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RE: FOTW on Blue Tubs from TRU!
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:43:07 GMT
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Hi,
How do you sort them? by both color and size I assume.
Any thoughts about making a shake grate, or whatever they call the wood
frames with wire mesh or screen stretched across to sift dirt, fossils, etc.
This would at least sort FAST by size, particularly with the volume you are
talking about. It would be easy to do a coarse division this way if you
could get even just one or two frames with the right size mesh. Might
scratch'em a bit though.
I have some 1" chicken wire around, may have to overlap two layers to adjust
the spacing and test it... Could probably get a frame pretty quick to
separate the 2x2s and larger from everything smaller. If the mesh is the
right size, you may not even need a frame, just hold it over an empty blue
tub and shake/pour. You might check a hardware or garden shop for mesh.
I you want real fancy you could make a frame with two or three levels, or
sections on one level with different mesh spacing and slope the frame over 3
tubs. Depends on how much work it is to sort vs. building the frames. Sounds
like a good BAYLUG club infrastructure activity... Color sorting is another
matter.
Just a wild idea.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Poindexter [mailto:lego@poindexter.cc]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 10:15 AM
> To: lugnet.market.shopping@lugnet.com
> Subject: FOTW on Blue Tubs from TRU!
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> I had purchased as many of the <set:3033> from a $5 off sale
> about a month ago
> and ended up with as many as I thought I could afford, but
> still wanting more.
>
> Last night, I got a call from the manager of one of the local
> Toys 'R' Us
> stores and he had been shipped 160 of the blue tubs, even
> though he didn't
> need any. Since he just got Kids 'R' Us put into his store,
> he has no room,
> so he offered me all 160 at the $5 off price! Normally, I
> don't go crazy
> about 25% off, but I have never seen these available for any
> less and even so,
> it would be unlikely that I could ever get this kind of
> quantity if I did.
>
> If your local TRU is getting a Kids 'R' Us put in, the
> management might be
> willing to cut some deals to move stock, but your mileage may vary.
>
> Now, does anybody want to help sort 160 tubs?
>
> Mike Poindexter
>
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