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Re: Amy the clutz, tubs on top shelf...
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Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:10:35 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Amy Hughes writes:
> A couple days ago I went to the K-Mart on Ford Rd looking for blue tubs, since
> LEGO was buy-1-get-1-half-price, for an effective cost of $15, same as TRU,
> which I've never found stocked. They had six, but they were on the top shelf,
> stacked in groups of three. They had the rolling Mega Blox thing on top of each
> stack, and those technics canisters lined up next to the tubs. I'm not very
> tall, so even standing on the bottom shelf it was quite a reach. You can
> probably guess what happened with that rolling thing and those technics sets.
> Good thing those canisters can survive an 8-foot fall :-)
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> Last night I found myself in Toledo accross the street from a TRU. It was the
> last day of the tub sale, and they were stocked, so 13 tubs followed me home.
> The rest of the stock whined and cried, but, sadly, I had to leave them behind.
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> Amy
Many a time have I narrowly missed a bleak disaster in the lego isle myself.
Fortunately I'm just a hair under 6'2" when I stand straight and have a 6'2"
armspan. :^)
But you make a good point:
WHY do these sales turkey's seem to more-often-than-not put the tubs on the
top shelf???? I can only think that it's because tubs are not a fast
turn-around item. They put the small and cheap sets within reach of most
children, so the big tubs go way up. That sucks for the lego enthusiast
because we have to get the things down.
It does paid off though when you find a very old, very dusty set way up
there behind everything. Like a pirates set. :^D
~Trev
Astro Lift Co.
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| (...) I remember in 1994...I still saw a couple of Launch N Load Seaports, Intercoastal Seaports, a couple of 725 Basic sets.....all of which are in steep demand these days laying in my local Toys R Us.... I went on a big time shopping spree (my (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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