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Just got back from the Dawsonville store and they are out of the rotation sensors, but still have plenty of the other goodies. jt (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Fred Meyer and ShopKo Clearance Sales
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I stopped by my local Fred Meyer and found that they had the following sets on clearance: 7171 - Mos Espa Pod Race - 44.99 6713 - Grip and Go Challenge - 9.99 6573 - Arctic Expedition - 7.49 AND THE BIG DEAL OF THE DAY 7186 - Watto's Junkyard - (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Statue of Liberty Sculptures at Amazon.com
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(...) Thanks for the heads up! I got the third from last one yesterday (shipped today already) and the other two are gone now this morning. Must've found a stash somewhere because their notify-me-when-this-...ble-emails just a couple weeks ago said (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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(...) Also, the piece counts are slightly different. The old version of the Pizza to Go had 141 pieces, the new has that plus 3. Same with the Breezeway cafe. Old - 171, new - 178. But that shouldn't affect the price of the 10036 by a whole $5. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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(...) I agree...two is probably good..., unless I go crazy, and buy several for a nice hotel I'm planning to build late this year, or early next year... hmmm.... :) a couple pizza-to-go's wouldn't hurt either... :) Benjamin Medinets ...who wishes (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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(...) Oh lordy, another set I'll probably order like 10 of... Frank (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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(...) To paraphrase the X-Files... "the deals are out there" ;) I walked into a small Wal-Mart yesterday, could not find any shelves of clearance, then noticed this big square (pallet size) wire basket in the aisle. It was full of toys with (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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(...) Central New York (State) is a lousy place for Lego sales. Basically, BOGO-50 at K-mart is as good as it ever gets. The Lego market is rather small, so selection is limited by item and by quantity. Since there is no overstock, significant (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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(...) Keep on keepin' on, man! You never know when you might score BIG. Today, I grabbed 3 8008 Stormtroopers and an Americas Team Bus for $31 together--which just plain rocks. Oh, and it looks like all the NJ Wal-marts have plenty of Adidas buses. (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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(...) Me too--I landed a complete set of corners of that system in the UK last year, and I had never dreamed that I'd get a shot at the wall segments again! This rocks beyond belief. That is an incredible set for $22.99, even more so at today's (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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(...) Yeah, IIRC they're stickers, same as in Idea Book 260: (URL) the hospital window stickers here too) Maggie (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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Maggie Cambron wrote in message ... (...) Cool! Lookit all those clear curve-topped panels in teh cafe! Question: are the signs on the large upstairs panels stickers or printing? ( I hope stickers...) Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:Gr8uJF.IvL@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) ' According to LUGNET, the original price for Pizza to Go was $15. $20 seems a bit steep for this set. Great set no doubt, but $20 (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New 3426 Adidas Team Transport found at WalMart
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(...) $20US + a few dollars sales tax. WM appears to be stocking them into most stores at this time. About half the stores I was in yesterday had them. Ray (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.promo)
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| | Breezeway Cafe and Pizza to Go Are Back!!! Was Re: More new(old) sets on lego.com
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(...) Come on Jeff, this is big news, you gotta be a bit louder! 10036 Pizza to Go has 144 pieces and is available now at $19.99. 10037 Breezeway Cafe has 178 pieces, costs $22.99 and ships March 27. :D Maggie C. (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New 3426 Adidas Team Transport found at WalMart
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(...) Sounds groovy... so who wants to send me one? ;P How much are they btw??? If osmeone could kindy score me one, that would be great. My boys would have a 'ball' with that set! Thanks... Mel (sebastjan@dingoblue.net.au) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning store report
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(...) We have the same sets in Richmond, Virginia except I didn't see the mindstorms 9736 We did have the 6575 Polar Base. The Polar Base and Duplo eggs went the first day at the TM closest to me. Bert (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Tuesday Morning store report
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Hi all, I finally got to check out a Tuesday Morning clearance outlet store in my area (it's in Santa Monica, California, USA). Here's what I found. All prices in US$. Movie maker sets (several of these): 1349, movie maker set, $99.99 (the one with (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lego Outlet Specials
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(...) ordered today 2/8/02 at 10:10 pst and they said they are quickly running out of rotation sensors (she said she only had a few left) I also asked if they had anything else interesting on sale, she said they had the ultimate accessory kit for (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: smarterkids.com 25% off $40 order
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"Rand Krakora" <rfkrakora@home.com> wrote in message news:Gr7rBA.BML@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) de=AFF03 (...) The link on the previous message got wrapped ( includes de=AFF03 on second line ), so copy and paste it into your browser. (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | smarterkids.com 25% off $40 order
