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Re: Exciting finds at Toy Liquidators aka KB Outlet
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Thu, 25 May 2000 16:02:39 GMT
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I called the one in Smithfield, North Carolina: the woman who answered was very
helpful. She couldn't give me the prices, because they had just received the
shipment and hadn't priced them yet, but she had a bunch of Duplo plus:
6572 Wind Runners (Extreme Team)
6024 Bandit Ambush (Castle, Dark Forest, '96)
6492 Hypno Cruiser
6330 Cargo Center
6093 Flying Ninja Fortress
8268 Scorpion Attack / Plane and Jump-up Animals (Cyber Slam)
6580 Land Jet 7 (Extreme Team)
6905 Bi-Wing Blaster (Insectoids)
No Freestyle buckets unfortunately. There may be more; I don't know if it's worth
the road trip or not...
Cary
Maggie Cambron wrote:
> Okay, I'm in Northern California. I wiped out the Poolside Paradise stock at
> the stores at Vacaville Factory Outlets and Natomas Station Factory Outlets
> (Sacramento). Only Vacaville had the Dark Forest set, and I only saw the buckets
> at Natomas (but they could have been at Vacaville-- I was just too excited about
> the Paradisa sets to look!). The clerk in Vacaville said they had just gotten in
> a giant shipment last week and she was surprised that there wasn't a LEGO sale
> planned. Another clerk told me that it takes several days to get their
> shipments out of the back room and onto the floor. I try to check Toy
> Liquidators at least once a month to see what they've got, so I know they didn't
> have old supplies of 6416 lying around. Since the stock of this TL has pretty
> much paralleled what others have posted on Lugnet, I would be surprised if other
> stores didn't get the same stuff. I would definitely hit the stores this
> weekend. Let us know what you find!
>
> Maggie
>
> Nick Goetz wrote:
>
> > Great find! Can you give us some more info like Did both stores have the
> > Paradisa sets? I know you said they weren't identical but was the Pradisa
> > set one they both had in common? Second, where? Are you on the East coast,
> > North west, Texas, etc.? Finally, do you frequent these stores or was it
> > your first trip? If it was your first time it is possible these have been
> > hidden for years (or 4 years <g>). On the other hand, if you visit there
> > once a month you would know if this was a new shipment or not. (I really
> > hope you can tell us it was a new shipment. I've got a three day weekend and
> > a tank full of gas!) Congratulations.
> >
> > -Nick
> >
> > Maggie Cambron <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > news:392C6965.83FB186C@postoffice.pacbell.net...
> > > Well, they were exciting for me-- my knees actually got weak when I
> > > spotted that Paradisa box on the shelf tucked under some Res-Q set! I
> > > was headed up to the cashier clutching the box in my sweaty palms to
> > > beg, wheedle and coax her to check the back room for more when I saw a
> > > whole display of LEGO near the front of the store. And there they
> > > were-- a whole stack of 6416's! And they were $14.99! And now they're
> > > mine! (No, I won't sell any-- Paradisa is my ultimate favorite and I
> > > will NEVER have enough! Although I MAY break a couple up for parts to
> > > pay for my binge.) But of course, you probably want to know what else
> > > of interest I found....
> > >
> > > What I bought (and will not part with unless it's for something really
> > > good like a Velux house or a Maersk truck or something):
> > >
> > > 6416 Poolside Paradise $14.99
> > > 6024 Bandit's Ambush $1.99 (how could I resist at that price?)
> > > 4267 Special pieces bucket $4.99 (some were marked $7.99, but all rang
> > > up $4.99)
> > >
> > > Haven't opened them yet, but judging from the packaging, the boxes
> > > appear to be European and the bucket Canadian.
> > >
> > > Also of interest, but which I didn't buy:
> > >
> > > 3032 a bucket of 600 bricks $4.99
> > > 4128 650 piece bucket $14.99
> > > 6492 Time Cruisers Navigator (Hypnocruiser) $4.99
> > > 6333 Tow n Go $3.99
> > > 5958 Mummy's Tomb $19.99
> > > 6584 Extreme Team Challenge $34.99
> > > 6479 Emergency Response Center $39.99
> > > 6442 Sting Ray Explorer $12.99
> > > 6199 Neptune Discovery Lab $49.99
> > > plus several Cyber Slam sets
> > > plus more
> > >
> > > I went to two different stores and their stock was not identical, so it
> > > would be worth checking around. Post if you find any other good stuff!
> > >
> > > Maggie C.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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