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| | | (...) TRU does that sometimes too. I've seen sets about a month or so before their release date. I do admit the practice does hurt competition, but I guess that's the way Wal-Mart is. They're a bit greedy on that part, anyway. I like to wait until (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | Re: WalMart & Legos —Brett A. Antaya
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| | | | (...) In my area 3 out of 4 Walmarts tend to acidentally put things out early. I had a conversation with the manager of the one that doesnt put things out early and she told me that Lego has the ability to check the stores records to see if sets (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: WalMart & Legos —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | (...) My best guess would be something like this... TLC ships xxx trailer loads of 'Spiderman' sets to the various WalMart regional warehouses. The warehouses only have so much space, so the next outgoing truck to the store in Anytown USA with (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: WalMart & Legos —Jeffrey M. Szklennik
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| | | | | | (...) i work @ wal-mart in claremont NH in the electronics dept. & what you've described seemes pretty close to accurate. we try to put stuff out @ the right time, but if yo don't have the space in the storeroom racks (bins)or on the sales floor for (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: WalMart & Legos —Mike Case
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| | | | (...) Is this really a Lego issue? I thought the deadline was actually a Lucasfilm directive and presumably Wal Mart could face contractual penalties because of all of the Episode II stuff that got put out early. (I have heard that some Hasbro (...) (23 years ago, 24-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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