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www.smarterkids.com has a coupon for 25% off a $40 or more order they have legos - no star wars or mindstorms... Click here for coupon: (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Wanted: Anyone who frequents the LEGO outlets and could ship to Canada
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Interested in seeing what clearance items are available that could be packaged and sent up here to Canada. Thanks. MaS (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Bionicle Prices
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(...) of $50 or more through the 11th. Interestingly the Toa are $7.99 on their site, but I guess that's still over what they should be! 8549 Tarakava was $39.99. No spectacular deals, the green baseplates come close to matching S@H's price, but (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Specials, Feb 6 - Feb 12, 2002
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(URL) (hit 4 when the recording starts) Duplo/Primo 2077 Storage Bee $ 9.99 $ 4.00 2514 Activity Friends $12.99 $ 6.50 2993 Eeyore's Birthday Surprise $24.99 $12.50 System 6616 Rocket Dragster $19.99 $10.00 4116 Animal Adventures $ 9.99 $ 5.00 637 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | US S@H Specials - Fab 6 - Feb 12, 2002
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(URL) 1-800-835-4386 (hit 4 when the recording starts) Duplo/Primo Baby 2077 Storage Bee $ 7.99 $ 4.00 System 6616 Rocket Dragster $20.00 $10.00 4116 Animal Adventures Bucket $10.00 $ 5.00 Scala 3139 Scala Windbreaker with jeans $16.99 $ 8.50 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Lego Outlet Specials
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Just talked to the people at the Lego Outlet in Dawsonville, GA. Here are some of their specials: 9709 RCX Brick $69.99 9738 Remote Control $15.00 9755 Temperature Sensor $12.99 9756 Rotation Sensor $6.99 9758 Light Sensor $12.99 They can be reached (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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(...) When I stopped by Tuesday evening at our closest TM, the polar bases were sold out, (I wasn't going to buy one this time at $30, although I like the white baseplates), no Air Zeppelins...shucks! only a stock of sets mentioned in previous posts (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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(...) Yeah, the selection wasn't very good, but I did pick up a few things: 2751: Duplo Eggs - got one of each color - $1.99 (50% off actual msrp). 2827: The Strawberry Festival - a Duplo set I hadn't seen before. Picked one up for the butterfly, (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Large lot NEW old white doors/windows to sell (Bricklink)
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(URL) have just added over 260 old -NEW- white doors and windows to my shop. They have NEVER been used and I think they are really hard to find anywhere else. They come from a very old dealer kit 214/1-10 which I found in a store. I don´t think you (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New 3426 Adidas Team Transport found at WalMart
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(...) BTW, these are beginning to appear in WMs in north Florida. I noticed it in two WMs yesterday. Ray (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.promo)
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"TWS Garrison" <tgarriso@math.purdue.edu> wrote in message news:Pine.SOL.4.30.0...due.edu... (...) Based on the TM early reports last week I decided not to go stand in line this morning. I did stop by about 8:30 AM after they had been open for 30 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Jon Palmer writes: <snip> (...) Yeah, this is one of the more interesting items with WM. In one store, I found a Royal Joust which was obviously missing 90% of the contents. Located one of the toy dept clerks and pointed (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Tuesday Morning Report
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West Lafayette, Indiana Well, Tuesday Morning appears to be primarily an exercise in the remarkable discounts that can be acheived when your base prices is half again as much as MSRP. I found: Polar Base ($30) Extreme Creatures ($30) Backdrop Studio (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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"David Kohrman" <david.kohrman@wmich.edu> wrote in message news:Gr1MCG.Du3@lugnet.com... (...) parts (...) Must....find...cheap MTTs... You guys are hurting me. You really are. That has to be one of my favorite sets *ever* for parts and you're (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Earn Gift Certificates at Lego Ego (BrickLink)
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(URL) GIFT CERTIFICATES; When you shop at Lego Ego, we will give you a gift certificate back with your order for 10%- 15% of your total. ie; spend $25 and we will give you a gift certificate of $2.50, spend $101+ and we will give you a gift (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: First toy shop visit of my UK trip
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wierd. to my knowlage 3052 was never sold in the UK Have to go out and take a look round -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Richard Morton" <richard.morton@idyn...csinc.com> wrote (...) (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Statue of Liberty Sculptures at Amazon.com
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Hello all, This is no bargain but for those that want this great set and have not been able to get one. (URL) kept link from awhile back and kept checking it. I ordered two and have already received shipment confirmation. I cannot wait. Tom (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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(...) Thanks for the tip! I scored 5 MTTs today at a Michigan Walmart. Great parts pack! David Kohrman Lugnet 1117 (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: First toy shop visit of my UK trip
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Woolworth's has a bit of a sale on at the moment - I even managed to pick up a couple of "enchanted island" sets from the one in Harrow (NW London) at about £22 each. They've got some SW at half price too... Steve (23 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: First toy shop visit of my UK trip
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in article Gr0Dvu.7HI@lugnet.com, azfirewolf at wolfkiller@prodigy.net wrote on 2/4/02 7:40 AM: (...) nothing very old. John - AFOL and his money are soon parted... ... especially at Hamley's prices! (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: First toy shop visit of my UK trip
