Shopping : 1283


Marketplace / Shopping / 1283	1282 \| 1284

Subject:	Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shopping
Date:	Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:19:34 GMT
Viewed:	547 times

Eric Kingsley wrote: > > > > > You guys remember the Child World/Children's Palace chain that I think died > > out about 9 years ago (That's the last time I remember seeing one). They were > > great for so many reasons. They got some weird import toys in, actually marked > > their prices down on stuff that sat on the shelf too long (the way KB does- > > for all their high prices, you have to admit that KB really knows how to mark > > stuff down!) and they always had stuff that was old and dusty and still on > > shelves. In 1990 at a CP in Cincinnati I found all three of the ORIGINAL Tomy > > ZOIDS sets dated like 1981 or something! I also found their, get ready, > > MICRONAUTS!!! IN 1990!! Also, two MEGO Spiderman dolls dated late 70's. It was > > really a very cool, though sort of surreal experience, to think that these > > things had been sitting on a shelf at a chain store for 10 years. > > > > Man, I miss that store. As do I. I know they had a much better selection of LEGO sets than anyone, TRU looked like and still does a garbage store compared to them. They had a lot of sets that were not anywhere else, I do not know if they were from Europe or whatever, and they also had a lot more stock than TRU did. The employees seemed a lot nicer and more helpful as well. TRU seems to be a collection of dim-witted teenagers that barely deserve the minimum wage. It is too bad, really. Scott S. _________________________________________________________ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Work Page: http://www.aeieng.com/ Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/index.html Main LEGO Page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/index.html Soon to come: Star Wars LEGO Sets Parts Selling Page!

Message has 2 Replies:

		Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
In lugnet.market.shopping, Scott Edward Sanburn writes: TRU seems to be a collection of dim-witted (...) Yeah. As I said earlier, I have a serious love/hate relationship with TRU. Love the selection in one place, and they are the only game in town. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)

		Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
(...) Emphasis on the final sentence... (...) And THAT is an argument against minimum wage. I feel that as the minimum wage has went up, and as we've had labor shortages galore, the people we have working for minimum wage or just above in the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Message is in Reply To:

		Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
(...) Child World really was a great store it was my favorite toy store growing up. I think one of the reasons you found so much old stuff in 1990 though was probably because they were hurting finacially and were emptying their warehouses. Like (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)

28 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact

Custom Search