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In lugnet.market.shopping, Sun Yun writes: Do not forget Shop-Ko and Pamida. Shop-Ko will do some outragous clearances. (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) There is (or was) a Sam's Club out in Concord...Big lots is iffy - usually just Duplo to be found. There's also Tuesday Morning (nationwide?) but Lego is not a constant item. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Whaddaya know ... you're right! I've never even heard of Big Lots before. (...) Around here, there's lots of Costco, but no Sam's Club. The nearest one is in Concord, which is at least an hour away. But you're right, it is nationwide. Sorry, I (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Check out my BrickLink store, (URL) have one 20% off retail. Even with shipping, should still be less than retail with tax. You might even be able to use the extra to buy the wife something nice :). Bill Swanberg "Adrian Drake" <tremor@apk.net> (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Bert Waters" <lhwaters@hsc.vcu.edu> wrote in message news:Gwp79t.C8C@lugnet.com... (...) dozen (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I found a couple 3033 tubs at my local (Cary, NC) TRU about two weeks ago. I imagine they were odd-ball back room stock (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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My wife finally gave me approval to buy the Rebel Blockade Runner. What's the best place online to buy it that would have some good coupons going on? Thanks Adrian (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Actually Sears currently has a small toy section in the stores near me (MN) BUT the only Lego I remember is Bob the Builder in a Bob the Builder display. The other toys are mostly infant and pre-school toys. Mike (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) CANADIAN TIRE (The quintessential Canadian retailer) V&S (departmant/hardware store chain) SAAN (dept store chain) ROSSY (dept store chain) BARGAIN GIANT (Not sure if this is a chain or not. There's one in Edmundston, NB.) SUPERSTORE (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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If any one lives in Phoenix you know about the Arizona Mills. Saw Starwars there last night, but had a little time to kill and go to the KB outlet. OMG they had 3 of the 6520's at the same price as online. As well as a lot of the other sets that (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Big Lots! can. . .I just checked their Website, having been amazed last Thursday to find one in Sequim, Washington(!). It's all over the place... And Sam's Club (Wal-Mart's attempt to copy Costco) is nationwide as well. I don't believe Kohl's (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Interesting...yeah I went to the one in Buffalo, NY and it was "Toyless". The majority of the ones in Canada (well all the ones I've been to all have toys including LEGO.) Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) There was at least one other option you could have used. Perhaps not ideal in this situation assuming that your shopping trip occured on a Friday evening, but even so... When away from home and you have (Lego) items you need to have (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) [...] (...) Best Buy discontinued their toy department nationwide. None of the others are nationwide - I don't beleive any of them can be found in California, or at least in the San Francisco Bay Area. --Bill. (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) [...] (...) I don't think that Sears stores in the USA have any toys, much less LEGO. --Bill. (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) [...] (...) In the US, Woolworths went out of business years ago, and I've never seen LEGO at Safeway. The others are all non-US chains, so I can't comment about them. I think that if such a list is going to be maintained we should also note (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Places in Canada to buy Lego are: WINNERS (primarily a "thrift" clothing outlet, but have a nice "sizable" toy dept. including a larger portion of Lego sets) [National] ZELLERS (part of the Hudson's Bay Company, which also has Lego, but the (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well, I know of a few more... Harris Scarfe Toy Kingdom Toy World Clints [though only rarely] Myer Grace Brothers David Jones OzBricks Woolworths Safeway There's probably more, but that's all I can think of at present. [Haven't seen many of (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Sun, Here are the ones I know of, in addition to your list: Kohl's (nationwide I think) Media Play Sam's Club (Every now and then) Meijer (Midwest (URL) ) Best Buy Occasionally does I am not sure if this qualifies, but Big Lots usually has a LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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surpisingly, i saw some of the small life on mars and harry potter sets at a nearby electronics boutique. overpriced, but there they were. (this is in the california bay area) -jayfish (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Has a list of places to buy Lego ever been compiled? I'm particularly interested in chain types stores(more than one) over online establishments. I know all the major haunts but I'm particularly interested in more obscure places(ie Ross, etc). I'll (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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