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Don't remember the name of the store but it is the biggest toy store in the world. 5 or 6 stories. The name that hits in my head is Harolds. It is in London, just ask for the big toy store and any one would be able to help you. This store was great, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | First toy shop visit of my UK trip
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Hi All, Well the Britdog is back in England for a while and this weekend was my first visit to a UK toyshop since getting interested in LEGO again. I was in Toymaster, Harrogate (North Yorkshire) on Saturday. While they didn't have much LEGO (mostly (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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(...) I drove through Connecticut and stopped on the way this weekend. Most of the stuff they had hadn't really been marked down, but I did score 4 7184 MTTs for $15 each (!!), thus ending my clearance drought with regard to that particular set (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cheap LEGO
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(...) tactics-- (...) I saw that at our new Tuesday Morning in the Hudson Valley, NY. But I also discovered that if you just push the paper against the items on the shelf, you could read the sets and prices very easily (no one was looking, of (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: three cans of soup, a block of cheese and legos
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:GqxH24.K61@lugnet.com... (...) My wife would have replaced my head with Lego if I came back with that much Lego! Fred -- Please visit (URL) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | three cans of soup, a block of cheese and legos
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Went in to WalMart to get a few cans of soup and a block of cheese. I ended up spending a little north of $800 on clearance Lego. It all started when I turned the corner and watched the guy halve the aero tube hanger's clearance price. From there it (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Vision Command $29.99 @KB Toys online
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FYI - at least their markdowns are sometimes worthwhile. This was online through what used to be eToys - any KB toys should work. Almost as cheap as the eToys markdowns. There's still the Windows 98 requirement but...... (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.robotics)
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| | New 3426 Adidas Team Transport found at WalMart
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Hi, I found this set at my local WalMart. It is not in the Lugnet or Brickset database and I have never seen any mention of it before. It is an Adidas version of the Red Team Transport. I have put pictures of it on Brickshelf. Sorry they are not (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-02, to lugnet.sports, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: What's in your S@H Surpise Bag??
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(...) I live in Blue Island, Illinois. A suburb south of Chicago. My catalog code is J2PS. I just went through 7 catalogs that i recently received with orders. The only insert in any of them was "A Parents Guide to Lego Toys" Anybody else live (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What's in your S@H Surpise Bag??
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(...) Hmmm... I wonder if catalog codes are geographically linked... My catalog code (Oakland, CA - not too far from Maggie) is also J111 and my 5 bags were the same as Kevin's. All exactly alike. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What's in your S@H Surpise Bag??
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Maggie Cambron writes: (snip) (...) I got one, which came in a previous order, with the insert, and one mailed separately to me, without it. Based on several years' experience this is pretty typical. (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cheap LEGO
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(...) Uh, well, actually I'm in Northern California (I bet it was the "y'all" that had you fooled wasn't it? Not my hijacking a local thread!) But it seems the TM's are the same all over-- a let down. 'Course YTMMV (yes, could be Your Tuesday (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What's in your S@H Surpise Bag??
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(...) Welcome, and here's my advice: don't take it personal if anyone bites (lucky for you I don't!). :-) (...) My guess is either they ran out of inserts or yours fell out of the catalog or the person places the inserts in the proper place to get (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cheap LEGO
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(...) Agree on all points. The one TM I stopped at had put all the new Lego product on an endcap. The endcap was wrapped in big sheets of clear plastic. You could obviously see the contents, even most of the prices. Nothing noted there that has not (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What's in your S@H Surpise Bag??
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(...) Hello all, This is my first post, so please be gentle. I have been following these Suprise Bag threads for awhile and I am wondering why my catalog does not appear to have this insert. I live in the U.S. My catalog code is: J2PS Any thoughts (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cheap LEGO
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:Gqu399.J7B@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) this (...) right, (...) shelves (...) tactics-- (...) Ick. (...) The papered over shelves is very common at TM. All of the new (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cheap LEGO
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(...) What city are you in? I'm in Austin and the South side store had NO Lego at all today. A couple of cases in the back room but I couldn't see what they were. Ron (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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I would imagine from what a local Walmart employee/inside friend told me yesterday is that Walmart will be doing an additional markdown either Friday or Monday. From the prices you've given on the items in this thread, I would bet that maybe your (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What's in your S@H Surpise Bag??
