. The only sets I was interested in was the 7166 or 7146 but only (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Specials, Jan 9 - Jan 15, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Duplo/Primo 2592 Baby Mickey Stack'n'Learn $19.99 $10.00 System 6558 Shark Cage Cove $29.99 $15.00 5955 All Terrain Trapper $29.99 $19.99 6150 Crystal Detector $19.99 $10.00 5956 Air Zeppelin $19.99 $10.00 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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After having dinner I went to the TRU and saw that they didn't have anything really special. The Alpha Team Mech that I found on Sunday is gone. Interesting? Maybe. Maybe they put it out and then found out that they weren't suppose to. Any way so (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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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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| | Premature Discount Wackiness at 8 Mile and Van Dyke Target (FOTM? :) )
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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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| | Re: New Alpha Team Set - Brickshelf URL
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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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(...) I know it has also been discussed here, including (URL) there's been more discussion than that, but I don't have time to search now. I do recall feeling I got a pretty good deal whenever I ordered one. Maggie C. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I don't think we have seen this type of deal from Shop At Home for a few years, but in the 1990's it was offered most years. Some past discussions about similar offers are here --> (URL) the first 5 discussions listed here --> (URL) no one yet (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes, first time I have ever been to that one. I usually just hit the one at the mall, but decided to try this one as well. "Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:GpJ6nC.D94@lugnet.com... (...) Target (...) still (...) the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Around Atlanta most Targets have the Lego moved to the clearance isle at 50% off and some of them had clearance Lego on the back end of the Lego isle. But I wouldn't say there was anything to run out for, a lot of Droid Escapes and the Artic bundles (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I hit 3 of those Targets last Sunday morning and didn't find anything interesting. The Wal-Mart in Fond Du Lac was picked over too. Are you counting the Target in Kimblerly (I-41 exit) as Appleton? (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Well it's Sunday, so we woke early this morning to do the Wisconsin Target run. We did Oshkosh, Appleton (x2) and Fond Du Lac Targets and they are all still at 30%. Strangest thing was one Appleton store had Railway express at 30% off, the other (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) There's still plenty of them in Upstate New York (at least a little north of Albany or Rochester), for $69.99, various stores. Just an FYI. plucky (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Went on my weekend trip to TRU today and just got back. Bought set number 4789 Alpha Team Aquatic Mech. Checked the TLC site and found no words on this set. Did Lego put this set out or is it a mistake that is suppose to come out later in the year. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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<<<Snip>>> (...) <<<Snip>>> Or they just might not go on clearance at all. I went to our closest Target yesterday and they still had lots of stuff at 30% off. I decided to wait until today and see if it went down to 50%. IT'S GONE. A quick (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Matt Penney" <glister5454@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GpI5r7.3rF@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) of (...) I agree - I got the impression that it was an aggregate flow of clearance items the computer monitored. (...) Perhaps (...) The (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Went to 2 different Targets today. Not much left of the old stuff. Only items left were about 10 trains, half a dozen arctic sets, and some others that if they were important to me I would have remembered them. Guess it is time to face the fact that (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) If Target is this advanced nationwide I would be impressed. A local food vendor here in Texas (HEB) was starting to use a computer to help with or better yet controll stocking this summer (at the time it was only the 4th HEB to have such a (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Mark Cornell" <mcornell@chi.tds.net> wrote in message news:3C371988.BD1288...tds.net... (...) clearance (...) 30% (...) sets, (...) Stone (...) 12 down (...) [ ... snipped ... ] We do a lot of shopping at Target for our general needs so it isn't (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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As of yesterday (1/4/02), my local Target had separated out all of the clearance Lego and other toys into their own clearance section. Everything was still 30% off. The only sets of note on clearance are a few Women's Soccer Team sets, fifty or so (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I spotted these a couple of weeks ago, but thought others had mentioned this already. The assortment I found included Bionicle, LoM, and Creator. If there were other themes, I sure didn't spot them. Personal favorite design: LoM watch. The (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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A number of K-Marts I visted have recevied a selection of Lego child-sized watches. They appear to come in an assortment of Bellville, Bionicle, LoM and one or two other themes that escape me at the momment. Prices were scanning at $19.99. The (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 2nd Round of Target Sales Begins! And GOOD TIP!
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(...) You correct, I did actually purcahse some set that weren't tagged but on clearence. :-) (...) Evil, but good! :-) I think we've all hidden sets waiting for that deep discount or sale! -Jason (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Jason, It's always a good idea to scan the sets at Target! I've noticed that while some sets are tagged at the second clearance price and some weren't, the ones that weren't would scan at the lower price! They don't always get a clearance tag (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I visited 3 targets in the Atlanta, GA area today and all three had the older lego sets at 50% off! However I did notice something distrubing. A week ago I counted over 29 Railway Express sets at these three stores (two stores at 90.89 and one store (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: It's A New Era (in LEGO pricing)
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(...) share it himself so that the above statement will be made true? Personally, I'd prefer you had just waited until you could make the announcement, especially if you still need to confirm something. Frank (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Renard Graham" <rgraham@topcon.com> wrote in message news:GpCq61.3Fz@lugnet.com... (...) aisle at (...) to (...) My Target is the same way. I was out again last night and checked Target to see if the clearance had changed sometime during the day (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Tom Reed writes: Just visited all the Targets in my area, still at 30%, though the lego aisle at my local target was looking really ratty and I have a feeling they will go to 50% real soon since there isn't much (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: not a tub, but a brown box is just as good.
