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You may be right Frank! I've heard a number of stories of these sets dissapearing at the last minute. I can't believe there is that many AFOLs in these areas that I'm not familiar with. Sure some, but not that many! I'm wondering if maybe there is (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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There are a bunch of places in Texas that are ripe for picking! I've had really good luck in the northeast area! I've always wanted to check out the southern points. Maybe someday I will! I have a few spots that might still have some good stuff in (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Interesting - that puts you somewhere in or near Crockett or Vallejo... Paul Sinasohn (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) snip (...) OK, I plan to reveal my shopping locations tomorrow becasue my wife just called and told me that the store by us has gone to 75% and by then I will tell you where in the Bay Area I am. If things go as planned I will be selling these (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Too late! Anyway VV was a bust-- there is too much competition in this town from cutthroat women who are there at 8 am markdown day. I couldn't be there this year-- all I managed to get was two Droid Escapes at 50% off. Although I did pick up (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Note that it may not be an AFOL. There are plenty of folks selling LEGO on eBay who are not fans. They have just discovered that it does well. These folk may not necessarily buy a lot for their own kids and may not normally be in the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Novato, Vacaville, or Livermore? If it is Vacaville, watch out for Maggie.... :-) Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) snip Well, I am in the SF Bay Area, don't want to get too specific because there are still some targets at 50% that have some lego that can make me a decent profit on ebay if I can get them at 75%. I visited 6 Targets last night, 3 were at 75% (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hi Tom - Your list of finds resembled the Killeen, TX Target that I was visiting the other day. I wasn't able to get back there until late on Wednesday, and almost all clearance LEGO was gone. I wanted to get a 4561 for my son's birthday, but (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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G'Day From lugnet.loc.de.ber "G'Day Finally got to visit the store Fantasia, it is not bad, good selection of common parts, some Technic, lots and lots of old blue and grey rail. And it is walking distance from my grandmother's place! Alot of the (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ... (...) ... I've been lusting over this Belville set ever since I first spotted it at the LEGO Potamac Mills outlet. It includes four mirrored windows, and although I'm told the mirrors are only stickers, in quantity they'd still make one (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I found a similar thing in Wisconsin. I was at the West Allis Target Saturday Afternoon, and they had 13 of the Railway express for $64. All of the other Targets in the area had a few of them, but they were priced at $99. I went back on Wed nite, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I bought a 4579 for $7 at Wal*Mart (Upland, CA) at $7 for 107 pieces, many of which are lt blue or orange, it's not bad. You can throw out the garbage and still have a pretty good value, if you happen to like the colors in the set. -- Tim (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey Renard, I'm in Texas! Home of the wide open spaces! The trick to finding legos down here is that we have fairly large communities/towns that are pretty much located in no-where land! The population is mostly farmers, ranchers and such, and (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've been finding the same thing here in the Pacific NW. Nothing stays on the shelves very long around here. I checked out 3 or 4 Targets and they only had a couple odds and ends at the 30% markdown left. I also did a couple TRU, Walmarts, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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It was a while ago, but I saw the tie at TRU for $70 or so. George "Will Day" <wd@hpgx.net> wrote in message news:Gpzu61.7It@lugnet.com... (...) aggressively (...) fear. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl)
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(...) Where the heck is this store. I have 6 Targets in my commute loop and none of them had anything like this left even at the 50% level, especially the railway expresses. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Thomas Avery writes: snip! (...) I think I caught that reference TJ! hehhehheh But I can tell you that I didn't raid any stores within a 50 mile radius of Houston! Actually this time I went in another direction...But I'm (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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In Atlanta <-- See I told you where! I visited a few targets this morning and two of them moved to 75% off overnight. There were still LOM, Soccer, Artice value packs, various movie maker extras and Driod Escapes. HOWEVER, the Railway Express is now (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I hit my local Target last night and things were about the same. They had a few Artic value packs at %50 and 4 droid escapes still at %50. In fact, I checked it last Friday (after Wednesday's initial %50 clearance) just for my own curiosity. (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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