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Interesting. That's the exact sets I got as well! Though I was hoping for the speed boat or jetski instead of the stunt flyer. What have other people gotten? I think it was worth it for $7.99 - I will probably get another one on my next order. Kevin (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message news:Gqu4wK.o7@lugnet.com... (...) any (...) for (...) This should have been-> 3402 (...) This sould have been-> 6498 - 1.49 (...) nothing (...) is (...) Thanks Cary, and sorry for the 2 (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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(...) I took the liberty of appending Rob's list with the name and list price for the sets. (...) 3419 Precision Shooting/3418 Point Shooting) - 12.99 ... There's a whole lot more here than at my Tuesday Morning, but still nothing incredibly (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Cheap LEGO
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(...) Yeah, y'all should read through the TM threads in market.shopping where this has been discussed at length (and where I'm x-posting this). TJA is right, they are unveiling more merchandise next Tuesday. I made it in this past Tuesday afternoon (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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"mkbrock" <mkbrock@charter.net> wrote in message news:PPEIIDHLKOFHOKH...ter.net... (...) some (...) $14) (...) Wal-Mart tends to clearance the same items at all stores (or a large percentage of them anyway) however pricing is some what store (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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Ok everyone, heres the skinny on what I saw on my "tour" today: (not in any particular order) 1068 - 1.99 1266 - 1.99 1088 - 1.99 1096 - 1.99 4806 - 1.99 1271 - 1.99 6579 - 3.99 6714 - 9.99 2965 - 4.99 1355 - 4.99 6602 - 6.99 3404 - (forgot to write (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Wal Mart Clearance Finds
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Just left the Wal Mart in Laurens, SC (not a supercenter) and these are some of the things that I found in the toy clearance aisle. 7186 Watto's Junkyard - $20 7184 Trade Federation MTT - $20 7180 B-wing at Rebel Control Center - $14 7155 Trade (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Will there ever be *NEW* Mindstorms SENSORS ? Distance, Sound, Color, Bearing
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(...) Thanks :) Dave (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Will there ever be *NEW* Mindstorms SENSORS ? Distance, Sound, Color, Bearing
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(...) www.hitechnicstuff.com (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 20% off at Zany Brainy
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I got an email coupon from Zany Brainy today for 20% of my entire purchase on Friday, Feb. 1. I have posted a .jpg image of it on my brickshelf account so that others can print it out too. (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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I will be sneaking into the still "not officially opened" brand new TM store we have received in our town tomorrow (Thursday, Jan 31). It seems I've talked my way into being able to always be the first to know about new Lego arrivals (if any), and (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Tuesday Morning Report
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(...) I stopped by the Tuesday Morning in my neighborhood in Richmond VA and peaked at the 60 or so new Lego sets available Feb 5. I only got one good look at a price and I thought that was $29.95 for the Polar Base 6575. It looks like the selection (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2002
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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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(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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) ... 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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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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) Any info on the "Mission Possible" format they talk about? I don't think I've seen that here in Australia. I'm not sure if TRU Aus is separately owned or not. ROSCO (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Quite right. I just heard on TV about this: they said all about closing stores and firing staff, and in the end they added "TrU management in Portugal stated they intend to open two new stores in 2002, adding to the existing 6". (...) <Sigh!> (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The official TRU press release is here ... (URL) not indicate which stores tho. Ray (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) The first sentence says they are closing 64 stores, last sentence says they are opening 100 new stores!?? Yes, better clearances are a must, no matter what, where or when :) Julie (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Bad news for TRU
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Hi, everyone: TRU is apparently $91m in the red this year, and is planning to close 64 stores and eliminate almost 2,000 jobs. (URL) Ugh. Well, maybe if they'd hold better clearances...;) best LFB (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I think they DO sell most of it to us because, unlike some of the other stores, they're not afraid to take big discounts. I've been told (in a Northern California store) that what little doesn't sell is ultimately returned to the manufacturer. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) As someone who's come across things months after the end of clearance, I can be pretty certain that they don't go anywhere. In fact, I have almost never seen any LEGO survive the second day of 75% off, and I've been to a *lot* of Targets. So (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I've been wondering where Target sends their 'misfit toys' -- the clearance items that don't sell. I assume most of it gets bought by us and/or by 'professional' eBay sellers, but maybe that's not the case... I thought Tuesday Morning might be a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Latest Tuesday Morning flyer features LEGO(tm)
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:GqMLpM.G87@lugnet.com... (...) say I (...) Target (...) line up (...) swing by (...) It certainly is possible that other people don't know about TM. I was pretty clueless myself the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Say it ain't so, Joe! Our TM only opened a few months ago, so you could say I was shoeless-- I mean clueless. Anyway I'm all shopped out from the Target clearance (during which I largely struck out), so it'd be a scandal to line up with a mob (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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