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(...) After Jonathan posted about the price of the 4504 (MF) sets, I quietly went to the local Targets in the DC area. Several of the stores showed inventory in the computer system, but there were no sets on the shelves. I suspected that the error (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 4504 (MF) at Brooklyn Target
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(...) I think they're gone. Someone emailed me asking me where they were located within the store. They could not find them when they were there. When I bought mine, you couldn't miss them as they were on an end cap on a main aisle. This leads me to (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Jonathan -- think they're still there? Do you think you'll be swingin' by there again anytime soon? (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I know this post is a little late, but I managed to get to a Lego Store the day after Xmas and happily discovered quite few items on sale. I don't know if anyone else had similar finds, but this year I definitely plan on getting to a Lego Store (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | 4504 (MF) at Brooklyn Target
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The Target at the Atlantic Center Mall had appx 15-20 of these last night at $27.24 per copy. The tag and sign reads $78 & change but upon scanning the barcode I discovered the lower cost. They are 75% off the orig $108. I bought two. Otherwise the (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) As an aside... "non-AFOLs... can be an odd bunch". I just had to point out how strange this would sound to *anyone* outside of the LEGO forums. That said... (...) For anybody who works with a PaB wall, what is the fastest moving piece? I'm (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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"ondrew hartigan" <ROJ2323@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message news:IsJKJ7.1yrK@lugnet.com... (...) It'd be nice to see PAB come to Australia, howver I have this odd feeling it may not be as easily doable for us Aussies. Everything has to get here one of (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Understocking? (Was Re: [US] Target Clearances Begin)
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So, I hit 3 more area Targets today.... 1 had lots of (new) Lego (the new Classic Star Wars was what I most noticed), while the other 2 had... well, the line from the person working the Toy section should sum it up... Me: Excuse me, but do you have (...) (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Well if you ask nicely, someone in the correct hemisphere may just be nice enough to purchase PAB for you. I’ve been known to do it on occasion. ondrew (19 years ago, 4-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Quit yer whinin' and be grateful you even have pick-a-brick. I don't even have one in my hemishpere. a (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I agree with you, but then again non-AFOLs are the largest audience, and they can be an odd bunch. Before Christmas I took a co-worker to a PAB specifically because he wanted to get "girly" colors for his very girly-girl daughter. So I (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I completely understand where you’re coming from. Pick a brick is very frustrating. I’m still trying to figure out why they put black 4x7 car bases in the wall. The wheels that would go on that base are wayyyyy too small for what they would (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: [US] Target Clearances Begin
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Looks like I am in the exception. As with every year, the Target I hit up today (2 January) had excellent pickings and bargains: -Harry Potter boat (with bonus figures) $12.48 -Star Wars Ultimate Space Battle $12.48 -Bionicle Value Pack (10203) (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) FWIW, the Bellevue store has been pretty good about this---it has had 1x4x3 town windows in stock at the same time as glass for them and (unfortunately green) shutters. Flowers and flower stems try to keep up with each other (that can't be (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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One of my frustrations with Pick-A-Brick since the beginnig is the numerous parts which are dependent on other parts but the dependent part isn't available. Window frames but no glass or mullions. Tires but not wheels. I was at Tyson's last week and (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Understocking? (Was Re: [US] Target Clearances Begin)
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I ran around Rochester, NY yesterday and found very little compared to 2-4 years ago. Targets: $25 Durmstrang Ship (#4768, $50), only 2 of them at 1 Target (I got 1) $13 Battle Wagon (#8874, $20), only 1 between 2 Targets... $13 Duplo Purple Bucket (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jan-06, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Pick-a-Brick Christmas Box
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(...) I was there with Steve as he stuffed the box full of LEGO®. He would yell out, I need more windows. :) And I would snag more birck from the wall. It was great trying to get as much brick in the box as possible. Deffently had to think outside (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Bad link below for some reason try... (URL) sb (...) (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi All, Well the cube is better than the cone! I managed to stuff 302 1x2x2 bley airplane windows, 74 1x4x5 bley windows, and some other assorted stuff... see the picks on BrickShelf. <www.brickshelf.com/...?f=160327> (URL) SteveB (19 years ago, 31-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Understocking? (Was Re: [US] Target Clearances Begin)
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(...) Making more money / less in debt this year? You're not the only one I think. IIRC Jake mentioned that LEGO just didn't make enough sets. I think the shelves are bare because lots of people could finally afford to buy all the LEGO they passed (...) (19 years ago, 28-Dec-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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