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(...) Pitchfork ! Well, not exactly a castle pitchfork, but a big & nasty one none the same. You don't mess with a fig carrying this pitchfork ;) Ray (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | US S@H Specials, Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Duplo/Primo 2982 Eeyore's Birthday Surprise $ 7.99 $ 4.00 2913 Tread Trackers Action Wheeler $29.99 $15.00 System 4178 Mickey's Fishing Adventure $24.99 $12.50 Scala 3144 Scala Horse Stable $16.99 $ 8.50 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) I spoke with a local TRU management-type yesterday. He offered some insight about the "64 stores" number. Supposidly, 37 are KidsRUs, 10 are relo's (stores being closed in one location, to be reopened across town in a better traffic spot), and (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) As a heavy user, the modern library is where it is at. I can now usually download obscure journal papers in seconds rather than waiting a couple of weeks for hard copies to appear (usually it would be a "dud", or I had moved on since then.) I (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Further clearances at Wal-Mart
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I know it doesn't compare to the 75% off Target clearances, but at my local (southern Maryland) Wal-mart today I found the following: 7180 B-wing (338 pieces) $17 7186 Watto's Junkyard (466 pieces) $26 7184 Trade Federation MTT (466 pieces) $26 1378 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Other deals at Potomac Mills
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(...) No deals on trains. The train section has been pushed all the way in the back righthand corner, and consisted of 4561s and a few accessories. Too bad, it would have been nice to see some MOT stuff or Metroliners there. The half-price table (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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(...) Cary, I'll be passing by the VA store this weekend and I'm trying to decide if I should plan on stopping. I don't suppose you remember any other good deals they had? Specifically, do you remember if they had any train stuff? Actually I guess (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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All Soccer sets have been marked down at the Lego Outlet stores. I know the Discover Mills (Atlanta, GA) store has a lot of soccer buses in stock. Their nubmer is (678) 847-6078. If you get the fax tone, wait a few minutes and call back. They also (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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(...) ... No busses. I saw 3410 Field Expander, 3402 Small Grandstand with Lights (for $7?), and a value pack with 3403, and two of the sets like 3412 - 3414. On the other hand, I was up at the LEGO Outlet store in Potomac Mills (VA, USA) this past (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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Cary, Can you expand on what soccer sets were available? Any soccer busses? Thanks for the updates, Bryan "Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:GqpLJC.1v9@lugnet.com... (...) that (...) these (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Good News for us?? (was: Bad news for TRU)
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Question: Can people watch the TRUs that close and see if they can acquire the 'promo' items that might be related to Lego? I'm thinking of the large mini-figs and bricks, if they are in place.... of course, I've only seen these in the updated (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.promo)
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(...) Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm still home doing grades (should've been turned in yesterday) so I figured there's no way I'd have time to check! Now I don't have to worry that I'm missing anything! Maggie (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Tuesday Morning Report
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Don't bother. My Tuesday Morning in Durham, NC has put out the selection that will be available at 8am Feb 5th. There was some soccer, studio (but not exploding bank) a lot of very small box sets, some polybags, a lot of it the same that they had (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) I dunno how much time you spend in modern libraries, but from the sound of it, I think TRUs are just catching up with the modern library. The modern library consists of lots of curvy-shaped tables with PCs everywhere with a few carousels of (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) The new TRU in carousell (here in perth) is in what I assume is this new format. The lego section is much easier to find than the ones in the city and morley. (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) I've actually seen a couple different formats over the last couple years. A couple years back they seemed to be switching the stores over to a layout based on a large oval around the store. Around the edges of the store the high shelves mostly (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) A few of the stores that I frequent are of a smaller than average square- footage. Perhaps they are to small to convert (as none of them have the new format). Perhaps they are the ones to be axed. Ray (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) I have noticed a couple of Australian stores undergo this renovation. In Sydney(AUS), Parramatta, Chatswood and Moore Park have gone from library mode to carousel format. The LEGO section was moved from up against a back wall to a much more (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Bad news for TRU
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(...) The older TRU layout (in the US) was a lot like a supermarket. A number of parallel aisles, divided by tall wall-like shelving, which made the store feel more like a warehouse and less like a store for children. The newer layout is much more (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Where does unsold Target clearance stuff go?
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(...) As far as I can tell, Target is not afraid to 'clear the decks'. That attitude is what make their stores look cleaner than any other that I know of (K-Mart could pay attention here). Target (generally speaking) also does not overload the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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