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(...) One DACTA set has 576 pieces for $23.75 (about 4 cents a piece). The 1200 piece tub at Target and elsewhere retails for $20 (less than 2 cents a piece). The 576 brown box only contains 2xN bricks, where the 1200 piece tub contains 1xN and 2xN (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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you guys have been talking about your problems with Target. I did some research on ine and found that www.smarterkids.com has in their Lego Dacta collections. A set that is just bulk peices. It doesn't come in a tub, but it does come in brown box. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I'm in Texas! The store was located near Houston! (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) <snip> (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi All, I know it's not everywhere, but some Target Stores have started the second markdown of their clearance items! Prices seem to be around 50% off! I found these today: Watto's Junkyard - $17.40 Bionicle Manas - $44.40 Women's Soccer - $4.90 (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I don't know when you called, but I was able to pick up a RIS 2.0 at the Pleasant Hill Store on Friday. It was a fantastic buy at 64.50. I went there in the early evening hours around 4:00 PM. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Confirmed. Here either. However my Target has put some 30% off stickers on Jack Stone sets that were previously undiscounted (unless it's a false memory)... (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | It's A New Era (in LEGO pricing)
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I have a few details to work out and confirm first, but expect an announcement from me here very soon of similar impact/significance as this one... (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(URL) Tugboat Tommy $ 9.99 $ 5.00 2593 Baby Mickey Stack'n'Learn $ 9.99 $ 5.00 System 4178 Mickey's Fishing Adventure $24.99 $12.50 6617 Tough Truck Rally $49.99 $39.99 6199 Hydrocrystallization Station $89.99 $45.00 6580 Landjet 7 $12.99 $ 6.50 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Let the Target-hunting begin.
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"Rob Drechsel" <robo2705@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gov2DL.767@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... lots of snippage ... ] (...) Since it is Wednesday and Target typically does mark downs on Wednesday, I stopped by two Target stores today (Cary, NC (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Additional Walmart Clearance Items
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The same plus a few more at the Durham NC New Hope Commons Walmart (25% - 33% off) 1371 Spinosaurus Attack Studio $25 (lots) 3409 Championship Challenge $35 (6 or so) 4704 Winged Keys $15 (lots) 4561 Railway Express $95 (8) 7180 B-Wing $20 (4 or so) (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Conclusion of My Target Tub Saga (I Think)
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My conclusion! I recieved in the mail a notice from Target.com that my last "Bulk Tub Lego Sysyems" is sold out. BTW Greg, it was post marked on December 19th. :-) Too funny! A credit also appeared on my credit card statement for the unshipped tub. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Conclusion of My Target Tub Saga (I Think)
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Since I hadn't received one of the tubs I ordered from target.com, I called after Christmas and talked with a person who assured me that my final tub was shipped the day after the others were (the 19th). She just kept repeating "it will be there (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New Bionicle Turaga sighting
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(...) Hey, doesn't this belong in off-topic.oxymoron? Maggie C. (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) They have (or had) them at Target, for 30% off as of this morning. If you are able to find any they will probably be near the Megabloks and K'nex. Mine only had a couple of Buckleberry ferries (for $13.90) left today. BTW the person who told (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New Bionicle Turaga sighting
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I'm not sure if this is news or not. Here in Tulsa Ok. I spotted a display of the new Bionicle Turagas. It was at a Quicktrip store. (An upscale convenience store chain for those of you who don't have them). I believe these are the new ones (with (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Is 4561 a bargain for $90? Was Re: Let the Target-hunting begin.
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(...) Thanks for checking, Rose! At my local Target (and I suspect many others) the toys are not classified as seasonal (with a few exceptions as the one below). When I was there today a salesperson told me that the Christmas items are going to 75% (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: A day of shopping
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:Gp57st.73z@lugnet.com... (...) K-Marts, one (...) K-Marts, a (...) recent (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I hadn't seen one of these anywhere in a while either but I noticed that my local Target (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | A day of shopping
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Today I did one of my 'grand tour's of shopping. Six WalMarts, six K-Marts, one Target and one BestBuy (which was picked clean). Add to that three K-Marts, a Target and a WalMart I checked the day before Christmas. One thing that stood out was the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | K-Mart news
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Hi, today I went to K-Mart and I found alot of sets, but it didn't seem like any were on sale "Blue Light Savings". Most of them were selling for what they normally retail. Here's a few sets I saw there- SW 7151 Sith Infiltrator- $32 SW AT-ST w/ (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Is 4561 a bargain for $90? Was Re: Let the Target-hunting begin.
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Unfortunately I am not able to be much help with this topic. I went to the Target by my house to return the toy. They gave me full credit for the toy. So I went back by the toys to see if they were on clearance and they were not. So the two Targets (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Droid Fighter sale at KBtoys
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Yes, we have the same in our local KB Toys Outlet. (WI) Except it's not just the droid fighter, it's also the landspeeder and the Lightsaber duel (7101) You can have any 3 for $10 and my local store has lot's of them. Richard. "Vui Le" (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Target update
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:Gp3746.62n@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Railway (...) 65$ (...) cost. (...) available. (...) have (...) week. (...) It is unlikely (IMHO) that you will see 50% off or 75% off at (...) (23 years ago, 29-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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