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Re: hidden Lego product
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 04:29:31 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Ray Sanders writes:
I guess the moral of the story would be: if large amounts of product
suddenly vanish just after christmas, they may be in storage. If I had
had a specific UPC number, she was willing to go look for it. The boxes
are externally coded as to contents.

Hmmm, would the UPC # be a useful addition to the Pause DB?  Does the UPC #
change from market to market (e.g. between U.S. and Germany)?

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  Re: hidden Lego product
 
(...) The UPC number is easily generated (at least in the US). Just take the TLC identification part and append the set number (as a five digit number). Thus, Fright Force (6031) would be 42884 06031. Certain sets (like the xmas WalMart bundle) have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  hidden Lego product
 
I had a fascinating conversation with a K-Mart toy dept manager today. The Lego stock seemed to have been somewhat obliterated since my last visit. I then noticed a box with a number of 5958s being packed up. I asked her what she was going to do (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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