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Re: Wal*Mart truck clone!
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Sun, 9 Feb 2003 07:12:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Ray Sanders writes:
I have checked about a dozen WM stores and only found this set in two. If
anyone is having difficulty locating this item, email me and we'll work
something out. Or you can ask your local WM store toy dept to check on
availability, The UPC number is ...  8  22317 00001  2


I'm bginning to see this set in more stores now. One store I visted today
already had it on clearance, which I thought was odd. Upon asking about this, I
was told... "that was one of the things that was supposed to be here for
christmas, but did not arrive in time, so it went directly to the clearance
isle". Didn't make it in time... hmmmm...  made in China... hmmm...  I wonder
if a bunch of WalMart products got tied up in the west coast dock workers
strike last fall ?  If so, considering the number of products sold by WM made
in the far east (primarily China), this may have caused major grief for WM.
Keep an eye on your local WM, these sets may be arriving any day now.

Ray



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  Re: Wal*Mart truck clone!
 
(...) This should be interesting in light of the TLC infringement victory (in China) that hit the wire-services today (see .mediawatch). Since this appears to be a Coko set, and TLC just won 33 of the claimed infringements against Coko, I wonder if (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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